Planes, Trains, and Automo... wait? No more cars?

Earlier today the Senate rejected a bailout of the US auto-industry, saying that the required funds needed stricter limits on what they can be used for. Basically it was a Southern Republican coalition giving a big middle finger out of some sort of fear that saving over 2 million jobs was a Socialist task (and Amuricans ain't no damned Socialists!). If the tone in the last sentence does not convey my feelings on this manner, let me spell it out: I am livid as hell over this failure. I normally have a grudging respect for Republicans because they keep ultra left-wingers from going overboard on social welfare spending. But the events of yesterday and today are too much. When will they realize that saving jobs to protect our economy does not make them Socialists, it makes them decent human beings? If they really want a truly free market, then they can have it! At the rate they are allowing things to slide, we will be in a race to the bottom with South America in the next few years! Luckily, the presidency is now seriously considering using bailout funds, formerly earmarked for the financial industry, to bail out the auto industry in this pinch. Once Obama takes office, I hope Congress is more responsive to society's needs because right now they seem completely deaf, blind, and dumb to the situation at hand.

Yesterday was my last final and all I can say is I completely ROCKED its face off. If only professor Zieger made the rest of the quarter this easy for us (instead of throwing the entire class under the bus with graduate level difficulty tests and papers for a ton of mid level English students!). I am banking on having a 3.5 or 3.7 this quarter, but we will see. If I bombed my Constitutional Law final, I might be stuck at a 3.0 =\. But life isn't all that bad! On Sunday I get to go visit my niece for her birthday party and have a good time with family I haven't seen in over a month! Also, on Tuesday Becca arrives to visit for the holidays! She gets to stay through the 23rd then I go to visit her family on the 26th, should be good times.

I recently tried the new Playstation Home beta and my initial reaction was one of awe at the level of detail and customizability this game offers. After I explored the game thouroughly though, I began to realize it was just a very basic and stripped down version of the Sims that incorporates social elements from Myspace and allows you a limited range of after-market customizations for real world money. The verdict: At its current stage, Playstation Home is a boring waste of time and money. I hope that later releases are more interesting than this.

~David