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Here are some interesting questions for EU candidates of the varying parties.

“Would you like coffee or tea sir,” asked the nice secretary of advanced years who came with enough recommendations to make anyone blush.

“Thanks a pot of tea would be nice,” I replied, “use a couple of those PG Tips bags in that nice pot please. A couple of slices of lemon and a couple of cuts.”

I was staring out of the window overlooking the snow covered streets of this 2nd of January 2010. “Ugh, put up or shut up man.” I thought to myself.

“Very well sir,” replied Mrs Bonchance, “remember you have a meeting of the board here at 11am.”

“Yes, thank you,” I remembered wondering if I could do these early mornings after a life of a more writer/rocker mornings. “Order in sushi for however many we have plus cooked stuff for those not into raw fish.”

With that she walked out the door, closing it behind her. She left me in the rather generous, if not huge, office in downtown Portland, ME.

I quickly checked my personal email, Twitter and Facebook before reading the newspapers about the newest twist in efforts to reform the American motorcar industry.

I confess I was shocked when the Obama administration took me up on my offer to take Dodge off their hands for $50 after bankruptcy court. FIAT didn’t want another performance mark to compete with Alfa Romeo. I got the company instead of it dying a death.

There were mass protests in various parts of the rust belt when I moved the company head-quarters to Portland, ME in One City Center. “If the company is going to be run by a Dodge it might as well be in a state with high concentration of that name.” I said when asked by a Detroit News reporter who seemed rather irked that he was losing one of his major sources of info.

The Mayor of Portland on the other hand gave me a copy of the key to the City and said something amusing. “Its good to see Dodge back in the hands of its namesake. Having Dodge Motorcar based in Maine will bring a much needed boost to the Maine economy.”

The fact we were keeping this operation as small and lean as possible didn’t seem to register with the Mayor or the Governor of the State of Maine. I repeatedly stated, “we are not going to be moving any factories to Maine any time soon. We shall continue to manufacture in existing plants. We merely want to have a new base of operation away from all the bad memories of the recent years.”

As I read my noted to give to the board and ticked off the models we were going to keep I wonder how the meeting would go. I wrote the speech in my head, “alright we must trim the fat from Dodge and reduce the number of models. We are going to be a performance marque. No more bloated wallow-mobiles. Bring back the Dodge Viper, keep the Challenger, the Charger (but rename it), introduce a proper two-door Charger., a smaller and less scary Viper-like car, get rid of the awful SUVS and minivans, keep the trucks but pair down all the multitude of options.” I said to myself.

The performance enthusiasts and truck fans were on my side. The internet was abuzz with suggestions and prognostications on what the “new Dodge” would be like. I held an online conference call with a major “tuner” site telling them about my plans for making American-made cars that they could use for their “scene”.

The hate mail coming into our new email was piling up. It varied from fans of minivans to annoyed Michigan natives cursing me for trying to make the company “wimpy & East Coast.” A website called Jalopnik, which I was prone to read anyway helpful was keeping track of all incidents of my effigy being burn in the center of the US. I suggested to our promotions people that we give a car to the person who does the best one. They didn’t share the same sense of the perverse as I did.

The UAW said of my plans, “he aims to destroy everything that made Dodge great. He is an anti-union zealot who believes the best jobs are made by low paid unskilled workers. We at the UAW encourage all Americans to boycott Dodge until they accept unionized labor.”

I replied in a press release. “I thank the UAW for their best wishes and remind them that their policies and stranglehold on the American car lead both GM and Chrysler into bankruptcy and eventual failure.”

My press officer, one J Dodge, reject the first version of the press release informing me that telling them to “F.O.A.D.” was not professional or helpful.

As a company we sought out the best of the Dodge clan worldwide to help us succeed. There were already plans to export to Japan and England, accepting that there is nothing wrong with driving on the other side of the road. We even hired a mechanic from Gorleston, East Anglia in England with the name Doidge. His name was the anglicized version of our last name, a Norman name, and in a wonderful cliché he worked on cars.

The East Anglian news acted as if the man had won the lottery and he became a bit of a celebrity in the east of England. When asked about the appointment I replied, “well it would help to have someone who actually fixes cars on the board wouldn’t it?”

Just then my secretary popped in, “Mr Dodge. You have a briefing with the automotive press at the Holiday Inn by the Bay at 3pm today. All the majors have confirmed including Car. We have Jeremy Clarkson coming as well. He was in Quebec filming something so agreed to come along.”

“Oh shit, Clarkson is coming along. He is going to take the piss out of me something chronic.” My brain screamed. “Oh cool, arrange dinner for Mr Clarkson at Gritty’s if he is free. Invite a couple of the other more interesting mags along as well. Keep it to car magazines please.”

Just then J Dodge walked in. “Alright Marty,” the bastard called me by my reviewing name to let me know he did research into my background, “think its time we figure out what we are going to say to the press.” He paused and smirked, “fun time is over no more pissing off the press because its fun. We need to make sure they take us seriously now.”

I grimaced.

“Well, mostly,” he replied, “you’re a car company CEO and owner not some cynical blogger now.”

It was then it hit me. Suddenly life seemed rather serious and all the employees that depended on me became all too real.

“Ok, how do we suggest we let em’ know…’

Music Review: Place Vandome, Robert Berry, Shakra, Susperia, and Procol Harum

Fred Phelps and his band of loons are now targeting Jews as he blames them for “ruining” the US. You see they didn’t manage to convince Americans with just their “God hates Fags” message so they are turning to jew-hatred as a back up. What is the next step? He and his insane band convert to Islam?

It must be Saturday. Check out Meet the Blogs with Vodkapundit and Rick Moran.

Will this discover well described by the inimitable Colby Cosh, be another nail in the coffin of the “Columbus discovered the America(s)” myth? Lets hope it will lead to more reading of the Viking sagas in American schools.

Speaking of which I need to read my copy of the Tolkien translated saga recently released.

From watching the first episode I am not that impressed. Judge and Co. seem to wimp out of really taking the piss out of the right-on Gorebies. There aren’t really any l.o.l. moments merely a few hehs. I hope they will show a bit more courage with their humor as the series progresses. So far its nothing special, certainly not up to King of the Hill standards.

Another opinion here over at BigHollywood.

Here are the results.

That is really desperate guys. “If UKIP do well then Brown will go and that means that Labour may win the next election.” Not too many assumptions there right?

Doesn’t matter that Cameron & Co are waffling on the EU and there are MEP candidates who are not so Eurosceptic as say Hannan it seems.

That said it beats the former “UKIP is caring & sharing face of BNP” meme that was being spread by some objectionable Conservatives a few years ago. It was patently untrue and very easy to prove.

Is anyone surprised that the Obama administration is playing partisan in what Chrysler dealers get the boot? This is what happens when government meddles in the auto industry. Its about time for that Rich bloke to recant his daft song “Shuttin’ Detriot Down” methinks. I wonder if he still thinks its a good idea to have the government bailing out Detroit?

I hope the Dodge dealers sue the heck out of the government over this.

Update: Some people are scoffing at this story this might convince them otherwise.

A thought-provoking piece by Duns Ouray on Hitler myth as compared to actually reality of Nazi Germany and the actual words of the man. Its quite astonishing how “innovative” he was when it comes to European social(ist) policy. Considering the origin of much of “mainstream” European socialist policies no wonder they try to portray the Nazis as “far-right” rather than as merely extremist nationalist socialists.

Frankly it would have been surprising if she were sound on our Constitutional Rights considering her record of ignoring the constitution whenever it suits her. She doesn’t seem to like white men much either. Can we really have a supreme court justice that spoke before La Raza and is not keen on whites?

One bright point she may be anti-RIAA.

Update: And yes La Raza means “The Race” despite the foolish protestations of some.

Some commenters here have been saying, ‘Yes, the BNP are racist but I hope they do well in the elections to punish/wake up the mainstream parties’. If you say this you are Fascist enabling scum. There’s another party that you can vote for/support as a protest vote - UKIP - who are campaigning on a ’space, not race’ ticket. Anyone who wants to claim the BNP as a valid ‘protest vote’, please go elsewhere, or post your comments under your real names, so your friends and employers can see you for the Fascist enabling scum that you are. Thank you.

A blunt point from Harry’s Place and one that needs to be repeated. UKIP is not a fringe party full of loons and its more libertarian than the Tory Party. BNP are neo-Nazis who attempt to make themselves seem more legitimate and mainstream.

If you don’t have a sound euro-sceptic Tory MEP (ala Hannan) to vote for; then please vote UKIP.

In response to Sonia Sotomayor’s appointment to the Supreme Court, mobile music site mSpot has pulled together a list of five (and certainly there are many more) ringtones that speak — or rather, sing — to the big news.

The beauty of these ringtones is that mSpot allows you to edit up to 30 seconds of your favorite law-abiding tone – you don’t have to download what the carrier pre-selected.

We went ahead and selected a few choice lyrics for you…

Daughter of Justice - The Undecided
“We live in a world with so few answers, where is the justice that she seeks? Who will end this poverty?”

Courthouse - Chris Isaak
“People take their places, down at the courthouse / People stand in line to see you fall.”

Ladies’ Choice - Zac Efron (from Hairspray)
“…shop around little darlin’, I’ve got to be the Ladies’ Choice, Ladies’ Choice.”

Judgement Day – Whitesnake
“With only love to light the way.. on the road to judgement day”

She’s the One - The Ramones
“Yeah yeah she’s the one.. When I see her on the street, you know she makes my life complete”

Suggestions welcome in the comments.

I think this list would do a good job at uniting the conservative right (of all ilks) and give it direction.

H/t: Theo

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We pay tribute to all the men & women in uniform who have fought for our freedom. I would extend that to all those allies who died fighting alongside our brave men & women. I specifically extend our appreciation to British, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian & Gurkha soldiers.

They are not happy with him and really wanted him to go. He finally got the hint and is not going to stand again.

I have a piece up over at PJM about the on-going cull of MPs who have been playing the expenses system. The result of the Telegraph’s exposure of the goings on has been swift and is still happening. Americans sick of trough-loving incumbents will be looking at the swiftness of culling with envy.

Stephen Green & I plus some bloke from NRO take on the week’s political stories. Much fun ensues. Head over at check out Meet the Blogs.

Music Reviews: White Lion, Moody Blues, Hardline, OSI, Joe Lynn Turner

My 14 year old dog Vera, who is now on HRT (yes that one), is a bit more full of herself these days. The menopausal Groenandale decided she was going to sit in the front passenger of the WRX…period.

What I didn’t show was her opening her mouth and showing her large canines when I tried to move her. Not in an aggressive way, but in a don’t move me please sort of way.

Her “mother” and she are going to have a stern talk the next time we all go out in the car.

Yep, Barcapundit reports Spanairds are having tea parties to express their frustration.

I am not the slightest bit surprised about the recent arrests of four “home-grown” Islamist terrorists. Neither was I surprised by their aiming to kill as many Jews as they could. It happened in the UK and it has, and will, happen in the US. I am glad we manage to get this lot of scum. There is a good piece at PJM about the whole event.

You know to doing what we were told by the left they weren’t doing when they were caught and had to be released. That’s right 1 in 7 Gitmo detainees head back to the battle-front after Gitmo. One is not high up al Queda. So basically we get these guys healthy in Gitmo and the head off to kill more of our soliders. I would point these are the ones we know about.

Socialist 46% (842)
Marxist 24% (437)
Communist 11% (200)
Fascist 10% (193)
Liberal 5% (87)
Progressive 2% (41)
Moderate 1% (24)
Other 0% (9)
Populist 0% (8)
Conservative 0% (7)
Libertarian 0% (0)

Its nice to see Conservatives have actually figured out what he is, and socialist is completely accurate. Heck even the slow-witted Republican leadership have figured it out. ConservativeHQ commissioned this poll. Libertarians are probably relieved no Conservative thought Obama was one of us.

Then again no one should be shocked that Obama is governing like a socialist considering that is exactly how he ran for President. I wonder if any of those who trashed sites like this for calling him a socialist are going apologise now that he is proven to be one beyond a shadow of a doubt.

A new study has been published that proves all the things we always thought about investment in Africa. Basically its a case of why would you?

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