MADISON AND AUTOS

Madison, Wisconsin is a good city, kinda nutty but if a person can ignore the uber libs, it can be a good place to live. One of the things I hate about the town is the anti automobile nuttyness that runs throughout the leadership and has for years. Most Americans love their cars, and take pride in ownership of them. They are so much more convienent than public transpertation.

Madison wants to make auto ownership difficult so people will take buses or ride bikes everywhere. Don't get me wrong, riding bikes is great for exercise, but not very good for everyday transportion. Autos are great for so many reasons. The auto made America the great nation we have today. When President Eisenhower built the interstate highway system, it opened up the country to Americans and helped build our great  nation for folks to explore on their own. Our auto industry created a solid middle class, and gave designers and engineers the opportunity to build great world class autos.

Americans have had a love affair with their autos for years and the commie people of Madison can't stand this, they design new streets to make bike riders happy and mass transit for more people with auto owners coming in last. Utter nonsense.

I really enjoy cars, passenger, vintage, and race cars, especially open wheel autos. The lines of autos made in Europe from the 1930s to present day is pure beauty. Jaguars, Mercedes, BMW, etc, they are things of beauty. At the present time most  Jap and American autos look all alike. I enjoy designers who can take on new challenges and shake up the industry, like Chrysler did in the 1950s. We need more aggressive folks who understand the joy of beautiful autos. I realize the government has the hands of these folks tied with so many rulkes and regulations that it is hard to come up with new ideas, but they must keep trying.

We must not let people who dislike cars get the upper hand. We must not let the commie Madison liberals dictate what we drive.

PRESIDENT KENNEDY

In my opinion, John Kennedy and and his brother Bobby were the greatest politicians and leaders in America in the last century. It is my opinion the CIA working with the Mafia killed both men. For years I believed in the Warren Commission, however now that I have been in politics for over forty years, now that I see elected "leaders" do not work for the people and learning of more government bad actions, I believe the conspiricy therories.

We do know that the CIA used the mob in other action. We know that our spy people do things outside of presidential control and U.S. laws. President Eisenhower warned of about the military industrial complex, and we know know President Kennedy made the decission to get out of Vietnam. He was a strong anti communist, one of the things I loved about him, but he saw the flaws of trying to make Vietnam into a modern democracy. That idiot George never learned anything from history and tried to make the Arab leaders into modern leaders, something that will never happen.

The time period between 1963 - 1968, was the end of America being a great country. With the killing of the Kennedys, the civil rights leaders, etc, America lost her soul. America lost her moral standing in the world. America is not the great nation that saved the world from the demons from Germany and Japan. We no longer are the country our great Founding Fathers made. How very sad.

CHICAGO BEARS FANS

I know I am prejudiced because I love the Bears, but, today they made me feel wonderful. Chicago had a sever storm today, it was pitch black in the early afternoon with hurricane force winds and pelting rain. The had to stop the game and the fans were very save and sane in how they went about seeking shelter at Soldier Field. After the game was restarted my Bears went on to deliver us a win over the nasty Ravens.

Very proud of my town, it's team and the people of Chicago.

F1

The Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas played host to this weeks Formula 1 race, and what a special race it was. I was pleased to learn that most od the drivers really like this track. There was passing in spots where many other tracks would not be safe to pass at. Imagine going from a stopped position, up a 131 foot incliine then have a blind left hand turn! What a groupof really interesting places to pass on this track. The folks who designed COTA did a fantastic job. We have a real jewel in F1 racing, I just wish more people would discover the greatness of F1 racing, it is the best there is.

SHAME ON .....

Shame on the greedy retail companies in America. Why have holidays if people can't stay home instead of going shopping on those once respected days? Having spent lots of years in retail, I am very much against the trend in modern America by making the workers give up their holiday and make them wait on idiots who just have to rush to the store with other nuts. Thanksgiving Day is one day we should be in touch with family and our spiritual side and be thankful for all God has given us.

Then there is the NBA who makes players play basketball on holidays including Christmas Day! There is no need for this greed. The NHL does not play on Christmas Day, why does the NBA thinks it is a good to break up families on this holy holiday?

America, we need to get back to basics now before it is too late for our nation to be punished. Wise up and get back to putting God first in our personal and social lives. Look, I know not everyone is a Christian, however, the majority of us in America are, and we should be given the same respect other Americans get. God, family then everything else. I am ready to go back across the pond to the old country and try and live a God centered life. I hope it is more so back there.

OOOPPS.....

I am sorry if you wonderful readers are not getting any political opinions from this blog lately, I apologize. The problem is that I seam to have drawn the attention from government big brother types who do not like people to write the truth about the Obama administration. They do not like people who love our great nation to freely let their feelings be known by the general public. In short, I have every reason to believe that one or more alaphetbet soup of spy agencies has had me under survelience even though all I do is sit here and write what I believe needs to be said. Once the crap dies down, I will let you know what I feel about the latest nonsence from this incompent group of people.

AUTOS

As most of my readers know, I really love automobiles, vintage sports cars, muscle cars, concept cars, cars of all types. Over the last year I have test driven and leased many different modern autos and have come to several conclusions, the biggest conclusion is that most autos with fancy screans on the dash boards are nothing but a headache. They add to the cost of the car and for many of them, the first thing to break down.

I have respect for the Dodge Charger and Challenger. The Chevy HHR and Ford Escort are two of the small cars I like. The Escort would be much nicer without the electronic screen. I found most American autos worthy of their purpose. The Camero is one of my favorite cars, my least favorite, by far is the Toyota Prius.

O.K. yuppy nerds calm down, the Prius is one of the most popular among hi tech liberals in college towns, but guess what, I found the tin can to be the worst car I ever drove, ever - and I owned a Ford Pinto. The prius had only one good thing to say about it, the brakes were great, other than that it is a loser. I would not feel safe driving my family in that Jap junk.

Germany is still making fantastic cars. Audi is super, VW has quality cars, and I still have yet to drive a BMW.

Waiting to get behind the wheel of the new Corvette Stingray. I hope it is as enjoyable as I believe it will be. I also am lining up a Jaguar F Type.

I still am looking forward to finding someone who had an older sports car from the UK, they made so many great, and I mean great cars. I have fond memories of a friends TR3, and an MG. I love the older sports cars. They need more work and tender care than modern autos, but the styling, the feel of a mechanical beast is hard to overcome.