Lame Duck Economy, Ray Guns in Iraq

George Bush may have promised to Barack Obama that he would do everything he could to help make a smooth transition between administrations. Too bad he didn't make a promise to the American people to try and help the economy. Basically he's sitting around doing nothing, goin' back to Crawford in his mind...

First, the Fed Chair Paulson has been running around like Chicken Little telling us " The economy is falling! The economy is falling!" until we give him 700 billion dollars. He gives money to his friends who do not have to be accountable and tell us where they spend the money, and companies like AIG then ask for more. We are told that bad mortgages are behind it all, but money is used to bolster credit card companies and banks instead, and tell the auto industry to go and drive off of a cliff. Now, Paulson is saying that he may not use the second half of the 700 billion until Obama is in the driver's seat.

So, we are coasting along without any brakes and no clear destination in mind. Meanwhile, the markets are still behaving erratically and thousands of jobs will be lost in time for Christmas. Congress is finishing up its session proving that the system is corrupt no matter which Party rules, thank you Ted Stevens and Joe Lieberman...

When my father was a kid he read a lot of science fiction, which fueled his interest in space exploration. As an adult he was a design engineer and worked on everything that was put into orbit and outer space for 30 years, specializing in spook satellites. Another science fiction dream has come true and is being tested in Iraq right now, the laser weapon. Its set up on the back of a Humvee and being used to set off roadside bombs. Larger ray guns are being developed to use on missiles and mortars and rockets and anything incoming to our space.

If we have made peace with Iraq and Afghanistan by the time they have been fully developed, look for another conflict or war being used as an excuse to use these cool weapons on others. We are the baddest dudes on the planet...