I had a close call on Wednesday that has made me take a look at my life. During a rain storm as I was heading back to the office a car came across the freeway median on Interstate 5 and nearly hit me. I saw the car coming and was pretty sure he would not get me since I was in the right lane, but he did hit the car in the left lane head on and in the impact they grazed my work pickup as I swerved out of the way. I called in the crash and checked on the drivers and put out traffic cones to close off the lanes and channel traffic to the shoulder. The drivers were taken to the hospital with serious but not life threatening injuries. Modern cars are amazing. Between airbags and crumple zones it is remarkable that neither person was killed.

Here is a newspaper article on the crash.

http://www.redding.com/news/2009/feb/11/i-5-wreck-blocks-traffic-anderson/

Labels: cars, close call

You cannot make this stuff up folks. I laughed out loud when I read this story this morning. Now that Obama has made a big splash on TV ranting about Executive pay, he seems to be changing his tune. Now honestly I really want this guy to succeed as President, but it is starting to look like amateur hour at the White House. He is looking more like the Dems of old and many politicians on both sides of the aisle as he says one thing but does another. Why didn't he get the bill changed before he agreed to sign it. Did his people not read it first.

Obama better get Congress in line because Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi and the like think they are the President now. But I cannot believe that Obama is going to sign the bill and then have it changed. It is more about the image than actually doing the right thing and we have too much of that in Washington right now as it is.

White House Considers Changes to Executive Pay Limits Outlined in Stimulus Bill

The Obama administration wants to work with lawmakers to revise portion of spending plan that limits the amount of bonuses executives at financial firms can earn.

WASHINGTON -- Facing a stricter approach to limiting executive bonuses than it had favored, the Obama administration wants to revise that part of the stimulus package even after it becomes law, White House officials said Sunday.

While President Barack Obama plans to sign the $787 billion stimulus bill in Denver on Tuesday, his administration will seek changes in the government's approach to executive compensation, senior Obama adviser David Axelrod said.

Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs, appearing on CBS's "Face the Nation," also said the administration would seek to "strike the right balance" on the compensation question by discussing changes in the provisions with House and Senate members. Asked if Obama would enforce the bill and was satisfied with it, Gibbs replied, "We will sign this bill into law on Tuesday."

"Mr. Gibbs may not like it, but it is going to be enforced," Rep. Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said on CBS. "This is not an option. This is not, frankly, the Bush administration, where they're going to issue a signing statement and refuse to enforce it. They will enforce it."

Labels: bank bailout, Obama, stimulus

At a Road Construction site near my house this week an electronic sign was altered to read "Chuck Norris for President". I think that would be pretty cool to see how the world responded to him as president. The leaders of North Korea or Iran or Russia could watch Missing in Action or Invasion USA to see how we would deal with folks that we do not like. It would be awesome and it would stimulate the economy as kids all across the country would sign up for Karate classes.

Here is the story in the local paper including the pretty poor photo of the sign.

Road Sign Hacked

What is it with all these Obama appointees and their inability to pay taxes? I know that Democrats do not have the corner on the market with tax problems, but it sure seems that way sometimes.

I find it humorous that the leadership of the party that wants all of us to pay more taxes cannot seem to pay their own taxes. First the Treasury secretary, then Tom Daschle makes a $148k mistake, and now the budget and accountablility person has tax problems. This is getting to be absurd.

Labels: politics, taxes