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Blizzard 2009

December 19th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Blizzard 2009

I don’t think that our weatherman could have predicted this. They started off saying a chance of snow with some accumulation. Then they began talking inches, and pretty soon, some time later, they were talking FEET! Today, it was a BLIZZARD! Enric decided fairly early to get started on cleaning the driveway and cleaning off the cars. Silas watched his daddy with excited interest. Enric starts cleaning off Yaya’s car. Silas became increasingly excited about to go out in the … Read entire article »

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Show Me the Money

September 1st, 2009 | Add a Comment

Car dealers are saying, “Show me the money” when it comes to their participation in the government’s Cash for Clunkers. Here’s the figure: $2.878 billion. That’s how much money the government owes car dealers for the “Cash for Clunkers” program. “Out of 142 deals they owe us for, we’ve gotten paid on seven,” Lou Tornabeni of Ettleson Hyundai said. “We had 102 cash for clunkers,” Carm Scarpace of Westfield Ford said. “We’ve been paid for one.” With each Cash for Clunkers deal worth between $3,500 and $4,500, many dealerships are anxiously awaiting their government payday. Some, like Advantage Chevrolet, which sold cars up until the last minute, have more than half a million dollars on the line. “It was chaotic towards the end,” Jason Roberts said. Roberts says his dealership sold 142 cars under the program … Read entire article »

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Higher Gas Prices, Again.

June 2nd, 2009 | Add a Comment

I have always been on the side that government should stay out of business. They can’t run themselves, why on earth would we trust them to run a business. Obama buys up the car industry, and according to Ralph Nader, not necessary: The proximate cause of the bankruptcy was supposed to be the inability of GM and the government’s auto task force to reach an accommodation with GM’s bondholders. But late last week, the bondholder problem was moving toward rapid resolution, and was clearly resolvable. Why then are GM and its multibillion government financier proceeding with bankruptcy? The bankruptcy and the GM restructuring plan are the product of a secretive, unaccountable, Wall Street-minded government task force that assumed power because of a Congressional abdication of historic magnitude. By all rights, the restructuring plan … Read entire article »

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Free Cars for Welfare Recipients

May 7th, 2009 | Add a Comment

Now here is an interesting function of government… Gov. Deval Patrick’s free wheels for welfare recipients program is revving up despite the stalled economy, as the keys to donated cars loaded with state-funded insurance, repairs and even AAA membership are handed out to get them to work. But the program – fueled by a funding boost despite the state’s fiscal crash – allows those who end up back on welfare to keep the cars anyway. The program, which is provided by the State Department of Transitional Assistance, gives out about 65 cars a year, said DTA Commissioner Julia Kehoe. The state pays for the car’s insurance, inspection, excise tax, title, registration, repairs and a AAA membership for one year at a total cost of roughly $6,000 per car. Kehoe admitted about 20 percent of those … Read entire article »

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Our Lawmakers are leasing gas guzzling cars

March 15th, 2006 | Add a Comment

I first heard the report on FOX NEWS this morning as I woke up. Since I only heard the headlines, I looked it up on the news on the net. Reps. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) drives a Cadillac Devilles Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-Mich.) drives a Cadillac Deville Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) cruises around in a 2006 Infiniti M45 Reps. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) drives a BMW 525 Tom Feeney (R-Fla.) drives a Nissan Pathfinder Congressmen spend an average of $646.53 a month to lease cars. Most lease American cars. Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), Buck McKeon (R-Calif.), Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), Sue Myrick (R-N.C.), Feeney and Hinchey lease foreign cars. MORE HERE » THE HILL … Read entire article »

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Most Stolen Cars

March 26th, 2005 | 2 Comments

I was on Yahoo Maps this evening, looking up directions for a trip I will make in the near future, and above the information was this interesting question: Which Cars Stolen Most Often? Well that interested me, so I clicked on it to find this list: That top 10 includes: Toyota Camry Honda Accord Honda Civic Chevrolet Full Size C/K pick-up Ford Full Size Pickup (150/250/350) Jeep Cherokee/Grand Cherokee Oldsmobile Cutlass/Supreme/Ciera Dodge Caravan/Grand Caravan Ford Taurus Toyota Corolla After that it gave the option to look at the top stolen cars in one’s own state, so, I looked up my state of Maryland: Honda Accord Dodge Caravan/Grand Caravan Toyota Camry Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth Neon Plymouth Voyager/Grand Voyager Honda Civic Dodge Intrepid Jeep Cherokee/Grand Cherokee Ford Taurus Dodge Stratus Chevrolet Caprice Ford Full Size Pickup (150/250/350) Ford Crown Victoria Nissan Maxima Chevrolet Cavalier Toyota Corolla Oldsmobile Cutlass/Supreme/Ciera Plymouth Acclaim Mercury Marquis/Grand Marquis Nissan Altima Ford Explorer Ford Full Size Van (Econoline/Clubwagon) Ford Escort Dodge Spirit Acura Legend Not surprising to me, mom’s … Read entire article »

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