A Broccoli Frittata and a Stimulus Bonanza
55It's Just Money...
Good morning breakfastpoppers. Today is Monday, October 24, 2011. It must be so much fun to give way billions of dollars without a thought to where it is going and what it will accomplish. That is the modus operandi of the Obama administration and I can say with total authority that we, the people, aren't having a good time.
Let's prepare a low-fat Broccoli Frittata this morning before we take a look at what the Obama administration is doing with our money. You will need 1/2 cup of non-fat cottage cheese, 1/2 teaspoon dried dill, 2 cups fat-free egg substitute, 1 (10 ounce) package of frozen chopped broccoli, 1 teaspoon olive oil, 2 teaspoons margarine and 1 diced onion.
In a large non-stick frying pan set over medium heat, saute onions in oil until soft. Add broccoli and dill and saute for at least 5 minutes more, or until broccoli is heated through.
In a large bowl, mix eggs and cottage cheese. Stir in broccoli mixture. Wipe out your frying pan and place it over med-high heat for a few minutes. Add margarine and the egg mixture. As eggs set around the edges, lift them to allow uncooked portions to flow underneath. Turn heat to low, cover the pan and cook until top is set. Invert onto a serving plate and cut into wedges. A Bloody Mary with a stalk of celery and a few olives would be a nice addition to the meal.
An end to the wasteful spending this administration is so good at would be a nice addition to our economy. Apparently, bolstering our economy is not a priority with President Obama. With his approval, an electric car company in Finland received $529 million in federal loan guarantees to assemble its first line of cars. The administration looked everywhere across the nation and couldn't come up with one facility capable of putting this car together. Imagine that! So what did our government do, why they outsourced the assembly of this car to another country. Now that's what I call a plan. Of course it's a plan to squander American taxpayer money and spit in the eye of American manufacturing. Surely, there was a company somewhere who could build a car. How about Detroit where unemployment is around 22 percent?
Oh, there is just one other small detail I would like to share with you. The base price of this car is $96, 985 and it gets only 20 miles per gallon running on power from its range extending gasoline engine.
Rumor has it that Leonardo Di Caprio ordered the first car. Can we then assume that President Obama dispensed $529 million of our money so that an actor could have a car that most Americans couldn't possibly afford even if they wanted one? I think that assumption falls well within the realm of possibility.
This is yet another fine example of our government hard at work making idiotic decisions with taxpayer money. Why don't they just set the cash on fire. It would be quicker...POP...
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Why does this surprise me, remember the Yugo. The success of Japanese and German auto manufacturers who relocated facilities on American soil should not be discounted and at least these added jobs and are an asset for which there is a return.
Dear POP. While I agree with you in theory that outsourcing the potential for the creation of American jobs in the US as set forth by this decision to send money to the Finnish company, there were two documentaries made w/r/t the electric car, "Who killed the Electric Car?" and "Revenge of the Electric Car" which exposed that it was a confluence of efforts by the government, oil industry, car makers and others who worked to kill the GM electric car (a GM electric car, wholeheartedly supported by the head of GM at the time).
The tide is slowly turning on this however, but slowly. There are places out west (in the US) already outfitted with charging stations, generating electricity cleanly, waiting for a pure electric vehicle. Silicon Valley is slated to become the next Detroit...I heard an interview with Elon Fisk, who works for the company in finland making the electric car, and while yes the first ones to roll off the line are quite pricey, he explained that to mass produce electric cars requires a multi billion dollar plant, which they are not able to afford now. I think it is baby steps. An interesting thing to note is that there may be nuggets of job creation in the US here, because I have read that a hybrid and even a gas powered car can potentially be converted to an electric one, which would provide work for many skilled workers.... Good though provoking hub...xo
Good morning, breakfastpop! I see this is their idea of job creation. Overseas. Where's the outrage from the jobless of the Occupy Wall Street/Detroit movement?
Thanks for always keeping us informed!
Dear Tom,
You heard right! Fools are running the show, now we have to run them out of Washington. See you at the Inn. I will be arriving in a toy electric car that does better than this $96,000 disaster.
Good morning Cousin Fudd,
This is the perfect example of Washington's inability to solve anything. A 6 year old would have realized what a disaster this was. See you at the Inn.
Goodmorning jellio,
There is nothing wrong with the concept of an electric car, but this car is ridiculous. It is a fortune and it is hideous when it comes to gas mileage Furthermore, we can't afford to throw away money like this. Keep the money in the U.S. and the jobs. See you at the Inn, jellio, we need to catch up.
Dear caltex,
The unwashed in the park are too busy playing drums. Some are starving themselves until Bloomberg resigns and others are eating like royalty! See you at the Inn. I will be coming over in a toy electric car that cost only 300 bucks and works great.
POP: I wonder what the unions have to say about this move from Obama? I am outraged at the amount of money we sent overseas for anything and everything. We must take care of our own house before we take care of others.
I'm off to the bar - the weekend was long and I need to relax - someone save me a seat.....
Dear Pino,
The unions are being taking good care of by Papa Obama. Part of the jobs bill (the part that didn't pass) was all for them, so rest assured more will be coming their way. The car is a great idea, but do it all here and do it for far less money. Let private industry develop it and keep the icky government out of things, They are incapable of doing anything right. See you at the Inn. I'll save you a seat and show you my little electric car I purchased for 300 dollars.
This is a typical anti-American move by an anti-American administration. GM is manufacdturing the Chevy Volt which goes for about $40,000. How many people could afford that? Or want to spend that kind of money on a car without a track record? $40,000 is too much to spend on an Edsel or a Pontiac. The bottom lineisthe communists and socialists in the white house and the congress have to go. There is no other solution. See you at the bar. BARTENDER...........
BPOP: I get that Obama hates this country and wants to see us fail miserably. One would, however, think that these blatantly obvious attempts to take jobs from this country would be met with holy hell here. Like someone else above said (although I can't stand unions and especially Trumka), wouldn't you think the unions would be pissing and moaning, ya know, like they did when Boeing tried to open its plant down south and the NLRB said no because it was a Right to Work state? The word "impeach" should be running rampant through the halls of Republican gov't officials. Certainly the qualifications of treason and bribery have been met!
Good morning taxlarry,
If only somebody in this administration had a brain. Perhaps they should go to see the Wizard, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. See you at the Inn.
Pop, this is a great example of many things, above most is the sad fact that like WWII factories converted to build what soldiers needed. Sadly all the machinery left the country with the jobs. There will never be another rising to meet demand again, and being unable to punch out a car is a fine example of the failing of this country we no longer have the ability to do jack squat in the way of machinery and the brain that know how are passing away all around us. So when we are gone the up and coming are screwed 'cuz you can't make anything with a robot or computerized machine unless first their exists the hands to make at least one machine and one robot.
I'll be at the Inn, 50
Good morning pcoach,
The administration says that the parts were made here but that there was no one in this entire country who could assemble the $96,000 Leonardo Di Caprio car! The unions are being taken care of by this administration in other ways, believe me. See you at the Inn.
Good morning 50,
Thanks for coming to breakfast in the middle of packing. You are right. Your last line about knowing how to make that robot is brilliant and the crux of our downfall. See you at the Inn. Dinner and drinks are on me.
Here we go again POP, the administration doing the same old thing expecting a different result. The superlatives to describe this behavior escape me since the usual ones like stupid, insane, clueless etc so understate the problem as to be meaningless.
I'm heading straight for the inn need a beer to think about the right word.
Huuuuuum Pop, I believe I see a pattern. The Obama Regime wants to drill here- drill now but in Braille not the U.S.; He cozy’s up to Jeff Immelt, General Electric CEO, appointing him to be the new head of a Council on Jobs and Competitiveness replacing Paul Volcker only to have GE then expand their overseas holdings, not add any jobs in the US.; He Then commits $529 million in federal loan guarantees to assemble its first line of cars in Finland; this on top of the 2 Billion lost by Solendra. Now I pose the question is this Regime economically challenged or purposely destroying this country’s economy? I for one believe their actions are deliberate and according to plan; the plan laid out those many years ago by Obama’s hero Carl Marx!
As for the base price of the Finnish car being $96, 985 "C'est la vie", what’s a mere $96,000 plus to a true elitist? As for the 20 miles per gallon running on power from its range extending gasoline engine, remember they’ll be polluting Finnish air not U.S. air; we’ll be happily chugging along in our rickshaws when this Regime gets through with us!
Leonardo Di Caprio ordered the first car; such is the relationship[p between a Socialists Regime and the Elitist that entertain them; ever see Dr. Zhivago?
Somewhere my friends prosperity ruled the land
We were the best before this Regime took hand
Now we are down the laughing stock of the world
Have you seen Barrack, he throws just like a girl
Some-------where we may be great once more
If we-------- throw this Regime out the door
Morning POP...Someone needs to plug this car into Obama's butt and turn on the engine...
Jellio has a point, up to a point...Energy is provided only at the expense of other energy...The electricity needed to charge these vehicles comes at a cost...We barely survive the summers in some areas due excessive power usage resulting in brown-outs and interrupted service during peak usage...Consider 200 million cars pulling in energy every day and night...Without additional power sources ( nuke, water, natural gas, and coal driven ) the supply line could never meet demand...
And then, consider this : Rare earth minerals are required in the manufacture of the electric car. Most rare-earth minerals are found only in China, which controls the world market for them. In this rush to go green, the U.S. is just trading one foreign dependence for another.
Whatever happened to steam..? Where's Stanley when you need him..?...Larry
It seems as if Obama is deliberately doing everything he can to destroy our country. He sure isn't helping "his people" like he promised. His actions are pathetic but there is nothing new about that. I think it is criminal that we are not using all of the large amount of natural gas that we have available in this country.
I suspect that there is an unwritten rule with respect to the progress of a scientifically possible technology to an everyday feasible technology. That is this, the early part of finding out we can do it costs quite a bit, and the first actual plants that build a new product cost quite a bit to build. Then a second phase kicks in, where those who are running the business seek to cut costs, and those involved in the manufacturing see ways to help cut those costs. Unfortunately, the cost of changing from that first plant to a more modern plant kicks in, and those who were first at building the product may find themselves stuck building the product in a more costly way because it costs too much to change.
So, Cousin Fudd may be on the mark with his comment.
Lessons learned from that first plant may make it feasible to build a more cost-effective plant here in the future, and help to make the US more capable of producing a new type car that is more efficient, and less costly. Time will tell.
Fisker - That's the company that makes scissors, isn't it? My old car gets better MPG than the Karma.
Little Sister With Giant Brain,
Bank of America's saying our credit rating may be down graded before the first of the year. That's funny. A TARP whore wants to down grade us?? Anyway, we have a president who's sky is a different color than the rest of America. When the creditors are saying cut, he says spend! History is not this clown's favorite subject apparently.
I'm headed to the Inn. By the time you and Scotty get there, I should be well oiled and dancing on the bar with no pants. I've got on shorts so it shouldn't be too gross. (snort, snort)
jim
Pop, I'm packed and setting on go tempted to roll in the morning a day early, my two Rottys are familiar with the trailer and jeep tied together with my bathtub size coolers tied down on the roof. The youngest has been on one season with me but still recognizes whats up, the little fiest and the multi breed will get their first taste of long haul rides and tent trailer living. It will be interesting to see how it goes for them they both are hot blooded little fire briquets with 103 degree body temps. So if I get in the snow I'll be getting the right next to me in the bed for warmers. I'll drop you a note before I leave,
dust
ps I put a link on your facebook page and if ou have a link to Maven share it with him, he'll be interested I'm sure.
It's a mistake to think Obama is being stupid. Rather, accept the fact he is quite deliberate with his actions. The 'occupiers' on Wall St say it for him - they want to destroy America's capitalism and replace it with communism. Viewed from that perspective, what this administration does is quite understandable.
Half a billion taxpayer dollars to a foreign car company to build a high end, gas guzzling sports car that most American will neither want nor afford?
Can it get any more absurd and outrageous?
Dear Hmr,
When you come up with the right word tell me because i m at a loss to find just the perfect description for this stupid waste of our money. I'll save you a seat Hmr.
Dear Patriot,
At his point given all these horrendous plans to throw away our money, it is impossible to conclude that Obama wants to save our economy. If he does, than it is impossible not to conclude that he is insane. I can hardly wait to hear his latest plans for bypassing Congress. See you at the Inn.
Dear maven,
At least the voice of reason in a very unreasonable nation. This isn't about green energy this is about green money going into the hands of people who supported Obama and gave him money. See you at the Inn. I will drive over in my little electric toy car that cost me $300 and works just fine.
Dear Pamela.
If we did use the natural gas we have and the coal we have we probably could free ourselves from the Middle East forever. I guess Obama is not big on that idea. See you at the Inn.
Dear FitnezzJim,
Do you suppose that Fiskar got the money because they have ties to Obama money sources? Hmmmm. This may have nothing whatsoever to do with green energy. In any case, we really can't afford to be doing stuff like this at the moment, can we? See you at the Inn.
Dear Patty,
My scissors gets better mileage! See you at the Inn.
Dear Big Bro With Great Legs,
This president has his own private agenda which has very little to do with the best interests of the people of our nation. As a matter of fact he has decided to bypass Congress once again. The hell with the Constitution! See you at the Inn.
Dear Dusty,
Be safe and enjoy every minute. I'd say don't do anything I wouldn't do but that would be ridiculous!
Dear sheila,
Obama is a destroyer and he knows what he is doing. Today he is going to usurp Congress's role once again. Why doesn't he just set the Constitution on fire? See you at the Inn.
Dear sheila,
Obama is a destroyer and he knows what he is doing. Today he is going to usurp Congress's role once again. Why doesn't he just set the Constitution on fire? See you at the Inn.
Dear Will,
Sorry to say, yes it can get more outrageous and I think it is about to. See you at the Inn.
So aside from our Tax payer money going to Fund this Project, not in our Country... and the cost to buy one outrageous...What Next...I'll tell you, a NEW President in 2012. Good one Breakfastpops!
Hi Pop! Seems like these types of decisions continue to move from the sublime to the ridiculous. We are in trouble POP. The voters need to start getting organized and deliberate in terms of issuing in real change next year. I need a few drinks, Pop. I'll buy the next round if you pick up this one!
On a related note that never hits the National News. The Obama Admin is giving away a million or two (Which is nothing right?) to a company in AZ to create electric hub motors for bicycles. The amount of money being dumped into this company will require the motors to be sold at a price in excess of $500 each to maybe break even. The same product produced in China is $75.
It's nice to want to do all these pro energy things right? Except these companies can never succeed in a marketplace where the price is already set at a fraction of what the new company will need in order to be sustainable.
All these energy companies will FAIL because the MARKET sets the price not the Government. And Obama will NEVER figure that out.
And he is afraid to do anything about the Chinese artificially manipulating their currency which keeps Americans out of work.
Obama = Monumental Failure.
But lets keep handing out the money and sticking it to the Seniors by devising ways to take away the benefits they worked for their entire lives.
I love broccoli and that recipe sounds really good. Leonardo can afford an expensive car. It's sickening to hear about some of the things they get. How many people can say they own an island? That,s nuts
Every time I hear or read about some new stupid rules, regulations or activities that Obummy is responsible for, I realize he is neither fooish, stupid nor ignorant.
He is diabolical and doing exactly what his socialist mentors have decreed for this administration. We are the fools if we don't take action in Nov 2012.
Good one Pop but I can't say I'm crazy about broccoli. LOL.
The one thing that irks me more than ANYTHING about this president is the sheer stupidity at which he's approached this economy, and unemployment. I think the smart thing for him to have done would have been to extend tax breaks to EVERY COMPANY who puts American workers to work, builds manufacturing facilities here on our soil, and repatriates monies. Putting more and more regulation and taxation on the backs of companies will cause the hiring of no one. But you know, I think he knows that. How else does a socialist gain power other than to make sure someone needs socialism?
Dear b. Malin,
Maybe we shouldn't complain. After all if Leonardo Di Caprio wanted this car, building it should be the least we could do for doing such a great job in Titanic!
Dear Dex,
We are in serious trouble. This latest insanity has its roots in political payback to Obama backers. The green thing is just a convenient cover. Of course, I'll buy. See you later.
Dear Mike NV,
Your equation says it all. If Obama was really interested in energy he would allow drilling for oil and gas. The bicycle motor people probably contributed to his campaign. This president doesn't understand or appreciate the concept of a free market. It isn't in his genes.
Dear jfay,
How many people can say the government built a car for them!
Dear drbj,
Great message that I hope will resonate throughout the land!!!
Dear zzron,
Oaky forget the broccoli, just go for the Bloody Mary!
Dear Springboard,
First comes the crisis then comes socialism. That's what is happening here.
Thumbs up, voted up, and the broccoli dish would sound great if the news of our monies are being used wasn't making me feel green around the gills.
Of course, having MSNBC on the tele screen over head here at work, for the near entirety of the shift isn't helping my attitude much either.
Good morning femmeflashpoint,
You should go to Human Resources and tell them that being forced to watch MSNBC is bad for your health!
You're preaching to the choir, pop.
Dear femmeflashpoint,
I guess I am., but yesterday I saw a friend of mine who is a neurologist. He told me he gets very nervous trying to read my hubs, because he can't stand my politics! I had o idea that such an intelligent guy could be that dense.
Tom Whitworth Level 5 Commenter 7 months ago
Good Hub Pop,
I heard where this Karma or Carma which is a hybrid really gets less mileage than a Ford SUV. Wow, how's that for green? Green around the gills.