Daily Commentary – Friday, June 12th, 2009 – More John and Kate Plus 8 Drama

• Dana discusses the implications of the soaring ratings as the family dissolves on national television. What passes as TV today is hardly is hardly TV. Ratings at the expense of the exploitation of a marriage and children.

GM (Government Motors) Chairman Edward E. Whitacre Jr Admits He Knows Nothing about Cars … Good Grief

Quote of the Day … GM’s “success doesn’t hinge on automotive experience.”

If you ever needed to know anything when it comes to GM (Government Motors) all you have to do is read the very comments from their new Chairman, Edward E. Whitacre Jr … he knows nothing of cars.

“I don’t know anything about cars,” Whitacre, 67, said yesterday in an interview after his appointment. “A business is a business, and I think I can learn about cars. I’m not that old, and I think the business principles are the same.”

What to make a bet that all industries are not the same and that a certain amount of expertise in the field that one is leading does not make a difference? Every wonder why the government should never get involved in corporate America? They believe for an auto company to succeed, “success doesn’t hinge on automotive experience.” Sorry, but a working knowledge of the industry is required … not all industries are created the same … that’s only in socialism.

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Daily Commentary – Thursday, June 11th, 2009 – A Shoutout to the Blogs … Scared Monkeys & Blink on Crime and the Rest

• Dana takes time out to thank site contributors, staff, and visitors who make this all possible at Scared Monkeys, Blink on Crime and others.  Making a difference when the media refuses to.

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U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Shooting: White supremacist James von Brunn Murders Security Guard … “racism ‘ate him alive’

HATE CONSUMES …

89 year old James von Brunn. who according to his ex-wife, “racism ate him alive,” shot and killed a security guard at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.

The firefight, which left von Brunn in critical condition, capped a life spent spewing hatred.

“I’m in a state of shock, but I’m not surprised he did it,” von Brunn’s ex-wife told the Daily News. “He used to make the statement that he was going out with his boots on. I took it to mean that he was going to go out and try to take some people with him.”

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Stephen Tyrone Johns, the security guard killed by loon and white supremacist James von Brunn.

James W. von Brunn served six years in prison for trying to make what he called a “legal, non-violent citizens arrest” of Federal Reserve Board members in 1981 — a prison term he blamed on “a Negro jury, Jew/Negro attorneys” and “a Jew judge,” he said on his Web site, Holy Western Empire.

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Donald Trump to Miss California Carrie Prejean … You’re Fired (Update: Prejean Says They Wanted me to Pose Semi-Nude in Playboy)

Donald Trump, make up your mind.

Less than one month after Donald Trump stated that Miss California Carrie Prejean could keep her title after all the “gay marriage” controversy, the Donald now says … she’s fired.

However, never has finishing second and being fired ever been such an incredible and positive career move. For Carrie Prejean it is goodbye Miss California, hello career. How long will it be before Carrie is doing more than a guest appearance on Fox and Friends in the morning?

In a release first obtained by FOXNews.com, K2 Productions, the independent producers of the Miss California USA pageant, under license from Miss Universe, cited continued breach of contract issues as the reason for Prejean’s firing.

“This was a decision based solely on contract violations,” Keith Lewis, executive director of K2 Productions, said in the release. “After our press conference in New York we had hoped we would be able to forge a better working relationship. However, since that time it has become abundantly clear that Carrie has no desire to fulfill her obligations under our contract and work together.”

This is becoming less like an episode of The Apprentice and more like the old 1970’s Miller Lite commercials with Yankees owner George Steinbrenner of coach Billy Martin with the “you’re hired, fired.”

The now former Miss California Carrie Prejean told TMZ.com the following regarding her being stripped of her crown:

“They don’t agree with the stance that I took [on Proposition 8],” she told the entertainment news site. “They don’t like me. From day one they wanted me out and they got what they wanted.”

Also reported at TMZ was that the pageant was trying to whore her out to Playboy to pose for semi-nude photos.

Prejean claims pageant honcho Keith Lewis actually asked her last month if she would take two gigs — appearing on “I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!” and Playboy. Prejean says Lewis told her Playboy offered $140,000 for her to pose semi-nude. She rejected both offers.

A few minutes ago we talked to Lewis who said he was not pushing her to take either gig — but merely passing the offers along. Lewis said Prejean had insisted they not turn anything down without running it by her.

What is kind of ironic and comical is that Donald Trump would make the following comment about anyone. Treating people like $h&t Mr. Trump, you have made a living and lived a life of doing the very same Mr. hypocrite. I am sure their are some builders in Jersey that would feel the same. That’s almost as comical as Perez Hilton calling anyone a dumb b*tch.

Prejean also told us she couldn’t believe Donald Trump would say she treated people in the pageant “like s**t.” For the record, Trump did tell Harvey Levin that on the phone earlier today.

I could not agree more than with the comments of Say Anything regarding the fact that most likely Carrie Prejean wanted to be stripped of her crown. The “gay marriage” incident that started the mess in the first place was handled 100% wrong by the pageant. Carrie Prejean became one of the most successful second place finishers ever. Her ultimate firing adds another ribbon to her legacy and paves the way fro her broadcast career on Fox.