"Exemplary Leadership"?

The President today announced his administration’s plans to curb vehicle emissions and implement stricter standards of vehicles. Obama stated his plan which was agreed upon by his admin, the auto companies, the UAW, the EPA, and other government officials would have once been “considered impossible” and implied this was a change in the way Washington does business. Ohh the camaraderie... but wait….could this magical coming together have anything to do with the fact that he basically owns 2 of the 3 American auto companies?? yes of course….he is correct… this sort of agreement would not have occurred in the past because previous U.S. Presidents did not give the American auto companies billions of dollars, then take them over, fire their CEO’s, declare they must file bankruptcy (only after they received billions of taxpayer $), and then divvy up control between the federal government & the UAW. So as the president pats himself on the back for his ability to bring auto execs, the UAW, and government officials together….he should acknowledge the fact that the people he bought together had no other choice. Now the American people also have no choice….we must ‘go green’ and buy itty bitty sized fuel efficient vehicles so we can curb the scientifically disputed and largely unsupported theory of global warming. Well fortunately the cost of these new fuel efficient vehicles are only estimated to be an extra $1300 or so more dollars by the year 2016 & I know once that stimulus bill kicks in & starts stimulating $1300 dollars will seem like loose change. Interestingly I am curious as to how the President arrived at this illusive 1300 dollar figure..Did he account for inflation? Maybe Gov Schwarzenegger came up with the figure…he’s been so effective and dead on at balancing the budget in California that I bet he was the brainiac/economist who arrived at that magical number. The President did praise California’s “exemplary leadership” when announcing his new vehicle standards which is interesting since they are broke & expecting a 21 billion dollar budget deficit this summer. Hmm ….I suppose this is an indicator of the type of “exemplary leadership” America has….tax & spend on federal government…who cares about the people or what we want when we have exemplary leaders!