This article certainly raised my eyebrows. I have written a couple of times about Tesla and their electric cars. Now Diamler enters the picture in a very shrewd move. In one fell swoop, Diamler may have leap-frogged all the other major car manufacturers, all while keeping it’s luxury auto image intact. This certainly seems to be a win-win for both these companies. I predicted earlier that Tesla may very well turn the US automotive world on its ear – this move could be the beginning of the tidal wave.

I neither approve nor disapprove of the appointment of David Hayes for a position in the Interior Department, however, I do disapprove of this. It seems so juvenile to block an appointment simply as retribution for some other action that was taken. Now, if the Republicans said they were blocking the appointment based on Mr. Hayes’ past record, I could respect that. This “playground” behavior (which has been played pretty equally by both sides) is what has so many of us sick and tired of politicians in general.

I hope you all have a happy Earth Day and that you do at least one thing today to keep the Earth a little greener. Better yet, start a new habit today that will. At my daughter’s school, they challenged all the kids to keep the TV off for the entire week. Hopefully they are not turning in those TV hours for computer hours – that would simply be a diversion from one use of electricity to another.

President Obama is about to sign us all into a debt so huge, we may never again remember days of fiscal responsibility. I’m not saying that the government has been fiscally responsible as of late, just that now, the budget is so deep in the red that it will take huge amounts of taxes to ever come back. And, this bill has so much in the way of handouts that it will perpetuate the entitlement mentality that has essentially ruined our economy. We, the people of the US need to stop looking around for other people to blame such as government entities and start looking at our past indulgence. We spend, spend, spend so freely, without restraint and finally, the rampant consumerism topples and we find ourselves in the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. So what medicine does the government dish out? Let’s get everybody back into their old spending habits by giving them more assistance. A bandaid for a huge gaping wound. Sure, the stimulus will have some positive effect but it is short-term and simply provides a way for the US population to be even more dependent on the government. I see it more as our freedom being stymied as the soft chains of socialism are wrapped all the more tightly around us.

So, in our current situation, is it better to be optimistic with economic forecasts or to be realistic (what some people would call pessimistic in today’s economic climate)? Does either one have the potential to lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy? Meaning, if people continue to be pessimistic in their forecasts, will that cause additional cutbacks and restraint, thus deepening the recession? Or, if more forecasters are optimistic, will that lead more people to breathe a sigh of relief and begin thinking about expanding their purchases again, thus lifting the economy? What are your thoughts? I can tell you I am choosing to be optimistic and believe that articles like this one are for real.