SURI-FACT CHECK=NOBEL PRIZE!!

I just had a brilliant idea!

If you have a smart phone you can ask Suri a question and get an immediate answer. If you are traveling in a strange town and ask “Where is the nearest Dairy Queen?” Suri will tell you and provide a map.

I’m proposing application of this technology to political speak. If anyone talking on TV or radio misspeaks, lies or exaggerates, there will a loud beep and Suri will provide correct information immediately.

Written information can be monitored by connecting all word processing devices to the same system. We have Spell Check, why not Fact Check?

This would eliminate propaganda and political spinners.

I think I should be awarded a Nobel Peace of Mind Award.

If Al Gore can claim that he invented the internet, I can claim that I stopped propaganda!!

CAR CZAR JOKE

This joke was circulated by my engineer, science and techie friends after President Obama appointed a Car Czar to “Save General Motors”:

The Car Czar arrives at the GM main office and calls a meeting with the GM top managers.

At the meeting the Czar announces:

“The President wants you to design a four door sedan that will seat six and get fifty miles a galloon. How soon can you get that done?”

The Director of Research and Development replies, “That is impossible1”.

The Car Czar asks, “What makes it impossible?”

The Director replies, “The Laws of Physics.”

The Car czar replies, “That’s not a problem. My party controls Congress and the Senate. We can change the laws and the President will sign the new laws.”

At the time this first made the rounds the joke was funny.  Two years later it is scary!

The logic and math distributed from Washington on just about everything is so stupid that it is embarrassing. I don’t think it is political. I think the present administration has less intelligence than a fifth grader.

Imagine what the decendants from Old Persia are thinking. They invented math and must be thinking that our leaders are stupid, convenient idiots.

General Motors stock was part of my Retirement investment plan.

VP Joe Bidden recently proudly announced, “GM is alive!”

He was ecstatic. Me—not so much!

I’m happy that many people retained their jobs but:

I had significant problems with five consecutive GM cars. One car was in the dealers shop five times for major repairs. The last was a factory defect that caused an engine fire. It was “repaired” and a week out of warranty the fire occurred again. The Zone Manager said “Tough”

I called Roger, the  GM CEO, explained the problem, advised my immediate family had four GM cars and we had a GM van in our business. He replied that the Zone Manager had already given GM’s answer.

When I asked if he thought I would ever buy another GM car he said, “I could care less.”

GM received a Government bail out. Some said they should have gone out of business or at least obtained better management.

Their pensioners retained their wonderful pensions.

My stock value went to zero.

My tax money was used for the GM bailout!

Yeah Government! They CAN change Business and Economics “Laws” by issuing Regulations.

Sadly, the stupidity in the joke translated into reality and bit me on my butt!