Miles per gallon - give me a break

Any sensible consumer has been figuring 'Pennies per Mile' for 2 years now.

Let's see,
'Volt' good for 100,000 miles (Maybe) = $40,000 in 2010 dollars.

Electricity for charging your $17,000 batteries, (which will have to be replaced at approximately 50,000 miles)

Estimates at 2009 prices say $0.01 per mile for electric alone. (Will multiply under 'Cap & Tax').

Depreciation on any hi-tech wonderment like the Volt can only be calculated in replacement cost.

Inflate $40,000 for the period that you take to drive 100,000 miles.

Add the environmental protests to mining the compounds necessary to manufacture the batteries; (See Michigan and other states protests against sulfide mining).

Add the costs of disposing and/or recycling the batteries.

Add the cost of cowtowing to OPEC instead of telling them to 'Sit On It'.

I can't calculate the cost of this LIE.

But I don't really care. Your Grandchildren and Great grandchildren will bear the ultimate cost of these LIES and I'll be long gone.

Are 'Czars' unfunded mandates?

Are 'Czars' unfunded mandates?
These unelected administrators are not answerable to oversight by Congress, only to the White House. They have staff, regulatory and enforcement power which is funded by, guess what? They are funded with our money.

Rumor has it that the administration will soon appoint a Bathroom Czar.
The responsibilities of the Bathroom Czar will be to monitor the length and temperature of showers and baths, the length of time that water runs per resident per day and the amount of water used to flush.
The Bathroom Czar will also be charged with evaluating the specific gravity of crap; floating crap is an indicator of proper fiber in the diet. If your crap sinks you may be referred to the Diet Czar for further processing.

Think about it, are we getting our moneys worth?
C. R. Ellsworth