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I must admit, I find it amusing to watch the CEO’s of the auto industry as they beg for taxpayers’ money for themselves. Make no mistake, just like the original TARP (which was so easily altered from its original intent) has had no effect on main street, this bailout will only temporarily keep autoworkers in their doomed jobs. While making these CEO's even wealthier.

In the near future, history will read just the opposite of my title. The real truth may well have to wait a long time to surface again. The winners write history, and those who are ignorant of the past are condemned to repeat it. I’m afraid that on this day the new Socialist era will be ushered in, with Pelosi and Reid riding on the flowing cape of the next anointed one, Barack Obama. Many are simply ignorant of their history and can't see the pattern I see. The Republican Presidential campaign has certainly done little to enlighten them.

That’s the most obvious change I’ve observed since the beginning of the ‘Q” continuum (I love that I get to say that now…big Star Trek fan!). Practice is more physically difficult (which will help in those tough OT games of which we seem to have too many of lately) and also more structured, but two things seem to really stand out.

What does that say about the current Blackhawk team? It says a lot! Its easy to point out the flaws in this young team, but the positives to take away from Saturday’s game say even more.

I’m gonna have to give Pat Foley a hard time about that. I replayed the end of last night’s win and never heard his trademark shout-maybe I missed it? At any rate, the first win is in the books, but not without another bombshell. The Hawks have been purging the remnants of the past and I hear Savvy is about to be the next victim.

In some ways it seemed like last season never ended. After the playoffs, my own attention was turned to preparation for the inaugural Blackhawks Convention. After the Convention I began to prepare for the first Training Camp Festival. The one thing missing during the summer was interaction with the actual Blackhawks-the guys who make what I do so much fun.

I haven’t had the heart to blog for a while. I’m not sure what makes me feel worse, the idea that as a nation we’ve turned the corner to socialism, begun a long recession, and become part of the ‘new world order’-or the idea that so few of my fellow citizens know or care.

The Senate easily passed the bailout bill last night, while most Americans were busy watching the Chicago Cubs lose. The Senate couldn't be bothered to hold a hearing to listen to a single dissenting voice, although nearly 400 economists, including Noble laureates, have pointed out that this bailout will solve nothing.

Monday 9-29-2008