First off, I'm no fan of the
First off, I'm no fan of the Volt, GM, or any of the other bailout queens on Wall Street or in Detroit. The Volt, as far as I'm concerned, is about as useful as the Tesla Roadster was: it ain't. Maybe some people can afford one and enjoy driving theirs. Good for them. You're welcome for the tax dollars spent to subsidize the car, save the company that made it, and give you the write off you'll get for buying it.
Still, my beefs aren't with the Volt in particular - it's just a convenient target. My beef is with the way government gets involved in these things when it should be leaving well enough alone.
Morano might know a few things about climate science and skepticism, but in the end, he's no better than any of the other entertainers (as someone rightly put it) who deliver the news. I don't care what station you listen to. I've been on NPR and can tell you that the person delivering the news there doesn't know any more about it than any of the other talking heads do. News anchors (be it radio or TV) are not reporters, they are actors paid to regurgitate news given to them by others - some of whom may have been reporters, but many of which are nothing more than PR agents.
Whatever the station, they all have a spin, an angle, an intended audience.. so what you're getting is never "just the facts, ma'am," it's always spun. Taht's true for MSNBC, Fox, or any other station you care to name on TV, radio, print, or Web.