A Bit Of Encouragement

Tesla reports a profit for Q1 2013:

Despite a bit of bad press for its Model S and a less-than-ideal close to the 2012 financial year, things have been looking up for Tesla. Sales are on an upward climb, company CEO Elon Musk has sworn to deliver more superchargers, better service for customers and continues to tout his EV's high resale value. After promising in Q4 of 2012 that Tesla would turn a profit the next quarter, the EV manufacturer has done so -- generating $15 million in net income and $562 million in revenue in Q1 2013.

And following that "bit of bad press"?  Well...this, via Reuters:

Consumer Reports magazine awarded a near-perfect score to Tesla Motors Co's (TSLA.O) Model S, citing the electric car's power, "pinpoint" handling and quiet, well-crafted interior.

The score of 99 out of 100 puts the Model S far ahead of other electric and gas-powered rivals, including the Porsche Panamera sports car and the Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid.

"Slipping behind the wheel of the Tesla Model S is like crossing into a promising zero-emissions future," the highly influential magazine said in its review on Thursday. "It's what Marty McFly might have brought back in place of his DeLorean in 'Back to the Future'."

We endure the daily barrage from Negativistas who get paid pretty well to propagandize us into thinking we can't possibly do anything to make anything better for ourselves or each other, and so we just hafta sit quietly and take whatever shit they feel like feeding us today and tomorrow and for as long as we refuse to see through the smoke and the dust they're forever blowing in our faces.

No more - not today anyway.  And today's enough for now.

Maybe this Tesla bunch is just as full of shit as the rest of 'em, but maybe it's really just a matter of reaching a little farther and taking one more step and going a little longer.  I dunno - but here's hoping.