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Slaughter
| Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 06:39 pm: |
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In keeping with concerns about waste in Companies the Government has taken control of, and since Waggoner was fired at GM, the President has called for Chevrolet and Dodge to quit NASCAR: http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/hot_lists/high _performance/motorsports/obama_orders_chevrolet_an d_dodge_out_of_nascar_car_news (Message edited by slaughter on April 01, 2009) |
Froggy
| Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 06:45 pm: |
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Bogus |
Slaughter
| Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 06:47 pm: |
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(DUUUUHHHH... check your calendar!) |
Slaughter
| Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 06:49 pm: |
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Looks like they removed the original text. Check the referenced articles... I'll go and try to find the original - it was GREAT! |
Slaughter
| Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 07:01 pm: |
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Part of the article from the Huffington Post:
quote:In a move sure to spark outrage, the White House announced today that GM and Chrysler must cease participation in NASCAR at the end of the 2009 season if they hope to receive any additional financial aid from the government ... A complete withdrawal from America's premier racing series is expected to save more than $250 million between GM and Chrysler, a substantial amount considering the drastic measures being implemented elsewhere.
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Ratbuell
| Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 07:32 pm: |
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I know people are gonna cry "communism", but come on...it's the government's (OUR) money. They've got EVERY right to make decisions like this. IMO the automakers have PROVEN they have zero ability to make financial decisions (COMPETITIVE financial decisions) for themselves. I sympathize for the labor-level folks, but the execs? Bag 'em. Refit the plants to make inexpensive steel housing pieces - siding, metal studs, beams. Let's get some housing that all these foreclosed folks can afford to live in, and start getting back on our feet. |
Aesquire
| Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 07:52 pm: |
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IMO the congress have PROVEN they have zero ability to make financial decisions ... for anybody's good but themselves. There, fixed it for you. |
Too_tall_ss
| Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 09:27 pm: |
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http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92422
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Iamike
| Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 09:58 pm: |
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What day is this again? |
Rockstarblast1
| Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 01:24 am: |
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its only to give ford a chance to gain the "first on face day" instead of the "found on road dead" lol april fools |
Ratbuell
| Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 10:20 am: |
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>>IMO the congress have PROVEN they have zero ability to make financial decisions ... for anybody's good but themselves. Nah, didn't fix it...just expanded it a little. Gimme my 44 acres of mountainside, the 1780s log cabin on it (I WILL make it habitable again, dammit!), my '72 Satellite, my wife, my dogs, and my Buells. I'm a happy camper |
Liquorwhere
| Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 11:03 am: |
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Well when the Mustang Ranch was seized by the government for back taxes they took it over and tried to run it....now think about this, prostitution and alcohol was on the menu and they managed to run it into the ground, if you cannot sell those two things in Nevada, I cannot trust them to run a car company....sorry no confidence in this deal..... (Message edited by liquorwhere on April 02, 2009) |
B00stzx3
| Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 02:57 pm: |
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Ford all the way baby! |
Slaughter
| Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 03:28 pm: |
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Yabbut the government has MUCH MORE EXPERIENCE with prostitution and alcohol than they do with running "legit" businesses... ...I'm just sayin' |
Buellinachinashop
| Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 03:49 pm: |
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Ford now has a chance to win at Bristol and Martinsville! |
Cityxslicker
| Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 03:50 pm: |
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weeeee we're turning left. |
Liquorwhere
| Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 04:32 pm: |
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>Yabbut the government has MUCH MORE EXPERIENCE with prostitution and alcohol than they do with running "legit" businesses... ...I'm just sayin' Yes that is the point...they had experience, probably first hand experience, and couldn't keep it running...maybe they "robbed" the products off the shelf??hmmmm......one too many sampler plates for the Distinguished Gentleman (and Hillary) at the ole mustang ranch that customers couldn't get in maybe...hmm...interesting idea... |
Slaughter
| Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 04:43 pm: |
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Wow - the MudBug has a good point: NA$CAR is a sport that should be favored by our current administration: Continue turning to the left at full throttle until you run out of fuel or crash... and at the end, the one who is called the "winner" finishes in exactly the same place he started. I like it! |
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