Its a crock because a few years ago Basra had riots against British management

Which is forgotten by Reuters

you're supposed to agree with me

>>What I'm not talking about is a process where a company is simply broken up, sold off, and no longer exists.<<

Not up to you.  That may be what the court orders.

  >>We're not talking about that.  And what I'm not talking about is a company that's stuck in court for years, unable to get out.<<

not up to you.  The creditors may rightly demand they get paid NOW instead of over 15 years.  The court may agree with them.

>>But just in case there's still nagging doubts, let me say it as plainly as I can:  If you buy a car from Chrysler or General Motors, you will be able to get your car serviced and repaired, just like always.  Your warranty will be safe.  In fact, it will be safer than it's ever been, because starting today, the United States government will stand behind your warranty.<<

This isn't the federal government's job; this isn't something the federal government can deal with without massive bureaucracy--at what level does the Federal Government deal with the warranty--the carowner gets permission for the repair, the dealer seeks compensation for repairs, or GM loses a ton of money on crap cars and then gets a bailout? All three?--and it leads to fraud, every time.  Medicare fraud is about $10 billion a year.  That's more than some national economies.

>>But we must also recognize that the difficulties facing this industry are due in no small part to the weaknesses in our economy as a whole.<<

Toyota, Mercedes, Rolls Royce and Honda are apparently not part of the US auto industry, despite their plants here.

  And therefore, to support demand for auto sales during this period, I'm directing my team to take several steps.

>>First, we will ensure that Recovery Act funds to purchase government cars get out as quickly as possible and work through the budget process to accelerate other federal fleet purchases, as well.<<

Whoop de shit.  I look forward to bureaucrats in Lincoln Towncars. It's the American way!

>>Second, we'll accelerate our efforts through the Treasury Department's Consumer and Business Lending Initiative.  And we are working intensively with the auto finance companies to increase the flow of credit to both consumers and dealers.<<

Here's Tex Obama and his dog Spot!

>>Third, the IRS is launching a campaign to alert consumers of a new tax benefit for auto purchases made between February 16th and the end of this year -- if you buy a car anytime this year, you may be able to deduct the cost of any sales and excise taxes.  And this provision could save families hundreds of dollars and lead to as many as 100,000 new car sales.<<

Get back to me when I'm assured that tax break.  "May be able" makes me go "ehn"

>>Finally, several members of Congress have proposed an even more ambitious incentive program to increase car sales while modernizing our auto fleet.  And such fleet modernization programs, which provide a generous credit to consumers who turn in old, less fuel-efficient cars and purchase cleaner cars, have been successful in boosting auto sales in a number of European countries.<<

Where, Greece?   turn in that 1940 Ford for a 1999 model?  Was it an American car? Bet not.

>>I want to work with Congress to identify parts of the Recovery Act that could be trimmed to fund such a program, and make it retroactive starting today. <<

Yeah nobody knows what to do with the money, so f it.

>>Now, let there be no doubt, it will take an unprecedented effort on all our parts -- from the halls of Congress to the boardroom, from the union hall to the factory floor -- to see the auto industry through these difficult times.  And I want every American to know that the path I'm laying out today is our best chance to make sure that the cars of the future are built where they've always been built -- in Detroit and across the Midwest<<

All you factory owners in TN go F yourselves!  Detroit playas, holla!

>> --  to make America's auto industry in the 21st century what it was in the 20th century -- unsurpassed around the world.<<

By propping up the corpse of failed companies around their shitbox trucks, hoping to God that financing drives sales and govt sales make a difference, squelching competition and innovation and telling other industrialized nations to go f themselves, sucks to be you.  Driving down the dollar by guaranteeing  the warranty on a Jeep/Wrangler!!!!

THEIR

CARS

SUCK

I don't see the President in one!  There's a reason they're in the toilet, worse than anybody--their cars suck!!

  >>The path has been chosen after consulting with other governments that are facing this crisis.  We've worked closely with the government of Canada on GM and Chrysler, as both those companies have extensive operations there.  The Canadian government has indicated its support for our approach and will be announcing their specific commitments later today.<<

"We can't do a damn thing.  America must turn to Canada to bail out our special interests. And if, which I do not believe for a moment, our graft ridden socialist state collapses under its own corrupt greed, Asia will carry on the fight"

Um in Rwanda stability was achieved when the Tutsi Army smashed the Hutus...Nobody was talking about a war against hte Hutus just "peacekeeping'

That's not fair!

Most of Western Europe is his descendant!

"Nobody in the history of time has been documented of dying from smoking marijuana."

Right, they get shot arguing over marijuana long before that.

>>1>Barack Hussein Obama walks into a bar with a parrot on his shoulder.

The bartender says, "Hey, where did you get that?"

The parrot says, "Kenya."<<

I told this one to my dad

he said the version he heard, the parrot says "It started as a wart on my ass"

Skoe

If howard proposed australian citizenship for everybody in Indonesia, would you give him a fair chance or would you immediately riot til he fled to France dressed as a woman?

Does total shit deserve a taste test, or isn't the smell enough?

I shoulda been a GM dealer

"Maam you need a new undercoat"

"How much will that cost?"

"Well it is $5000 but not to worry it is all under federally guaranteed warranty"

"Wow then stick in one of them airforce coffeepots for $5000 more"

"Hmm can't rightly do that maam" <rustle> "sure thing, you need a loaner vehicle to get to work?"

"Oh yes--a Toyota!" (Laughter)

a chipmunk in a hells angels jacket is up to no good...

They're coming out with "Caprica" if you wanna see that, its a prequel to the cylon wars apparently.

my friends wanna know wtf the Centurions got up to after 150,000 yarons! do a show on that!

my pal Marc has not seen it yet and does not believe me when I tell him the angels 'sent them all back to Africa'