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TB
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3/30/2009 7:14:07 PM
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Here.
I didn't know the bit about the dealerships. Did anyone?
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Obama forces GM CEO out of job
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TB
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3/30/2009 3:25:46 AM
He signs the paychecks, doesn't he?
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ER
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3/30/2009 11:23:54 PM
After GWB, Conservatives do NOT want judgement based on performance.
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Bowser
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3/30/2009 11:52:19 PM
"Conservatives"? There you go again.
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Ronald Reagan
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3/31/2009 1:26:36 AM
Nothing to be proud of, is it?
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Bowser
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3/31/2009 2:08:47 AM
Often happens after poor performance. Look at last elections.
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Bowser
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3/30/2009 4:55:41 PM
The CEO can take advantage of a Federal job retraining program.
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ER
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3/30/2009 11:32:42 PM
Details of the Obama plan
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TB
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3/30/2009 4:54:35 PM
And more:
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TB
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3/30/2009 7:07:54 PM
Still more:
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TB
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3/30/2009 7:14:07 PM
Damn Good Idea. The USA should get rid of the incompetents who caused the problem
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David F Mayer
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3/30/2009 3:05:29 PM
Wake up.
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TB
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3/30/2009 3:11:05 PM
Sorry, but GM BEGGED for the bailout, which amounted to sale to the Federal goverment.
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David F Mayer
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3/31/2009 11:49:24 AM
It was never run by engineers.
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ER
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3/30/2009 11:12:40 PM
Isn't it interesting
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McFly
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3/30/2009 11:10:23 PM
And "trust us". That's right, just trust us. Trust us some more. There you go. Trust.
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Bowser
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3/30/2009 11:55:31 PM
A bit after the Northridge quake in...
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alcaray
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3/30/2009 4:14:16 AM
You don't see any fundamental difference?
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TB
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3/30/2009 1:30:16 PM
And the difference should be no strings attached when it's a government bailout?
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Buck Galaxy
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3/30/2009 3:23:35 PM
re: And the difference
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TB
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3/30/2009 3:29:30 PM
Why?
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Tony
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3/30/2009 6:10:15 PM
Yeah, it's not like the US auto industry is such a big moneymaker.
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ER
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3/30/2009 11:26:16 PM
What are they going to do with the power? Hang on to it.
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TB
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3/30/2009 7:38:34 PM
The terrible thing, thought Tony, the terrible thing was that when TB posted this he would believe it
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Tony
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3/31/2009 11:49:30 PM
So you say.
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alcaray
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3/30/2009 3:49:47 PM
The Golden Rule.
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Bowser
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3/30/2009 4:57:49 AM
Exactly. And if it is taxpayer money, should we not get something in return?
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alcaray
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3/30/2009 8:37:03 AM
Like a back-breaking debt burden for the grandkids?
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The Silent Majority
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3/31/2009 1:35:42 AM
No, like continuing employment, and a way out of this recession.
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alcaray
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4/1/2009 12:20:35 AM
It's called "downsizing". What a concept.
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ER
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3/30/2009 9:34:05 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.