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NovaloadMissesPolar commented on Jon Stewart Pleads With Congress To "Give The Automakers The Money"
"To the best of my knowledge, every country supports its car manufacturers because it's just so damn important. And to see the slugs that infest congress try to get their sound byte/photo opp shaking their fingers at people and then handing over a trillion bucks with almost no checks and balances to parasites but then giving car makers a hard time--WTF?! I know this will sound odd, but back in the 70s, say,with "Buy American" as the rule--the principle being you might pay a bit more or at times get a little less quality, but you were still supporting the home team and taking a long-term investment view when you bought a car--you were investing in your country and your fellow workers. So the increasingly short sighted greed that has brought us to this meltdown probably started then when people just considered price, not origin, not working conditions, not the home team...If the US automakers go, good luck with your next war--oh, that's right, you can pay Haliburton 1000 x a fair price for everything. And in that vein-this same congress that is interrogating the big 3--uh, spending in Iraq?"
http://jalopnik.com/5102332/#c9282673 11:40 AM on Dec 5
NovaloadMissesPolar commented on Jon Stewart Pleads With Congress To "Give The Automakers The Money"
"@BlueRSX: Hokie?"
http://jalopnik.com/5102332/#c9282244 11:24 AM on Dec 5
NovaloadMissesPolar commented on 1960 Cadillac Sixty-Two Hardtop Coupe
"THAR SHE BLOWS! That's some white whale, Murilee. Best shot is the interior, with that tiny, delicately thin gear shift lever that somehow manages to control all that elegant power."
http://jalopnik.com/5102207/#c9282195 11:23 AM on Dec 5
NovaloadMissesPolar commented on 1960 Cadillac Sixty-Two Hardtop Coupe
"@DannyBN: Don't say "greenstamps." It automatically tells people you are anciently old--don't ask me how I know this."
http://jalopnik.com/5102207/#c9281930 11:14 AM on Dec 5
NovaloadMissesPolar commented on Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The Million Dollar Oldsmobile?
"You could have purchased the Olds Division for that kind of money. The 442s of this era were very, very sweet rides and I have fond memories of a particular pearlized white w/red interior 442 but a million bucks?"
http://jalopnik.com/5102228/#c9281869 11:12 AM on Dec 5
Megan commented on Everything In The News Will Piss You Off Today, Puppies And Presidents Edition
"@kittyholmes: Actually, they bought both houses."
http://jezebel.com/5102176/#c9271106 6:43 PM on Dec 4
Megan wrote The Bushes spent about $3.7 million dollars on real estate in a pricey Dallas neighborhood, and boy, are you going to seethe with jealousy when you see the house the Presidency can buy you. [Washington Post, The Smoking Gun] Italy is
http://jezebel.com/5102176/ 6:32 PM on December 4, 2008
NovaloadMissesPolar commented on 2010 BMW Z4 Shows Us Its Rear
"Oh, and it's nice enough--but nothing to me either way, because the only reason for me to have any idea what a Z looks like would be--well, what?"
http://jalopnik.com/5102150/#c9270787 6:30 PM on Dec 4
NovaloadMissesPolar commented on 2010 BMW Z4 Shows Us Its Rear
"The image looks like one of those "Cars of Tomorrow" drawings where the perspectives aren't consistent. That left front wheel for example. And in spite of the Munich tag, I it's headed into the generic "City of the Future" (add echo effect here)."
http://jalopnik.com/5102150/#c9270684 6:26 PM on Dec 4
NovaloadMissesPolar commented on 2010 BMW Z4 Shows Us Its Rear
"@Pete Gaines: Yeah, but compared to a SHO wagon?"
http://jalopnik.com/5102150/#c9270550 6:21 PM on Dec 4