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    Chinese Local Gov't Spends Millions On Luxury Cars After 2008 Earthquake
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    02/06/09

    In reply to Chinese Local Gov't Spends Millions On Luxury Cars After 2008 Earthquake
    If this is true, then I applaud the Chinese for following the American Corporate Machine's mantra perfectly:


    Let someone else pay for it.


    I have to admit, it's to the point I don't believe pretty much any media, any more, though I like to watch Robert Reich fight the power.


    FIGHT THE POWERS THAT BE!

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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    02/06/09

    @I loves me some land-yacht action:


    Right On, Man!


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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    02/06/09

    In reply to Chinese Local Gov't Spends Millions On Luxury Cars After 2008 Earthquake
    They totaled that car? You could still use the rim! Pfft!
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    Image of Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness
    02/06/09

    In reply to Chinese Local Gov't Spends Millions On Luxury Cars After 2008 Earthquake
    Remember the old Coyote and Roadrunner cartoons? Where the rock fell on the Coyote and left him feeling rather flat??
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    02/06/09

    In reply to Chinese Local Gov't Spends Millions On Luxury Cars After 2008 Earthquake
    "Hyundai Tuscan" gave me a good laugh because my wife calls it the Tuscan too.


    Apparently she's never been to SE Arizona...

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    Image of pres pres
    02/06/09

    In reply to Chinese Local Gov't Spends Millions On Luxury Cars After 2008 Earthquake
    Who says there is nothing to be learned from the West?


    Resistance is futile.

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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    02/06/09

    In reply to Chinese Local Gov't Spends Millions On Luxury Cars After 2008 Earthquake
    Say, the Chinese Camry isn't as ugly as ours. They're getting screwed on the Land Cruisers though.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    02/06/09

    @SirNotAppearing: I was thinking the same thing!
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    02/06/09

    In reply to Chinese Local Gov't Spends Millions On Luxury Cars After 2008 Earthquake
    Mike Meyers and Kanye West should speak out against this. Hu Jintao doesn't care about ___ people. Plus, they could tie it into a movie called "Chiang Kai Shrek" where he and Donkey escape to an island and set up a government in exile.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    02/06/09

    @Ash78: Coffee. On. Keyboard. Thanks, Ash. That was pretty damn funny.
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    Image of racerx racerx
    02/06/09

    In reply to Chinese Local Gov't Spends Millions On Luxury Cars After 2008 Earthquake
    Where the hell would rocks that big come from?! Unless that guy in the pic is a foot tall that is one seriously large pebble.
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    02/06/09

    @racerx: think of the middle of iowa, and its endless prairies. china would be the polar opposite
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    Image of layabout layabout
    02/06/09

    @racerx: I was wondering what that guy is carrying around,as one of the bags seems to have a leg hanging out of it.
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    02/06/09

    In reply to Chinese Local Gov't Spends Millions On Luxury Cars After 2008 Earthquake
    i think that last pic is the first car only wreck that i actually thought as graphic...


    and im sure there was plenty of FEMA cash that never made it to N.O.

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    02/06/09

    In reply to Chinese Local Gov't Spends Millions On Luxury Cars After 2008 Earthquake
    Does anyone else find it ironic that the Jalopitariat chastises us for getting too political at times, and then baits us with stories like this?


    Just sayin'.


    BTW, Pete, thanks for activating my commenting powers a while back. I never got the chance between making snarky remarks about the Big 2.25 and spewing political BS.

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    Image of BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
    02/06/09

    In reply to Chinese Local Gov't Spends Millions On Luxury Cars After 2008 Earthquake
    Big Luxuly cals have bettel suspencion neh. So safel with ealthquakes...
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    Image of Sportwagons, haulin' stuff and haulin' balls Sportwagons, haulin' stuff and haulin' balls
    02/06/09

    In reply to Chinese Local Gov't Spends Millions On Luxury Cars After 2008 Earthquake
    That's all they can get for luxury cars in China? Dear God, how much more suffering can those poor people stand?
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    Image of .357 .357
    02/06/09

    @Sportwagons - now with vitamin F: They did get a Nissan X-Trail with free floormats. Now thats what I call class.
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    02/06/09

    In reply to Chinese Local Gov't Spends Millions On Luxury Cars After 2008 Earthquake
    That last pic is amazing, any guess on the brand and model?

    Anyway where there is power, there is corruption.
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    Image of TurboWeasel TurboWeasel
    02/06/09

    In reply to Chinese Local Gov't Spends Millions On Luxury Cars After 2008 Earthquake
    Can anyone identify the flat green car near the very large rock?


    With the damage shown in the picture above, I'm surprised they aren't buying tracked vehicles.

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    Image of The Auto Insider The Auto Insider
    02/06/09

    @TurboWeasel: It was a taxi.
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    Image of layabout layabout
    02/06/09

    @TurboWeasel: The car? Don't know,but the guy inside has got one hell of a headache.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    02/06/09

    @TurboWeasel: Ikea. They perfected the flat pack furniture, now they are branching into automotive.
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    Image of BTLFED BTLFED
    02/06/09

    @TurboWeasel: The wheel sitting there makes me think it is a 94-97 Accord.
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    Image of TurboWeasel TurboWeasel
    02/06/09

    @BTLFED has two bottles, big ones:


    I was thinking Subaru only because the motor looks like a flat 4.

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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    02/06/09

    @TurboWeasel: It's a Chinese copy of a Lotus. Though, due to some poorly trained interpreters, and more than one glaring clerical error, "lightness" was translated to "boulder".
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    Image of FЯeeMan FЯeeMan
    02/06/09

    @TurboWeasel: Wow! That really had me LOLing. I mean, I actually laughed out LOUD. One of my most sincere COTD nominations in a long time, and a little red heart for you, my new friend!
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    Image of LuciferV8 LuciferV8
    02/06/09

    @smalleyxb122: @TurboWeasel: cotd
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    Image of Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness
    02/06/09

    @TurboWeasel:


    Wasn't a flat four before the rock fell on it...

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    Image of layabout layabout
    02/06/09

    In reply to Chinese Local Gov't Spends Millions On Luxury Cars After 2008 Earthquake
    So your saying China may be corrupt? I don't believe it,now say you're sorry.
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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    02/06/09

    @layabout now with V8 power: It's corruption and income inequalities like this that caused the first Communist revolution.
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