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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    12/03/09

    In reply to REPORT: Spyker Interested In Saab
    Hah! Scooped you:

    [jalopnik.com]

    Maybe Puma will buy them? Brazil + Sweden = WIN!
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    12/03/09

    In reply to REPORT: Spyker Interested In Saab
    hahaha, Spykers swan song about the ugly duckling that never grew up
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    12/02/09

    In reply to REPORT: Spyker Interested In Saab
    Saab is like the really, and I mean really, ugly daughter of the largest farm owner in the town. If you get with her, you get 600 million dollars or whatever, but she may kill you.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/02/09

    In reply to Today's Dilbert A Thinly Veiled Stab At GM Management
    Wait, this is a cartoon?
    I thought it was the headline on the WSJ.
    My bad.
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    12/02/09

    In reply to REPORT: Spyker Interested In Saab
    Ha! Saab is turning into the fun girl from High School. Everyone took a taste but no one takes her home to Mom.
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    Image of SantaRita SantaRita
    12/02/09

    @lilwillie: SAAB always was that kind of Girl. She's a Super Freak ;)
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    12/02/09

    In reply to REPORT: Spyker Interested In Saab
    I had better hopes for SAAB's future than as a corpse to be plundered.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    12/02/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: This treasure carries a curse, though: That $600 million is a loan, and will forever haunt any who take it until they give it back.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    12/02/09

    In reply to REPORT: Spyker Interested In Saab
    Wait, I have no money, I drive a car as ugly as any that Spyker makes, and I'm a white guy with no experience running a car company. Maybe I should buy Saab!
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    Image of duurtlang duurtlang
    12/02/09

    @weatherman: Not all Spykers are ugly. As long as they're octogenarians, or older, they sometimes are quite nice.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    12/03/09

    @duurtlang: It helps that you've shown the most beautiful Spyker ever made.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    12/02/09

    In reply to REPORT: Spyker Interested In Saab
    This will catapult Spyker from props to jets, overnight.
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    12/02/09

    In reply to Today's Dilbert A Thinly Veiled Stab At GM Management
    It would be accurate except that Fritz' predecessors are really the milkmaids.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    12/02/09

    In reply to Today's Dilbert A Thinly Veiled Stab At GM Management
    Ultra-sarcastic humor is the best!
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    12/01/09

    In reply to GM Chairman Asks U.S. To Pay Auto Execs More Money
    This is all I have to say:
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    11/20/09

    In reply to Obama Goes "Boom-Boom Pow" On South Korean-U.S. Auto Trade Agreements
    Boom! The narcissistic arrogance of Barack Obama strikes again.

    Maybe that's a little unfair, because I can picture Dubya making the same ridiculous pose. But, really, is there a country the rockstar-in-chief hasn't traveled to this year?

    And, Ray, it's bad enough I can't go a whole day without seeing the guy's mug plastered all over TV, the interweb and half the magazines on the newsstand. Do I really have to deal with him here, too?
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    Image of HurtsSoGood HurtsSoGood
    11/20/09

    @If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face: Dubya didn't give half a shit about how many shitty cars the Koreans dumped here.
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    11/20/09

    @HurtsSoGood: Of course not. I can fault Dubya for a lot of things, but at least he didn't take over the world's largest provider of Aveos and Forenzas.
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    Image of BadIdea BadIdea
    11/20/09

    In reply to Obama Goes "Boom-Boom Pow" On South Korean-U.S. Auto Trade Agreements
    If any of you "pro-Bamas" on this site bothered to read the link to The Korea Herald, you would see that the President is blaming poor sales of US cars in Korea on "trade barriers".

    The real culprit, according to the article, is Korea's domestic auto taxation program that encourages "...consumption of smaller cars to reflect our national challenges, whether it be environmental or traffic-related."

    The article states that the auto registration tax and special consumption tax were put in place to contain Korea's growing demand for bigger cars. I'm no fan of additional taxes, but this seems like a much smarter plan than "Cash For Clunkers".

    Even the most ardent Obama supporters have to see the irony in the President bashing Korea for a domestic policy that discourages consumption of large, less fuel-efficient vehicles.

    American manufacturers have proven for decades that they can't produce well-built small cars at a profit - even on their own soil - so is it any surprise they are having trouble in Korea?

    Mr. President - stop carrying the water for the UAW. Getting Korea to buy a few more American cars will do very little, if anything, to lower Detroit's 25% unemployement rate.
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    11/20/09

    @BadIdea: Golf clap.
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    Image of ragtopdodge ragtopdodge
    11/20/09

    @pres: Gimme a break dood. I've been to S. Korea. Not ONE US car there. Quit blaming US car companies for the trade imbalance. For one, Korean car companies don't have to pay billions in health care costs like US car companies do. But when this country is flooded w/cheap imports, you can't compete w/that either. And don't tell me that a Kia is a better car than a Chevy.
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    Image of HurtsSoGood HurtsSoGood
    11/20/09

    @ragtopdodge: THIS.

    Actually, I did see one or two black Mercury Sables when I was there in '92. Funny how a shitass old man's sedan can look like a Mafia-mobile in the right circumstances. What's Korean for Yakusa?
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    Image of IronicalBalls IronicalBalls
    11/20/09

    In reply to Obama Goes "Boom-Boom Pow" On South Korean-U.S. Auto Trade Agreements
    Quick! REPUBLICANS! OPPOSE OBAMA'S POSITION! Oh wait you can't since this is good news for America.
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    pres promoted this comment IronicalBalls was starred IronicalBalls was unstarred
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    11/20/09

    @IronicalBalls: He's still a blithering idiot. One right doesn't correct billions of dollars worth of wrongs. Democrats reminded us of that during the Bush administration.
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    Image of ragtopdodge ragtopdodge
    11/20/09

    @pres: "blithering idiot"? I guess Repugs can only call names since they can't argue the merits on any issue.
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    pres promoted this comment ragtopdodge was starred ragtopdodge was unstarred
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    11/23/09

    @ragtopdodge: @ phor11: I love the double standard. As soon as someone speaks out against your newly elected messiah, they get jumped on because everyone's skin is way too thin. Give me a damn break. I didn't like Bush for 8 years, I won't like Obummer for the remainder of his term and I definitely don't like wishey-washey Liberals with no sense of humor.

    If you really want to play the blame game as to why we are where we are, look at Carter. Another buffoon whose policies opened the flood gates for everyone to live beyond their means. Or just look at everyone who was greedy and decided to live beyond their means in the first place.

    You are aware that there were people in office before Bush, right? I thought that only had to be explained to iPod toting youngsters.
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    Image of phor11 phor11
    11/23/09

    @pres: Way to go off on a nonsensical tirade there. You brought up the Bush administration, I elaborated as to why the Democrats would have spoken as they did during his administration.

    Where exactly is there a double standard in that?

    Your assumption that I'm a fanatical Obama supporter after 1 comment is as asinine as my assuming that you are Glenn Beck for posting in opposition to something Obama did.
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    pres promoted this comment phor11 was starred phor11 was unstarred
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    11/24/09

    @phor11: Excuse me? You went on the tirade about Bush, not me. Justify it any way you want, it's my prerogative to retort...like it or not.

    I'm not Glenn Beck, I'm the offspring of Rasputin and Anne Hathaway.

    #tips
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    Image of freds4hb freds4hb
    11/20/09

    In reply to Obama Goes "Boom-Boom Pow" On South Korean-U.S. Auto Trade Agreements

    'Nuff Said
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    Image of freds4hb freds4hb
    11/20/09

    @freds4hb: yes, I'm aware I used a Marvel reference on a DC hero, lay off comment avenger.
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