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Old 04-06-2009, 12:06 PM
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You can't blame Obama for firing the head of GM. Should have been done a long time ago. And it's not a private corporation--not anymore. When they came, hat in hand, to DC begging for money, they lost their right to complain.

When the drunken 20-year-old who still lives at home asks mom or dad for a few bucks, he gets to enjoy a lecture on getting his act together. That's fair. If he doesn't like it he can move out and get a real job.

Likewise, GM should have never asked for money. They should put their heads together and succeed or fail.


I don't even see the point. Toyota has them in a landslide. Toyota and Hondas will be the primary cars on the road (and in my driveway) for decades.


Also, don't harp so much on France. They are our oldest ally. They not only helped us beat the snobby British, but they gave us the Statue of Liberty.


Finally, spend a week with British women and then a week with French women.


You'll be fond of France.
I concur. While the French have had their flaws (every country does) they helped us win our freedom at the beginning, and instead of asking us for payback then, they gave us a gift to show they will always be our allies (which they have honored even when we are idiots), the Statue of Liberty. Being an ally doesn't mean agreeing, it doesn't even mean helping in every situation, it means helping to defend us when we are being attacked. Allies are like best friends (real ones not the phony ones that pretend to like you even if you slap them across the face). Calling us arrogant isn't betraying us, and sadly it's true, we are an arrogant country. Arrogance isn't even really a flaw to everyone, I for one think it has it's place in life. However just because our best friends are telling us that does not make them enemies, it's like when you have some food on your face and your best friend says there's a spot on your face, same thing.

The GM thing, all our companies in the US need that slap in the face lately, not just them. They need to know we aren't going to just let them continue to produce sub-par products and pay them for it.



France took oil for food money from Saddam? Did you forget that? Did you forget that they and Germany voted against the US in the UN every single solitary time we tried to handle the matter of Iraq? Sure you did. You are one of the blame America first crowd. Oh,, and then there's the little matter of France refusing to allow us to use their air space.. I believe that was when we the US were trying to liberate Kuwait.. I could be wrong..but I mock France piss on em..
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