From ‘General’ to ‘Government’ to ‘Gay’ – The G in GM
What do GM and President Obama have in common (besides that fact that he bought it)? They’re both catering to the gay agenda for cash. Soon after President Obama declared that “same sex couples should be allowed to marry,” government-owned GM decided that gays should also be targeted by its ad campaigns.
While Obama’s move paid off immediately (Hollywood had lavished some $12 million on his campaign within days of his announcing that his opinion had “evolved”), the jury is still out on whether it will pay off for Chevy.
An LGBT Detroit based paper, Between the Lines, ran an ad showing the Chevy Volt taking the most important step in a gay person’s life, coming out. Parked between two gas powered Chevy vehicles, the ad shows the Volt boldly proclaiming, “Mom, Dad, I’m Electric.”
This move was hailed as “particular strategic move for the car manufacturer” by the Huffington Post and others, noting that the LGBT community tends to be more “eco-friendly.”
With sales of the Volt struggling, it may be smart for Chevy to take a page from its owner’s playbook.
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stick that in your niche
Submitted by MidAmerica on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 5:05pm.
Oh that's just brilliant, brand a car as 'Gay'. Yeah that'll pump up the sales. Of course I realize no real man would drive a Volt but they have just put the kiss of death on the poor thing by designating it a Gay car.
"he said our car is gay"
Submitted by Agnostic on Tue, 06/12/2012 - 10:01am.
I thought the baby blue Prius was the gay car of choice -
Serves me right for getting my automobile news from Peanut.
Official Gay Car?
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 5:57pm.
Didn't Subaru go after that demo a few years back?
The Chevy Volt: Now with adjustable steering wheel for
Submitted by DaMav on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 6:03pm.
those with limp wrists?
No offense to NB's gay readership...
Submitted by bkeyser on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 6:28pm.
but holy shit, back off, wouldja? Damn.
bk,
Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 6:38pm.
I just don't get why we are supposed to reorder society from top to bottom just to accomodate a group that makes up only 2.8% of the total population.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Believe me
Submitted by sere on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 8:45pm.
I'm part of that 2.8 %, and, am beyond tired of hearing about the gay agenda. There must be more important things to write about every day.
Agreed
Submitted by Taylor Hughes on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 9:12am.
Agreed
I doubt many gays in Atlanta are going to give up their BMW,
Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 6:36pm.
...Mercedes, Volvo, Saab or Lexus for a stupid Volt.
The Volt will be the Edsel of the 21st Century, as like the Edsel, it is an answer to a question nobody asked.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Oh Lord,
Submitted by bobsmom on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 6:51pm.
So, those of us who chose not to purchase GM products are now going to be labeled homophobes in...3......2.......1.
And I couldn't agree more with Dave. This is absolutely unreal that so much time and energy is being spent trying to bend the will of the REAL 98%, OWS be damned.
And, I am not a homophobe, by any means, live and let live, but that spins both ways. We must co-exist, not blot out every trace of every tenet most of us have lived by for more years than homosexuality has been part of the "mainstream".
I really don't care what you do, and don't "damn" what you do either, I just get pi$$ed when you try to redefine my reality.
That Volt ad sounds just ridiculous...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 6:57pm.
and is almost pathetic in its blatant attempt to appeal to the gay population. Chevy, and ultimately GM, would do well to save their money rather than flush it on an ill conceived campaign such as this...The Volt is on life support and spending ad money aimed at gays, who are a miniscule percentage of the American public, is a collossal waste of time and money.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
Toyota fires!
Submitted by bibes1949 on Mon, 06/18/2012 - 10:36am.
http://www.freep.com/article/20120618/BUSINESS01/120618015/Toyota-power-window-switches-fire-probe?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|p
Boy, I hope our new Volt fan club doesn't see this post.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 6:58pm.
.
SoL ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 9:40pm.
If bibes1949 and voltdriver are a couple, betcha anything they decamp the U.S. immediately upon hearing about the new Italian electric car aimed at the Gay market.
It has been named the "Innuendo".
MD
Too late, SOL
Submitted by Blonde on Mon, 06/18/2012 - 10:40am.
They're baaaack!
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With every Volt made costing
Submitted by mojitomom on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 7:09pm.
With every Volt made costing the taxpayer over $250,000 in state and federal subsidies and no one buying the vehicle, they'll be able to blame the Volt's failure on homophobia instead of the population's disgust with Government Motors.
I think gays have too much
Submitted by LinTaylor on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 8:53pm.
I think gays have too much taste to go for the Volt, even if there's a shameless ad campaign targeted directly at them.
LinTaylor, I agree 100%
Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 10:04pm.
Home Depot has a store in the Midtown Atlanta area.
LOL - It's got nicer stuff than any other Home Depot I have ever been in.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
GM is making sure ...
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 9:51pm.
that not only will I not buy a new or even a used GM car, I won't even accept one as a rental.
They should just go ahead and rename the Volt "Maricon" and pander to the gay Latin crowd.
What kind of rainbow is that?
Submitted by The Glen on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 10:28pm.
What kind of rainbow is that? Why no indigo love?
Mom, Dad. I pissed away my money.
Submitted by The Vet on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 10:28pm.
80 times the density.
If petroleum didn’t exist, we’d have to invent it. Nothing else comes close to oil when it comes to energy density, ease of handling, flexibility, convenience, cost, or scale. Electric vehicles may be the celebrity car du jour, but modern batteries are only slightly better than the ones that Thomas Edison developed. Gasoline has 80 times the energy density of the best lithium ion batteries.
I can't drive to work with an electic car. (39 miles) I can't go anywhere in winter because I can't run the heater and get where I need to go. I can't go anywhere in summer because I can't run the A/C and get where I need to go. I can't go anywhere and use the radio because I will not get to where I need to go. It can't go anywhere when it is raining because the wipers will drain the battery and I will not get to where I need to go. I can't drive anywhere at night because the lights will drain the battery and I will not get to my destination.
Mom, Dad, I am gay and stupid. Sorry.
It would seem
Submitted by HockeyKid on Tue, 06/12/2012 - 9:51am.
the Volt is a little light in its energy-loafers.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
how far can I go?
Submitted by bibes1949 on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 12:28pm.
I have 8500 miles on my Volt and have used 59 gallons of gasoline, using my heater, a/c, wipers, radio, etc as needed.
My previous car, 33 mpg, would have used 250 gallons.
My car before that, 20mpg SUV, would have used 425 gallons.
It costs between 45 and 65 cents a day to recharge.
:)
You have better writers than
Submitted by cocodrie on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 12:38pm.
You have better writers than Alice. How are things in wonderland? I hope you have a nice rock to plug in your little volt at night.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
You lying to me? Or just stupid?
Submitted by The Vet on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 1:06pm.
Snopes says $1.70. Two teen girls, much brighter than you it looks, say over a dollar a day.
http://nlpc.org/stories/2012/02/24/true-gas-savings-chevy-volt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vC81JKRUUw
First, it is important to recognize that true operating cost consists of depreciation, insurance and maintenance as well as energy consumption. The high cost of the Volt puts it at an immediate disadvantage to conventionally powered vehicles. Even after federal and state tax giveaways, the vehicle costs about $15,000 more than comparable gas-powered cars. It is unlikely that the car will hold much of its value considering that improvements should be made in alternate vehicle technology (thus making the Volt obsolete within years) and the battery is expected to begin depleting well before year 8. Current cost estimates for battery replacement are about $8,000. The battery has an 8 year / 100,000 mile warranty so General Motors may be incurring the costs to replace batteries as owners approach year 8.
Nothing to brag about, especially undercutting the actual charge amout by half or more. $8000 after 8 years. Up yours bragster. My 98 Ranger, almost 14 still on the same engine and drive train after 300,000 miles. Not even near $8000 to replace nothing on it.
You alway this braggy for nothing?
8 years
Submitted by bibes1949 on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 4:02pm.
In 8 years my Volt will have about 100,000 miles on it.
I will have saved about $8,000.00 in gasoline costs.
My electric motor, however, will only have run for about 25,000 miles( I run on it about 25% of the time), should have plenty of miles left on it, and I get 40mpg when running on that.
If I have only half the range then on battery as I do now, that will still be more than the Prius plug-in gets when brand new.
You forgot to kiss your own ass for saving the environment too.
Submitted by The Vet on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 9:52pm.
Braggart troll.
cost to recharge
Submitted by bibes1949 on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 4:30pm.
Cost to recharge depends on electricity costs.
You can verify at the Consumers Energy of Michigan web site that their rate to recharge a car during the night is 6 cents/kwh
the Volt has a 16 kw battery of which 10.3 kw is available for driving
10.3kw times 6 cents/kwh=about 65 cents if fully discharged.
To go 25.6 miles to and from work, I use about 7kw, which is about 45 cents.
In the Winter I use 9-10kw going to work, so it's 55-60 cents
My Volt has it's own electric line and meter. Recharging every day in April cost me $18. How far can you go in your car on $18?
During that time, I had filled the gas tank, 9.5 gallons, on March 20 and put no gas in it again until April 28 and still had 2.5 gallons left.
I like my Volt!
Tell us how long it is too, braggart troll.
Submitted by The Vet on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 9:56pm.
My original post was about an all electric car. Not a hybrid like yours. But whatever, it was a good time for a braggart troll to come in and make some self satisfying braggart posts.
bragging
Submitted by bibes1949 on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 11:03pm.
My purpose is not to brag, but to clarify that, however much one might, justifiably, oppose the auto bailout, Obama, and the UAW that the Volt was conceived and developed during the Bush administration and is an engineering marvel.
Confirmed - it is a troll.
Submitted by The Vet on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 11:48pm.
Bush! Bush! Bush! Bush! 3 years later, still Bush's fault!
Shut up troll.
And yes, you were bragging. As noted in my link above, the car is overpriced, will likely hold little value, and faces a major expenditure for battery replacement every 8 years.
And in fact, if the braggart troll had bothered to look at the linked article, there is much more.
There are lots of other comments made by those who claim to own Volts who say they are saving so much money. I don't know what their motivations are, but anyone who wants to save $2 a day by spending an extra $15,000 does not have a very keen sense for investing.
Some commentators on the right have made misrepresentations as well, such as the Volt running out of charge in a tunnel, as if this caused the vehicle to be stuck. While this is not fair, the majority of reporting on the Volt by the mainstream media has been overwhelmingly positive with false claims of popularity and technological wonder regarding the car. How technologically advanced is a car that has a power source that takes 12 hours to charge only to have the capacity of one gallon of gas? And why are taxpayers footing the bill?
Yeah, 12 hours charge just to give you the equivalent of 1 gallon of gas. Marvelz! Teknomarvulz! Enginerroteknomarvulz! Eleventy!!!11@12!
Pack sand braggart troll that now claims he is not bragging. Yes little braggart troll, we believe you now. You was not bragging at allz. We is so wrong to call you that. Iz feel bad all us.
Charging
Submitted by bibes1949 on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 8:32am.
My Volt takes 4 hrs to recharge and I save over $3 a day, but in any case it charges automatically while I sleep. The Volt costs about the same as I usually spend on a car, bit I didn't buy it to save money. I bought it to use less gasoline.
Shut up sock puppet.
Submitted by The Vet on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 8:50am.
You are busted. Create a new account and use that for a few hours until someone else catches on to your game.
The Troll Surge(tm) continues . . .
Submitted by Free Stinker on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 8:59am.
Amazing how many "hourly" new Trolls we're getting.
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
Troll
Submitted by bibes1949 on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 8:59am.
Btw, people who live in the upper peninsula of Mi also call people like me, who live 'under the (Mackinac) bridge' in the lower peninsula, trolls.
:)
Sock Puppet.
Submitted by The Vet on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 9:10am.
People like me look at logs and note that you and voltdriver share the same ip address.
Bush
Submitted by bibes1949 on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 10:54am.
Actually, I intended that as a compliment to Bush.
voltdriver
Submitted by The Vet on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 11:41am.
Acturally, you intended to post that as which sock puppet account?
bragging
Submitted by bibes1949 on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 11:03pm.
My purpose is not to brag, but to clarify that, however much one might, justifiably, oppose the auto bailout, Obama, and the UAW that the Volt was conceived and developed during the Bush administration and is an engineering marvel.
clicking
Submitted by The Vet on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 11:46pm.
We click on the save button once, braggart troll. Looks like you have issues with computer technology as well.
~They have a hard time realizing that 'Save' in this context
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 9:21am.
merely means their comment will be posted. Frantic clicking on it only makes multiple posts; how anti-climactic.
Good morning Bru
Submitted by cocodrie on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 9:46am.
They're nervous here. Some people stomp on them.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
~Good morning, coco darling
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 9:49am.
That reminds me, I need to clean my boots.
Welcome back to your old stomping grounds
Submitted by cocodrie on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 10:13am.
Someone overturned all the rocks in Trollville and they're all on the loose. You'd better go to Shoe Town and get a supply of cheap boots.
I know you're enjoying your brand new baby girl and her big brothers now have a little sister to protect. I hope you took my PM in the humor I intended. I only use that line with close friends 'cause it can be taken wrong. Sure is nice to hear your voice on here again.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
~I should really go read all my un-opened PM's..
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 12:19pm.
They stacked up around the time I had the baby and I still haven't gone through them all. *guilt*
Bru
Submitted by cocodrie on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 12:26pm.
I imagine time is very precious toyou nowadays. Ane now you have the recent troll invasion to provide you with endless stomping pleasure.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Yeah, that's the ticket!!
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 11:03pm.
Now I'm doubly glad I just ordered a new Ford.
The suck ups at GM
Submitted by mmilesll on Tue, 06/12/2012 - 2:18am.
This company used to be "the company of the world". Now it is a joke run by people who know nothing about cars and continue to prove it everyday. This crowd wouldn't think about doing all the crap they have been doing-including the biggest joke of all, the Volt-if it was their money. But who cares, it is just the stupid taxpayer's money.
Oh great now "Gay
Submitted by jpalm32 on Tue, 06/12/2012 - 8:47am.
Oh great now "Gay Motors".
Can't wait to macho guys in a "Gay Chevy Pick-up"
This ought to drive up sales.
Oh shoot...
Submitted by TheDeuce on Tue, 06/12/2012 - 11:46am.
Now, all I can hear in the back of my head is that Dodge Ram commercial...took on a whole new meaning after this thread.
Ugh.
Give a liberal man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Oh, and you also get called an "a-hole" for not giving him another fish every single day for the rest of his life.
Capitalism!
Submitted by bibes1949 on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 8:08am.
Seems like a good capitalist company would want to market to all segments of the population. Why not sell to everyone??
➚ Yes, bibes
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 10:02pm.
We recognize that in this capitalist system, you have been placed, somewhat incongruously, as a salesman of Chevy Volts to conservatives here at NB.
Has it not yet occurred to you that we may not be all that excited about buying a car that does not sell itself?
Your master threw a bunch of money at GM. Then the CEO claimed GM paid back America in full. A damnable lie and insult to thinking Americans.
Don't expect us to buy what you're selling.
I'll tell you "why not."
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 12:20am.
"Why not sell to everyone??"
Not everyone wants to buy them. They could, however, sell them to anyone, if anyone wants to buy them. That's what capitalistic companies do. The should, however, refuse the government subsidies, for that's not very capitalist. It is, however, quite monopolistic. So, they really aren't a "a good capitalist company." They are, however, becoming more and more adept at being a government owned, controlled, and subsidized monopoly, which is exactly what they are!
Thanks to the fact that the federal government owns and controls a majority share of the stock, which gives them control over the Board, which gives them control over the entire company, no one, no individual, no corporation, no cooperative, can buy them out and take control. There is no civilian control. They are owned, and controlled by the federal government, which makes them a monopoly, a FEDERAL MONOPOLY. So, go ahead and buy all your cars from that federal monopoly, if that is what you wish, but don't you DARE to try describe that monopoly as "a good capitalist company." They are as far from being "a good capitalist company" as you can possibly get!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Subsidy
Submitted by bibes1949 on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 8:36am.
Anyone here who took a duduction for mortgage interest accepted a 'subsidy' for buying a home. Anyone who took an exemption for their children accepted a subsidy for having kids.
Better look up the definition of subsidy
Submitted by cocodrie on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 8:43am.
You're 180 degrees off
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Subsidy
Submitted by bibes1949 on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 11:44am.
Well,fill in the blanks:
"When I (blank), I got to pay less taxes."
Substitute 'bought a Volt', 'bought a house', 'had a kid' in the blank and all are correct.
Sock puppet
Submitted by The Vet on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 11:48am.
Switch over to your voltdriver account, that was the one that was pretending to be smart. You were being honestly stupid, remember?
bb brain
Submitted by cocodrie on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 11:56am.
A subsidy is when the gov gives you someone elses money.
A tax deduction is when you pay less taxes.
As usual you're all wrong.
Yo hero stole millions of tax dollars and gave it to Government Motors to produce a useless pos that only fools want.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
taxes
Submitted by bibes1949 on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 12:44pm.
I was given no money to buy the Volt. I got to pay less in taxes because of buying it, but still paid a higher percentage of my income in taxes than either Romney or Obama.
I didn't, however, get the mortgage deduction that many of you might have taken.
My taxes were stolen
Submitted by cocodrie on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 1:09pm.
My taxes were stolen and given to Government Motors to build your stupidassed Volt you stupidassed troll. You lie about your taxes and everything else while helping destroy America.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Name calling
Submitted by bibes1949 on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 4:06pm.
Sticks and stones.......
Consider yourself lucky, you stupidassed troll, that ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 5:37pm.
the language allowed for "name calling" is monitored, otherwise you smelly piece of crap, you would see some very inventive, as well as perfectly descriptive verbiage, honed in on your nonsensical liberal bullshit.
MD
Two things real quick.
Submitted by Order270 on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 5:49pm.
1. How can anyone say they are done with this site and yet continue to blather?
2. How can anyone say a mortgage deduction is the same as a government (subsidy) bailout?