GM Suspends Production of Volt, Blames Media
Well, I guess when you think you're going to sell 45,000 cars and you're on track to achieve about 25% of that, something's gotta give.
Something gave today, as Government/General Motors announced a temporary suspension of production of the company's centerpiece of environmental correctness, the Chevy Volt, and the layoff of 1,300 employees. Oh, and as readers will see in the Examiner.com excerpt, it's the (cough, cough) media's fault:
Story Continues Below Ad ↓GM laying off 1300 due to low Volt sales
General Motors Co. announced the temporary suspension of Chevrolet Volt production and the layoffs of 1300 employees, as the company is cutting Volt manufacturing to meet lower-than-expected demand for the electric cars.
"Even with sales up in February over January, we are still seeking to align our production with demand," GM spokesman Chris Lee said. The car company had hoped to sell 45,000 Chevy Volts in America this year, according to the Detrot News, but has only sold about 1,626 over the first two months of 2012.
"GM blamed the lack of sales in January on “exaggerated” media reports and the federal government's investigation into Volt batteries catching fire, which officially began in November and ended Jan. 21," the Ann Arbor (Mich.) News (actually, it's at MLive.com -- Ed.) reported.
Surely GM is not referring to the New York Times, which has been overly sympathetic to electric toys -- I mean, cars -- for years. Nick Bunkley's coverage describes the production halt as a "pause."
The company also can't complain about how the Associated Press has covered the Volt story over the years. Today, the related AP story takes artificial solace in GM's move, claiming that "Although the Volt has not been a big seller, the low-emission vehicle has improved GM's reputation for innovation." It also found someone to moan about how "the perception of a safety risk has hurt sales." Fires will tend to do that.
The fact is that the Volt has been cut tons of slack through the years, up to and including its you've-got-to-be-joking designation as Car of the Year by two different auto industry publications.
Perhaps -- only perhaps, because this modern-day Edsel might have flopped even in a great economy -- the biggest irony is that if the GM-owning, "green" car-loving Obama administration had successfully turned the economy around with the right policy prescriptions instead of massive, misguided, counterproductive "stimulus," its pet car company might be having better luck finding 45,000 drivers per year with lots of money ($41,000) and a whole lot less sense to buy the things.
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.
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GM IS BACK! obama hath saved
Submitted by TruthMonger on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 9:02pm.
GM IS BACK! obama hath saved them...
Congratulations Jimmy Carter!
Who says it's not run by Obama?
Submitted by GregE on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 9:02pm.
Blaming everyone else for their problems? Sounds like the influence is there.
Gotta be a Bush fault in there somewhere too.
Since there is virtually no distinction ...
Submitted by NL207 on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 9:05pm.
between the Democrat Party and the MSM, GM is implicitly blaming the Democrats!
Well,you would think
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 9:40pm.
Well,you would think that,right??? But what they REALLY meant was the 'right wing media' (like NB, FOX, Rush, and other conservative types - although I'm not accusing FOX of being 'conservative') - which is, of course, a part of the 'vast right wing conspiricy' that we always hear about.
And why would GM blame 'reality', anyway??? That would be admitting defeat.
⇒ What about GE?
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 9:11pm.
GE promised to keep these employees in jobs through 12,000 units.
Can it be that turkey's already dressed and cooked and even GE, with all its tax breaks, won't come to the table?
Here's a thought, Mr. Obama. You might want to hawk your battery-powered toys over at Georgetown Law School.
Cool Arrow! You heartless, cruel man!
Submitted by Unsane on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 9:21pm.
But, but, but, if those poor dears buy Volts, how are they going to pay for their birth control???????
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
⇒ Conundrum, ain't it?
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 9:29pm.
I failed to mention he could include a few fluke ficks for them top watch.
Sorry, I'm still lysdexic.
For cool arrow:
Submitted by Unsane on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 10:00pm.
LYSDEXICS OF THE WORLD, UNTIE!!!
Now, if you excuse me, as an lysdexic insomniac agnostic, I am off to ponder all night if dog exists or not.
:)
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
⇒ You remembered
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 10:02pm.
Still the best play on words I ever concocted.
Good job, that, but ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 10:09pm.
"If life gives you melons, you may be dyslexic" is a winner too.
Also.
As well.
Indubitably.
MD
Welp MD,
Submitted by kilrod on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 11:52pm.
"If life gives you melons, you may be dyslexic"
If you look at the QFH from the rear what do you see, lemons are melons? mmH, i mean Hmm, maybe "that" does'nt have anything to do with the written word.
(grins) kilrod "the Birther"
If an unborn child cannot trust you, why should I,??
There is no doubt in my mind, kilrod, that a southern ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 11:58pm.
view of a northbound QFH would resemble two very large wildcats fightin' in a burlap bag. :o)
MD
Yes, Cool, it was...maybe the best tag evah!
Submitted by Blonde on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 1:54am.
If you drop dead suddenly, I want you to will it to me.
That tag, along with Chris Norman's old "the dogs bark, but the caravans move on" have been the only two on the interwebs that I have coveted. Color me green as spinach.
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It's the media's fault that GM produced a turd?
Submitted by drsamherman on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 9:17pm.
Oh brother. This is worse than blaming the victim. It's like blaming the school bus driver for a kid failing math.
Better excuse
Submitted by djwolf12 on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 4:28am.
Obama's failures are all Bush's Fault! (for the 1 billionth time).
The billionth time?
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 1:31pm.
Make that the 5 trillionth time.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
5 trillonth time
Submitted by djwolf12 on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 4:35pm.
I like the way you think kingfish. Your number sounds very true because of what this current administration is doing to the debt.
As I said
Submitted by bobsmom on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 9:22pm.
on another site: "we are still seeking to align our production with demand," translated to English, means "nobody wanted the GD things."
If really align production with demand ...
Submitted by Tom Blumer on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 9:28pm.
... they're going to have to not call some of those workers back.
⇒ I got yer alignment
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 9:34pm.
I'm gonna' close a whole bunch of coal-fired plants while I'm at it. I told you I would, didn't I.
And like I said yesterday. "I don't cheat" (not at golf, anyway) Yeah, and fishermen don't lie.
without the
Submitted by misterbee241 on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 8:36am.
coal fired power plants, how can we recharge our Volts? Sounds like somebody wasnt thinking.
They WERE thinking
Submitted by jon_torlin on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 12:34pm.
No, they knew what they were doing. I suspect that in the case of hybrids, the majority of the drivers of those putrid things don't have a clue that the batteries in those things will die out in three years(or less) and that they cost about 3500-4000 to replace. That's because they don't have a clue or didn't do the research(or wouldn't just plain listen).
In the case of these re-Volt-ing electric cars, the same is true that they kept the public in the dark(literally in some cases) by not mentioning the crucial factor about power in that it comes from power plants, the same ones that DuhOne wants to close down. And I can't believe that people who get these charging stations at their houses aren't saying anything about the exponential rise in electricity bill costs, who pays for that if not the consumer??
So yeah, they think these things through and when enough people are in it hook line and sinker, they'll be in a bad bind without a normal vehicle to rely on and will be forced to rely on mass transportation. No, there's no "not thinking through" on this, it's all about destroying America's self-reliance and independence which is what the internal combustion engine gives us. The high gas prices are just part of the same problem of trying to get people away from those to hybrids or the dumbass electric cars.
-Jon
cheating in the White House
Submitted by oldfart on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 8:55am.
Why do you think the First Lady has 27 assistants that all report to her mother, who is in residence at the White House.
It is not for the First Lady's social activities, but keep an eye on the 'activities' of Barry O..
Sometimes I feel sorry for the guy.
NOT!
It is the market's world, and you just live in it.
Submitted by Unsane on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 10:01pm.
Further translation:
In spite of everything, THE FREE MARKET STILL RULES.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Advertise on Rush
Submitted by CJohnson on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 9:47pm.
Hahahaaaa. Liberals have no money. As soon as liberals get rich, they buy pink cadillacs.
Democrat Strategy
Submitted by djwolf12 on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 10:46pm.
When public policy fails, make this into an issue. I see in the distant future Volts being given away for free to men that go and lobby as a K-Street Whore that they can't afford to buy $3000 dollars worth of condoms for a year's worth of sex. That is the consolation prize.
But but but but
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 10:51pm.
they're laying off workers to help their business to survive. But but but what about the people that they laid off? They should just cut everyones' salary in half and keep them on. I mean why do something financially prudent?
Let's see now...........
Submitted by GregE on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 11:22pm.
What's the federal tax credit for an electric hybrid? Up to $7500?
Govt mandating health insurance companies provide certain service coverage for free too.
So tell me what stops the $7500 from being $40,000? Nothing except their decisions.
What stops free condom coverage to be mandated to be free heart/lung/kidney/etc replacement? Nothing except their decisions.
So what's the next decision, and the next, and the next, and how far will it go? And what stops it?
Apparently only their own decisions.
I saw a Volt commercial
Submitted by ricklail on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 11:44pm.
I saw a Volt commercial tonight that didn't seem to add up. They said the Volt battery had been tested for 395,000 hours. That figures out to 45 years. The POS car is not but a few years old.
Industries have equipment
Submitted by GregE on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 12:13am.
.........that puts things through tests that "equal" X number of hours, etc without actually having to go through that number of hours.
Plus
Submitted by almostacowboy on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 11:18am.
They test 50-100 batteries. Then they total the test hours for them all.
Rick, they were talking about
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 1:11am.
Rick, they were talking about the 'anti-environmental half-life' of the battery - not how long it would work!!! That's when it sits ouside - useless and worthless - and slowly decays and the caustic materials that it is made from seep into the ground and pollute everything around it. Batteries are VERY un-environmental - in every way!!!
King Midas in Reverse
Submitted by Kuso Jiji on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 12:10am.
Everything Obama touches turns to crap!!!!
King Midas in Reverse
Submitted by Kuso Jiji on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 12:10am.
Everything Obama touches turns to crap!!!!
The Volt has a major flaw in
Submitted by big.league.slider on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 1:44am.
The Volt has a major flaw in its basic business model. It costs far more to manufacture than it sells for. The Toyota Prius has the same problem, but because it was first to market it captured most of the buyers that are more concerned about image than price or value. These image-conscious buyers are willing to pay a large premium for this type of product if it comes from an "environmentally sensitive" company like Toyota, Subaru, or Volvo. But Chevy products do not have this same public perception, so the Volt market cannot support the premium sales prices. If you're an image-conscious liberal, would you buy a $40,000 Chevy Volt or a $30,000 Toyota Prius?
The auto buyer market for over-priced hybrids and EV's is limited, and is rapidly becoming saturated. High-end EV companies like Tesla and Fisker are quickly learning this fact. Tesla and Fisker will both likely be out of business within 2 or 3 years. The Chevy Volt will be out of production in a year or two, when the taxpayer subsidy gravy train comes to halt. Volt production is a huge negative cash flow for GM going forward. Regardless of how much GM juggles its financial reports, shareholders will not tolerate continued production of a car that loses big money.
Tom
Submitted by Blonde on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 2:03am.
Truly, your lovely post needs a vid of that idiotic Volt Commercial...."the car that America demands"....the idiocy that makes my plasma quiver and quake when it comes on.
ESSENTIAL EQUATION OF THE WHOLE SORRY EPISODE: Obama + Volt = Galactic Stupidity
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I don't have that ...
Submitted by Tom Blumer on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 4:33am.
... but this video should suffice.
Brutal.
Great stuff
Submitted by Blonde on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 1:05pm.
Thx.
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Yeah, it's sort of like the
Submitted by Captain Repus on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 2:14am.
Oops... this was meant to be a response to an earlier post about the Volt battery testing period .. sorry
Yeah, it's sort of like the system our politicians use when they say Social Security is not in trouble - the lock box is chuck-full of government IOU's so all of our decades of contributions are as save as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
Volt
Submitted by HudsonRiverGirl on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 5:30am.
If we were really really patriotic we would be glad to take a garage on fire for the sake of gummint motors, right???
public nuisances
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 5:48am.
This idea that government is a higher power than the laws of physics and economics is supported by a media that thinks the people are as dumb as the reporting they produce.
Market Share
Submitted by Kleenex on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 6:37am.
It's all about market share and the Volt has none. GM and Obama keep trying to ram it down people's throats but the public isn't buying it. Even with gas prices going up they still can't convince anybody, plus you can't take this thing cross country. This vehicle's track record isn't very good so far yet Obama keeps on lying about it.
Cross Country? You can't take it to work.
Submitted by UpNorth on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 12:47pm.
My wife has a 25 mile commute, one way. So, in a Michigan winter, setting outside for 8+ hours, driving to and from in below freezing temps, no way a Dolt could make it to and from, on it's batteries. And, there is not a single charging station in the county we live in, or 3 of the 4 adjoining counties. The one county that has any, the stations are all in downtown Grand Rapids, no help there.
Home charging stations go from about $800 and up, and who knows how much charging the car will cost, especially when electrical rates will "necessarily skyrocket" under Chairman Mao's, er, Chairman Obama's plan.
Fair Weather Friend
Submitted by BuffNBone on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 8:05am.
Any milage reports on how Volts do in places where you need to run a heater, window defroster, or air conditioner? Can't be good news either.
As I think of it, when you don't need to run any of those systems are days when I like to play golf.
Not to forget
Submitted by 26CX on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 8:10am.
the windshield wipers, radio, headlights, brake lights, turn signals...
Toyota survived not only the
Submitted by billb on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 8:11am.
Toyota survived not only the media, but the democrats in congress!
Well, then
Submitted by misterbee241 on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 8:31am.
the only thing left is for Obama to have a regulation passed outlawing combustion engines and requiring all Americans to buy a Chevy Volt. Problem solved.
YIKES!
Submitted by almostacowboy on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 11:19am.
Don't give him any ideas!
Stupid!!!
Submitted by Someone Said on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 11:29am.
We're getting flying cars in 10 years. This is all a distraction.
Retread or just a Sleeper?
Submitted by Free Stinker on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 2:42pm.
28 weeks a member, only 2 posts today.
Back to your bridge!
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I've seen the future and it is green, kinda like pus
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 8:49am.
The next big push is electric vehicles with batteries that can be swapped out in a few minutes. Here is the next company to invest/throw away your money, Better Place. This will mean you can take your EV out and 'fill up' with a fully charged battery as you approach 'empty' (as long as it's not one of the EV's currently in production). Sounds like a good idea, if you don't spend too much time thinking about it. Like, who wants to stop every 30-120 miles to refuel.
Cool idea
Submitted by Shreve on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 9:41am.
But until the infrastructure catches up, no one wants one of these death traps.
It's probably fine if you live in a city or don't have to drive far. But if you're like me and others that drive 60+ miles round trip daily, it just isn't going to happen.
Modern day Edsel
Submitted by Bradford on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 10:15am.
I would buy one right now and store it for 40 years if I had the cash. Look what a brand new Edsel would sell for today. Can you say DeLorean?
Yeah right
Submitted by Bob K on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 10:46am.
"“exaggerated” media reports and the federal government's investigation into Volt batteries catching fire,"
Like the fact it is a complete piece of crap no one wanted before that played no part at all. For the record, I have never seen one in the streets of my mid-sized AZ city. LoL.
There's something missing from the gift of electric automobiles
Submitted by Someone Said on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 10:57am.
The fact that the drivers think they can power up for free wherever they go. Instead of re-charging their vehicles at home, they charge at the destination so they can get the maximum amount of free energy on someone else's dime.
The Volt, not at all a shock.
Submitted by mrwiffle on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 10:59am.
Only shock is they blamed the media and not Bush. Screw the Volt...I'm betting the Volt lasts about as long as the Obama presidency.
Liar, Liar, Volt on fire
Submitted by CobraMan on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 12:26pm.
So, GE claims that the media's over-hyping of exploding batteries are to blame for the Volt's dismal sales. Is that like how Apple was forced to "temporarily lay off" an x amount of people because the Mac Book's batteries would explode, as the media reported again and again? What's that you say, existing customers just replaced the faulty batteries, for free, while other people continued buying the "faulty" product, knowing of the risk, and the "cure," and no one was laid-off? Humm.. Two similar situations, two radically different outcomes. I wonder.... Are GE's proverbial pants on fire?
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Come on, GE, be honest with us. You deliberately produced a car you knew would only be used by a VERY limited segment of the population: A young, rich, single urbanite; a condo dwelling, modern day version of a Yuppie who has no need for carrying cargo of any kind, but a large need for displaying the latest status symbol, and NOW you feign surprise when the sales didn't "drift" into the "common market" as you unrealistically expected? How many young, rich, single, modern day Yuppies, who don't already own a Lexus, do you think are out there, anyways? I would say you pretty much saturated the market, there's not too many left to BUY your Yuppie Toy, so how is the MEDIA to blame for your declining sales?
Face it, GE, you make a very poor decision by heavily investing in the production and marketing of a vehicle that would only be bought by about 1 out of every 5,000 potential customers. Who did you consult before you made that decision, Delorean?
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Dunno about poor decisions
Submitted by jon_torlin on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 12:42pm.
I think it's more like really bad timing and not realizing that most Americans are a bit more resistant to dumbass ideas than they had bargained for.
Look at the health care crap going on, Obeyme thinks he can make a statement and what he says will be the word of law, and he forces the electric cars, the windfarms, the CFL bulbs, closing down coal fired power plants, and illegal drilling moratoriums and so on, thinking people will just bow down on one knee and just do what he says.(just like Moooochelle and her eating mandates)
And as we are seeing, it's not happening fast enough for him, which is why he's accelerating some of the things that he has been.
No, it's not a bad decision, it was a gamble they were taking in their quest for control.
-Jon
A gamble at OUR expence
Submitted by CobraMan on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 1:06pm.
The problem is, that gamble was taken at OUR expense. The US Taxpayer paid for the retooling the production of that Yuppie Toy required for manufacture, remember?
It's too bad that the MSM doesn't have the objectivity necessary to question, in public, the decision made by GM executives to spend tens of millions of dollars of bail-out money to produce a vehicle that everyone knew would only be bought by a very small segments of the population, as well as the decision by the Obama administration to offer a TAX BREAK for those who wished to buy what is nothing more than a Yuppie Toy destined for an extremely narrow margin of the customer base. Of course, in true protectionist fashion, Obama's name is never even MENTIONED in conjunction with the dismal sales of the Volt, even though he, himself, promoted it!
By the way, when was the last time you saw a US President on national TV promoting a commercial product, like Obama did for the Volt? It's the first time I ever saw that! It';s also the first time I ever saw the US government offer a tax break for a single "brand name" product. What, did Obama make a personal investment in the Volt or something? He sure is eager to see it succeed, at the expense of all other manufactures, and even the other models produced by GM! As far as I know, this is unprecedented.
Can you imagine the liberal uproar that would have occurred if, say, G.W. Bush would have gone on TV and promoted the sales of, say, the Ford F150, and offered a tax break to everyone who bought an F150, but no other make or model, just like Obama did for the Chevy Volt? They would call it corruption. They would question his "financial investments" in Ford. They would demand Congressional investigations. They would be calling for his impeachment. Obama? Well, he's just a guy who's trying to help out GM, you know?
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Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
GM and Chrysler
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 1:52pm.
Whoever is Obama's opponent should run with a position that the Federal Government has no business owning GM or Chrysler. I'm not a big fan regarding Presidential edicts, like when Obama raped the bondholders of the old GM and Chrysler, and gave a big portion of the new companies that emerged from his phony managed bankruptcy to the UAW, but here is my idea:
If it's good for the UAW to own a portion of GM and Chrysler, then it's better for them if they own the whole thing. Force the pension funds of the UAW to buy up the rest of the equity in these two companies and make them "privately held". Now the UAW will be saddled with the future failure, (or success if that happens), of these companies. If the UAW wants to keep paying their members crazy compensation packages, so be it, but it will only hasten their demise.
Of course, you have to write into law that there can be no future bailout of the UAW by the Feds. But this is impractical, because we have seen how the Dems regard the rule of law. Oh well.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Barry Obysmal, Your Chevy Volt Is Ready
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 2:18pm.
You can pick it up in November.
You won't be in office then.
Even with an Obysmal Bailout which makes the actual cost for a Volt equal to $250,000, GM has to shut the line down.
It's the media's fault?
Is it also the media's fault that Ford is making better cars but never took the bailout, you excuse-making clowns? You're still a joke.
Every time Barry wants to hump how he "saved Detroit" the RNC needs to air a commercial with an interview from Ford.
The free market still works, you pinhead.
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Maybe Odumbo will give me
Submitted by mattm on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 3:21pm.
Maybe Odumbo will give me $100 million to design a car that runs on rubber bands and springs.
Another Screw-Over Obama Failure
Submitted by NathanBickel on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 4:25pm.
Those of us who don't have our heads up Obama's ass, know that big government has no business running a car company. Yet, these same type people are involving themselves in people's sex lives wanting taxpayers to pay for female contraceptives.
In short, Obama continues to screw-over rank-in-file taxpayers. Obama had his fling with being GM's failed Executive. Now, he wants to continue screwing over taxpayers so that unmarried college girls can solicit taxpayers' monies for their "preventive pregnancy health care."
Finally, I suppose Rush Limbaugh was spot on with his recent observant comments. When you (logically) come to think of it, big Obama government, is not only shafting normal American taxpayers, but, he is forcing good people to assist funding his pimping new government policy.
The absolutely
Submitted by Bob K on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 6:44pm.
funniest comment I came across at the ultra far left website democratic underground was this:
"all those freaking billions bush got us into in Iraq could have been spent lowering the cost for Americans to buy vehicles like the Chevy Volt."
Yeah, if we only throw more money at people so they will buy it, it would be a big success. LOL And as they always, they end up saying......It's Bush's fault!
You can't make this crap up.
Midas Touch
Submitted by m1xram on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 3:23am.
Or, in this case, the anti-Midas touch. Everything the WH touches turns to sh*t. We could be ashamed of their incompetence if they weren't doing it on purpose.
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