[V8] Car Czar

[Dave Saad]

the funny (?) part is that anyone on this list would almost certainly  
be able to solve detroit's problem - and for only 20 million a year.

I could go on a long tangent here, but you all can probably guess  
where it would end up. More fun to talk about my fire breathing  
conservative governor.  So conservative he has to call himself a  
libertarian because republican just won't do.

Some quick background - he is a multi millionaire because he married  
a billionaires daughter.  He has never worked a real job that was not  
handed to him by his father in law. He got into politics because the  
FIL (J.R. Simplot for any north westerners out there) bought him the  
job many years ago - probably to get him out of the family potato  
business. He lives on a huge ranch where he likes to play cowboy  
(sound familiar?) about 10 miles from the state capitol building.  He  
was offered a governors mansion  near the capitol but he declined it  
- prefering instead to drive the company Suburban home to his ranch.   
The mansion btw belonged to his late FIL, and was gifted to the state  
as the new governors mansion because it is such a gaudy eyesore that  
no one other than an illiterate redneck billionaire (that would be  
JR) would want or buy it - so they took a huge tax write off and  
stuck the tax payers with it.  Did I mention that it is built on a  
big hilltop with grass covering the whole thing? There has to be 100  
acres of grass that the state now needs to care for by sucking  
expensive water out of our dwindling aquifer to water - but that is  
another story.  Back to the guv and his SUV.  He gets $54000 a year  
on top of his regular salary to drive a state provided Suburban  
burning state provided fuel to the home he lived in before he got the  
governor gig, and he is telling me that the root of all evil is  
easily traced to gay marriage, unions, and - you guessed it -  
wasteful government.
Before the current economic meltdown, his favorite pastime was  
pushing to transfer federal land to the state where it is then  
transfered to his buddies. (and playing cowboy in monogramed shirts -  
yes this is true)

The point of this story is that I believe most of the congress  
critters currently sitting are no different than this - and there is  
no way they would be smart enough to solve a case of their own hair  
on fire let alone fixing detroit or wall street.  We (as in all of  
us) eventually have to realize that we need to get all the numbskulls  
out of office and start electing the smart ones instead of the loud  
ones.


Dave


On Dec 13, 2008, at 12:24 PM, diemarthadie at aol.com wrote:

>  I think you need to give at least one of each companies shuttered  
> or dying factories over to Tesla for complete production in  
> quantity, and move as many workers over as it requires to make  
> their cars.? Then you can claim all of them under the CAFE for any  
> car company that has handed over their factory.? The Big Three can  
> meet CAFE standards, Tesla can succeed and if they share the  
> technology so can the Big Three.
>
>
>
>
>
> Reduce excise taxes on diesel fuel, create a Manhatten Project for  
> public rail development, give huge incentives or grants to urban  
> areas that convert public transportation to EV, CNG or other  
> cleaner technology...
>
>
>
> Oh wait, that was a dream wasn't it.? A Car Czar... $100 says it  
> ends up being someone so inside the industry that it's a pointless  
> exercise.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: S_Matus <scott_matus at yahoo.com>
>
> To: Scott Yahoo <scott_matus at yahoo.com>
>
> Sent: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 9:25 am
>
> Subject: [V8] Car Czar
>
>
>
>
>     I hear that Congress is looking for a Car Czar.    What do you  
> think my chances are for landing this job?    First - merge all  
> three companies under the newly formed company "Five Rings"    
> brand.  a follow on to Auto Union except the dropping anything  
> "Union" ! The   company will be under the VAG.  Second - build  
> every car that is built in other countries in the US for sale,    
> giving diesels No. 1 priority.  Third - sell the cars for a thin  
> $1500 profit per car over cost.     I'll be reign on with billions  
> of dollars from the Congressional Bailout fund    Vote Scott for  
> Auto Czar!                 
> _______________________________________________  Audifans V8  
> mailing list  Send posts to: mailto:V8 at audifans.com  Manage your  
> list connection: http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/v8    You  
> can help keep the audifans site running by shopping at http:// 
> audifans.com/shop/
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Audifans V8 mailing list
> Send posts to: mailto:V8 at audifans.com
> Manage your list connection: http://www.audifans.com/mailman/ 
> listinfo/v8
>
> You can help keep the audifans site running by shopping at http:// 
> audifans.com/shop/
>