[V8] Car Czar

Sun Dec 14 09:30:50 PST 2008

Yep we need to stop electing morons.. Thats about the skinny of it...

By we I mean collectively the USA.

Dave Saad wrote:
> 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.
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>> 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...
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>> 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.
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> From: S_Matus &lt;scott_matus at yahoo.com&gt;
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>> To: Scott Yahoo &lt;scott_matus at yahoo.com&gt;
>>
>> Sent: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 9:25 am
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>> Subject: [V8] Car Czar
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>>     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!                 
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