Comments on: The American People Want Sex, Not Hummers http://matthewebel.com/main/2009/06/03/the-american-people-want-sex-not-hummers/ The Official Website of Matthew Ebel Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:14:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Real Men Drive Minivans » Midnight Feedings #7 http://matthewebel.com/main/2009/06/03/the-american-people-want-sex-not-hummers/comment-page-1/#comment-2530 Real Men Drive Minivans » Midnight Feedings #7 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:56:45 +0000 http://matthewebel.com/main/?p=1424#comment-2530 [...] dividend in the form of a Corvette (tax free, of course), but I’d MUCH rather have a Telsa:  The American People Want Sex, Not Hummers @ Matthew Ebel [...] [...] dividend in the form of a Corvette (tax free, of course), but I’d MUCH rather have a Telsa:  The American People Want Sex, Not Hummers @ Matthew Ebel [...]

]]> By: Matthew Ebel http://matthewebel.com/main/2009/06/03/the-american-people-want-sex-not-hummers/comment-page-1/#comment-2799 Matthew Ebel Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:59:47 +0000 http://matthewebel.com/main/?p=1424#comment-2799 I don't see why the UAW would care, given that under my (lame reductionist) proposal the unionized workers would still be making cars. They'd just have a different logo.<br><br>In all seriousness, I think we (the taxpayers) should have just told Tesla that they now employ a LOT more people and a bunch of manufacturing plants, and they also have 30 billion dollars to spend. If Tesla doesn't know how to manage that many people, I could point them to several hundred unemployed auto executives that would now be happy to apply for a job. I don't see why the UAW would care, given that under my (lame reductionist) proposal the unionized workers would still be making cars. They'd just have a different logo.

In all seriousness, I think we (the taxpayers) should have just told Tesla that they now employ a LOT more people and a bunch of manufacturing plants, and they also have 30 billion dollars to spend. If Tesla doesn't know how to manage that many people, I could point them to several hundred unemployed auto executives that would now be happy to apply for a job.

]]> By: Fellow GM "owner" http://matthewebel.com/main/2009/06/03/the-american-people-want-sex-not-hummers/comment-page-1/#comment-2798 Fellow GM "owner" Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:51:31 +0000 http://matthewebel.com/main/?p=1424#comment-2798 This is all about preserving the UAW's high wages and crazy work rules for a few more years until the whole mess sinks into oblivion, along with our tax dollars. <br><br>To answer the GM vs. Tesla question, it's because Obama owes the unions a lot more than he owes Tesla.<br><br>HUMMER might well outlive the other GM brands. This is all about preserving the UAW's high wages and crazy work rules for a few more years until the whole mess sinks into oblivion, along with our tax dollars.

To answer the GM vs. Tesla question, it's because Obama owes the unions a lot more than he owes Tesla.

HUMMER might well outlive the other GM brands.

]]> By: Matthew Ebel http://matthewebel.com/main/2009/06/03/the-american-people-want-sex-not-hummers/comment-page-1/#comment-2633 Matthew Ebel Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:59:47 +0000 http://matthewebel.com/main/?p=1424#comment-2633 I don't see why the UAW would care, given that under my (lame reductionist) proposal the unionized workers would still be making cars. They'd just have a different logo.<br><br>In all seriousness, I think we (the taxpayers) should have just told Tesla that they now employ a LOT more people and a bunch of manufacturing plants, and they also have 30 billion dollars to spend. If Tesla doesn't know how to manage that many people, I could point them to several hundred unemployed auto executives that would now be happy to apply for a job. I don't see why the UAW would care, given that under my (lame reductionist) proposal the unionized workers would still be making cars. They'd just have a different logo.

In all seriousness, I think we (the taxpayers) should have just told Tesla that they now employ a LOT more people and a bunch of manufacturing plants, and they also have 30 billion dollars to spend. If Tesla doesn't know how to manage that many people, I could point them to several hundred unemployed auto executives that would now be happy to apply for a job.

]]> By: Fellow GM "owner" http://matthewebel.com/main/2009/06/03/the-american-people-want-sex-not-hummers/comment-page-1/#comment-2632 Fellow GM "owner" Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:51:31 +0000 http://matthewebel.com/main/?p=1424#comment-2632 This is all about preserving the UAW's high wages and crazy work rules for a few more years until the whole mess sinks into oblivion, along with our tax dollars. <br><br>To answer the GM vs. Tesla question, it's because Obama owes the unions a lot more than he owes Tesla.<br><br>HUMMER might well outlive the other GM brands. This is all about preserving the UAW's high wages and crazy work rules for a few more years until the whole mess sinks into oblivion, along with our tax dollars.

To answer the GM vs. Tesla question, it's because Obama owes the unions a lot more than he owes Tesla.

HUMMER might well outlive the other GM brands.

]]> By: Khyber Kitsune http://matthewebel.com/main/2009/06/03/the-american-people-want-sex-not-hummers/comment-page-1/#comment-2634 Khyber Kitsune Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:16 +0000 http://matthewebel.com/main/?p=1424#comment-2634 Didn't GM just sell out to China? Didn't GM just sell out to China?

]]> By: Tora Kiyoshi http://matthewebel.com/main/2009/06/03/the-american-people-want-sex-not-hummers/comment-page-1/#comment-2635 Tora Kiyoshi Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:14:50 +0000 http://matthewebel.com/main/?p=1424#comment-2635 <I>The reason we’ve always had a love affair with big, strong, powerful cars is simple: They represent a fantasy, a virility, that mortal men simply do not possess. It’s the same reason idiots buy tigers as pets.</I><br><br>Yes, well... we don't like being pets. At least, I don't. I ate the last guy who asked me.<br><br>-=Tora Kiyoshi (trans: purity of the tiger) The reason we’ve always had a love affair with big, strong, powerful cars is simple: They represent a fantasy, a virility, that mortal men simply do not possess. It’s the same reason idiots buy tigers as pets.

Yes, well… we don't like being pets. At least, I don't. I ate the last guy who asked me.

-=Tora Kiyoshi (trans: purity of the tiger)

]]> By: Ambassador of Style http://matthewebel.com/main/2009/06/03/the-american-people-want-sex-not-hummers/comment-page-1/#comment-2636 Ambassador of Style Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:55:56 +0000 http://matthewebel.com/main/?p=1424#comment-2636 Okay seriously... you MUST send this to the White House.<br>*thumbs up* Okay seriously… you MUST send this to the White House.
*thumbs up*

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