Are you sure they fly the flag there, or is that some unfounded internet rumor you are repeating?
Posted on 07/09/2009 9:45:18 AM PDT by kellynla
Edited on 07/09/2009 10:21:32 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. appeared headed toward a record-short escape from bankruptcy protection Thursday despite a last-minute appeal that a legal expert said was unlikely to stand in the way.
A bankruptcy judge's order approving the sale of most of GM's assets to a new company was to go into effect at noon. An appeal was filed just before the deadline by plaintiffs in an Arizona product liability lawsuit against the automaker. It was unclear if the appeal delayed the sale approval.
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There is NO LONGER such a thing as secured credit.
Bonds are unbonded.
The seals are breaking on financial armageddon.
I don’t know where you live, but in my neighborhood,
we still “free” to buy what we like, thank you!
Are you sure they fly the flag there, or is that some unfounded internet rumor you are repeating?
Well, since the owner of the dealership is a friend of mine,
we Marines get a “discount.” BIG SMILE
Semper Fi,
Kelly
"denial is the most predictable of all human response"
Who is left to buy from? You about eliminated everybody.
“Are you sure they fly the flag there, or is that some unfounded internet rumor you are repeating?”
Dear XXXXXXXXXXX:
My staff contacted Ford Motor in regard to your e-mail asking if they display
the North Vietnam Flag.
At Ford Corporate Headquarters in Southfield they have 42 flag poles that
display their international holdings — they do business in more than 200
countries. The largest flag pole, 70 ft. high, displays the U.S. flag.
Of the 42 international flags, various methods have decided which are flown.
For a long time, the flags were chosen for the largest producing counties.
Earlier last year, for a short time, flags were chosen based on the opening
of new plants, ventures, etc. The national flag of Vietnam was among these
due to the opening of a new manufacturing facility. Last fall, however, the
company re-examined their policy for choosing the flags, and is again
selecting flags based on market sales ranks. The Vietnam flag did not make
this list, therefore it was removed along with others .
Ford informed my office that some rumors had started that the flag was the
Viet Cong battle flag, or something other than the national flag of Vietnam.
This was not the case, but I’m sure you are more interested to hear that the
flag was removed.
If you need more information, Ford’s public relations office is very willing
to talk with you. Lydia Sisaruk at 313-323-0646 offered to speak with you
further.
Thank you for your e-mail.
Sincerely,
MIKE ROGERS
Majority Floor Leader
26th Senate District
You can apologize to me at any time, Newbie.
So, on which side of the ledger is the taxpayers’ current share of GM to fall - the new side, new company, that’s shedding all the liabilities or the old side, the original GM that’s being left with most the debt?
Toyotas are Amercian made, and non-union.
I love my Toyota.....I want to upgrade to something newer but the dang thing runs perfectly.
Beautiful. Not only is it small and a gas sipper, but it has three tiny wheels to reduce the chance of killing insects on the road, with “autoprompters” on the left and right to tell you which way to turn, how fast to drive, why you are about to be stopped by the authorities, and who gets to use your car next. It is super unsafe, creating more health-care jobs, and made of cheap material, ensuring more repair jobs and more manufacturing work to produce replacements.
The plastic dome gives it that space-age, ultra-modern look that is an excellent stand-in for the genuine technological progress we must squash so that more resources can be allocated toward helping the underprivileged reach material parity with the overprivileged. The dome also destroys all bourgeois sense of privacy, allowing authorities and keen citizens alike to keep an eye out for counterrevolutionary activities. Putting the steering wheel on the right makes us more like our romantic left-wing visions of Europeans. No room for more than one passenger dissuades irresponsible reproduction, as well as buying stuff and other capitalist activities. The seats are low, uncomfortable, and tiny, ensuring that few will drive more than 10 miles at a time, and certainly none will be invited to surpass their monthly mileage quota, nor attempt to use such a vehicle to travel to another city or state without registration, letter of approval, and subsequent entry into federal database.
Some quibbles. The Obama sticker could be larger. I cannot tell if that is an opening to the gas tank or the battery - there should be a clear graphical mark as to make transparent smugness a more streamlined endeavor. As an advertisement, this image is disgustingly heteronormative and ethnocentric. Both people in the vehicle should be of ambiguous gender and ethnicity, so as to appeal to the broadest social sentiments of government purchasers.
Two words:
Buy Used.
Nicely done.
According to YOUR post, they do not fly the flag, therefore YOU owe ME the apology.
Nice fake letter, btw.
I had one. I have never owned a better, more reliable vehicle.
“denial is the most predictable of all human response”
“denial?”
who's “denying” anything.
Sounds like my affirmation to me.
The Corvette that kellynla displayed is the 638 hp ZR1, GM’s fastest production car ever built. It has beat the Nissan GTR, the Ferrari 599, and the Porsche GT2 in a straight line run, and officially posted a 7:26.4 at the Nurburgring.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6mEirkQN8o
For $105,000...that’s way more bang-for-your-buck than a Porsche or Ferrari.
“denial is the most predictable of all human response”
“denial?”
who's “denying” anything.
Sounds like my affirmation to me.
No one implied that you couldn't buy whatever you want. I'm just surprised that any conservative would be supporting a socialist endeavor such as Government Motors. But maybe that's just me.
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