general motors

FACT-CHECKERS GONE WILD 10:30 am September 12, 2012

Breitbart Takes ‘Fact-Check’ Craze To Logical Conclusion: Bin Laden Is Alive, GM Is Dead

Everybody’s boo-hooing about the fact-check craze sweeping the nation, whether it’s sane, reasonable people laughing at AP’s ridiculose “fact check” that stated Bill Clinton was wrong to point out a Romney welfare ad lie, because Clinton once lied about all the intern snatch he was pulling, or the goons of Red State telling their minions [...]

HE ALSO CURED POLIO 12:30 pm May 8, 2012

Romney Will ‘Take A Lot Of Credit’ For Auto Industry Comeback That He Mocks Obama For Daily

by Liz Colville

In 2008, blight on society Mitt Romney called for the government to “let Detroit go bankrupt” in none other than a New York Times op-ed called “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt,” published a week after the loser he lost to lost to Obama. Romney continued to hold the beliefs ghost-written in that article well into late [...]

HE SO *WOULD* KILL HUMMER 3:57 pm February 24, 2010

Obama Kills Hummer

by Jim Newell

Obama being “General Motors” of course: “DETROIT — General Motors says it will discontinue Hummer after its bid to sell the brand to a Chinese company failed.” Some friend China is… [AP]

EVERYTHING IS FIXED! 12:26 pm June 1, 2009

by Ken Layne

HOORAY! Says the CEO of the now-bankrupt General Motors: “The GM you knew, the GM that let so many of you down, is history.” Stocks are just cold going nuts, Dow up 215+ at the moment. [Marketwatch]

GENERAL MOTORS FAIL 11:56 am June 1, 2009

Liveblogging Obama Creating ‘Government Motors’

by Ken Layne

Wow it’s morning so that means Barack Obama is giving televised remarks about the latest failed giant business he’s buying us for Ramadan. General Motors! “The collapse of these companies would’ve been devastating to America,” etc., yes we know, “and it would be good for American workers and American manufacturing and good for America’s economy” [...]

SEETHING MOBS 5:39 pm March 30, 2009

New Depression Trend: Laid-Off Workers Attack Each Other

by Ken Layne

Ever get the feeling that your country has become one of those places where this kind of thing is always making it to the nightly news in rich countries? [Political IQ]

YOU'RE FIRED 7:39 pm March 29, 2009

GM Chief Rick Wagoner Fired, By Obama

by Ken Layne

Turns out there are some occasional consequences to keeping your failed industry afloat on a sea of free money from the government. General Motors’ CEO Richard Wagoner found out about that, today, when he was fired — excuse us, “resigned.” Barack Obama went on some teevee talky show this morning to complain about Detroit and [...]

MY RIDE'S HERE 10:41 pm January 14, 2009