This is perfect, a real master stroke.  It's about as revealing of Obama as a person as anything he could do.  Sorry Bubba, you let it happen.  Hellooo auto workers!  How's the coffee this morning?

gus.

 

Obama Orders Chevrolet and Dodge Out Of NASCAR - Car News

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS' DAY! With their racing budgets deemed unnecessary expenditures, GM and Chrysler are ordered to cease racing operations at the end of the season.

BY JARED GALL, ILLUSTRATION BY ERIC WOODWARD
April 2009

In a move sure to spark outrage, the White House announced today that GM and Chrysler must cease participation in NASCAR at the end of the 2009 season if they hope to receive any additional financial aid from the government. Companies around the globeHonda and Audi, to name twohave drawn down racing operations, and NASCAR itself has already felt the pinch in the form of reduced team spending. A complete withdrawal from Americas premier racing series is expected to save more than $250 million between GM and Chrysler, a substantial amount considering the drastic measures being implemented elsewhere.

Automakers used to operate on the principle of win on Sunday, sell on Monday, but the Auto Task Forces research just doesnt validate that as true, said the statement from President Obama. While fans have decried the Car of Tomorrow for heavily limiting what little personalization the cookie-cutter series had previously allowed to participating manufacturers, and drivers have slammed its brick-like aerodynamics and unpredictable handling, even the governmental oversight committee sees that the full-scale regulation of the cars leaves the manufacturers very little space for research and development. NASCAR is a racing series that regulates down to the smallest detail of the cars, where a car badged a Chevrolet or Dodge differs only marginally from a Ford or a Toyota. Theres no technological development to speak of.

The statement goes on further to say the same demand will be made of Ford if it asks for government assistance. In order to receive this money, corporations must demonstrate they will spend it wisely. Racing has been said to improve on-road technology, but frankly, NASCAR almost flaunts its standing among the lowest-tech forms of motorsport. NASCAR is not proven to drive advancements that transfer from the racetrack to the road, and this nations way forward does not hinge on decades-old technology. We need new, and we need innovation.

The President realizes this will be an unpopular call, but stands behind the decision, saying, This is an obvious cut to make, but it is not an easy one. This administration is not ignoring the tremendous sentimental value and emotional appeal NASCAR holds for so many Americans. But now is not the time for sentiment and nostalgia; now is a time for decisive financial action. If our automotive industry is to emerge from this recession intact, then these difficult decisions must be made.

Both Chevrolet and Dodge see the move as only temporary, and fully expect to resume racing in NASCAR as soon as they have stabilized and the governments hand in their operations is minimized. There is nothing really to say at this point, said one representative, who wished to remain anonymous. Weve been doing this since the beginning, and we always assumed wed be doing this until the end. Heck, nobody ever thought to think that there would be an end. But we aint done. As soon as this is over, were taking back our spot at the top.

NASCAR officials remain tight-lipped about the call, but sources say series president Mike Helton and team managers are exploring several options, including other manufacturers to fill Chevrolet and Dodges vacated positions. Given the companys recent interest in motorsport and the steady cash-flow and V-8 engine provided by its new Genesis sedan, sources indicate that NASCAR is pinging Hyundai to gauge the Korean companys interest in occupying a spot in NASCAR. Toyota was not well-received their first year in the sport, nor was their first season an easy one, the source says. But they learned, they applied the lessons, and they have proven very competitive this year.

If Hyundai does indeed join the series, there will no doubt be a steep learning curve, and the move would leave Ford the lone domestic battling a pair of Asian makes in Americas most popular racing series. We wonder, however, how long NASCAR could hold that title without two of its most storied participants.

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/hot_lists/high_performance/motorsports/

 

 

 

 

LOL!

I'd say that more than an April Folls's joke is "revealing of Obama as a person," the fact that you think is is revealing of you as a person ...

I'd say that more than an April Folls's joke is "revealing of Obama as a person," the fact that you think is is revealing of you as a person ...

  That's a bit obtuse, but I'm assuming that you think the article is an April fool's joke?  I thought about that, and even thought about seeking another source.  But then it occured to me that the article makes perfect sense, in light of all the recent auto-maker policy.  And the reason I find it revealing is that it is so characteristic of the mind-set of those currently in power, even if it *is* a joke.  All of this makes my potential gullibility somewhat less critical, but I will seek a confirming source anyway.

gus.

 

 

That's a bit obtuse, but I'm assuming that you think the article is an April fool's joke?

Well, Gus, that first sentence that says "HAPPY APRIL FOOLS' DAY!" is a small hint.


I thought about that, and even thought about seeking another source. But then it occured to me that the article makes perfect sense, in light of all the recent auto-maker policy.

As I said, pretty revealing of you as a person.

That's a bit obtuse, but I'm assuming that you think the article is an April fool's joke?

Well, Gus, that first sentence that says "HAPPY APRIL FOOLS' DAY!" is a small hint.

   At least I'm not alone.  The comments section filled up with enraged rednecks so quickly that the magazine added a note in the header of the article, clarifying it as a joke. 


I thought about that, and even thought about seeking another source. But then it occured to me that the article makes perfect sense, in light of all the recent auto-maker policy.

As I said, pretty revealing of you as a person.

   I'm perfectly willing to accept that, to the point that I hope the article doesn't strike the Obama administration as a good idea.

gus.

 

Gus is playing stupid--and it looks like he is winning.      (Well, he is whinning---and alot of that. )

  Moonie appears to be channeling janie, and that's *not* a compliment.

gus.

 

 

AND, gus seems to be channeling skippy and ab more and more lately!  A bit of dementia?

America, we are better than these last eight years. We are a better country than this.

Barack Obama
Acceptance Speech at Democratic Convention Aug 28th 2008

AND, gus seems to be channeling skippy and ab more and more lately!  A bit of dementia?

   I didn't realize I was getting in the middle of a coolness roll-call.  You moonbats go on ahead without me.

gus.

 

been sucking on the old dodge tail pipe a bit long today gus?

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." -- Thomas Jefferson

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. - Carl Sagan

I believe that every right implies a responsibility, every opportunity an obligation; every possession, a duty. - John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

 

Well, gus....I was going to say APRIL FOOL regarding my comment about you.  But, seeing as how you turned onto your *moonbat path,* I'll let my comment stand.

LOL

 

America, we are better than these last eight years. We are a better country than this.

Barack Obama
Acceptance Speech at Democratic Convention Aug 28th 2008

Sure, April Fools' Day comes but once a year, and some silly stories have been making the rounds. (Stairmasters in the NYC subway? Brad and Angelina married? Really? No.) But one thing is now clear: Keep the jokes away from NASCAR.

All Car and Driver magazine tried to do was drive a little levity into the auto industry bailout with a prank. The serious publication ran a joke story that announced that Obama had ordered Chevrolet and Dodge out of NASCAR if they wanted to keep their federal funds. For a brief web-fueled moment, NASCAR fans had to imagine a future of cheering on Japanese cars. Or worse, French ones. The horror.

Immediately, the Internet went crazy, with searches on "obama nascar" accelerating in Search and zooming across Twitter. Although the story was clearly marked a hoax, Car and Driver eventually pulled the fake story and apologized for going "too far."

Not to worry, NASCAR fans: Nobody's pulling out of NASCAR. Yet. As Automobile magazine's blog noted nervously, "Let's just hope that the auto task force doesn't read this and get any ideas."

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92422?fp=1

 

 

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
-Albert Einstein

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.

...it appears that you are showing your OBSESSION with me, too...since you mentioned my name BEFORE I ever posted to this MORONIC thread that you started.

 

 

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
-Albert Einstein

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.