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Ford to explore sale of Aston Martin – Automotive – MSNBC.com
Ah Ford, I see that stupidity has not left you. By selling (or trying to sell) Aston martin, you threw away a great opportunity to position yourself as a purveyor of fine cars. Every time you sell off a Premier group brand, you reduce yourself to the likes of Kia. Selling the wings doesn’t polish the blue oval.
YOU FAIL IT!
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Will Toyota make a play for GM? – BusinessWeek Online – MSNBC.com
Toyota simply can’t win on this one. Personally I woud like to see them buy GM outright, liquidate the broken parts and bury the GM name….broken business models do not deserve to live in a free market society. Unfortunately you are going to have rednecks shouting ridiculous nationalist slogans and starting boycott Japan crap. Nevermind the fact that the alternative will be Japanese AND French.
Toyota will just have to accept the fact that the competition just got bigger, not better, and continue to do what they do best.
Wait a minute, I have a big problem with this. The EU is forcing a product on other countries that may or may not want it. I think this is clearly a violation of international trade laws. Essentially the EU is forcing the dumping of a product on foriegn markets without their permission and it is using Microsoft as the vehicle to push it’s policies abroad….this is just plain wrong.
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Microsoft makes changes to appease EU – U.S. Business – MSNBC.com
SO someone took a poll on the "regligious zeal" in America and the article talks as if this is a good thing?
I’m actually quite alarmed that being a zealot is considered a good thing. In fact I’m alarmed that we’re the only country (according to this poll) that thinks mixing religion with government is a great thing. Fortunately we don’t practice what the poll is preaching. Other countries are more theocratic than we are by far.
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Religious zeal sets U.S. apart from allies, poll finds – U.S. News – MSNBC.com
So I’m sitting here reading the news about North Korea saying it has nukes. Not that this is a big surprise but what got me was this photo:
In this photo you have Il looking as ill as ever, with the standard atrocious haircut and his 70s leaisure/jumpsuit that looks like something straight out of a Austin Powers movie (where is Mini Il?). But what got me was his trusty sidekick.
In the background you see this guy. Obviously he is an important guy, because you want to be surrounded by important people so you look smart (see Bush, Cheney, et al). What gets me is look at this guys dress!
This guy is literally covered in medals, awards, and what have you. I mean, do they give out medals for attendance or something? It looks like he has one for everytime he went to the buffet. I’m not sure they should really be giving out medals for who kissed the most ass. I know for sure the one on the lower right is the Brownnoser of the Year Award.
You also have to wonder how mobile this guy is. He is probably in his 60s, yet here is standing with all of this brass attached to him. Either this guy is one stout dude, or he is a statue. Perhaps even one of those cutouts you see at conferences to take your picture with.
Surely that’s it, because the way his eyes look if it were a real person he would be staring at Il’s butt.
SO my trip to see my parents for Christmas did’t turn out so well. A trip that normally takes 6 hours turned into 14!!!!! It was as if Arkansas just closed the doors and turned off the lights after the snow storm came through. There was really no excuse for this. Cars were all over the road, semi trucks turned over. We sat on the road not moving for over 2 hours. It was totally ridiculous and I’m ashamed to be from that godforsaken state.
Man, what the heck is wrong with this part of the country?!?!?! Women killing mothers and ripping their kids out of them! Who breeds these crazy kooks? You have got to be pretty messed up in the head. However that is no defense. It’s time to start frying these bitches and maybe that will set an example!
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