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Thanks, Anonymous. We don't

Michael Wolraich — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:50:00 +0000

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Thanks, Anonymous. We don't choose the ads. They're selected by google-magic based on the content of the page, which is why auto ads were probably chosen for this page. I might add on Deadman's behalf that I don't think he wants the American auto dealers to shut their doors but rather to become more efficient. However, I'll discuss with my fellow dagbloggers the option of returning the $11.77 we have earned from our ads this year.

While I always respect the

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:37:37 +0000

In reply to Dealing out a bunch of hooey and driving me mad ...

While I always respect the rights of others to hold an opinion that may differ from my own I find it odd that your diatribe against the auto industry in general, and dealers in particular, is shown on a web page with google ads for those very manufacturers and dealers. When the readers of your blog click on them you are, of course, compensated via google adsense. Why not exclude those ads and put your money where your rhetoric lies?

This cannot be real.

Bluesplashy — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:58:58 +0000

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This cannot be real. Freaking car dealers are part of the problem with the american auto industry. What a bunch of thieves. You know who is going to start fweeeping next, don't you? The pharmaceutical companies - watch it. I was half heartedly supporting a bailout for the auto industry just for the pensioners but if the dealers are getting any NO WAY. Orlando is right - watch them all jump in line for a bailout and in two years they will be screaming they are fettered by too much socialist government oversight. This sucks.

For what it's worth, the NYT

Michael Wolraich — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:58:44 +0000

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For what it's worth, the NYT claimed that the chances of passage are slim.

Last Thanksgiving, my cousin

Orlando — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:34:04 +0000

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Last Thanksgiving, my cousin took her kids shopping on the day after Thanksgiving. She'd never done it before, but there was something the kids just had to have, so they got up really freaking early and stood in the cold in line at Toys R Us. When the store opened, an actual fist fight broke out as the shoppers pushed their way into the store so they could be the first to get whatever it is that they had to have at the soon-to-be-history low price. Thankfully, I had the good sense to stay in bed, oblivious to the feeding frenzy that was happening at stores throughout my town.

That's what I'm reminded of since the corporate barons got their first sniff of government hand outs. It's a free-for-all, only it's not free. Not for the taxpayers, anyway.

The next time there is some sort of a natural, or unnatural, disaster that leads to widespread looting in a poor neighborhood, the first corporate exec that says ANYTHING about it should get punched. Hard. In the face.