A number to ponder...

[TSB]

Dad worked at GM from 1956 to 1986.  I don't believe he owned one Chevy during that entire period.  Disloyal?  I don't think so!  When I worked at GM after my discharge, I bought a Camaro, first new car I ever owned!  It lasted about three years and basically fell apart...1979 to 1982  RIP....

So, I too drive a Ford truck and have owned several other small sedans made by Ford because, their well made, relatively inexpensive and the dealer is NOT ripping people off..  They get decent gas mileage and after all, I only sit in it about an hour a day and I'd much rather spend money on other things.  My car is NOT an extension of something else that I may be lacking....

After all, .45 ammo ain't cheap.....

[jaybet]

I hate to bash American, but didn't these car guys get a pile of money a ways back as well? Doesn't look like they did a very good job of recovering. It's all we've been hearing for years about how Detroit has to be more competetive and have the better products and what happens? They need a bailout. How about a bailout for the engineering office of 20 employees that's going under because there's zero construction? Or the restaurant that has laid off 10 employees because no one is having Christmas parties this year. Or the vet with the lunch cart who's business is off 45% 'cause workers can't afford to buy a sandwich for lunch every day.

The true impact of this thing is going to be evident come spring when thousands of businesses have closed because no one is buying what they sell . And you can bet that the whole time Washington will be still talking about where to spend what's left of the bailout money after they've pissed it away giving it to their friends.

[tombogan03884]

I was at work...

the answer is...

the number of yearly NRA member ships needed to pay Wayne LaPierre salary...

That number really shocked me.

Me too, most heads of 4 million member organizations get Bonus's that are 3 to 5 times that amount, when the head of Home Depot was FIRED by the board of directors he got about $8 million if I remember right.

[tombogan03884]

American car companies need to do what Jap car companies do, build cars people can afford to drive that last 500,000 miles

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American car companies need to do what Jap car companies do, build cars people can afford to drive that last 500,000 miles

ford is ranked # 2 in relaiablity( for cars), right behind honda... toyota is not even in the top 10...

hd is the worlds 3rd largest retailer.

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[Big Frank]

Anyone who isn't an NRA memebr needs to sign up so we can keep Wayne LaPierre working for us. We can't afford to lose him. We had less than a million members when I joined the NRA. We have a lot more political clout now thanks to WLP and our board of directors.