Tag Archives: GM

The Other TARP

Posted on July 22nd, 2011

It still remains the most overlooked aspects within the Obama Administration, that being the flirtation with the American auto industry. Now it seems, the Chrysler venture will now see Tax Payers taking a $1.3 billion haircut. Which leaves one to wonder, where exactly is the so called outrage against the Obama Administration? And on that [...]

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Never Let A Good Weinergate Go to Waste

Posted on June 7th, 2011

As the saga of Rep. Anthony Weiner drags on, it provides the perfect opportunity for Obama.  It becomes another distraction, like releasing a long form birth certificate, or running a victory lap over Osama bin Laden. So in light of the appalling jobless figures last week, Obama visited Chrysler in Ohio to trumpet the success [...]

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The Propaganda of Government Motors

Posted on April 19th, 2011

Graphic: Black Swan Insights “It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, [...]

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GM’s March Sales Rose 43% at Surviving Brands

Posted on April 1st, 2010

By KEVIN KINGSBURY And JOHN KELL General Motors Co. on Thursday said U.S. sales in March rose 43% at its four surviving vehicle brands, with crossover vehicles and cars providing a lift. GM said sales of Chevrolet, Cadillac and GMC rose 41%, 42% and 45%, respectively. Buick sales increased 76%. Total combined sales for GM’s [...]

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Looking back on the president’s year of failure

Posted on December 28th, 2009

Either Craig and me and a good chunk of the conservative press think a lot alike, or we here at solid principles.com continue to perform “show prep” for other news organizations. Just last night we put up our new podcast “The Blunder Year” as we talked about Obama’s stunning lost opportunity to accomplish anything of [...]

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We’re Not Even Close to Sweden

Posted on July 12th, 2009

  Earlier this year, ‘media pundits’ called the Obama Administration Automaker bailouts a step closer to Swedish styled Socialism for America.   Even The Daily Show with John Stewart sensed a gag in the making and sent comic Wayatt Cenac to Sweden on a report titled ‘The Stockholm Syndrome‘.  So what would Sweden have done with an [...]

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