NOW we know what the leap in oil prices was for!

Lurch, you are exactly right in both comments above.

Clearly this survey is incredibly biased, as well as others which are similar but favor the opposing side (and yes, the Sift favors the liberal side). However, it is a testament to mainstream news agencies' preference for controversy over meaningful substance (ie, subjects have knowledge of the $150,000 clothing story, but are oblivious to which party holds the majority of the seats in Congress). Regardless of one's political views, being an educated voter involves extensive sifting through massive amounts of misleading, slanderous garbage.

Where do I find one of those giant red lounge things?

"fuckin sheep, dude. fuckin war, man. fuckin bullshit, dude. fuck man dude like... fuckin shit"

(pauses to hit bong and stuff mouth full of cheetos)

"shit we gotta do somethin about this, man. if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem."

(continues to play decade-old computer game)

"and who's gonna lead us now, what celebrities do we have?"

upvote for the wtf, terrible, and horrorshow tags.

Any relation to probationary user CaptainPlanet?

I find it especially amusing that this video is from LiveLeak.

Interesting.

Once upon a time, I tried to look up something on Wikipedia for a developmental biology class (I wish I could remember the exact topic - something about molecular biology), and the only information on the topic was "yo momma," ...so I discontinued using wikipedia, and now try more reliable sources such as, in this case, PubMed. Although the search isn't as quick and easy, the information is far more reliable. When bias from a specific source is involved, at least you know which direction the bias will lean (ie, getting news from CNN vs Fox News). Conversely, Wikipedia is a mixed bag of bias, as pointed out by this post, so further scrutiny and research on any topic is always needed...However, Wikipedia is popularly touted as a reliable source, and people tend to use the information they find there without a second opinion. Frankly, that bugs the shit out of me.

Nice post.

...or ":"

>> ^grinter:
out of bounds. white team's ball.

do it again!

The numbers in this video are not impressive anyway. The Big 3 have been assembling garbage automobiles for decades, and people finally realized they were getting ripped off. Their deadline to move towards quality is long overdue (the gas crisis was the straw that broke.... the...gas guzzler's tow hitch?). This is supported by the fact that Chrysler, the least affected by escalating fuel prices, was the first to run into trouble - because of their long-standing tradition of poor quality. Same thing happened with Jaguar and Land Rover: poor quality - I don't mean initial quality (they ARE comfy at first)... I'm talking about holding value - overall longterm quality (ie, answering "No" to the question: "Will I be embarrassed to drive this car in 10 years?").

They need to learn how to design and assemble the damn thing correctly the first time, so the consumer isn't pissed off every time they need to replace something, even if it's the small shit: window motor, radiator fan, dashboard backlight and/or the gauges it illuminates, water pump, fuel pump, or some $300 A/C flap thingamajigger that controls air flow between vents which remains working yet makes a terribly irritating noise lasting 32 seconds every time you start or stop the engine.
Clearly, I have digressed, and have absolutely no experience with such matters anyway.

And so it was that with the rise of globalization (and fall of the dollar), foreign companies opened up shop here...
Take for example BMW's impact in Greenville, South Carolina: 23,050 jobs paying $1.2 billion, etc. (source) from one such plant. Where's BMW's whining video?? Where's BMW's bailout?? They don't fucking need one because they do quality work - much like Honda, Nissan, Toyota and all other brands who are devouring Big 3's piece of the pie - and rightfully so.

I recently enjoyed an article about how American car companies can't lease cars anymore because they don't hold their value - when people turned their leases in, the company was stuck with a depreciated piece of shit and lost money by the truckload (no pun intended). So now they only sell them (or lack thereof), sticking the consumer with the piece of shit in 3-5 years, who subsequently will purchase a different brand the next time around - one that will not only run forever (provided they keep the oil changed), but the A/C and power windows will too.

Imagine that: Bush actually got it right when he told them to learn how to compete.
In short, we are witnessing the evolution of an industry in the face of capitalism, the excitement and effectiveness of which will be ruined by a bailout. Sorry for ranting.


And remember - if you see a car approaching with a foglight out, it's made by GM.

Maybe they could ask Big Oil for a loan?

clearly, this one got caught up in the sift - makes me wish I had the ability to *promote

"Affordable housing units" are only $10,000 each? Used formaldehyde-ridden FEMA trailers cost more than that. And we could always cut the $21 billion and NOT rebuild Iraq... that'd be smart...riiiiiight.

Granted, running up debt isn't exactly the most wise of financial policies, but this video is, to say the least, an extreme exaggeration.

awesome. :-)