The Dolt and the Volt
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 23rd, 2010 5:49 am by HL
The Dolt and the Volt
If only non-prescription Oxy had a tax deduction.
I have no earthly idea what cars like the Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf (99 mpg) will mean in the real world. But when evaluating them, I’ll leave it to people who know about things like cars, in detail.
But when has the knowledge of a subject ever stopped Rush Limbaugh? Never. No, it doesn’t matter if things started under a Republican, if it involves a Democrat in some fashion (a $7,500 tax credit?! — uh, Socialism?) it must be the same as Hitler and/or Stalin’s Death Car:
“Folks, of all the cars, no offense, General Motors, please, but of all the cars in the world, the Chevrolet Volt is the Car of the Year? Motor Trend magazine, that’s the end of them.”
Yeah, because folks like Motor Trend NEVER get to test drive cars early. But mostly, I enjoyed this pithy and quite accurate response:
You’ve made two king’s ransoms by convincing legions of dittoheads to tune into you every day. I wonder, do you ever ride in anything that’s not German or Anglo-Saxon? Do you have any idea how powerful IG Metal is, and of the size of Germany’s social safety net?
Of course he hasn’t. That sort of thinking is for Kenyan Socialists or any sentient being with a particle of a conscience.
(h/t Charles Pierce)
Update: Related to nothing in the above post in particular, the U.S. and the rest of NATO seem to have engaged in the most tragic version of a Sitcom plot since Lucy went postal at the Copacabana one night.
- Artillery fire exchanged on the Korean peninsula.
- What a mess.
- Maybe he should move further to the center.
- A peek inside the twisted world of Faux News.
- John Mackey, still an asshat.
- Love this headline.
- Artillery fire exchanged on the Korean peninsula.
- What a mess.
- Maybe he should move further to the center.
- A peek inside the twisted world of Faux News.
- John Mackey, still an asshat.
- Love this headline.