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Skriven 2004-10-26 09:38:52 av Björn Forsström (2:203/614.61)
   Kommentar till text 1138 av Jack Yates (1:3613/1275)
Ärende: USA-bashing....again?
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[Andy Rooney]

 JY> I remember when he was young and caustic; now he's old and caustic.

And you are still young?

 JY> There have been admissions that the wish they had not gotten involved with
 JY> SAAB, and SAAB wishes that GM hadn't cheapened there product

 JY> 1) By creating the US version of their car and

Made in Japan so you would still be buying Japaneese.

 JY> 2) By attaching their name to it.

It should be a Subaru.

 JY> They should have no regrets WRT Opel, which they've had a stake in for
 JY> about 60 years and where have been designed several cars now produced for
 JY> the US market.  I think, but i'm not sure, that the Chevrolet Lumina began
 JY> life as an Opel, then also became a Holden in Australia.  If I need to be
 JY> corrected on this, feel free to do so, anyone.

I can't so that's up to someonr else.
GME hasn't been profitable for years.

 JY> We've gone from the days when a car rusted to an unusable stae in 3 years
 JY> to cars that last for decades, so fewer people need new cars, and fewer
 JY> people over here can afford new cars today, bedamned what the Prez says
 JY> about unemployment.

Then start to import Opel. They are gone in 5 years.

 JY> True, but those shareholders' expenditures seldom trickle down to my
 JY> level.

They will when it effects your (eg. USA:s) economy.

 JY> I'll take credit for writing the following, but I stole the idea from
 JY> someone else, don't know who.

[snip]

 JY> And so the wheel turns, every few centuries someone else takes charge, and
 JY> I fear that our turn is about over.

Are you the only reasonable asshole left over there?   :-(

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