Tony302600 Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Well it looks like the story is turning even worse. Today CNN reported that the government's revolving door (corporations putting people in regulatory places to de-regulate an area, then go back to the company) is biting them in the ass. The head of NHTSA, former Toyota executive, turned a blinded eye to multiple inquiries from lawyers regarded the pedal issue in wrongful death cases. They showed memo's from the NHTSA saying the pedal issue is basically not a big deal. Just another showing of how corporations run our government at the expense of the public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Just another showing of how corporations run our government at the expense of the public. For the most part, this shouldn't be much of a surprise... the world is built this way... Let's say I steal something.... a pen.... to make it exciting, let's make it an expensive pen... This pen gotta be worth 5 or 6 bucks... This is a pen amongst pens... This pen would give you a boner... (Might even have a flashing light like those Fusion pens we got a few years back). Nobody would likely bat an eye.... Let's say I steal 6 million bucks... now, it might be through fraud.... it might be a sack full of cash... or an envelope full of bearer bonds. Got your attention now, don't I? In reality, only two things have changed.... My scope of opportunity... and the size of my cojones... (Hmmmm, might be only one thing that has changed). Now. it isn't any secret that there is some wierd stuff going on in government - that they can have meetings in-camera isn't a secret either.... but the agenda/theme/topics discussed in an in-camera meeting can be worrisome. Anyway.... there isn't an administration - past or present - Canadian, American, Saskahoovian that doesn't have events they hoped wouldn't escape or they hope that don't escape. Instead of being indignant, spend that effort in doing something about the indignity. Instead of kvetching about shit... do what you can to stop it... Just about anyone can be bought.... the only difference is the price tag... Likewise, there isn't a manufacturer out there that wishes that some part of their history would just dry up and blow away... The first Oldsmobile Firenza.... the Cadillac Cimarron.... exploding Pintos... exploding Chevy half ton saddle tanks.... the A 604 transmission.... the Honda S600 (check that one out... a sporty car built for bout 2 years in the 60s...) ... Nissan choosing the names "Cedric", "Bluebird" and "Fairlady" for their early north American offerings... Chryslers ELB... Cadillacs 3-5-7 (oops, I meant 4-6-8) variable displacement engine... The list is endless. I see youngsters amazed at something.... and the best I can offer is "Ayup... they did that back about '73 and it worked for them then...". For many years, Ford was the focus of the media... not because Ford had more dogs than anyone else.. but largely because Henry Ford had some very good quotable quotes.... and a lot of very bad quotable quotes. ( He admired Adolph Hitlers political skills and his ability to drag pre WW2 Germany from what many saw as a post WW1 rape by the Allied Powers). Henry Ford was caught in the conumdrum of being the main progenitor of the assembly line... only enabled by developing mass producable parts.... increasing his employees wages to the point where they could purchase the goods they made.... and then getting involve in "union busting". Back to the thread.... it is nice that another manufacturer is spearheading the "why me?" list this week, it is poor form to try and rub their nose in it.... Next week, there is every chance that we will be the bad boy... guess what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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