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- Sherman901, on 11/19/2008, -6/+429ohhhhhh *****
- homercles337, on 11/19/2008, -7/+244Ok, im going back into Fallout 3. Some how that world seems better than this one.
- nichesiteexpert, on 11/19/2008, -34/+253I for one welcome our new Chinese overlords
- Anomaly100, on 11/19/2008, -4/+205Is it paranoid to think that China just might own our asses one day, and turn America into an amusement park? Actually, they do seem to own a big chunk of our aforementioned asses, don't they?
::::looking out the windows:::: yep, I'm paranoid. I think. - Bastet62, on 11/20/2008, -1/+202It'll be a nightmare reading the car manual.
- jasoninoakland, on 11/20/2008, -8/+144By buying GM, they will leapfrog to being only 30 years behind the Japanese, Korean and European automobile industries.
- wholesum, on 11/20/2008, -4/+128want to keep china at bay america? CONSUME LESS.
- thepoliticalcat, on 11/19/2008, -9/+109Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you. A tidbit for your historical records: China has been at this (being a nation, being an empire, being a major trader, being a power, being a commercial entity) about three times longer than any other nation/entity on this planet. They don't do things by happenstance. They have a goal, and they're moving towards it. And they will be successful until and unless we begin to armor our asses a little better.
- clintmaher, on 04/21/2009, -0/+87You can see this happening a mile off.
- e3boy, on 11/20/2008, -1/+79China drinks America's milkshake!
What the ***** do you expect, look around your house, like 90% of the stuff is made in China. - Mpwns, on 11/20/2008, -1/+78i remember some one saying WW3 will be fought with check books rather than guns.
- mtnmusicman, on 11/19/2008, -2/+69I hate to tell ya, they already own our asses.
- TheDHC, on 11/20/2008, -4/+66That's capitalism for ya, we do it other people too.
- qazws, on 11/20/2008, -16/+76Go ahead buy GM or ford because I don't like their cars.
- bakamas, on 11/20/2008, -7/+62Don't you mean "ta ma de"? 他妈的！
It's time to learn Chinese. - peestandingup, on 11/20/2008, -11/+59I welcome their women.
- algaeturd, on 11/20/2008, -0/+40That's half of it. The other half? PRODUCE MORE. Lots of small businesses in America enter the service industry...very, very few actually produce goods that can be sold or exported. that's the bottleneck that keeps America from ever gaining any ground. As a nation, we make almost nothing that other people want. Or that Americans want for that matter.
You'd think that after all these years of hard work and industry that Americans could produce a ***** shoe other than RedWing. Are those still made here even?
I mean, RedWing is a great company but ***** bloody hell.....shoes are fairly easy to make with the right equipment. American Apparel pulled it off with clothing, why can't a ***** American company produce shoes made in America that are cool and comfortable? Sure, they'd be $100 a pair but like RedWings (and how Vans Shoes USED to be) they'd most likely be well worth it. - inactive, on 11/20/2008, -0/+34Even Left 4 Dead seems better.
- KarlH, on 11/20/2008, -4/+38Yes, they do own a big chunk of your asses. But don't worry. You are Americans -- you've got plenty of ass left.
- inactive, on 11/20/2008, -3/+35Great! So we can continue to not buy those cars and screw over their economy nao!
- Sogladtobehere, on 11/20/2008, -0/+31...safer even.
- VitriolAndAngst, on 11/20/2008, -3/+33IF, all these things weren't true -- we MIGHT have a reason to bail them out, but;
1) We just bailed out the fat cat robber barons on wall street. Hey, ask Goldman Sacks -- those are the richest deadbeats on the planet.
2) After they get Union concessions and the Fed's funny money and cash the check, THEN they will determine that it just wasn't enough.
3) These automakers have one foot in China and another half foot of good white man meat in Mexico. They haven't been US companies for about 6 years now. And Mexico wants to know if they are getting child support.
4) I'd go for a bail out if the Big Three fire their entire management for being ***** who didn't improve mileage, sex appeal, and the reliability of their product. There are only so many people who don't read Consumer Reports, and THOSE people, have already tapped out the mortgage as money machine. So wait in line fellas.
5) We are going to need that money to bring troops home from military bases, when people stop accepting US dollars and they get hungry. OK, maybe our government will just close the bases and just say; "Private First Class Davis who?" Yeah, that sounds a lot more authentic.
6) We already gave to the war contractors who failed to deliver -- why should you be MORE special than them?
7) That unemployment won't budge our fantasy unemployment stat, so it is really healthy that more people clue into the fact that our government ***** lies about everything.
8) I would have been worried if China wanted to buy you a year ago. Now I'm just grateful that they will have something to drive on the roads that the country of Spain is going to own. So, the Chinese executives are going to pay through the nose -- just hope you land on "free parking" suckers and don't roll too many doubles.
9) If we don't let the Chinese buy this industry, they are going to stop purchasing US dollars. Since they've lost faith in ever getting paid back -- allowing them the allusion that they can actually own these companies will keep the gravy running a few more months. But really once they "OWN" GM or Ford, they can use the money to close up shop here and open their plants in China under a different name -- THEN bury the Chinese owned American companies by selling American owned Chinese cars built at $3 an hour. Yeah, American know how FTW bitches! Start lobbying congress for tariffs now, so that you can protect the price of your American owned companies. I'm sure all that intellectual property that Chevy has on cup holders will be worth it.
10) The Shadow Government is going to need the money to keep their operations in the shade. Sorry, all non-essential ponzi schemes are going to have to make way for the really huge, non-essential ponzi schemes.
11) My "Buy American" lapel pin costs $3.99 at WalMart and it was made in China. I'm feeling kind of conflicted. - l31101, on 11/20/2008, -8/+38Who cares, the quality of those american cars can't get any worse..... or can they?
- mtnmusicman, on 11/19/2008, -4/+34Wow, now that's a surprise. Humm, I guess all those job's will be shipped to China.. What a frickin mess.
- Volatile36, on 11/20/2008, -2/+29Here's a sample of Engrish from a cheap MP3 player I bought when I was 17.
"General MP3 customer will suffer "the data divulges a secret" of harassment, don't wish to let own personal data seen by other people, be afraid using hour only have to delete first. Result in very the hemp is vexed."
Here's another:
"ALL CARTOON LIST
animation menu that keep the view, match with the homologous writing elucidation, you can easily use it" - ldkronos, on 11/20/2008, -3/+30Oh yes, the invasion prans. What day is American invasion again? I fohget.
- mtnmusicman, on 11/19/2008, -8/+33NAFTA, I don't think that has anything to do with China. ( you been hangin with Sarah too much) And give up on the Clinton's, we could only wish we were in the same situation now as when Bill was in office.
- hellomrwu, on 11/20/2008, -2/+26Good, no more bail outs from my pockets and other tax payers.
- inactive, on 11/20/2008, -1/+24Until the 1900's japan was a sprite that kept getting it's arse kicked by china. Japan tried to invade korea and china in the 1600's. Guess what happened? Well lets just say it didn't end well for Japan.
It wouldn't end well for them today either. - inactive, on 11/20/2008, -5/+28but Americans cars are crap no amount of lead is going to fix them.
- ChileanGoD, on 11/20/2008, -0/+23Resistance is futile.
- Mpwns, on 11/20/2008, -2/+24time to learn engrish.
- Barackalypse, on 11/20/2008, -5/+26That new car smell? Its melamine, kiss your kidneys goodbye.
- inactive, on 11/20/2008, -1/+22That's what gets to me. The government spends more on regulation than ever, and it's somehow called "deregulation," and then various business deals like Chevron are nixed while other ***** businesses are bailed out for no good reason, and it's somehow called "a free market." Sigh.
Libertarian rhetoric is stolen by Republicans at election time, who then proceed to govern as statists (just like the Democrats, in the end) but through the magic of NewSpeak & media bias the results get blamed on the stolen libertarian ideas THAT WEREN'T EVER USED. - doublefelix, on 11/20/2008, -2/+23I think this is probably how the Chinese would read it:
美國人想要買大3個汽車製造者
huffingtonpost.com -看起來美國汽車製作商GM和福特有計劃獲取大3 ： 「一位大國外汽車製造商的接管將完全適合入美國人的計劃。 如報告前面，美國人意識到它的出口機會是亭亭玉立的沒有對外國技術的自由自在的通入。 - inactive, on 11/20/2008, -10/+29Why not? then ford might can make a decent car
- algaeturd, on 11/20/2008, -1/+20Hmmm...Chinese Democracy comes out in 2 days at Best Buy. CONNECTED?
You decide. - nathanChoi, on 11/20/2008, -9/+26And yet it's worshipped on Digg... I never understood that. Huffington Post is more biased than Fox News... of course that's pretty much ignored by most diggtards... but hey, as long as it supports whatever you think is right, then who cares if it's propaganda, right??
- Swivelstick, on 11/20/2008, -2/+18America, Chinas new sweatshop
- sugarkang, on 11/20/2008, -3/+19just stop with your alarmist figures.
the US has a bigger hand in chinese assets than anyone else.
do you know GM has plants in China, and GM is actually profitable there?
stop with this us/them crap. - 1professional, on 11/20/2008, -3/+19Well I suppose the Americans could always block the bid but then that would go against the grain of globalization and a free market economy, what?
Basically the Communist Chinese have shown everyone that a Socialist system can work, in their case with a market component, while public services are provided by the State. - NinaOdell, on 11/19/2008, -2/+17Actually, I agree (a bit).
Barack Obama is his own man and makes his own decisions. No conspiracy here, sorry.
However, THE most unpopular thing (besides not helping out Croatia) that came out of the Clinton Administration is NAFTA.
It was kinda sold as the answer to the problem of undocumented workers (among other things), but the net result really was a huge off-load of American Jobs.
Hell, even the FLOWER industry took a huge, huge, cut. It's most felt here in California. In the last year, three flower shops have closed because these little shacks (LITERALLY) have popped up here and there selling cheap Mexican flowers.
They said openly that they simply couldn't compete with a dozen (tired-looking, IMO) roses going for $1.99.
The thing is, if you look at Mexico, NAFTA has done nothing to improve the lives of Mexican citizens. I know nothing about Canada, but they have Universal Healthcare, so I don't worry about them too much.
But hey, that's the past - let's look to the future. NAFTA can be renegotiated at any time, it just hasn't happened yet. I believe in supporting the sitting President, and beyond that, I wholeheartedly support Barack Obama. - jojopumpkin, on 11/20/2008, -3/+18Nah, they'll keep the plants here. Our financial system is in such a ***** pile. The American People will be forced to work for pennies thus bringing more industry here and less in China. Bush is passing laws that loosen pollution restrictions on industry that are supposedly "impossible to overturn".
China's middle class is growing fast. They are beginning to see what industry does to their environment / health and are pushing back at the government with the "Not in my backyard" mentality.
We are in the beginning stages of a huge role reversal with the U.S. and China. We will be rebuilding our infrastructure to better support exports, our energy sources are being diversified to suit the new industry that will be placed here. We are becoming the new Mexico. We may even become one with Mexico and Canada. It's arguable as to how that will be implemented. Geographically, financially or both. Mexico is aware of this and for it. The U.S. and Canada are in denial that the thought of this even exists. The Fed and Treasury just beat around the bush when asked about this. - NinaOdell, on 11/20/2008, -3/+18Dang it! You beat me too it!
And yes. We don't outright borrow from China per se, but we've sold them a CRAPLOAD of bonds. Well, we sell them and their first in line, to be exact.
But hey, they sure did put on a pretty Olympics! Maybe their Human Rights violations aren't so bad after all... - ahtu, on 11/20/2008, -0/+15Activate Chinese invasion
- doublefelix, on 11/20/2008, -0/+15Well if it sells 1.5 billion copies, I, for one, am going to be highly suspicious.
- nathanbutnet, on 11/20/2008, -2/+17Does anyone remember when they tried to buy Chevron? This will also not go through just like that deal. Free market ;)
- swiftekho, on 11/20/2008, -1/+15Ni hao ma?
START LEARNING BITCHES! - algaeturd, on 11/20/2008, -11/+25Why not?! They own every other ***** thing in America.
Who needs to wage real war these days when you can conquer a nation just by buying pieces of it up little by little? Doesn't China own approximately 38% of American companies at this point? Don't hold me to that exact number but I heard on NPR where it was around 38% of publicly traded American companies.
Just a bit more to go and they'll own the majority share of the United ***** States. Awesome.
In a nation where money is all important and generally held in more esteem than health or actual LIFE, everything has a price. Just ask the Chinese. - hello3u, on 11/20/2008, -0/+14if there is one...
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