Comments on: Bailout Watch 429: They’re Baack

By: cleek

cleek — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:45:27 +0000

Thad McCotter called the Bailout Bill “American Socialism” on the floor of the House.

Thanks for the memories

By: guyincognito

guyincognito — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:30:45 +0000

Otto: I found something! [pulls a briefcase from the ground]
Wiggum: [opens it] It’s just a piece of paper.
Homer: It’s mine! [reads] “Frightfully sorry, but there is no hidden
treasure. I have already used this time to escape from your
jail. Fondest wishes” — oh, I can’t make out the signature!
Quimby: Keep digging. We’re bound to find something!

They do as Quimby suggests, until there are only a few of them at the
bottom of a hole forty or fifty feet deep.

Quimby: I guess we’re not going to find anything.
Otto: Um, how are we going to get out of here?
Homer: We’ll dig our way out!
Wiggum: No, dig _up_, stupid.
– “Homer the Vigilante”

By: DaddyOfPayton

DaddyOfPayton — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:23:00 +0000

Mary Jo Kilroy..what a surprise. The dictionary has her picture under both “Peter Principle” and “one-term”.

Well, I guess somebody has to take the torch from Ms Frank eventually.

By: superbadd75

superbadd75 — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:53:39 +0000

McDoughnut: I agree, lots of car dealerships have done their fair share of fleecing customers, and there should be no tears shed for those guys. By and large, however, I don’t think your average dealership lives to screw customers over. I’ve worked at dealerships for premium marques since I got into the car business —except for a brief stint at a Jeep store. What an f-ing nightmare!— and never felt bad about any of them. Granted, I think higher end stores treat clients better on all levels, but I feel the general rule is the same. A customer that is educated, knows what they want, and has a decent idea of how to negotiate, can get a good deal at almost any car dealership. Of course there are exceptions, I’ve walked out of a few places myself, but I think that the reputation of most auto dealers is an example of a few bad apples spoiling the whole bunch. And that being said, I think GM and Chrysler getting help while their dealers struggle is a crying shame.

By: McDoughnut

McDoughnut — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:32:25 +0000

Re superbadd75:

Car dealers getting screwed…? Sounds like Karma to me.

Seriously though, decades of crummy customer relations are coming back to haunt dealers. You can argue the rightness or wrongness of a dealer bailout – but there is no sense of urgency or even pity from the general population for these companies – and that can’t be much of a surprise to anyone.

By: superbadd75

superbadd75 — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:36:32 +0000

…or you will start to see dealerships going belly up from sea to shining sea. Please remind me again, how is it that the banks got hundreds of billions without even a half-assed reason, GM and Crysler got billions without any real plan—although lots of whining—, and the people that have pretty much played by the rules are getting kicked in the nuts? It’s happened in the housing industry, and now it’s happening in the car biz as well. i guess the royal screw is just making its rounds.

By: Robert Farago

Robert Farago — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:23:21 +0000

If that wasn’t so funny it would be sad. Oh wait…