Did some of the 1,100 Chrysler dealers who’ve been told they have to close their dealerships receive “pink slips” as a result of their political affiliations or contributions made — or not made — to certain political campaigns? That’s the question that a number of bloggers are researching this week. Two days ago, Doug Ross [...]
Bloggers Want to Know If Chrysler Dealers Received ‘Pink Slips’ Based on Politics
May 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Tags: · bloggers, Campaign Contributions, chrysler, chrysler dealers, Constitution, crowd-sourced effort, doug ross, pink slips, political affiliations, reboot congress, redstate, Reuters
Texas Chrysler Dealer Warns Fellow Americans
May 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments
One week ago today on his company’s web site, Nicholas Parks published a letter about Chrysler’s recent decision to close his dealership as one of nearly 1,100 facing a similar fate nationwide. In his letter, Parks warns the American people about the future of small business in the United States. I share the text of [...]
Tags: · alvin, bankruptcy, bankruptcy law, buick, chevrolet, chrysler, chrysler bankruptcy, chrysler dealer, chrysler dealership, Ford, gmc, houston, houston auto dealers, houston auto dealers association, jeep, nicholas parks, pontiac, rogers dodge, rome is burning, texas, wealth transfer
Ford Workers Not Afraid of a Little Competition
May 10th, 2009 · No Comments
Many Americans were surprised when Ford Motor Company turned down offers of federal bailout money at the same time General Motors and Chrysler accepted the strings-attached cash. As the parody video below demonstrates, the venerable automaker isn’t afraid of taking risks and doing things a bit different than its “Big Three” brethren. And it’s not [...]
Tags: · auto workers competition, automaker, bailout, bailout money, big three, chrysler, Ford, ford focus, ford motor company, ford plants, general motors, Parody, parody video, strings attached, the onion
Video: White House Press Corps Bias on Display (Updated)
May 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
Andrew Breitbart shares a great video today from Patrick Gavin that demonstrates clear-yet-subtle bias on the part of the White House press corps. As shown in the still image above that was captured from the video, reporters did not stand on Feb. 28, 2008, when President George W. Bush entered the White House briefing room. [...]
Tags: · andrew breitbart, Barack Obama, breitbart, Bush, chrysler, fiat, George W. Bush, glenn reynolds, instapundit, Media Bias, Obama, obama administration, patrick gavin, president barack obama, President George W. Bush, White House, white house press corps
Chrysler Partners With Italian Automaker for Fix
May 1st, 2009 · No Comments
The recently-announced partnership between Chrysler and Fiat appears heavy on symbolism and light on substance, the epitome of President Barack Obama’s hope-and-change politics. Among automobile aficionados, FIAT is an acronym for “Fix It Again, Tony!” Why? Because, according to a report in The New York Times Deal Book blog, they had stylish exteriors and responsive [...]
Tags: · bankrupt chrysler, Barack Obama, chrysler, CNN, cnn money, deal book, fiat, fit it again tony, hope and change, intellectual property, italian automaker, New York Times, notoriously unreliable, Obama, politics, president barack obama, responsive handling, stylish exteriors, The New York Times
Michigan CEO Slashes Prices to Attract Customers
December 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The chief executive of a six-year-old Michigan company is employing a business tactic he hopes will be more successful than the ones used by the state’s Big Three Automakers: He issued a news release today to let the world know he’s cutting his company’s prices in half. “Our economy calls for creative marketing,” said Intellx [...]
Tags: · big three, big three automakers, brian osterberg, chrysler, condoms, creative marketing, dealership, electric car, Ford, general motors, gm, intellx, Michigan, petoskey, price, price matters, state of michigan, volt
Big Three Automakers’ Bailout Plans Revealed
December 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
On this day when the nation’s Big Three Automakers were required to submit plans for turning around their respective companies and, simultaneously, file the equivalent of a loan application to Congress, I thought it would be worthwhile to take a look at the plans submitted. CHRYSLER In addition to using a colorful graphic (above) to [...]
Tags: · automakers, Automobile Industry, bailout, bailout plan, big three, big three automakers, chrysler, Congress, facts about the auto crisis, Ford, ford motor company, general motors
