From: Hachiroku ハチロク on
On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:11:12 -0700, Jeffutz wrote:

> On Sep 28, 9:46 am, Tegger <inva...(a)invalid.inv> wrote:
>> "JoeSpareBedroom" <newstr...(a)frontiernet.net> wrote in news:r43wm.445253
>> $Ta5.383...(a)newsfe15.iad:
>>
>> > "Hachiroku" <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
>> >news:pan.2009.09.28.17.39.42.796000(a)e86.GTS...
>> >> $500M
>>
>> >> For a hybrid.
>> >> To be built in Finland.
>> >> That will probably not be sold in the US.
>>
>> >> Way to go, Al! Push your agenda all over the world, using *OUR*
>> >> money!
>>
>> > Source. Now.
>>
>> The Wall Street Journal, for one.
>> <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125383160812639013.html>
>>
>> --
>> Tegger
>
> While I am totally for improved fuel efficiency, I have to wonder why
> we're (i.e., the US gov't) is loaning money to a car company for work done
> is Sweden. I could see loaning a foreign company money for work done in
> the US, but not when the work is done overseas, unless there is a valid
> reason why the work could not be done here (e.g., specific technology that
> is based only in Sweden).
>
> Jeff


I think it's Finland, and it's because it's a hybrid that gets
(supposedly) 100 MPG. But, it still uses gas.

And it's because It's Save the Planet Al. That's enough to satisfy anyone.


From: JoeSpareBedroom on
"Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:h9rq6u$uis$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...

>>>
>>> Obama is so out of his mind that he bounces around like a monkey f---ing
>>> a football. Wait, that's YOU. I need another metaphor for the antics of
>>> The Bamster.
>>
>>
>> Did you read anything about this story, or are you just reacting to what
>> you've seen about it here in this newsgroup?
>>
>
>
> IF I'm reacting to anything, it's you. You said there was a 95% chance
> that the assertion was wrong -- AL GORE GETS A LOAN.


Actually, no. I did not say that.


From: Hachiroku ハチロク on
On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:49:03 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

>>> As of 9:46 AM, you and I both had access to the exact same WSJ story
>>> which
>>> Tegger was kind enough to provide a link for. At 9:53 AM, he corrected
>>> a statement you made in your original post. Go read the story Tegger
>>> provided and you'll see your mistake.
>>
>> At 9:46 I was out the door and on my way to work.
>
>
> That WSJ story is the only one we've both read, therefore it is the only
> one on which further discussion can be based.

You're the moderator now?

KMA, SFB.



From: JoeSpareBedroom on
"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
news:pan.2009.09.29.02.57.20.387016(a)e86.GTS...
> On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:49:03 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>
>>>> As of 9:46 AM, you and I both had access to the exact same WSJ story
>>>> which
>>>> Tegger was kind enough to provide a link for. At 9:53 AM, he corrected
>>>> a statement you made in your original post. Go read the story Tegger
>>>> provided and you'll see your mistake.
>>>
>>> At 9:46 I was out the door and on my way to work.
>>
>>
>> That WSJ story is the only one we've both read, therefore it is the only
>> one on which further discussion can be based.
>
> You're the moderator now?

Of course not. It's just logic. We can't discuss a news story if only one of
us has read it.



> KMA, SFB.

Uh oh. Abbreviations. Do they make you feel special?


From: Hachiroku ハチロク on
On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:00:34 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
> news:pan.2009.09.29.02.57.20.387016(a)e86.GTS...
>> On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:49:03 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>>
>>>>> As of 9:46 AM, you and I both had access to the exact same WSJ story
>>>>> which
>>>>> Tegger was kind enough to provide a link for. At 9:53 AM, he
>>>>> corrected a statement you made in your original post. Go read the
>>>>> story Tegger provided and you'll see your mistake.
>>>>
>>>> At 9:46 I was out the door and on my way to work.
>>>
>>>
>>> That WSJ story is the only one we've both read, therefore it is the
>>> only one on which further discussion can be based.
>>
>> You're the moderator now?
>
> Of course not. It's just logic. We can't discuss a news story if only one
> of us has read it.
>

Gore got a loan, for a Finnish company to build a car the US may never see.

What more do you need to know?




>
>
>> KMA, SFB.
>
> Uh oh. Abbreviations. Do they make you feel special?


Sorry, I forgot you're 'challenged'.
Try Google, and you might find out what they mean.