From: john on
So it seems the company, Exponent, really didn't do much at all. It's
just a tool for PR and its lawyers.

"Democratic lawmakers accused Toyota on Thursday of misleading the
public about its probes into sudden acceleration, saying the automaker
and its outside engineering firm were worried more about lawsuits and
publicity than finding a cause.

U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., said when investigators asked
Exponent for copies of its work, the firm replied that it had little
to no documents on its Toyota experiments.

Full article:
http://www.freep.com/article/20100521/BUSINESS01/5210389/1331/BUSINESS01/Democrats-Toyota-misled-public-about-its-probes
From: jim beam on
On 05/21/2010 08:12 PM, john wrote:
> So it seems the company, Exponent, really didn't do much at all. It's
> just a tool for PR and its lawyers.
>
> "Democratic lawmakers accused Toyota on Thursday of misleading the
> public about its probes into sudden acceleration, saying the automaker
> and its outside engineering firm were worried more about lawsuits and
> publicity than finding a cause.
>
> U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., said when investigators asked
> Exponent for copies of its work, the firm replied that it had little
> to no documents on its Toyota experiments.
>
> Full article:
> http://www.freep.com/article/20100521/BUSINESS01/5210389/1331/BUSINESS01/Democrats-Toyota-misled-public-about-its-probes

more bullshit propaganda? where are your stories about g.m.
re-importing their jobs back stateside now that taxpayers have spent
billions on them "john"? oh, there aren't any? shame.

--
nomina rutrum rutrum
From: Mike Hunter on
The old YABUT defense. YABUT, Timmy did it first mommy. ;)


"jim beam" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message
news:BK2dnePRxOtS0GrWnZ2dnUVZ_oCdnZ2d(a)speakeasy.net...
> On 05/21/2010 08:12 PM, john wrote:
>> So it seems the company, Exponent, really didn't do much at all. It's
>> just a tool for PR and its lawyers.
>>
>> "Democratic lawmakers accused Toyota on Thursday of misleading the
>> public about its probes into sudden acceleration, saying the automaker
>> and its outside engineering firm were worried more about lawsuits and
>> publicity than finding a cause.
>>
>> U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., said when investigators asked
>> Exponent for copies of its work, the firm replied that it had little
>> to no documents on its Toyota experiments.
>>
>> Full article:
>> http://www.freep.com/article/20100521/BUSINESS01/5210389/1331/BUSINESS01/Democrats-Toyota-misled-public-about-its-probes
>
> more bullshit propaganda? where are your stories about g.m. re-importing
> their jobs back stateside now that taxpayers have spent billions on them
> "john"? oh, there aren't any? shame.
>
> --
> nomina rutrum rutrum


From: Mike Hunter on
The plot thickens! ;)


"john" <johngdole(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:b828a3c6-fcd5-4432-9f3b-9d6e98730dc8(a)s4g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
> So it seems the company, Exponent, really didn't do much at all. It's
> just a tool for PR and its lawyers.
>
> "Democratic lawmakers accused Toyota on Thursday of misleading the
> public about its probes into sudden acceleration, saying the automaker
> and its outside engineering firm were worried more about lawsuits and
> publicity than finding a cause.
>
> U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., said when investigators asked
> Exponent for copies of its work, the firm replied that it had little
> to no documents on its Toyota experiments.
>
> Full article:
> http://www.freep.com/article/20100521/BUSINESS01/5210389/1331/BUSINESS01/Democrats-Toyota-misled-public-about-its-probes


From: Hachiroku ハチロク on
On Fri, 21 May 2010 20:12:29 -0700, john wrote:

> U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif. <SLAP!>

Waxman is an idiot.
He couldn't find "Waldo" if he took the book home for the weekend.