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Topic: YOUR FIRED CEO OF GM!

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Ryan Eashoo
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Friends,

Nothing like it has ever happened. The President of the United States, the elected representative of the people, has just told the head of General Motors -- a company that's spent more years at #1 on the Fortune 500 list than anyone else -- "You're fired!"

I simply can't believe it. This stunning, unprecedented action has left me speechless for the past two days. I keep saying, "Did Obama really fire the chairman of General Motors? The wealthiest and most powerful corporation of the 20th century? Can he do that? Really? Well, damn! What else can he do?!"

This bold move has sent the heads of corporate America spinning and spewing pea soup. Obama has issued this edict: The government of, by, and for the people is in charge here, not big business. John McCain got it. On the floor of the Senate he asked, "What does this signal send to other corporations and financial institutions about whether the federal government will fire them as well?" Senator Bob Corker said it "should send a chill through all Americans who believe in free enterprise." The stock market plunged as the masters of the universe asked themselves, "Am I next?" And they whispered to each other, "What are we going to do about this Obama?"

Not much, fellows. He has the massive will of the American people behind him -- and he has been granted permission by us to do what he sees fit. If you liked this week's all-net 3-pointer, stay tuned.

I write this letter to you in memory of the hundreds of thousands of workers over the past 25+ years who have been tossed into the trash heap by General Motors. Many saw their lives ruined for good. They turned to alcohol or drugs, their marriages fell apart, some took their own lives. Most moved on, moved out, moved over, moved away. They ended up working two jobs for half the pay they were getting at GM. And they cursed the CEO of GM for bringing ruin to their lives.

Not one of them ever thought that one day they would witness the CEO receive the same treatment. Of course Chairman Wagoner will not have to sign up for food stamps or be evicted from his home or tell his kids they'll be going to the community college, not the university. Instead, he will get a $23 million golden parachute. But the slip in his hands is still pink, just like the hundreds of thousands that others received -- except his was issued by us, via the Obama-man. Here's the door, buster. See ya. Don't wanna be ya.

I began my day today in Washington, D.C. I went to the U.S. Senate and got into their Finance Committee's hearing on the Wall Street bailout. The overseers wanted to know how the banks spent the money. And many of these banks won't tell them. They've taken trillions and nobody knows where the money went. It certainly didn't go to create jobs, relieve mortgage holders, or free up loans that people need. It was so shocking to listen to this, I had to leave before it was over. But it gave me an idea for the movie I was shooting.

Later, I stopped by the National Archives to stand in line to see the original copy of our Constitution. I thought about how twenty years ago this month I was just down the street finishing my first film, a personal plea to warn the nation about GM and the deadly economy it ruled. On that March day in 1989 I was broke, having collected the last of my unemployment checks, relying on help from my friends (Bob and Siri would take me out to dinner and always pick up the check, the assistant manager at the movie theater would sneak me in so I could watch an occasional movie, Laurie and Jack bought an old Steenbeck (editing) machine for me, John Richard would slip me an unused plane ticket so I could go home for Christmas, Rod would do anything for me and drive to Flint whenever I needed something for the film). My late mother (she would've turned 88 tomorrow if she were still with us) and my GM autoworker dad told me in the kitchen they wanted to help and handed me a check for an astounding thousand dollars. I didn't know they even had a thousand dollars. I refused it, they insisted I take it -- "No!" -- and then, in that parental voice, told me I was to cash it so I could finish my movie. I did. And I did.

So on that March day in 1989, as I was driving down Pennsylvania Avenue, my 9-year-old car just died. I coasted over to the curb, put my head down on the steering wheel and started to cry. I had no money to take it in to be repaired, and I certainly had nothing to pay the tow truck driver. So I got out, screwed the license plates off so I wouldn't be fined, turned my back and just left it there for good. I looked over at the building next to me. It said "National Archives." What better place to donate my dead car, I thought, as I walked the rest of the way home.

Though it wasn't easy for me, I still never had to suffer what so many of my friends and neighbors went through, thanks to General Motors and an economic system rigged against them. I wonder what they must have all thought when they woke up this Monday morning to read in the Detroit News or the Detroit Free Press the headlines that Obama had fired the CEO of GM. Oh -- wait a minute. They couldn't read that. There was no Free Press or News. Monday was the day that both papers ended home delivery. It was cancelled (as it will be for four days every week) because the daily newspapers, like General Motors, like Detroit, are broke.

I await the President's next superhero move.

Yours,
Michael Moore
MMFlint@aol.com
MichaelMoore.com
(Go State!)

P.S. Please know that it has not been lost on any of us from the Rust Belt how our corporate bigwigs were treated (remember, the auto companies wanted a loan, not a handout) compared to how the titans of Wall Street got trillions of free cash, lunch at the White House and a photo op with the Prez. Trust me, we get it. And, if there is a God in heaven, the thieves of Wall Street will soon pay. Also... the sight of our president having to promise that he would back every GM warranty and give consumers a bonus if they trade in their old Grand Am for a hybrid, was alternately sad, hilarious, and just plain weird. This is what it's come to: the Commander in Chief of the Free World is now Mr. Goodwrench. Jeesh.

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Post Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:12 am 
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here here

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twotap
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And of course we have the option of doing the same thing to any elected official who voted for and contributed to the pork filled trillion dollar "Stimulatin bill if it fails to stimulate the economy. starting by the way in 2010 and climaxing in 2012 with the ouster of Barcko. Yup by then whether you libs like it or not his majesty will be responsible for the economy.

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Post Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:15 pm 
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federales1
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Well, I'll go right ahead and say it. Michigan has officially become flyover territory. Never mind the absolutely undeniable fact that Detroit and this region in general was the driver behind the westward expansion of the U.S..
Has anyone here read "The Doll Maker"?
They say that we are a bunch of overpaid morons.
Has anyone been to Florida lately? A trip to inner Florida is like a trip to Mexico or Cooba.
In California, Fl, Texas, NM, Arizona, et al, hospitals are closing the doors because they can no longer support the deluge of indigents coming from the Southern border. In case no one has noticed, the wops have made it clear up to Flint. They are quite busy as I speak,
in the process of sucking the system dry.
It was reported on National channels recently about how the Mexican Gangs have infiltrated 230+ Cities. Flint is one of them.
Sorry, kids.
Open your sorry eyes. That Expedition/Excursion/Suburban was not paid for with the proceeds from Michigan DHS money.

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Post Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:19 am 
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pan8
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All the more reason to keep and bear arms. Mad

Pan8
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"wops"? whats a wop?

boy, this place has changed. Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad

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even a small act of goodness may be a tiny raft of salvation across the treacherous gulf of sin, but one who drinks the wine of selfishness, and dances on the little boat of meaness, sinks in the ocean of ignorance.
P.Y.
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Wop is a slang term for an ethnic group " Italians " and of course is not considered PC to use by the liberal PC police, unlike PC terms accepted by liberals such as " Redneck " a southerner who listens to country music and prefers Nascar races Very Happy over "hoops" Rolling Eyes and is probably an evil Republican, " White trailer trash " someone of meger financial means who chooses not to live off the taxpayers in public housing, " PIG " another acceptable by liberals term leftists use to describe police officers, " Hillbilly " pretty much speaks for itself, " Homophobe " someone who has no desire to get it on with someone of the same sex, " Bible Thumper "someone who takes the bible literally which really messes up the libs "do your own thing" philosophy. Nazi a favroite term used by liberals to describe those of german ethnicity (my self included) and also tagged on those who take a stand against the libs leftist ideas.Their are many more of course but you get the idea. Laughing Whats you favorite PC descriptive term???

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"If you like your current healthcare you can keep it, Period"!!
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Post Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:42 am 
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Dave Starr
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Polack.

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Post Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:57 am 
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Adam
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quote:
MM schreef:
Friends,

I simply can't believe it. This stunning, unprecedented action has left me speechless for the past two days. I keep saying, "Did Obama really fire the chairman of General Motors? The wealthiest and most powerful corporation of the 20th century? Can he do that? Really? Well, damn! What else can he do?!"

This bold move has sent the heads of corporate America spinning and spewing pea soup. Obama has issued this edict: The government of, by, and for the people is in charge here, not big business. John McCain got it. On the floor of the Senate he asked, "What does this signal send to other corporations and financial institutions about whether the federal government will fire them as well?" Senator Bob Corker said it "should send a chill through all Americans who believe in free enterprise." The stock market plunged as the masters of the universe asked themselves, "Am I next?" And they whispered to each other, "What are we going to do about this Obama?"


Yes truly a great day for Marixst loving Americans across this bankrupt nation! May the fine Comrade leader of this welfare state give us those greedy execs pay packages to the people! Who needs corporate America when who have someone like Obama at the helm who can take charge and ruin er... run our economy.

I especially was impressed with Obama's ability to doublespeak about how he cares so much about union workers but wants GM to get rid of high priced union workers by the thousands. Hail Comrade Obama!

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Post Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:04 pm 
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federales1
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Actually, for all the kids out there, wops is an acronym for With Out Papers. As in undocumented illegals. It has nothing to do with Italians.
Silly.

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Winston Churchill
Post Wed Apr 08, 2009 2:09 am 
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federales1
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I don't mean to "alienate" my comrades. Wink

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Winston Churchill
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Dave Starr
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quote:
federales1 schreef:
Actually, for all the kids out there, wops is an acronym for With Out Papers. As in undocumented illegals. It has nothing to do with Italians.
Silly.


Darn! There goes my Italian snow tire joke.

Dago through ice, dago through snow. And when dago flat, dago wop, wop, wop.

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I used to care, but I take a pill for that now.

Pushing buttons sure can be fun.

When a lion wants to go somewhere, he doesn’t worry about how many hyenas are in the way.

Paddle faster, I hear banjos.
Post Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:40 am 
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Heres for the other kids out there. Very Happy

WOP redirects here. For other uses, see WOP (disambiguation)
Look up Wop in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.Wop is an American English pejorative ethnic slur for an Italian. It is derived from the Neapolitan word "guappo" (often pronounced simply as "guap'" in the regional dialect), meaning a person who flaunts an overbearingly cocky and swaggering attitude.

In the past, it also could refer to someone following the guapparia, meaning bravery,[1] i.e., the ancient honour code of Camorra, a criminal organisation based in Naples and the region of Campania, which bears similarities to the better-known Sicilian Mafia .

In Italy, the term "guappo" is still used, often sarcastically, to describe those young native men who really try hard to act brave, play cool, court every pretty girl, and those that are arrogant to the point of inducing a fight.

It was brought to the USA by early Italian immigrants from the region of Campania, who named those suspected to belonging to the Guapparia “Guappi”, in a similar fashion the Sicilians used the term “Mafiosi”. Widely used in Chicago where most immigrants from Campania settled - one of its native sons Al Capone was a typical Guappo - it was confused by the non-Italian population to indicate people of Italian origins, similarly the word “Paesano”.

Contrary to popular belief, it is most likely not an acronym for "With Out Papers" or "Without Passport ", one of the most famous examples of folk etymology or backronym. The reason for this is that the term was already in popular use as early as 1910, a period in which no immigrant needed papers to enter the United States (passports and visas were not required of immigrants entering the country until 1921).

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Barack Hussein Obama--- multiple times.
Post Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:43 am 
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federales1
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It is not as if I was, or am, unaware of the generally used term that describes Italians in a derogatory fashion. I can't help but to notice that you have found a description that fits your interpretation of the term. I would say that the description that you have supplied is incorrect and quite narrow in it's definition. Like the old guy said before, "Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story". Period.

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Winston Churchill
Post Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:26 pm 
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federales1
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I can also state unequivocally that the NYC cops shot and killed people of several European countries and called them WOPS. No questions asked.

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