Oh, for Christ’s sake. Seriously. I’m a good Jewish boy, but so was Jesus (his mother thought he was God, he went into his father’s business, etc.) and he left some sage advice for auto industry suppliers looking to suckle on Uncle Sam’s bounteous breasts. And no, I’m not talking about neither a borrower or a lender be (bombus terrestris). ‘Cause Shakespeare said that. I speak (spake?) here of “Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.” In other words, just because General Messup and the Crisis Corporation scored $13.4 billion in federal no to low-interest loans (excluding DOE boondogglage) is no reason to ask for $18.5 billion for your troubles. Although Automotive News [sub] says, “The loans will help suppliers survive until production rebounds,” it behooves these suppliers to admit that it will be many a moon before any bounding becomes re. As JC said, “do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
Since I’m a good little atheist I’ll say… Maybe the problem here is widespread delusion or if we’re on the religion kick we can use the F word… faith. Senseless unfounded trust in an idea with little or no supporting evidence that the rebound is in the foreseeable future.
As a Catholic (being Bavarian, I had no other choice,) I am deeply offended by this insensitive depiction of a pornographic abomination , which uses God’s name in vain (meaning, that thing doesn’t have a prayer.) I’m also against faith-based lending.
@qfrog
I beg to disagree with you about faith, but I’m about to get into a heated debate over it, let alone a pissing match. You believe what you believe and I believe what I believe. Let’s just leave it at that.
Now back to the cars….
I want a bailout too, where do we line up?
Never talk about religion or politics.
Waste of time.
I’am wondering, was it really necessary to slam the name of Jesus in your article? Seriously, since you’re “a good jewish boy” you might want to consider who are the major protagonists of this near collapse of our current U.S. economy; Alan Greenspan – Former Fed Reserve Chairman, Ben Shalom Bernanke – Fed Reserve Chairman, Richard Fuld – Lehman Bros., J. Ezra Merkin – GMAC, Peter Kraus – Merrill Lynch, Maurice Greenberg – AIG, Martin Feldstein – AIG , Lloyd Blankfein – Goldman Sachs, Sanford Weil – Citigroup, Warren Spector – Bear Sterns, Alan Fishman – Washington Mutual, et al. and Honoree – Bernie Madoff – Swindler. Ahhh Yes, all “good jewish boys”. I’ve read and had a lot of respect for your writing, that is until now. It’ll be interesting to see if there is sufficient editorial honesty at TTAC to not censor this reply. Surprise me, why don’t cha.
Well, if you’re going to quote sacred texts, you may as well throw in what Paul said, “Let no debt remain outstanding, except that of love..”
And how about one from Solomon while we’re at it: “Do not be a man who strikes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts; if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you.”
You don’t have to be a believer to see the wisdom there.
Thanks for the picture. For years I’ve been unable to answer that perennial question, “WWJD?” (What would Jesus Drive?).
If I were Christian I’d be effended if my lord’s name was platered on a van like that. As another good Jewish boy everyone know we control Hollywood, the media, the banking system and the auto industry.
Guys, please. There’s plenty that could be said about Jews and Christians, we could sit here all day. Unless you’re a descendant of Alexander the Great, you have precious little to be proud of. So can this moronic subject and let’s get back to cars, shall we? Kumbaya and al that shit.
@ 50merc
Hilarious!
When-ever I see a “monster” truck or gatherings of religious nutters, for some reason my mind drifts to RPGs …