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[Autoblog] Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22 is an assault on bureaucratic circular logic, and when talk turns to Chrysler's bankruptcy, you can almost picture the book's character, Yossarian, shaking his head about the latest developments surrounding warranty claims. Current Chrysler owners might find themselves owning vehicular orphans whether or not the company manages to stick around in some form.

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[DealBook] GMAC Receives $7.5 Billion in Additional Federal Aid - DealBook ...: Thursday’s announcement was the latest in a series of steps the Treasury Department has taken to keep GMAC afloat, moves that date back to late last year. Amid the tumult of the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve agreed to convert GMAC into a bank holding company, giving the firm access to low-cost debt despite its inability to fulfill certain requirements.

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[Edgelings.com] Edgelings.com » The New Chrysler, by Government Fiat: I think the real reason that Chrysler and GM will not be allowed to go through bankruptcy proceedings is that there is a chance that the legion of retirees (and their millions of votes) might lose out on the deal. Therefore both will be dragged along on taxpayer provided life-support until at least the next four years.

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[Megan McArdle] Chrysler to Dealers: You're Fired! - Megan McArdle: If they do not, I expect we will see an angry Obama give a speech questioning thier patriotism and implying that they are bad people for seeking to protect their own self-interest in the Chrysler proceedings. ...

[Publius Forum] Another Example of Central Planning Failure « Publius Forum: While I do feel for the employees and investors of Chrysler and shake my head at the billions of taxpayer dollars yet to be expended on top of that already wasted, I can’t help but smirk at the inevitable debacle of feel good, we must do something, liberalism. As a conservative, I’m not into the self-righteousness thing of projecting an image to get people to like me or manipulate them into doing what I want.

[MoJo Blog Posts: mojo] (Much) More on the Chrysler Bailout, Clifford Asness, and the UAW ...: (Along with GM, AIG, B of A, etc.) The hilarious thing is that while they were scrambling to prove that they were still viable, they tried to come up with an electric car that would make up for the muscle car image that goes along Chrysler, Dodge, the Mopar firms, which they really should try and embrace a little more. When they come out with a hybrid Viper or Dodge Ram, I would buy it.

[Cars Blog Planet] Consumer group objects to Chrysler bankruptcy, says customers ...: Joseph Heller’s novel Catch-22 is an assault on bureaucratic circular logic, and when talk turns to Chrysler’s bankruptcy, you can almost picture the book’s character, Yossarian, shaking his head about the latest developments surrounding warranty claims. Current Chrysler owners might find themselves owning vehicular orphans whether or not the company manages to stick around in some form.

[neo-neocon] neo-neocon » Blog Archive » Roundup on Chrysler: where's the outrage?: I thought the same thing under the last president, both Bush and Obama are simply symptoms of a rotten system. I suspect that history will be kind to Bush as Iraq and his Middle East policy seems to have a head of its own now and he really didn’t do much else (he allowed the rot to spread), I doubt so much on Obama and whomever comes next (nor do I think it would have been kind to McCain as I do not think he would have done much better).

[DealBook] A Road Map to a Chrysler Bankruptcy - DealBook Blog - NYTimes.com: Why does it not surprise me that a very liberal senator from the Midwest, gets elected President, with maximum support from the unions and then appoints as his car czar a hedge fund manager who uses intermediaries to pay-off Democratic politicians to get public pension money invested in his hedge fund ( and upon which he skims a nice 2% a year fee) and ( this is going to be one heckofa long sentence) then this President and his car czar put together a plan to transfer ownership of GM and Chrysler to the unions and the government while stiffing the secured and unsecured lenders who advanced good funds to keep these companies afloat for years? And then, this President and the corrupt car czar expect the banks which are now controlled by either a short or long leash by the government to take a deep haircut on their loans, creating capital deficits that guess who can fill?

[Felix Salmon] Felix Salmon » Blog Archive » Chrysler's future | Blogs |: I need another truck for my expanding business (as well my brother in law and others have similar situations with their business), yet when I just a few weeks ago went to a Chrysler dealership, they wanted to sell me a truck with a large V8, a short bed, electric windows/locks, an automatic, or settle for a single cab. They stated this is what most want, which is utter BS as I know that I am offered money by passers by for my more practical extended cab T100 with a manual transmission as you simply can no longer find a practical work truck any more.

[DealBook] White House Denies Claims of Threat to Chrysler Creditor ...: The problem with this country started with the BANKS and the FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ways of doing business.All of these HEDGE FUND groups are corrupt GREEDY people who haven’t done a days worth of real work in their entire lives.The concept of making money off of money is as old as creation but,when it brings down the whole world economy then somebody has to do something about it.GO OBAMA!!!The real answer to this problem is to have just enough money in the bank to cash a check and that’s all.If you want a new car you pay cash.HEDGE FUND managers and BANKERS are in the same class as MASS MURDERERS and BABY KILLERS!Who cares if they lose some of their money.I know I sure don’t.And I will sleep just fine tonight because parked in my garage is a BRAND NEW 2009 DODGE CHALLENGER R/T!!!!!!!!!Paid with cash because I don’t deal with GREEDY BANKS.Bought with money that I EARNED the OLD FASHIONED way,I actually had to get my hands dirty and do a little WORK!Has anyone thought about when people used to WORK for their money?And when people spend their HARD EARNED money they used to spend it on stuff that helped build AMERICA!And I will only buy AMERICAN cars that CONTRIBUTE to the growth and prosperity of AMERICA!CHRYSLER,G.M. and FORD build and design and SPEND money in AMERICA.TOYOTA,HONDA,KIA and all the others send ALL OF THEIR PROFITS back to their countries,so that they can come back over hear and buy up more of AMERICA!!!!!HEDGE FUNDS were started in 1947and it’s been downhill ever since for the AMERICAN economy.GO OBAMA!!!!Keep up the good work.

[Ken Criscione's Blog] Consumer group objects to Chrysler bankruptcy, says customers ...: Chrysler's bankruptcy, you can almost picture the book's character, Yossarian, shaking his head about the latest developments surrounding warranty claims. Current Chrysler owners might find themselves owning vehicular orphans whether or not the company manages to stick around in some form.

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