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Oh, how embarrassing.

Like roll-up-the-tinted-windows-and-slouch-down-in-your-seat embarrassing.

The new chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee was criticizing Republicans who opposed President Obama's bailout of the American automakers union, oh, no, make that American automakers.

"If it were up to the candidates for president on the Republican side," said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, "we would be driving foreign cars. They would have let the auto industry in America go down the tubes."

So Michael O'Brien of The Hill newspaper went and checked what kind of automobile loyal-American-car-supporter Debbie Wasserman Schultz owns.

Yup, you guessed it -- Japanese

Drive as she says, not as she does.

-- Andrew Malcolm

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Do you have any cites where an automaker has been forbidden from building a plant somewhere in the U.S.?

Or are you just making stuff up out of desperation?

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U.S. to propose mandatory vehicle 'black boxes'
David Shepardson/ Detroit News Washington Bureau

The U.S. Transportation Department said today it will propose making vehicle "black boxes" mandatory in all vehicles by the end of the year.

The department's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has long considered whether to make black boxes, officially called event data recorders, or EDRs, mandatory. They collect data about the seconds leading up to a crash and can help investigators determine the cause.

Last year, Congress considered requiring EDRs in all vehicles. NHTSA Administrator David Strickland told Congress the agency was studying the issue.

The plan was included in a 197-page Transportation Department regulatory reform proposal released by the White House this morning.

"NHTSA plans to propose mandatory EDRs in all passenger vehicles in 2011," the Transportation Department said in the report.

In a separate agency document posted on its website, NHTSA said it is also working on a proposal "for future enhancements to (EDRs) capabilities and applicability."

But the agency said it hasn't decided whether to require EDRs in heavy-duty vehicles.

Most automobiles already have the devices. NHTSA estimated that about 64 percent of 2005 model passenger vehicles had the devices. Many major automakers already include them all vehicles, including General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Co.

In August 2006, NHTSA issued a rule setting standards for EDR data collection.

The rule, which takes effect in the 2013 model year, standardizes the information EDRs collect and makes retrieving the data easier. Devices must record 15 data elements, including vehicle deceleration, in specific formats.

Different automakers collect different data. In 2009, not all Toyota EDRs recorded both pre- and post-crash data. By the end of last year, all Toyota and Lexus vehicles included EDRs that can record both.

In May 2010, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, the trade association GM, Ford, Chrysler Group LLC, Toyota and eight other automakers, endorsed making EDRs mandatory in all vehicles, but expressed concerns that some in Congress wanted more elaborate and expensive ones than are available.

The devices have been in use for about 20 years.

GM began widely installing the predecessor version of today's event data recorders in vehicles in the 1990 model year, and they became standard equipment in light duty vehicles in the 1995 model year.

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Monday, May 30, 2011 04:03
How well did you finish in the Indy 500, PN?

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How well did you finish in the Indy 500, PN?

Oh, that's right - you're such a loser you never even participated. I'm sure it was all a plot by the Nazi-Jews to keep you out, though. Right?

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A lot of excuses there, and no results, is what I see. Lots of "coulda, woulda, shoulda" while slagging off those who actually DO race. You're a failure at it, PN; it's not everyone else's fault - not even "the Jews!" - it's your own failure. You were never good enough to run at Indy. You're not even good enough to drive the golf carts in the paddock at Indy.

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I think that should be directed to K-man.

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Originally posted by piratenews:

Funny how the libtards hate living in Commie nations, then move back to USA ASAP to overthrow USA ASAP. Funny how the haters wont hate against mass murder.

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A lot of excuses there, and no results, is what I see. Lots of "coulda, woulda, shoulda" while slagging off those who actually DO race. You're a failure at it, PN; it's not everyone else's fault - not even "the Jews!" - it's your own failure. You were never good enough to run at Indy. You're not even good enough to drive the golf carts in the paddock at Indy.

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At least my crazy ho aint suckin cunt in prison.

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Originally posted by RionaEire:
I do agree with Quicko about how we need more cars made in the US, I hate that all our manufacturing work gets sent elsewhere. It seems like Repubs encourage that more which pisses me off. But democrats have encouraged it too, Clinton passed NAFTA after all which I don't like.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

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Following diplomatic negotiations dating back to 1986 among the three nations, the leaders met in San Antonio, Texas, on December 17, 1992, to sign NAFTA. U.S. President George H. W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas, each responsible for spearheading and promoting the agreement, ceremonially signed it. The agreement then needed to be ratified by each nation's legislative or parliamentary branch.

In the U.S., Bush, who had worked to "fast track" the signing prior to the end of his term, ran out of time and had to pass the required ratification and signing into law to incoming president Bill Clinton. Prior to sending it to the United States Senate, Clinton introduced clauses to protect American workers and allay the concerns of many House members.

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