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kaygore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:26 PM Original message |
Chinese poised to buy GM and Chrysler |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sounds unlikely. Don't believe everything you read. |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Actually it sound extremely likely |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. I think the purchase of Chrysler is more likely |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
42. Um, no. There have been no indication this is happening on this side of the Pacific. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Based on what? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. See reply no. 42. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Oh Jeebus.. |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. New option list, 1 from column A and 2 from column B |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. Lets just change our name to Chinamerica... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I prefer Chimerica. It has a nice ring to it. nt |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. lol. True. Sounds like a tasty tea. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Yeah, because we *never* buy foreign companies. |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. What a dumb thing to say. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I understand that. |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. apples & oranges. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Jesus Christ. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. Awesome! |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
38. Good idea , one less nation state in the world |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. So, basically, the only car I can buy is a Ford. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. Usually there's a World War before this kind of dislocation occurs... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. The Chinese are smart shoppers and bargain hunters. And, they have a lot of money to spend. |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. If we blocked the Dubai ports deal we can probably scrap this n/t |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. not gonna happen |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. So when the replacement to the combustible engine is invented.... |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. If it's invented with government assistance it shouldn't be patentable... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. That site is something like the ONION, right? nt |
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kaygore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. No, here is more of the introduction |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Marketplace (Public Radio) covered the story... |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. This article seems to say they want to buy brands |
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akwapez (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
17. Oh good...Then they can start selling cars at Walmart n/t |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
19. Don't think for a minute that the Chinese aren't making up their US shopping list.... |
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suede1 (770 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
26. If we let this happen we... What the hell is wrong with us that this would even be considered? |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I'm assuming you think GM should immediately sell Opel/Vauxhall and Holden, then. |
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suede1 (770 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Well, you assumed wrong. Way off, really. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Lol@"protecting our companies the way the rest of the world protects theirs." |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. It's not a bullshit excuse |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. The US has plenty of its own trade restrictions. |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Victim mentality ? |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I didn't say it was good. |
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suede1 (770 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. It's bullshit for you to pretend that I, or anyone else said what we do to third world |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. You said "protecting our companies the way other countries protect theirs." |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
28. I hope the Chinese will buy GM and Chrysler |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. From 40x to 400x and above, methinks more than the workers are getting lazy and spoiled from wages |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
43. Then I won't buy another one of their cars - ever. |
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