I think it was great. Dingell would rather pander to shitty auto companies than deal with the real issues that effect all of us.
Posted by Moses at November 23, 2008 05:23 PMmore octogenarians in positions of power!
our leaders should die in office - of old age- the same way they do in other authoritarian countries.
seniority! fraternity! senility!
(ageist?)
Posted by respect your elders at November 23, 2008 05:34 PMDingell dallied while Rome burned. He, along with the entire Michigan delegation, plus a few strays like Barbara Mikulsky, did the bidding of the automobile industry at the expense of the national interest.
Lift a glass to the end of the Dingell reign.
C'mon. You have to quit this "global warming" thing. Science has moved on.
Posted by Muck at November 23, 2008 11:21 PMMary, I request that any global warming "denial" comment be immediately deleted from TLC.
The days of this sort of shitbrainism from the worthless mucks of the world are over.
If he persists, ban him again.
Posted by euzoius at November 24, 2008 05:59 AMC'mon. You have to quit this "global warming" thing. Science has moved on.Posted by Muck at November 23, 2008 11:21 PM
Until you, shit-for-brains, nobody said anything about global warming. Detroit has a lot of problems and Dingell has worked hard to allow them continue in their stupid ways instead of forcing their dinosaur companies into new paths.
Dingell, the longest serving sitting member of the House, has been legendary in Congress for decades for his unapologetic protection of automakers from what he saw as burdensome environmental regulations, such as for fuel efficiency standards, pollution controls and safety requirements....
But while Dingell's demotion is a big blow to carmakers just when they need influence the most, it's reasonable to ask whether Dingell might have hurt the industry over the years as much as he helped. Making fuel efficiency changes now, for example, is going to be a lot more expensive than it would have been a decade ago. And maybe if it had been done earlier, American automakers would be more competitive with their overseas rivals than they are today. That's not to blame their current woes on the kinds of cars they make -- the industry is clearly a victim of the economic tsunami hitting the U.S. But with changes earlier -- changes that Dingell helped ward off -- Detroit might be in a better position today to handle those problems.
Deadly, polluting, gas-guzzling cars and a dinosaur industry that has to go bankrupt before it'll make any sort of real, effective change.
Posted by Moses at November 24, 2008 06:45 AMUh Moses,
I think perhaps Muck was being a little snarky :)
Posted by Mark at November 24, 2008 07:31 PM