Video: Michael Moore pretty darned excited about owning a car company
posted at 9:22 pm on June 2, 2009 by Allahpundit
Actually, no. What he’s excited about is the left having acquired a massive labor force which it can use to serve whatever leftist end it wishes. To hell with General Motors as a car company; let’s shift to a full-blown wartime command economy footing and force GM to start churning out bullet trains and solar panels and green energy devices and everything else under the Democrats’ Christmas tree. Americans may love their cars, but the environment doesn’t. So they’ll simply have to go:
For the time being, have some factories build hybrid or all-electric cars (and batteries). It will take a few years for people to get used to the new ways to transport ourselves, so if we’re going to have automobiles, let’s have kinder, gentler ones. We can be building these next month (do not believe anyone who tells you it will take years to retool the factories — that simply isn’t true).
No word on where this will leave GM’s competitors; presumably they’ll have to be shut down or seized in due course and reoriented for the sake of Mother Nature. And to pay for it? A new two-dollar tax on gasoline, which won’t at all have systemic economic effects as businesses pass their new transportation costs on to consumers. What could go wrong?
If Olby — a firm opponent of expansive executive power while Bush was in office — sees any pitfalls or slippery slopes in this stroke of genius, he keeps it to himself.
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He killed it! Hey, Mikey!
Wanderlust on June 2, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Well, it’ll be interesting to see how all this is reported in the history books 50 years from now.
kc8ukw on June 2, 2009 at 9:25 PM
What’s the carbon footprint of that big fat cow?
fogw on June 2, 2009 at 9:25 PM
Olby and The Twisting Tub in one video?
Dream on, Allah. Not clicking.
MadisonConservative on June 2, 2009 at 9:26 PM
How much methane do you think this guy produces on an average twinkie-filled day?
BPD on June 2, 2009 at 9:27 PM
he has a lot of trust in government now.
rob verdi on June 2, 2009 at 9:27 PM
It’s some kind of nutroots convergence…unbelievable. Behold the 2 most dysfunctional human beings alive in the same place at the same time…
AUINSC on June 2, 2009 at 9:28 PM
IF we’re going to have automobiles? Where does Michael Moore get off being holier-than-thou about transportation? The man clearly hasn’t walked more than 10 ft in his life. I’m guessing he’s one of those people – like me – who gets in his car to go to a corner store less than 2 blocks away.
aero on June 2, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Do you think Moore understands the concept of interest rates and T-Bills and monetizing the debt?
rob verdi on June 2, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Ain’t no way in the world I’m clickig on that.
DDT on June 2, 2009 at 9:29 PM
I just burped (TMI, I know). Does that mean I will be cited by the global warming/climate change brown shirts/police?
txag92 on June 2, 2009 at 9:29 PM
Do you think Moore understands the concept of interest rates and T-Bills and monetizing the debt?
rob verdi on June 2, 2009 at 9:28 PM
I’m assuming that’s a rhetorical question.
txag92 on June 2, 2009 at 9:30 PM
Geez, how many hats does he own?
Emily M. on June 2, 2009 at 9:31 PM
America Dream (1776-2009)
ThePrez on June 2, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Of course not. Don’t be ridiculous.
One of the few bright sides of potential hyper-inflation will be watching gasbags like this become financially ruined.
BPD on June 2, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Moore is just excited that he can now design a car that he can actually fit behind the wheel in. Reaching the pedals after having the seat back that far? Not so much.
portlandon on June 2, 2009 at 9:31 PM
or American
ThePrez on June 2, 2009 at 9:31 PM
ChimpyO has never run anything and this brain dead moron thinks he will run GM better than the professionals.
And seriously Allah, a narcissist interviewing a commie? Is there REALLY any need to watch it?
csdeven on June 2, 2009 at 9:32 PM
I just read his article. Its the work of a man who thinks items can be willed into action and that spread sheets do not exist. When it fails, and it will fail his type will blame greed as the cause of their plans failures.
rob verdi on June 2, 2009 at 9:32 PM
But of course. Presidents (Republican ones at least) will misuse and abuse their national security powers but heck, running car industries and the banking institutions and vast amounts of our economy? They’ll never abuse that authority.
No they won’t. Why worry?
The world according to Olbermann.
SteveMG on June 2, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Holy Crap. What a monstrosity. Both Moore and his fantasy gov.
Maquis on June 2, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Yah, I’d like to see Moore get his big, fat, white, hairy a$$ in one of Obama’s freakin’ electric death carts!
katy on June 2, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Geez, how many hats does he own?
Emily M. on June 2, 2009 at 9:31 PM
how many chins too.
Ghoul aid on June 2, 2009 at 9:35 PM
As someone living paycheck to paycheck, I won`t see any bright side as I huddle with my family in our new tent city.
ThePrez on June 2, 2009 at 9:35 PM
You all rock. I love it. Haha, too funny.
Geronimo on June 2, 2009 at 9:36 PM
I actually read Moore’s article. Interesting how he slides so neatly into using militaristic language and asking Obama to declare war against the oil and auto companies. He must be a conservative after all, because only conservatives are fascist warmongers, right?
TheQuestion on June 2, 2009 at 9:36 PM
off topic, but this seems like a post on smart power:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/us/03nuke.html?hp
rob verdi on June 2, 2009 at 9:36 PM
I refuse to watch it. This is the whale that first broke onto the scene with a movie about how the eeeeeevilll car executives were killing his home town by laying the good poor workers off.
Who is he kidding about electric cars. The only electric power that could move his mass comes with a diesel generating source of its own.
cobrakai99 on June 2, 2009 at 9:37 PM
You know………..
………. I noticed that Moore’s “pie in the sky” ideology about what the company should be doing building little green cars, bullet trains, and buses that run on farts,
never brings into the calculations of why GM actually failed with government over regulation, the UAW contracts that paid hundreds of thousands not to work, top dollar pensions, and turned GM into a health care company………..
Why is that……..?
Seven Percent Solution on June 2, 2009 at 9:38 PM
I guess I missed the announcement in which Obama repealed the laws of physics and economics. Ed, Allah, you’re really letting us down here.
landshark on June 2, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Wait until the food rationing starts Mikey. Wait until the food rationing starts.
Caper29 on June 2, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Kind’a looked like two guys eating crap sandwiches and saying; “Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm! Good!”
Star20 on June 2, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Yeah, well… I’ll probably be your neighbor.
BPD on June 2, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Does he look like death warmed over or what? All those hogdogs and bigmacs he’s been shoveling down his gullet seem to be taking their toll.
I guess he’ll be visiting Cuba for health care once his bloated body starts shutting down right? Can’t beat that Cuban health care man!
Wine_N_Dine on June 2, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Baby!!!! GET. IN. MY. BELLY.
BPD on June 2, 2009 at 9:44 PM
You have to wonder what Mrs. Moore was thinking. How would you like to roll over every morning and see that?
sherry on June 2, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Iowahawk knows just what is in store for us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAqPMJFaEdY
the Pelosi GTxi SS/RT Sport Edition from Congressional Motors
jp on June 2, 2009 at 9:47 PM
He’s gonna need a bucket of vasoline to get in his smart car.
faol on June 2, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Leave Michael’s mother out of this.
BPD on June 2, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Thanks to Allahpundit for watching this dreck so that I don’t have to. No clicky here.
cthulhu on June 2, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Not to mention a whole army Acorn type get out the (democrat) vote troopers.
conservnut on June 2, 2009 at 9:48 PM
What an ugly disgusting excuse of a human being…
Fat, Ugly, Smelly, with the brain of a cockroach, and the Democrat Party holds this thing up as something special.
Enough said…
Keemo on June 2, 2009 at 9:49 PM
No mas! No mas!
Coronagold on June 2, 2009 at 9:49 PM
No! Keep going…..!
katy on June 2, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Two things:
A. The reason trains & buses don’t work well here is- we’re a big country. People live away from work, and cars are the best way to get around. Moore’s plan won’t work.
B. Planned Obsolescence actually referred to Sloan’s tactic for GM to overtake Ford by introducing new models while Henry Ford kept making the same old car every year. Worked pretty well, but was more about model years than planning shorter lifespans for cars.
cs89 on June 2, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Anyone notice the chiron under MM’s 4th chin? (more chins than a chin-nevermind) It says ‘death of an icon’. MM is no icon to me, but he is to some.
And why do people romanticize the American automobile companies? They have built crap for decades. It wasn’t until Japan came along and showed us that you could own a car that ran for several hundred thousand miles with little maintenance and repair costs. The UAW made unsustainable demands leeching the American automakers to death.
I’d love to see a genuine American company making automobiles that people want to buy. Cars made by non-union labor where merit is rewarded and poor performance is not rewarded.
Until then I’ll drive my Acura built in Japan. 120k and nothing but oil changes, tires, and windshield wipers.
daesleeper on June 2, 2009 at 9:51 PM
They’ll need two battery powered engines for Mikey’s.
WisCon on June 2, 2009 at 9:53 PM
What a pathetic, clueless dork..I mean…Damn.
Itchee Dryback on June 2, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Thanks for dressing up for the occasion, Mike, take the hat off, you’re on national tv. Granted there are only five or so people watching Olberload but still, have some respect.
Bishop on June 2, 2009 at 9:54 PM
It’s interesting to see the reactions to GM, few of them charitable. Here it’s about why it wasn’t allowed to die sooner and without governmental intervention (and money). Among the left, it’s a whole other story. People in S.F. are talking about how GM deserves to die for its sins of a half-century ago, when it helped rip up the public transportation infrastructure of various cities, trolleys removed to make room for more cars (on shared thoroughfares) and buildings (on private thoroughfares). And of course there’s Moore, who thought GM could afford some extra costs in his initial film, said “good riddance” a few weeks ago, and now acts like a kid in a candy store (with a token nod for laid-off auto workers, the very demographic that made him famous to begin with).
Stay tuned to the very end for the kind of great judgment the Olbermann family has had for generations, from the great-grandfather who refused stock in GM to Keith who doesn’t seem to be aware of concepts like dividends and re-balancing portfolios.
calbear on June 2, 2009 at 9:55 PM
And that’s just for his left cheek..
katy on June 2, 2009 at 9:55 PM
I’d also like to see half a dozen 4×8 sheets of plywood and ten bags of quikrete loaded into one of those electric crapocars.
Bishop on June 2, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Laugh it up fuzzball…your buddies have guaranteed that GM will be dead as vaudeville in 5 years.
Asher on June 2, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Now that’s funny, sad and true but funny!
conservnut on June 2, 2009 at 9:57 PM
I don’t know about that. I saw him dressed in a suit and with his hair combed..no hat. You may not believe this, but he looked worse. Trying to put lipstick on that pig is just wrong. Its like dressing up a dog in a clown suit…its just wrong.
Itchee Dryback on June 2, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Moore has come full circle,from the evil GM,
destroying the planet,to the evil Liberal Party,
owning GM,destroying the planet!
And,I’m surprised that Enviromental wacko’s,tree
huggers,and the greener’s aren’t having “Death to GM”
partys!
Jus sayin!!
canopfor on June 2, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Like being airlifted off the couch?
LibTired (KO) on June 2, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Buy Ford…
katy on June 2, 2009 at 10:03 PM
I’m speechless.
BuckNutty on June 2, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Michael does realize, doesn’t he, that only an internal combustion engine has the power to haul his ass around?
Limerick on June 2, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Does this assmonkey have any idea how a modern factory actually works? You just can’t take a line that produces, say, door panels and magically convert it to making batteries. Tools, dies, computer systems, robotics re-programming, etc.
Mikey – spreading the truth since 1981
keyboarddude on June 2, 2009 at 10:19 PM
So Olberman says
Hey Keith! Your great grandfather would have been rich during the heyday of GM you moron.
At least Olberman comes by it naturally.
GoodBoy on June 2, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Nah, skip the other of the Big Three. Buy Honda or Toyota. Screw Detroit.
mjk on June 2, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Only in the framework of the intellectually inbred MSM could such a dishonest, disingenuous hypocrite even make a living, not to mention a million.
Every time I see some encouraging entrepreneur making their way in the world, someone posts something about Soros or Moore to piss me off.
Merovign on June 2, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Reminds me of when my company magically decided that we were going to not just do health insurance, but to make toys for children. It was just sooo easy. Now I assemble Barbie dolls and adjudicate health claims all at the same time!!!
Oh, wait that never happened.
You’re right. He is a moron (and has clearly never worked a real job).
mjk on June 2, 2009 at 10:25 PM
How does Moore get around Los Angeles?
My anger level is getting off the charts these days.
SouthernGent on June 2, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Can’t bring myself to watch this clip.
Digger on June 2, 2009 at 10:28 PM
I suspect on a cloud of narcissism and self-congratulation…
mjk on June 2, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Diversity, in and of itself, is, I suppose, a nice idea in many contexts. But in those contexts where merit really does matter, diversity, for the sake only of diversity, is idiocy.
Four months in and this experiment in diversity is a frightening trainwreck.
McCain was not a great candidate, but he’s looking awfully good from where I sit. I just hope the GOP can derail Obama’s plans for health-care and cap-and-trade with a view towards a GOP comeback in 2010.
Sigh.
BuckeyeSam on June 2, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Pass on the vid,..yada,yada, I hate America, yada,yada I love Hussein,…
I do however have a legitimate question;
Is M.M related to Janeane Garofalo? They are like two peas in a pod, in every way possible.
christene on June 2, 2009 at 10:39 PM
To heck with free-market principles, to heck with what actually works. Let’s do what Mickey wants. Seriously a $2 tax on EVERY gallon of gas? What is this man on?
Rightwingguy on June 2, 2009 at 10:40 PM
The schwarz has an upside and a downside. MM is the upside.
Rightwingguy on June 2, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Question for those on this blog who’ve been exposed to Spongebob Squarepants:
Doesn’t Michael Moore look and act like Bubble Bass?
ErinF on June 2, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Bubba Bass is more photogenic methinks.
Rightwingguy on June 2, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Whoops sorry. That is what I was replying to.
Rightwingguy on June 2, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Hmm,.lol,…Nope, can’t see it, they both make my eyes water. Such angry bitter people. I can pretty much guess why pro-Baby killer Janeane is so bitter, but not M.M.
christene on June 2, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Heh at the very end we learn Olby comes from a long line of idiots.
Dash on June 2, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Its O’Reilly’s fault that that abortion doctor was murdered. Its no one’s fault for that soldier getting gunned down. I LIKE his logic!
Rightwingguy on June 2, 2009 at 10:57 PM
I have a GM car now but I will buy Ford next time. They made better business decisions and if we don’t support them they will fall victim to the same fate as GM.
We should have solidarity and send a message to DC that Gov nationalization will not succeed.
katy on June 2, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Moore = Lumpy Riefthensal
Del Dolemonte on June 2, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Mikey looked somber tonight.
My friend wrote on his facebook that he almost hit him today, while he was cruising around the Traverse City area. It would have been a accident, not on purpose, and I wish the guy no harm.
Almost a bit of juicy Irony.
Coincidence?
theboss on June 2, 2009 at 11:07 PM
What, it won’t succeed because you’ll refuse to buy GM products even when their cars are superior to the competition? Perhaps you should start banking in China since all the major American banks took bailout money.
Betting against the success of a company that employees tens of thousands of Americans and ensures the relevancy of America’s manufacturing base isn’t a great idea. Once you realize how much power China has attained in the next ten years, you won’t be whining about the bailout. If GM had fallen, its assets would be have been acquired by a mix of Chinese companies and you’d see Great Wall Motors emerge. For the time being, if you’re hot for Chinese, Hummer is the only option.
I’m not crazy about this bailout, but if a bailout had to occur, this one at least appears to be structured and executed in the right way to give GM a real shot at long-term success. But give Americans a chance. Betting against BofA, Citi, or Wells Fargo because they took government money wouldn’t be a smart move either.
bayam on June 2, 2009 at 11:08 PM
That’s exactly why I would go with Ford. America’s only CHANCE… is to feed the companies that are still owned by the private market.
I will NOT reward socialism and lose the free market at the expense of a few thousand employees.
It’s a hard lesson and sounds cold but it’s losing the battle and winning the war strategy we need.
The problem with your idea is you have lost sight of the long range effects and are thinking short term.
That is a killer and unfortunately too many Americans have adopted the quick fix mentality.
AIN’T NO WAY I’M GOING A DIME TO GOVERNMENT MOTORS!
katy on June 2, 2009 at 11:19 PM
He really is a douchebag
macummings on June 2, 2009 at 11:21 PM
I will not submit; “you fata$$, socialist weasel!
Branch Rickey on June 2, 2009 at 11:29 PM
Moore is Lord DiddleD*ck and Olby is his ugly sister…such abject cowards that dance the dance for their masters…we’ll humiliate them in the end…these two America haters. They’ll dance our dance one day, but the people will make sure they dance to their tune…and we’ll laugh and laugh at these two monkeys.
AUINSC on June 2, 2009 at 11:31 PM
Fare enough,
we may be in a world war soon enough.
TheSitRep on June 2, 2009 at 11:36 PM
Well, there’s no viable American auto industry if GM fails because the entire infrastructure collapses (ie parts suppliers), and Ford would go down with it. No GM, no Ford or any other American automaker.
Not so sure about the socialist rant- this isn’t a case of a government nationalizing an industry for purely philosophical reasons. It’s more like the only way the entire auto industry in this country has a fighting chance. The government could have given GM all the money and taken no equity in return- but that would mean taxpayers- you and me- would never get our money back.
Hopefully it will turn into a profitable investment, like TARP. The largest banks are already starting to repay their TARP funds through money raised via bond and stock issuances, with major fees and interest added to the bill of course. And taxpayers will turn a nice profit. In a few years, no one will be complaining about socialist banks, but realize that it prevented the banking system from collapse with minimal long-term pain. A little perspective might help.
bayam on June 2, 2009 at 11:37 PM
bayam on June 2, 2009 at 11:37 PM
You need to wake up and smell the roses. Every business that took TARP money is trying to give it back for good reason. Government is not the answer; Government is the problem. Show me one single business-program the government has run successfully. Show me one single State that has been run by Democrats for the past decade or longer, that is successful.
Come on now Bayam, step up to the plate and show us some facts to back your bullshit up with. Wake up man!
Keemo on June 2, 2009 at 11:47 PM
sorry, that statement pretty much sums up any chance for a realisitc debate.
I honestly don’t even know where to begin. Are you recently out of college?
katy on June 2, 2009 at 11:49 PM
katy on June 2, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Ford refused bailout money; for that reason I’m now a fan. I currently own (3) Chevy’s and (2) Fords in my business. Not another Chevy will be purchased in my business while I’m the at the helm.
Keemo on June 2, 2009 at 11:53 PM
Dear Keemo…
Most experts, including harsh government critics like Jim Cramer, agree that TARP did prevent the entire banking system from collapse. Those who say that such a danger never presented itself were not on the inside and have no idea what occurred to our financial system over the last 6 months. This wasn’t simply a Democrat – Obama policy, it was initiated by Bush, Cheney, and Wall Street. And it worked very well, preventing the level of pain that hit Asia in the prior decade under similar circumstances of widespread panic.
You seem to have a very simplistic understanding of the world.
bayam on June 2, 2009 at 11:53 PM
Mike Moore is the FACE of the DNC. This idiot actually wants the closed factories to manufacture wind mills. Why would anyone hire union workers to do anything if they had the choice to hire normal people.
Geochelone on June 2, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Holy Crap!
katy on June 2, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Me too.
I will do what I can to support businesses that make wiser decisions.
Ford had foresight and saw the collapse coming and did what they had to do to come up with the capital to stay afloat.
I think we may need to think about doing this with local businesses too. Pour our money into conservative owned businesses if possible. Especially with what happen to the car dealerships.
It may come down to a BUY RED campaign.
katy on June 3, 2009 at 12:03 AM
bayam on June 2, 2009 at 11:53 PM
Wow, that’s it…
Show us one single successful State that has been under Liberal rule for the past decade or longer.
Bush was in on the TARP bullshit, that is a fact. Cheney was not in favor of the TARP program that I’m aware of. The fact the Bush was in on the deal doesn’t make the deal good for America in my view. Bush protected our homeland, for that I’m most grateful. Bush was also very much a moderate in many ways, even swayed into Liberal territory with programs such as no child left behind, as well as the socialized drug program. For those reasons I’m very disappointed in Bush.
Government is the problem, forget about Republican vs Democrat!
Keemo on June 3, 2009 at 12:03 AM
Search away Bayam; every State that has been under strict Democrat rule is in deep deep deep trouble. Democrats suck at running anything. The real problem today, is that Republicans almost suck as bad as Democrats at running anything. Too much corruption, pay backs, ego’s, greed…
Keemo on June 3, 2009 at 12:09 AM
One things for sure in this home… We don’t buy anything (not one penny) from anything Union. Nada, absolutely NADA from this point forward. Unions are as corrupt as the Democrat party; one in the same.
Keemo on June 3, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Most experts, including harsh government critics like Jim Cramer
You really need to wake up Bayam. Cramer had his moment of clarity, and then caved like cheap rubber.
Keemo on June 3, 2009 at 12:14 AM
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