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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 01:36 PM Original message |
Toyota Dealers Pull ABC TV Ads; Anger Over 'Excessive Stories' |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's a Shame Tiger Woods Can't Do the Same |
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CanonRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's corporatism! |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. free speech? fuxnews and cnn? |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. nah, car dealers can't stifle free speech |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. The dealerships did correctly |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. Really, it's so much better to let the stupid dolts smash themselves into oblivion. |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. this isn't a foreign corporation |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Yup |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. that'll teach the networks to report news....how dare them |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Selling goods for a foreign corporation. |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I don't care. |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Profits from the sale of those vehicles do go overseas to the foreign company |
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farmout rightarm (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. You don't think American employees of Toyota and a thousand other "foreign" |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Not to change the subject |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. seeing what? |
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farmout rightarm (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. The profits the dealers make don't go overseas. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. (sigh) who do you think gets the profits from the cars, parts, and franchise fees? |
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farmout rightarm (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Yes. The tooth fairy. Makes perfect sense. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. The UAW thanks you for your support |
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farmout rightarm (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. My son works for them IN the United States and he and I both served in the |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. The parent company makes a lot of money, too. |
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farmout rightarm (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. So do you think they should not make any money? They sell cars all over the world, too. |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. dealers are a finicky bunch. |
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farmout rightarm (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. Pulling their own ads that they pay for is 'stifling free speech'? Is this like new math? |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 01:55 PM Original message |
To be fair... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. Well, that's gonna help their image, now won't it? |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. Is the ad reporting they are referring to the one with the whistle blower? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. all OF THESE DEALERS WERE NOTIFIED BY Toyota AND HAVE BEEN DOING HIDDEN RECALLS |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That is what I thought it was about |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. They've actually got a point, |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Most eveyone |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
31. Free speech means you're not required to keep ads on a network |
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