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5:21 PM, Aug 17, 2011 • By JONATHAN V. LAST

Yesterday I pointed to President Obama’s ~~alarmingly statist~~ “reasonable” view of his government’s handling of Chrysler and GM. But in focusing on Obama’s ideology, I missed the bigger story. To refresh, here’s what Obama said:

A reader writes in.

1:23 PM, Aug 4, 2011 • By JONATHAN V. LAST

Of all the email I received from yesterday’s post on GM’s Chevy Volt sales numbers, hands down the best was from reader J. W.:

8:08 AM, Aug 3, 2011 • By JONATHAN V. LAST

The July sales numbers are out and the Chevy Volt continues to electrify (get it?) the country. GM sold … 125 Volts last month!

12:15 PM, Jun 28, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

Contrary to what you're hearing out of Detroit, the auto manufacturing business in the U.S. isn't so bad. That's because foreign auto company plants, mostly in the South, are thriving. This is largely because such plants are free from the union albatross that hangs around the neck of the big three auto manufacturers.

As it stands now, the American workers in these foreign auto plants are extremely happy with their jobs, observes this Bloomberg report:

12:13 PM, May 25, 2011 • By IRFAN AL-ALAWI and STEPHEN SCHWARTZ

Saudi authorities have arrested Manal al-Sherif, a courageous female subject of the kingdom who blogged about the demand made by her and others for the right of Saudi women to drive motor vehicles.

7:36 AM, Mar 16, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

Uh oh. Even the "No Labels" crowd has turned against public sector unions.

Thomas Sowell: Why doesn't the party of Lincoln court black voters?

House GOP attempting to defund NPR -- again.

Motor Trend's Car of the Year: Chevy Volt

2:54 PM, Nov 16, 2010 • By MICHAEL WARREN

The automobile magazine Motor Trend has awarded the Obama-approved, government-subsidized Chevrolet Volt its annual "Car of the Year" appellation, reports MSNBC:

Motor Trend says the Volt has some of the most advanced engineering ever seen in an American car. The Volt can run up to 50 miles in pure electric mode before a backup gas engine kicks in to give it more range.

GM's Cadillac Sponsors Chinese Propaganda Film

Nice Cadillac, comrade.

2:50 PM, Sep 23, 2010 • By KELLEY CURRIE

Motor Trend magazine's blog reported this week that Cadillac, the flagship luxury brand of our very own Government Motors, has engaged in a sponsorship deal with a state-owned Chinese propaganda film company to link its cars with a new film on the glorious history of the Chinese Communist Party.

The life jacket the government threw to the private sector has become a straitjacket.

Aug 16, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 45 • By MATTHEW CONTINETTI

Since 2008, the federal government and the Federal Reserve have spent some $3 trillion to secure the financial system and prevent a second Great Depression. What did all this money buy us? A really expensive life jacket.

Obama, Granholm Salute Modern Manufacturing Using 'Who's the Boss?' Theme

3:07 PM, Jul 15, 2010 • By MARY KATHARINE HAM

As a rule of thumb, when lauding the modern manufacturing made possible by the president's $900 billion stimulus package, it is wise not to use the theme song of a popular early-80s sitcom.

A reader writes in.

Nice Cadillac, comrade.

The life jacket the government threw to the private sector has become a straitjacket.

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