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1. #664617
   On March 31st, 2009 at 2:38 pm, Schweggie said:

   Very funny, but I’m still cringing and gritting my teeth…

2. #664619
   On March 31st, 2009 at 2:40 pm, no2pcbs1 said:

   does this mean zero will be looking to set up another cabinet position, the warranty czar. maybe it’ll be someone who hasn’t paid his car payment for the past year, that should qualify them as an expert.

3. #664620
   On March 31st, 2009 at 2:40 pm, shooter said:

   Uh…um…uh…..check your tire pressure.

4. #664629
   On March 31st, 2009 at 2:44 pm, Southpaw said:

   I want a refund on the lemon parked at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

5. #664632
   On March 31st, 2009 at 2:46 pm, HomeoftheBrave said:

   You want what?! I have no time for this….get in line with the rest of the peasants and wait your turn! We take care of the non-productive, non-citizens first, then you, you rich, greedy capitalist pig! That will be fifty dollars please for talking and expelling carbon into the air.

6. #664633
   On March 31st, 2009 at 2:46 pm, flmom said:

   The best humor always has a grain of truth in it, in this case, I’d say a whopping shovel full of it.

7. #664637
   On March 31st, 2009 at 2:49 pm, EdDantes said:

   I have two comments:

   1. That was really funny
   2. That was really scary

8. #664648
   On March 31st, 2009 at 2:57 pm, txvet2 said:

   Funny, with a strong element of real life. One point – every time I get in one of these clusterflocks, the operator is female, supercilious, and thick as a post. It’s worse if they’re Indian (the country, not the “native American” variety). They still have their British bureaucratic tradition. If they don’t have the answer in their prepared spiel, it doesn’t exist.

9. #664649
   On March 31st, 2009 at 2:57 pm, sonofdy said:

   That was funn…

   click

   I am sorry, sonofdy has used up all his available free speech points. Try again later.

   ………………………

10. #664657
    On March 31st, 2009 at 3:03 pm, By Choice said:

    Like anyone would EVER really call DC for warrantee service–every time I want to call or fax or email the White House or Congress nothing works……..

    (He did this for the woman who said that when Obama was elected she wouldn’t have to worry about making her car payment, paying her rent, buying gas he is just keeping campaign promises)

11. #664662
    On March 31st, 2009 at 3:06 pm, MBuck said:

    EdDantes said:
    I have two comments:

    1. That was really funny
    2. That was really scary

    Ay-men, BRUDDER.

12. #664664
    On March 31st, 2009 at 3:09 pm, bayou22 said:

    This is all really simple. As the owner of a PAID FOR 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe, I have made up my mind that I will be purchasing a car from someone other than GM, Ford, or Chrysler, or whichever ones are left…most likely Toyota or Mercedes.

    I refuse to continue to support the UNIONS whose greed is at the root of all of this and they will have succeeded in killing the first major American company.

13. #664668
    On March 31st, 2009 at 3:11 pm, zyzzyg said:

    The link was OK, did not laugh, but recognized it was meant to be funny. It was like what happens with so many other phone calls to private companies, already. At least I did not get the sense that the person who picked up phone was not from Mumbai, like so many other private companies all ready do.

    Unfortunately, the BLOG title set me up for something different. Did not know that tire rotation and oil changes were part of waranty coverage. Maybe it was an add on clause that the customer paid extra for.

    Yep, it would be a bad thing to have to go through the White House to get your car serviced.

    Though I wonder why we do not have to currently call GM in Detroit instead of simply calling the dealership, as we do now. Well, I suppose it is just an exaggeration for effect, and just barely humorous.

14. #664673
    On March 31st, 2009 at 3:17 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    Well, the guy that says it’s a good time to buy stocks because of the “Profit to Earnings Ratio” should be able to tell you when it’s time to replace your ‘Positive Carburetor Ventilation’ valve.

15. #664674
    On March 31st, 2009 at 3:17 pm, drivingjack said:

    On March 31st, 2009 at 2:40 pm, shooter said:

    Uh…um…uh…..check your tire pressure.

    California mandates dealers and repair shops to check your tire pressure. Sadly, California is thinking to allow service stations to charge for the mandatory checking of your tire pressure.

    What other mandatory things is the Obama government going to charge for that was free? Maybe breathing.

16. #664690
    On March 31st, 2009 at 3:28 pm, cheapseat said:

    zy, maybe the investors of these corporations are sick and tired of being dictated to by a bunch of high school dropout nose pickers. in missouri 15 years ago we were larger than tennessee and alabama and georgia, and the 2nd largest producer of cars in the u.s. today we have grown by about 2 people over the last 15 years, and our car industry is in a shambles. our primary businesses are agriculture and bioscience. so where are those high school dropouts going to work in the next 15 years. in 1999 3m company had a high tech company in columbia mo. employing 1300 people. today that company is in asia because the unions demanded and demanded and demanded right up until the company moved overseas. i hope both chrysler and gm go bankrupt, and the courts strip the companies of the union contracts just as obama stripped aig of it’s contracts.

17. #664700
    On March 31st, 2009 at 3:33 pm, hunter said:

    i hope both chrysler and gm go bankrupt, and the courts strip the companies of the union contracts just as obama stripped aig of it’s contracts.

    The difference obviously being that a bankruptcy judge has the authority to remove or alter the contracts while zero and his little minions do not.

18. #664706
    On March 31st, 2009 at 3:35 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    So, who you going to call at 3AM?

    —-

    O/T but in a way related to the bureaucracy.

    I pay child support. I have sole custody of my child. Rectify that.

    I have a court order saying that I should not pay child support. I still pay child support. The child support that I should not be paying goes to my childs mother – who does not give the child support to my child.

    The state says they will not return my money to me, because they have already given it to the mother. I will have to sue either the mother or the state to get a refund of the thousands of dollars of overpayment.

    Somehow I think that since California is $40 billion in debt, I will not be seeing my money again.

    And what if the government decides that someone is going through a midlife crisis and their car is too sporty? Is ones car going to disappear into the bureaucratic system? Is it going to be confiscated to pay the national debt?

19. #664708
    On March 31st, 2009 at 3:36 pm, vickisoup said:

    On March 31st, 2009 at 2:49 pm, EdDantes said:
    I have two comments:

    1. That was really funny
    2. That was really scary

    Ditto.

20. #664713
    On March 31st, 2009 at 3:39 pm, hunter said:

    And what if the government decides that someone is going through a midlife crisis and their car is too sporty? Is ones car going to disappear into the bureaucratic system? Is it going to be confiscated to pay the national debt?

    They are taking care of that ever happening right now. After the all knowing government takes over the auto industry, you are only going to have one choice of vehicle anyway! And it will not be sporty!

21. #664751
    On March 31st, 2009 at 4:19 pm, ThunderHawkk said:

    sonofdy – Maybe I can sell you some of my “free speech credits” if you want…

22. #664758
    On March 31st, 2009 at 4:26 pm, Savage24 said:

    Just imagine the amount of paper work involved in filing a claim. Knowing the bureaucracy in Washington, not only would the car die of old age before it could be repaired but so would you.I wonder what Obama has been smoking lately.

23. #664762
    On March 31st, 2009 at 4:29 pm, walterc said:

    Funny & scary. In addition to the previous critiques (which I agree with), I suspect the actual appointment would be scheduled out to about 3 months instead of next week. Just ask a Canadian or Brit that needs an MRI. It will probably be best to schedule your next oil change when you get your car back from this one (you just know you’re going to have to leave it for a couple days).

24. #664767
    On March 31st, 2009 at 4:35 pm, katablog said:

    LOL as I was reading the call to the White House Warranty Department I came up with a great money saving idea. The Warranty Czar could take over the health care too. You call and get an appointment for both yourself and your car at the same time – both have to be under warranty to get service.

    Physicians while not working on patients could take up car repair. With careful analysis, we probably could get most car parts to work inside people, though there might have to be a few adjustments.

    Think of all the money that would be saved by combining these two initiatives!

25. #664769
    On March 31st, 2009 at 4:39 pm, WarTip said:

    More OT

    On March 31st, 2009 at 3:35 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:
    So, who you going to call at 3AM?

    I have a section on my site for stories like this and would like to use yours as well. Sorry MM and may the Mods forgive me here.

26. #664782
    On March 31st, 2009 at 5:08 pm, laugrat said:

    Just imagine the cost of the bureaucracy “HE” will put in place to guarantee car warranties….. that is, of course if anyone can be convinced to buy one.

27. #664783
    On March 31st, 2009 at 5:10 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    On March 31st, 2009 at 4:19 pm, ThunderHawkk said:

    sonofdy – Maybe I can sell you some of my “free speech credits” if you want…

    Just don’t be cutting the price there lad or you will be reported to the Free Speech Credits Price Stabilization Board again.
    –
    Back on topic:
    We have a 1969 Camero Super Sport and a 1949 Chevrolet Coup that could use some Warranty work. Does the White House Automotive Warranty Department have a separate address or do I send the estimate directly to PBHO hisownself?

    I tried (1-800- Hussein) but the recording said
    For Death to America press 1
    To claim your 72 virgins press 2

28. #664793
    On March 31st, 2009 at 5:29 pm, RufusTFirefly said:

    For Death to America press 1
    To claim your 72 virgins press 2

    AzN–so did you just push, what? 911?

    LOL

29. #664799
    On March 31st, 2009 at 5:44 pm, DesertLover said:

    Nothing to worry about … There won’t be any warranty calls because the cars that DC is going to make Detroit build will never sell …

    If any of you have ever been to Europe then you have seen the fact that most cars are “small” … works over there because if you drive more than 4 hours or so you are most likely in another country …

    Here in the U.S. it takes multiple days to drive from the east coast to the west coast … and you are still in the same country …

    We need cars here that are designed for the long trips Americans take … there is no way the American public is going to buy small cramped uncomfortable cars that don’t fit their needs …

    All the administration is doing with this auto industry takeover is signing the GM and Chrysler death warrants …

30. #664815
    On March 31st, 2009 at 6:20 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On March 31st, 2009 at 4:26 pm, Savage24 said:
    Just imagine the amount of paper work involved in filing a claim. Knowing the bureaucracy in Washington, not only would the car die of old age before it could be repaired but so would you.I wonder what Obama has been smoking lately.

    It won’t matter if you can get your car fixed because, by the time you are done waiting for the government to “allow” your heart surgery, you will be dead. Thus, you won’t need a car. They aren’t so stupid after all. They have a plan!

31. #664818
    On March 31st, 2009 at 6:26 pm, happyscrapper said:

    We need cars here that are designed for the long trips Americans take … there is no way the American public is going to buy small cramped uncomfortable cars that don’t fit their needs

    Any family with 2 kids and a dog needs a van at least. And how about pulling your boat up to the lake? What about safety?? I refuse to drive a tin can and jeapordize the safety of my loved ones. If the larger cars are banned, there will be a lot of purchasing before they are gone, and then just repairs and running them until they just won’t go another mile. Oh please, God, make these idiots go away! Now! This country can’t wait another 4 years to be rid of these morons.

32. #664822
    On March 31st, 2009 at 6:31 pm, txvet2 said:

    We have a 1969 Camero Super Sport and a 1949 Chevrolet Coup that could use some Warranty work. Does the White House Automotive Warranty Department have a separate address or do I send the estimate directly to PBHO hisownself?

    Neither. The coupe lacks pollution control equipment, ergo will be illegal under the new pollution standards. Likewise, the Camaro has only a rudimentary catalytic converter, and would have to be updated with a modern pollution control system to be roadable. The government will allow you to keep them, but only as static displays.

33. #664823
    On March 31st, 2009 at 6:32 pm, txvet2 said:

    On March 31st, 2009 at 5:29 pm, RufusTFirefly said:

    For Death to America press 1
    To claim your 72 virgins press 2

    AzN–so did you just push, what? 911?

    Don’t press 2. The phone blows up.

34. #664826
    On March 31st, 2009 at 6:35 pm, madshark said:

    On March 31st, 2009 at 3:17 pm, drivingjack said:

    Uh…um…uh…..check your tire pressure.
    California mandates dealers and repair shops to check your tire pressure. Sadly, California is thinking to allow service stations to charge for the mandatory checking of your tire pressure.

    What other mandatory things is the Obama government going to charge for that was free? Maybe breathing.

    I didn’t know that service stations still existed in California. I’ve pumped my own gas for so long I can’t remember when an attendant did it for me. I’m not sure how we would be compelled to check the air pressure on our tires.

    When I went on a vacation to Oregon a few years ago, that was a different experience to get serviced at a fuel station. These days, I go to stores where I have to bag my own groceries and go to fuel stations where I have to dispense my own fuel, and it throws me for a loop when someone else does it for me.

35. #664827
    On March 31st, 2009 at 6:37 pm, happyscrapper said:

    Don’t press 2. The phone blows up.

    On which end of the line? If theirs, press 2. (Was that somehow a threat? I don’t want to get in trouble!)

36. #664828
    On March 31st, 2009 at 6:37 pm, txvet2 said:

    We need cars here that are designed for the long trips Americans take … there is no way the American public is going to buy small cramped uncomfortable cars that don’t fit their needs …

    You miss the point. They want you in small cars, because they don’t want you to drive from coast-to-coast. They want you on mass transportation, where they can monitor and control your movements. And if they don’t build anything but bugs and outlaw everything else, you won’t have much choice.

37. #664832
    On March 31st, 2009 at 6:43 pm, John Deaux said:

    He did promise Peggy the Moocher she wouldn’t have to worry about putting gas in her car. The part he didn’t tell her was that it would be because it was broken down waiting for warranty approval.

38. #664833
    On March 31st, 2009 at 6:43 pm, DesertLover said:

    Can’t say when or exactly how it will come about but the American public will take this country back … even a lot of lifelong libs are beginning to have varying levels of “voter remorse” …

39. #664834
    On March 31st, 2009 at 6:43 pm, txvet2 said:

    On March 31st, 2009 at 6:37 pm, happyscrapper said:

    Don’t press 2. The phone blows up.

    On which end of the line? If theirs, press 2. (Was that somehow a threat? I don’t want to get in trouble!)

    Sigh. I hate to have to explain a joke. According to the Muslims, you have to die to get your 72 virgins, get it???? It wouldn’t make much sense for the other end to blow up.

40. #664864
    On March 31st, 2009 at 7:15 pm, Tuesday said:

    On March 31st, 2009 at 2:44 pm, Southpaw said:
    I want a refund on the lemon parked at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

    That lemon is ilegally parked there, too!

41. #664870
    On March 31st, 2009 at 7:26 pm, happyscrapper said:

    Sigh. I hate to have to explain a joke. According to the Muslims, you have to die to get your 72 virgins, get it???? It wouldn’t make much sense for the other end to blow up.

    I get it. Thanks for explaining to me. I am such a moron. Sigh. I hope I didn’t put you out too much having to explain. I thought I was giving a clever retort. Sigh. I am such a fool. Thank you for spending all that time explaining when I know you hate doing that. Sigh. Sorry, but you did sound a bit “superior” with that comment. I’m sure you didn’t mean it that way, though…right?

42. #664874
    On March 31st, 2009 at 7:36 pm, American Elephant said:

    Michelle,

    That photo of Obama on the phone is such an obvious photoshop…if it were real, he would be reading from teleprompters!

43. #664877
    On March 31st, 2009 at 7:39 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    On March 31st, 2009 at 4:39 pm, WarTip said:

    More OT

    ?? Feel free to use the outline.

    I was digging into their website today and found an additional little nugget of information that I have never seen before:

    California has decided to give themselves the power to not act on a court order for up to 12 months, while continuing to garnish my wages that should have never been garnished.

44. #664878
    On March 31st, 2009 at 7:42 pm, Mainah said:

    hehehe Happys unhappy tx. (((HUGS))) Happy. (Why do I feel like Im in a Disney movie?)

45. #664881
    On March 31st, 2009 at 7:47 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On March 31st, 2009 at 7:42 pm, Mainah said:
    hehehe Happys unhappy tx. (((HUGS))) Happy. (Why do I feel like Im in a Disney movie?)

    Happy was a bit GRUMPY in that post wasn’t she? I guess the Obamesiah has put me in a very bad frame of mind. Apologies. But you should know, I am in the middle of scrapbooking my pictures from our Disney trip…Really! Ha!

46. #664900
    On March 31st, 2009 at 8:35 pm, madshark said:

    How appropos. On the MSN home webpage at this moment, there is an article entitled “Worst Car Dealer Scams”.

    http://editorial.autos.msn.com/landingpage1.aspx?cp-documentid=983570&landing=safety&icid=autos_784&GT1=22021

    Wait until the Federalized Bureau of Unionized Auto Repair gets into action!!

47. #664963
    On March 31st, 2009 at 10:23 pm, BOB said:

    Me calling, “I’m having trouble shifting gears, I think the clutch slave cylinder needs replacing….and I’m getting some engine knock, probably need to retard the timing…and don’t be niggardly with the repairs.”

    Obama’s warranty sevice, “YOU CAN’T USE THOSE WORDS!”

48. #664971
    On March 31st, 2009 at 10:32 pm, Mainah said:

    happy, I have but one word for you…cricut.

49. #665008
    On March 31st, 2009 at 11:36 pm, txvet2 said:

    On March 31st, 2009 at 7:26 pm, happyscrapper said:

    I get it. Thanks for explaining to me. I am such a moron. Sigh. I hope I didn’t put you out too much having to explain. I thought I was giving a clever retort. Sigh. I am such a fool. Thank you for spending all that time explaining when I know you hate doing that. Sigh. Sorry, but you did sound a bit “superior” with that comment. I’m sure you didn’t mean it that way, though…right?

    I should have known that you were just being too, too, clever with your response. Sigh. I wasn’t necessarily commenting on your intelligence, though, when I said I hated to have to explain a joke. (Sigh). I meant that I didn’t make my point clear in the first place, which sort of ruins the joke. (Sigh). On the other hand, your comment was pretty stupid.

50. #665084
    On April 1st, 2009 at 2:58 am, old trooper said:

    I would not trust Obama to run a Dairy Queen.

51. #665171
    On April 1st, 2009 at 9:15 am, HomeoftheBrave said:

    Funny… history has a way of smoothing everything out. Fifteen years from now, if we survive this debacle, I would be willing to bet that O’Knucklehead will be described as the greatest EPIC FAILURE in our nations history. I believe that history will also recount the overwhelming number of congressmen and senators (lower case on purpose) who were literally ridden out of D.C. on rails, tarred and feathered, while the police stood idly by providing tacit approval. April 15th folks, don’t forget, get involved, MAKE them hear us coming for them!!!

52. #665206
    On April 1st, 2009 at 9:57 am, tpitman said:

    On March 31st, 2009 at 3:17 pm, drivingjack said:

    Uh…um…uh…..check your tire pressure.
    California mandates dealers and repair shops to check your tire pressure. Sadly, California is thinking to allow service stations to charge for the mandatory checking of your tire pressure.

    What other mandatory things is the Obama government going to charge for that was free? Maybe breathing.

    I didn’t know that service stations still existed in California. I’ve pumped my own gas for so long I can’t remember when an attendant did it for me. I’m not sure how we would be compelled to check the air pressure on our tires.

    Gas pumps will be connected to air pumps with built-in pressure gauges that must be activated 4 times before the gas pump can dispense fuel. Your payment for the air will automatically be deducted from your debit or credit card. Happy Motoring!

53. #665585
    On April 1st, 2009 at 2:08 pm, threeCents said:

    Does the photo have a hidden meaning in that he’s not listening?

54. #665739
    On April 1st, 2009 at 3:48 pm, BOB said:

    On April 1st, 2009 at 2:58 am, old trooper said:
    I would not trust Obama to run a Dairy Queen.

    He could probably make a decent Brown Derby.