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GM execs give up some private jets after embarassing hearing.
thinkprogress.org - 11/21/2008
GM execs give up some private jets after embarassing hearing.
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Earlier this week, Big Three automaker CEOs were ridiculed by members of Congress for taking private jets to Washington to plea for a federal bailout. Today, ABC reports that GM is putting two of its five corporate jets out of service allegedy “in response to the planes not being ...

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Matthew Yglesias:  GM Downsizing to Three Private Jets

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Big Three CEOs Flew Private Jets to Plead for Public Funds
abcnews.go.com - 11/19/2008
Big Three CEOs Flew Private Jets to Plead for Public Funds
— abcnews.go.com — The CEOs of the big three automakers flew to the nation's capital yesterday in private luxurious jets to make their case to Washington that the auto industry is running out of cash and needs $25 billion in taxpayer money to avoid bankruptcy. The ... (more) Big Three CEOs Flew Private Jets to Plead for Public Funds
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Obama on Auto Execs' Private Jets: 'A Little Tone Deaf'
abcnews.go.com - 11/26/2008
Obama on Auto Execs' Private Jets: 'A Little Tone Deaf'
— abcnews.go.com — Photo: President-Elect Barack Obama and Michelle Obama with Barbara Walters. (more) Obama on Auto Execs' Private Jets: 'A Little Tone Deaf'

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Big Three auto CEOs flew private jets to ask for taxpayer money
cnn.com - 11/19/2008
Big Three auto CEOs flew private jets to ask for taxpayer money
— cnn.com — Chrysler CEO Robert Nardelli, left, and Ford CEO Alan Mulally testify on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. (more) Big Three auto CEOs flew private jets to ask for ...
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GM Downsizing to Three Private Jets
Matthew Yglesias — ... I feel like crowing about how you’re going to sell two private jets in response to a jet-related PR fiasco is going to be counterproductive once people find out that you’ve still got three private jets. That’s way more private jets than normal people have. And it seems that GM CEO Rick Wagoner intends to ...

Friday's Mini-Report
Political Animal — ... ." * GM is giving up some of its private jets. Good move. * The Coleman-Franken race keeps getting closer. The margin is now reportedly ...

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GE, GM: Bailout News
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Flying Private Jets to Beg for a Bailout
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Auto CEOs Like Their Private Jets, but Union Busting is the Goal
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GM shedding some private jets: report — The Swamp
by Frank James General Motors is getting rid of some of its corporate jets after they became a symbol of the auto industry chief executives' cluelessness and hubris in their effort to get Congress to give their companies a $25 billion bailout, according to ABCNews . An excerpt of ...
Let the Unions Run the Big Three: Fire the Execs and Sell Their Private Jets — BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash
A BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT by Meg White It's got to be tough to be a Democrat in Congress at this moment. Though they have a majority coming in January, they can't seem to get Republican support for the bailout of the Big Three automakers, GM, Ford and Chrysler. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ...
Video: Auto Executives Flying In Luxury While Begging For A Bailout — The Latest on Air America
I heart Brian Ross. The ABC investigative reporter is so old school. Once again he brought his A-game by taking the Big Three CEO's to task after they flew into Washington on their ultra-expensive private jets only to beg Congress for for a handout to avoid bankruptcy. Are these guys for ...
The Many Problems With Bailing Out Big Auto — PoliGazette
Resplendent in their private jets, Detroit’s auto executives have been pleading to Congress for a piece of the bailout mania.?? Having seen Wall Street’s success in extracting billions of dollars from Washington to limit the economic damage from the collapse of the housing and ...
Day By Day by Chris Muir November 20, 2008 - Relationships Are Exhausting — FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
Day By Day by Chris Muir Zed, you are defintiely a PIG - sort of like the Big 3 automaker executives who had the audacity to fly to Washington aboard their private jets while requesting a multi-billion dollar bailout from Congress. Don’t think they will receive the $$$. Previous: ...
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… is it really a wise move to get to your destination by flying in a private luxury jet ? (CNN) — Some lawmakers lashed out at the CEOs of the Big Three auto companies Wednesday for flying private jets to Washington to request taxpayer bailout money. “There is a delicious ...
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Source: [b]CNN[/b] (CNN) -- Some lawmakers lashed out at the CEOs of the Big Three auto companies Wednesday for flying private jets to Washington to request taxpayer bailout money. "There is a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying into Washington, D.C., and people coming ...
The Big Three Automaker CEOs Need A P.R. Firm — The Moderate Voice
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Detroit’s Big Three Are “So Poor They Can’t Pay Attention” — Deceiver.com
From yesterday’s New York Times , about a Senate hearing on a proposed government bailout of auto makers: The chief executives of G.M. and Chrysler said their companies were using up their cash at a rate that could leave them close to insolvency without federal aid. “Without ...
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