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It's in the way you dress. The way you boogie down. The way you sign your unemployment check. You're a man who likes to do things your own way. And on those special odd-numbered Saturdays when driving is permitted, you want it in your car. It's that special feeling of a zero-emissions wind ...
A Lemon of a Bailout
realclearpolitics.com — WASHINGTON -- Finally, the outlines of a coherent debate on the federal bailout. This comes as welcome relief from a campaign season that gave us the House Republicans' know-nothing rejectionism, John McCain's mindless railing against "greed and ... (more) A Lemon of a Bailout
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This Isn't Your Father's Pelosibile
small dead animals — November 21, 2008 This Isn't Your Father's Pelosibile "But the changes don't stop there." Posted by Kate at November 21, 2008 12:40 AM Comments " All new for 2012, the Pelosi GTxi SS/Rt Sport Edition is the mandatory American car so advanced it took $100 billion and an entire Congress to design it. We started with same reliable 7-way hybrid ethanol-biodeisel-electric-clean coal-wind-solar-pedal power plant behind the base model Pelosi, but packed it with extra oomph and the sassy styling pizazz that tells the world that 1974 Detroit is back again -- with a vengeance. " Pretty ...

Reading the Listings -- Updated Throughout the Day
AMERICAN DIGEST — Friday, November 21 iowahawk: Lemon. All new for 2012, the Pelosi GTxi SS/Rt Sport Edition is the mandatory American car so advanced it took $100 billion and an entire Congress to design it. We started with same reliable 7-way hybrid ethanol-biodeisel-electric-clean coal-wind-solar-pedal power plant behind the base model Pelosi, but packed it with extra oomph and the sassy styling pizazz that tells the world that 1974 Detroit is back again -- with a vengeance. ...

Introducing the Pelosi GTxi SS/Rt Sport Edition
Michelle Malkin — Introducing the Pelosi GTxi SS/Rt Sport Edition By Michelle Malkin•November 21, 2008 09:38 AM The car of your future, brought to you by Iowahawk. Tire gauge not included. Posted in: ...

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Babalú Blog: an island on the net without a bearded dictator — November 21, 2008 *ADVERTISEMENT* Need a new car? *ADVERTISEMENT* The New Pelosi GTxi SS/Rt Sport Edition eats AMC Gremlins for breakfast. Posted by Val Prieto at November 21, 2008 11:29 AM ...

Detroit and Washington D.C., Together Again.
Little Miss Attila — Detroit and Washington D.C., Together Again. Iowahawk hits 'em all into a sub-half-inch group with Congress' new car: the "Lemon": It's in the way you dress. The way you boogie down. The way you sign your unemployment check. You're a man who likes to do things your own way. And on those special odd-numbered Saturdays when driving is permitted, you want it in your car. It's that special feeling of a zero-emissions wind at your back and a road ahead meandering with possibilities. The kind of feeling you get behind the wheel of the Pelosi GTxi SS/Rt Sport Edition from ...

One Minute Action News Headlines
Doug Ross @ Journal[image] • SOMALI PIRATES TO BUY CITIGROUP ( SeekingAlpha ) • THE LEAKS WILL FLOW LIKE WINE (Hillary will accept Secretary of State post -- Ace o' Spades ) • THE PET ROCK PRESIDENCY ( Strata-Sphere ) • AS INDIVIDUAL AS THE MAN WHO DRIVES IT -- The PELOSI GTxi SS/Rt Sport Edition from Congressional Motors ( Iowahawk ) • CREATIVE DESTRUCTION -- the UAW as buggywhip ( Denny ) • GATEWAY PUNDIT: AS MANLY AS A SEWING BLOG ( Gateway Pundit - but this site got a 91%, b***hes) Labels: One-minute Action News

Microblog 2008-11-21
Overlawyered — “Forensic Experts Aren’t Team Players. Nor Should They Be.” [Balko, Reason "Hit and Run"] Australia high court reverses 2 crim convictions, judge snored loudly a lot (not just your innocent-error naplet) [Lowering the Bar] Hear that V-3 hum: preview of 2012 post-bailout car from Congressional Motors [Iowahawk satire] California Supreme Court gets a Prop 8 amicus brief from “Divine Queen of the Almighty Eternal Creator” [Box Turtle Bulletin] Bristol, CT mulls ban on smoking on public ...

Your new car!
Cold Fury — Everything old is new again. Everything . It’s in the way you dress. The way you boogie down. The way you sign your unemployment check. You’re a man who likes to do things your own way. And on those special odd-numbered Saturdays when driving is permitted, you want it in your car. It’s that special feeling of a zero-emissions wind at your back and a road ahead meandering with possibilities. The kind of feeling you get behind the wheel of the Pelosi GTxi SS/Rt Sport Edition from Congressional Motors. All new for 2012, the Pelosi GTxi SS/Rt Sport Edition is the mandatory American ...

A Sneak Preview
Transterrestrial Musings — Iowahawk has discovered the most exciting new car model to be premiered by Congressional Motors. Behold, the Pelosi: Sporty mag-style hubcaps and an all-new aggressive wedge shape designed by CM's Chief Stylist Ted Kennedy slices through the wind like an omnibus spending bill. It even features an airtight undercarriage to keep you and a passenger afloat up to 15 minutes -- even in the choppy waters of a Cape Cod inlet. Available a rainbow of color choices to match any wardrobe, from Harvest Avocado to French Mustard. Inside, a ...

He Shoots, He Scores!
The Discerning TexanIowahawk on the Auto bailout. Pure gold.

Most Stolen Iowa Hawk Post : Pelosi GTxi SS/RT
The Jawa Report — ... One example of that happened recently with my fake car ad for Congressional Motor s. Apparently it has been making the rounds, now making me a uncredited, unpaid columnist for the ...

The 2009 Pelosimobiles are in!
RedState: Conservative News and CommunityHe was joking. I’m certain of it. Iowahawk was joking. CONGRESS $HOPPING CARTS The federal government is preparing to spend millions to purchase a fleet of small electric vehicles that critics compare to golf carts. [snip] The NEVs, which resemble streamlined golf carts, scoot at up to 25 mph, operate on battery power and can be plugged into 110-volt outlets for charging. [snip] The House-passed version of the stimulus provides ...

Edsel v2.0
Cold Fury — ... forces should remember the Edsel. If the new Utopian Turtletop you experts think we should all be driving isn’t really what we the people want or need, if it fails as a product, all the advertising and speechmaking in the world won’t save it. Conventional wisdom among those superior-being Democrats who wish to herd and stampede us is that we proles are a slight notch below cattle in terms of our intelligence and discernment. They’re wrong — which is why the only way the upcoming Pelosimobile — soon to be foisted on GM and Chrysler as payback for the bailouts– can succeed is ...

Obama: “Now, I’m Not Naive” [Dan Collins]
protein wisdom — ... It is naive to swallow the hype regarding AGW, or to believe that cap and trade can solve the imaginary dangers that CO2 emissions subject us to–though once again that is counterbalanced by cynicism regarding the ends. It is naive to believe that Hamas or Hizbullah are at all interested in a two-state solution. It is naive, albeit cynical, to believe that the government can direct automobile companies to produce automobiles that consumers will want to buy with the money that they won’t have as a result of the government growth initiatives that he wants them to underwrite. ...

GM Bankruptcy Plan: Sell immediately to the Feds
The Discerning Texan — Back in November I pointed to a great Iowahawk post about the new product offerings from Congressional Motors. Well, it is no joke now. ...

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