drbeat's thread on Jeremy Clarkson on car sales decline and more...

housesitter

dad-of-4 wrote: »

you know the kind of dissorder that gets the governenment giving serious thought to turning their armies on their own citizens.

Well I feel jolly happy that they passed all those laws to stop organised protest, giving more funding to the anti-"terror" divisions and we've made good efforts to arm our police assault force and give them additional traser training.

It'll make me feel all warm and fuzzy when this all kicks off.

hethmar

dad-of-4 wrote: »

nothing as long as we sit on our hands and say "but what can we do about it"

And your positive suggestions are?

luvpump

housesitter wrote: »

Well I feel jolly happy that they passed all those laws to stop organised protest, giving more funding to the anti-"terror" divisions and we've made good efforts to arm our police assault force and give them additional traser training.

It'll make me feel all warm and fuzzy when this all kicks off.

I think we are already in a Police state, its just a question of how far down that route we go ...

michaels

On the day of the pre-budget report (you remember 2.5% of VAT, the biggest thing since the housing bailout...you remember small reduction in stamp duty) the second story on the BBC was that 30k police were getting tasers - some how the juxtaposition of the two got me thinking...

epz_2

michaels wrote: »

On the day of the pre-budget report (you remember 2.5% of VAT, the biggest thing since the housing bailout...you remember small reduction in stamp duty) the second story on the BBC was that 30k police were getting tasers - some home the juxtaposition of the two got me thinking...

if that worries you i saw a ./ topic about how they pulled a lage sample of canadian tasers and something like 1in7 were faulty from nonfunctional to double the voltages:eek:.

i have a lot of respect for clarkston cause he said if he was made prime minister he would take 6 months off and let the country run itself.

"something has to be done" are potentially the most dangerous words in politics and most really bad things are caused by government intervention.

tomstickland

it calls the crisis the “credit crunch” to make it sound like a breakfast cereal

Excellent.

poppy10_2

johnycoldears wrote: »

The job losses will mount. And mount. And mount. And as they climb, the bad debt will put even more pressure on the banks until every single one of them stutters and fails...

... the entire system will flicker and die. And without money there will be no business. No means of selling goods. No means of transporting them. No means of making them in the first place even...

... there will be absolute chaos: riots, lynchings, starvation. It’ll be a world without power or fuel, and no fuel means there will be no food either...

... If an enormous meteorite was heading our way and the authorities knew it couldn’t be stopped or diverted, why bother telling anyone? Best to let us soldier on in the dark until it all goes dark for real.

Jebus. JC's really on a downer.
Who would've thought a Vauxhall could make you feel so bad?

neverdespairgirl

epz wrote: »

"something has to be done" are potentially the most dangerous words in politics and most really bad things are caused by government intervention.

Then Mother said, " Right's right, young feller; I think it's a shame and a sin,
For a lion to go and eat Albert, And after we've paid to come in."
Then off they went to the Police Station, In front of the Magistrate chap;
They told 'im what happened to Albert, And proved it by showing his cap.

The manager wanted no trouble, He took out his purse right away,
Saying " How much to settle the matter ? " And Pa said " What do you usually pay?"
But Mother had turned a bit awkward, When she thought where her Albert had gone.
She said " No ! someone's got to be summonsed", So that was decided upon.

The Magistrate gave his opinion That no one was really to blame,
And he said that he hoped the Ramsbottoms , Would have further sons to their name.
At that Mother got proper blazing, " And thank you, sir, kindly," said she.
" What, waste all our lives raising children, To feed ruddy Lions? Not me!"

sabretoothtigger

SUV at the altar as Detroit prays for salvation

http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/cslideshow?sj=20081208182113.js&sn=Prayers



GM has had a reversal of fortune with these troubles because they were making more money on the loans then the cars, though they had the sense to sell off half their loans company gmac in previous years. This was a company B&B bought from

Which towns in the uk have a large car industry dependence


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMAC

sabretoothtigger

johnycoldears wrote: »

Mr Clarkson became even more gloomy in yeterday's times.

A seemingly innocuous review of the new vauxhall insignia turned into a call for the four horsemen of the apocalypse to saddle up.

Scary reading :
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/jeremy_clarkson/article5292547.ece

Possibly the most depressing opening to a motor or any article ever written, should come with a health warning