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Is this true?........

guns-n-painthorsesguns-n-painthorses Member Posts: 6,462 ✭✭✭
edited January 2002 in General Discussion
CNN Headline News did a short news > > listing regarding Ford and GM's > >contributions to the relief and > > recovery efforts in New York and > >Washington. The findings are as > > follows......1. Ford- $1 million to American > > Red Cross matching employee > >contributions of the same number > > plus 10 Excursions to NY Fire Dept. > >The company also offered ER > > response team services > > and office spaceto displaced > > government employees.2. GM- $1 million to American Red > > Cross matching > > employeecontributions of the same > > number and a fleet of vans, suv's, > > andtrucks.3. Daimler Chrysler- $10 million to > > support of the children and > >victims of the Sept. 11 attack.4. Harley Davidson motorcycles- $1 > > million and 30 new motorcycles tothe New York Police Dept.5. Volkswagen- Employees and > > management created a Sept 11 > >Foundation, funded initial with $2 > > million, for the assistance of the >children and victims of the WTC.6. Hyundai- $300,000 to the > > American Red Cross.7. Audi- Nothing. 8. BMW- Nothing.9. Daewoo- Nothing.10. Fiat- Nothing.11. Honda- Nothing despite > > boasting of second best sales month > >ever in August 200112. Isuzu- Nothing.13. Mitsubishi- Nothing.14. Nissan- Nothing.15. Porsche- Nothing. Press release > > with condolences via the Porschewebsite.16. Subaru- Nothing.17. Suzuki- Nothing.18. Toyota- Nothing despite claims > > of high sales in July and August2001. Condolences posted on thewebsiteWhenever the time may be for you to > > purchase or lease a new vehicle,keep this information in mind. Youmight want to give more > > consideration to a car manufactured > > byan American-owned and / or > > American based company. > > Apart fromHyundai and Volkswagen, > > the foreign car companies > > contributednothing at all to thecitizens of the United States. > > It's OK for > > these companies totake money out > > of this country, but it is > > apparently not acceptableto return > > some in a time of crisis. I believe > > we should not forgetthings like > > this. Say thank you in a way that > > gets their attention.Pass it on> >
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  • PupPup Member Posts: 217 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm greatful GM gave something to the efforts. I'd hate to feel I'd need to buy a F...Fo...For... I can't even say it.
    Politicians, like diapers, should be changed often and for the same reason.
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  • mudgemudge Member Posts: 4,225 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Please don't get me wrong. I really feel for those lost family on 9/11......BUTThese people are going to be millionaires after the government gets through passing out your, and my, tax $$$. Then they'll get some more $$$ from the charities. TAX FREE!!!There's no need to make them multi- millionaires by dumping more $$$ into the pot.How many of the people who died on 9/11 would have made $1.65 million, AFTER TAXES, in their ENTIRE LIVES?And now we have people whining that the $1.65 million isn't enough.This has gotten totally out of the realm of reality.Jump down my throat if you want to. It won't change my feeling about this.Mudge the heartless
    I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!
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  • competentonecompetentone Member Posts: 4,696 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    competentone's contribution--Nothing.(Except for my tax dollars--as noted by "the mudge".)Didn't these people believe in having life insurance to protect their loved ones in the event of their untimely deaths?All sympathied out.
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  • thebutcherthebutcher Member Posts: 374 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Many policies did not cover this incident because acts of terror and war are typically excluded.Regardless, it is sick that the special op father who was killed in combat will get less from this government than the victims in the planes...
    The definition of an "expert":An "X" is an unknown quantity and a "spurt" is a drip under pressure.
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Wow,Chrisler kick a$$I`m with you,mudge!!.218 the agreeable
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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    I agree with the above comments. For a lot of these families having the ol' man killed on Sept. 11th will turn out better than winning the lottery.There was also never any concern about me buying a foreign brand car. Ain't gonna happen. Never owned one...never will. I HAVE owned some foreign-made motorcycles, but for me it's no different than getting drunk and crawling in the rack with some barfly. I just pray that none of my friends find out and I'll try to do better next time.Rather my sister in the whorehouse than my brother on a Honda.
    Lord Lowrider the LoquaciousMember:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets She was only a fisherman's daughter,But when she saw my rod she reeled.[This message has been edited by Lowrider (edited 01-17-2002).]
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