The Rude Pundit: Photos That Make the Rude Pundit Want to Drive a 1958 Bonneville Off a Cliff

[meegbear]

Those workers are leaving the Pontiac assembly plant in the now bitterly ironically named Pontiac, Michigan. They http://image.emerald.gm.com/gmnews/viewpressreldetail.do?domain=827&docid=54632">will not have their jobs after October. Any UAW members who still have doubts about the need for nationalized health care should talk to their local's retirees. The workers in closing plants who are not union members will discover how valuable the union would have been to them. All of them should feel lucky that a much more worker-friendly adminstration is in Washington. All of them should want the Obama administration to become even more so.

Indeed, despite the cutbacks, the GM bankruptcy should be a warning shot over the bow of the working class in this country, that however much is given, it can all be taken away.

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[leftofthedial]

1. this "economic crisis" will not end

until it it all IS taken away.

That's the purpose.

[JuniperLea]

2. I've been avoiding that thought...

But it is becoming pathetically clear.

[Tansy_Gold]

3. And it will be up to us to take it back

if we have the stomach for the fight

[grasswire]

4. chaos capitalism

shock and awe, baby

[TahitiNut]

5. From the "New Deal" to the "Raw Deal" in just 75 years.

"Honor Labor" has been off-shored.

[Blue For You]

6. Does the "Rude Pundit" know the value of a 1958 Bonneville?

Around $50,000+ for a coupe, and $95,000 for a convertible. Might wanna take the Edsel...

http://www.manheimgold.com/car_lo.html

[endarkenment]

7. Did you say Edsel?

A mint 1958 Citation convertible sometimes sells for over $100,000,<4> while rare models, like the 1960 convertible, may bring up to $200,000.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsel#Highly_collectible

[Blue For You]

8. LOL, oops! Nevermind...maybe the Studebaker...