submitter: "A Prius isn't made in the United States," whined Rep. Elton Gallegly

Well, then, farking create incentives to generate a next-generation auto industry here.

NOW.

Skleenar: submitter: "A Prius isn't made in the United States," whined Rep. Elton Gallegly

Well, then, farking create incentives to generate a next-generation auto industry here.

NOW.

That's too obvious. The obvious solution is to enact massive tariffs on import hybrids on the one hand while extending the tax incentives for buying them on the other so the cost is driven up, but no real tax revenue is generated. Then you make the auto industry, the auto unions and the tree huggers happy at the same time. And you get more campaign donations. And you get re-elected.

Nabb1: That's too obvious. The obvious solution is to enact massive tariffs on import hybrids on the one hand while extending the tax incentives for buying them on the other so the cost is driven up, but no real tax revenue is generated. Then you make the auto industry, the auto unions and the tree huggers happy at the same time. And you get more campaign donations. And you get re-elected.

Your cynicism aside, I'll give Detroit a heads up

On me. Go for broke, guys.

Yeah. The other day a monstosity came after me. It was pretty scary.

Doesn't Toyota have several major assembly plants in the US?

Skleenar: Well, then, farking create incentives to generate a next-generation auto industry here.

We can't, to do so would be to admit that American cars are inferior, which America can never be. Thus, we must get rid of anything superior to the American brand. I suggest nuking it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

"A Prius isn't made in the United States," whined Rep. Elton Gallegly

Ah, that's why it's built and runs so well.

/next generation Prius will be made in the USA .... run from them

Fart_Machine: Doesn't Toyota have several major assembly plants in the US?

something like 70% or 80% of their production is in the USA...

more than some major "US" car manufacturers

Fart_Machine: Doesn't Toyota have several major assembly plants in the US?

And the Chevy Aveo is made by Daewoo. What is an "American" car nowadays anyway?

1. Cut every federal department by 10% without cutting jobs (more than enough waste there); pay down national debt faster

2. Enact constitutional amendment capping spending at 98% of tax revenues, emergency spending only by approval of 3/4 of congress

3. No federal employee who earns over $80k will receive a pay raise, possibly a COLA though, unless a balanced budget plus cost of raises

4. Term limits on all of Congress at 12 years, complacency breeds corruption

A saw a hummer the other day, I was suprised people are still driving those thing. At 10 miles/gal they're paying around $.40 for every mile that ticks on their odometer.

Ok, after doing a little checking the Camry Hybrid is assembled in the US. So there you go.

Snowflake Tubbybottom: 1. Cut every federal department by 10% without cutting jobs (more than enough waste there); pay down national debt faster

2. Enact constitutional amendment capping spending at 98% of tax revenues, emergency spending only by approval of 3/4 of congress

3. No federal employee who earns over $80k will receive a pay raise, possibly a COLA though, unless a balanced budget plus cost of raises

4. Term limits on all of Congress at 12 years, complacency breeds corruption


to me term limits are one of the most important issues over the next 5 to 20 years

/people have been in congress longer than I have been alive

a whiny biatchy republican congressman?!?!? whaaaaaaa?????

Skleenar: submitter: "A Prius isn't made in the United States," whined Rep. Elton Gallegly

Well, then, farking create incentives to generate a next-generation auto industry here.

NOW.

hell, just ask Toyota what they'd need to build a Prius plant here. Maybe even in your district.

they can drive any monstrosity they want, if they man up and pay for it themselves. and they can even still get reimbursed for the mileage.

If I was in charge I would make them pay for there own dam car.

GM makes hybrids. They even make hybrid 4-ton monstrosities.

gobc: If I was in charge I would make them pay for there own dam car.

Where?
Glen Canyon? Lake Powell?

MonkeyVegetables: Snowflake Tubbybottom: 1. Cut every federal department by 10% without cutting jobs (more than enough waste there); pay down national debt faster

2. Enact constitutional amendment capping spending at 98% of tax revenues, emergency spending only by approval of 3/4 of congress

3. No federal employee who earns over $80k will receive a pay raise, possibly a COLA though, unless a balanced budget plus cost of raises

4. Term limits on all of Congress at 12 years, complacency breeds corruption


to me term limits are one of the most important issues over the next 5 to 20 years

/people have been in congress longer than I have been alive

Really? Term limits? Not, say, the energy crisis? Terrorism?

I'm opposed to term limits, but I would support forbidding consecutive terms. The real problem is that it's hard to unseat an incumbent, regardless of their competence. But we shouldn't be dismissing good legislators to keep the bad ones from staying too long.

I mean, do you think Henry Clay should have been out after only 12 years?

MonkeyVegetables:

to me term limits are one of the most important issues over the next 5 to 20 years

/people have been in congress longer than I have been alive

Yep. We have to kick the career politicians out of DC or nothing beneficial to us is likely to ever occur there.

I like how the asshat that sponsored the bill drives a fuel guzzling Ford Econoline Diesel that gets about 10 mpg.
But he runs it on used cooking grease so it's 'environmentally friendly'.

So there you have it. The answer to America's fuel problems and pollution is used cooking oil.
Do your patriotic duty and eat more deep fried foods. If you burn 2 gallons of fuel a day, you'll only need to eat about 200 lbs of fried food a day for your fair share of grease contribution.

whined Rep. Elton, Gallegly
FTFY

You need a comma before the adverb, duh! I also would have accepted, "Rep. Elton whined in a galleg manner"

Psychotropic: So there you have it. The answer to America's fuel problems and pollution is used cooking oil.

Only an idiot would believe that there is a single answer to our energy woes.

Running cars on cooking oil is one part of a many-faceted solution strategy.

Calling someone who is doing so an "asshat" is childish and not terribly helpful.

To be fair, the Ford Expedition mentioned in the article is probably more like a 3-ton monstosity.

Dear Mr. Rep,

Ford makes a nice hybrid SUV that will allow you to still compensate for your small penis.

Sincerely,

Spanky

Asa Phelps: they can drive any monstrosity they want, if they man up and pay for it themselves. and they can even still get reimbursed for the mileage.

What I came to say. This rule doesn't tell them what they can drive, just what the taxpayer will pay for them to drive. You get a company car, it's your choice if you want to drive what the company is offering.

Wait. Representatives, the ones with 2-year jobs, are allowed to use their budgets to enter into long-term vehicle leases while Senators, the one with 6-year jobs, are not? I think there's a bigger problem here than Alcee Hastings not being able to use the on-ramps properly.

Fart_Machine: Doesn't Toyota have several major assembly plants in the US?

In California I think

moothemagiccow: Fart_Machine: Doesn't Toyota have several major assembly plants in the US?

In California I think

They're building stuff in Michigan now as well.

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


Toyota factories:

* NUMMI (California)
* TABC, Inc. (California)
* Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama
* Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada
* Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Baja California
* Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky
* Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas
* Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia
* Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana

Well, he right about the Prius not being built in America. Not yet at least. I believe they are building or getting ready to build a Prius plant in the US?

There are plenty of hybrids that are built in the US including Toyota. Unless he wants to drive his own car and pay for the gas, the Rep can GBTW and STFU.

Baja California is in Mexico. The rest are US plants. Fark him for wanting me to pay for his wheeled fashion statement. Pay your own bills or shut the fark up.

jimmyhaha: Baja California is in Mexico. The rest are US plants. Fark him for wanting me to pay for his wheeled fashion statement. Pay your own bills or shut the fark up.

I'm pretty sure that Canada is in Canada. Might want to check my math on that, though.

I was counting Canada as America Jr.

jimmyhaha: I was counting Canada as America Jr.

Isn't that where the Sheraton Hotel is?

"A Prius isn't made in the United States," whined Rep. Elton Gallegly

Neither is most of the oil used to propel your 4 ton
behemoth sir.

P.S.: Dear congress,
Pull your collective heads out of your ass!

jimmyhaha: Baja California is in Mexico. The rest are US plants. Fark him for wanting me to pay for his wheeled fashion statement. Pay your own bills or shut the fark up.

I know. Canada is also in canada. It was a list of factories in North America. fark me for not editing it to exclude other countries in north america, but the point was that many Toyotas are not made in Japan.

Guntram Shatterhand: moothemagiccow: Fart_Machine: Doesn't Toyota have several major assembly plants in the US?

In California I think

They're building stuff in Michigan now as well.

Negative, we lost the bid for the engine plant.
And the Toyota plant in Indiana is actually Subaru's NA assembly facility that they share since Toyota bought GM's shares in Subaru.(Subaru and Toyota are working on a joint RWD 'sports car' to be released in NA around 2011/2012)

This only impacts cars they lease. If they're so upset, they can just buy the car they want and be done with that particular law.

Some Congress critters aren't too happy that they can no longer drive 4-ton monstosities on the taxpayers' dime. "A Prius isn't made in the United States," whined Rep. Elton Gallegly

Yeah, some of those vehicle monstosities look like they're going to gollop your car! I'm sure our represenators enjoy them, but I'd rather not have our monetaxes used to buy carhicles for them at all.

No surprise that this law does not apply to Pelosi.

An exempt ruling class is a mainstay of the communist agenda.

/just wait till you're standing in line for an MRI, or surgery. Think she'll take a number and wait behind you?

The headline reminded me of the Zaibatsu Monstrosity from Grand Theft Auto III.

Remove all Republicans: Snowflake Tubbybottom: 1. Cut every federal department by 10% without cutting jobs (more than enough waste there); pay down national debt faster

FARK NO. Our governator tried that here and you know what happened? Teachers got fired, firefighters lost their new equipment, police officers were killed. There is no government waste. It is just a lie by conservatives trying to justify cutting the government at its knees. The government has already planned on this money, you can't just take it away from them.

What we need to do is go back to 1950s 90% marginal tax rates. Get more revenue into government and then we can start on paying down the debt, once we have the next host of new programs set.

Because after all, teachers, police, and firefighters are the proper purview of federal and state governments.....

FTA: "A Prius isn't made in the United States," complained Rep. Elton Gallegly of Simi Valley.

Then buy a wasteful SUV with your own money, ya douche.

As someone who grew up in Simi Valley, I always hated this guy. The times are a changing old man. This is one more reason congress critters should have term limits. So dinosaurs who have lived past their usefulness are forced to retired instead of being let make policy decisions.

FTA: Rep. Elton Gallegly of Simi Valley likes his taxpayer-funded Ford Expedition. He isn't worried that it's not the most fuel-efficient car. It's reliable, suits his mountainous district and is cheaper to lease than many other vehicles.

Simi Valley is the farkin suburbs. There are hills around it, but they are wide and well paved. An Expedition fits the district just like it fits a soccer mom to use one to drive her kids to school and pick up groceries.

Fart_Machine: Doesn't Toyota have several major assembly plants in the US?

Yes. But the Prius is the only one still made only in Japan.

cchris_39: No surprise that this law does not apply to Pelosi.

An exempt ruling class is a mainstay of the communist agenda.

/just wait till you're standing in line for an MRI, or surgery. Think she'll take a number and wait behind you?

Where do you see this law does not apply to Pelosi?

kimwim: Where do you see this law does not apply to Pelosi?

Page 2 of the article, which is where it also has the Democrats who are not happy with the rule.

Public servants must take public transportation. :-]