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Obama 'helped' Opel rescue deal ( Magna Wins )
BBC ^ | Saturday, 30 May 2009 15:05 UK 14:05 GMT, | BBC Staff

Posted on 05/30/2009 12:37:37 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

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To: TigersEye
See this thread for a bit more:

Germany to ask for Opel bailout (GM owned - even more of your tax dollars at work...)

21 posted on 05/30/2009 1:50:36 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: okie01
Belinda Stronach, one-time M.P....at first, a Conservative, then, a Liberal -- after she crossed the aisle to avoid a parliamentary defeat for the Liberals and was rewarded with a cabinet portfolio. She is the daughter of Magna founder, Frank Stronach. She is also rumored to be a Bill Clinton squeeze...

Long time girlfriend of the horndog. In addition, a few years ago she developed breast cancer and crossed the border for treatment in the US. I guess the 18 month wait for that great Canadian health care wasn't attractive to her.

22 posted on 05/30/2009 1:52:09 PM PDT by newfreep ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: newfreep; All
The Bent One and squeeze —


23 posted on 05/30/2009 2:15:25 PM PDT by az_gila (AZ - need less democrats - one Governor down... more to go.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

That looks nice I won’t deny it. I guess Opel just hasn’t crossed my automotive radar very much. I’m more of a truck and SUV kind of guy so Toyota and Nissan are the foreign companies that have caught my attention. If I could afford one I would get a Honda Ridgeline now.


24 posted on 05/30/2009 2:15:52 PM PDT by TigersEye (Cloward-Piven Strategy)
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To: VOA

Magna International owns three racetracks in Maryland, and has filed for bankruptcy protection.

Q: How can that company be involved in ANY more financing?

A: Only if it is newly “printed” money guarenteed by the Obama mob in DC.

This is KA-RAZY Stuff happenin’!!!


25 posted on 05/30/2009 2:18:11 PM PDT by maica (Politics is not about facts. it is about what politicians can get people to believe. - Thomas Sowell)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I cannot, for the life of me, understand why GM is getting rid of a division that designs good cars. Must be the first fruits of socialism.


26 posted on 05/30/2009 2:28:28 PM PDT by popdonnelly (The greatest crimes in history have been perpetrated by governments. You've been warned.)
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To: maica
From Wikipedia:

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History

Magna Entertainment Corporation (MEC) was created in 1999 by parent company Magna International Inc. Magna International, a major automotive supplier based in Ontario, Canada, underwent a corporate reorganization in which its non-automotive businesses and interests were transferred to MEC. In March, 2000, Magna International distributed shares in its new division to its current stockholders, establishing MEC as a separate public company.[3] Recently, Chairman and CEO Frank Stronach's dream of building a racing empire came crashing down when Magna Entertainment filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

27 posted on 05/30/2009 2:49:00 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: maica
Magna International owns three racetracks in Maryland

Actuall it's Magna entertainment Co...which was spun away from Magna International...see above.

28 posted on 05/30/2009 2:50:41 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: popdonnelly

It is a part someone was interested in acquiring....


29 posted on 05/30/2009 2:52:03 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Publius; GMMAC; Clive; exg; kanawa; backhoe; -YYZ-; Former Proud Canadian; ...
Magna International, owned by Belinda Stronach and her Poppa.

Ya'll remember Belinda Stronach....she joined the Conservative Party in Canada to try and become the leader, and she lost to Stephen Harper. On the eve of a vote to toss the Liberals, and call an election, she crossed over to the Liberals in order to get an elevated position in the party......Minister in charge of some thing or other.

Oh, and good friend of Bill Clinton.

If Belinda Stronach was a Taggart, she would be James, not Dagny.


30 posted on 05/30/2009 3:04:38 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: VOA

See my post #30.


31 posted on 05/30/2009 3:06:21 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: wolfpat

I’d be happy with a 1970’s Opel GT.


32 posted on 05/30/2009 3:25:32 PM PDT by OpeEdMunkey (We seem to have reached a critical mass of stupid people.)
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To: VOA

I believe Magna is headquartered in Aurora, Ontario.


33 posted on 05/30/2009 3:37:11 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (How do I change my screen name now that we have the most conservative government in the world?)
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To: fanfan

The only Conservative bone that was ever in Belinda Stronach’s body, was Peter MacKay’s...


34 posted on 05/30/2009 3:42:06 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Dog Gone; CedarDave; Squantos

The Saturn dealership here is closed, all cars gone.


35 posted on 05/30/2009 3:46:14 PM PDT by razorback-bert (We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.)
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To: GreenLanternCorps

You’ve got that right.


36 posted on 05/30/2009 3:47:14 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: All
Bloomberg story...can only post the Link:

Opel Sale May Deepen Russian Ties to Germany, Trump East Europe

Title is a trifle misleading...regarding East Europe...

37 posted on 05/30/2009 3:48:02 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: fanfan

Also the one who came down to the U.S. to get breast cancer surgery because reconstruction wasn’t an option up there especially with a tattooed nipple. She had the bucks so she could use them. Does that make her Canada’s Barbie doll? (Sarcasm intended)


38 posted on 05/30/2009 5:32:34 PM PDT by Chief Engineer
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To: Chief Engineer

Yes, she IS Canada’s Barbie Doll.

Her, and Pamala Anderson.

;-)


39 posted on 05/30/2009 5:37:50 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: fanfan

OMG Shhhhhhhhhh that one hasn’t shown up on the doorstep here yet after hearing I use recycled fur coats to make my teddy bears! That isn’t any Barbie doll, she looked so much better when she was originally discovered on the videotron at the B.C. Lions game, since then it’s all gone down hill!


40 posted on 05/30/2009 5:46:51 PM PDT by Chief Engineer
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