[Caipirabob]

The Japanese, holding about as much of our debt as the Chinese, shouldn't let this punk-@ss bi-otch of an administration push their interests around.

Toyota, as sad as I am to suggest it, should simply state "It's obvious that you don't want us here" and shut down manufacturing operations in the US.

Of course the shareholders won't like it, but the grass may be greener in Mexico and Canada.

[AmericanInTokyo]

They may do it, if they think such a move could anger voters toward Obama being responsible for it, and punish him at the polls in 2010, by awarding Toyota with a friendly, Conservative Republican majority which will not stoop to these crass, Marxist Walter Reuter UAW/SEIU type activities.

[Still Thinking]

Toyota, as sad as I am to suggest it, should simply state "It's obvious that you don't want us here" and shut down manufacturing operations in the US.

Very dicey. The current crop of Americans has the intelligence and attention span of a cabbage. Obama might be able to convince a majority of people that after screwing them with bad quality and a coverup, they stole people's jobs too.