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		<title>Hey, Stupid! Have We Got a Deal for You</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lawrence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["What we are not doing -- what I have no interest in doing -- is running GM," says the president [Barak Obama, a.k.a. Barakbarous Obabomination] who, when not firing GM's CEO, purging its board of directors and picking new members, is designing new products  Apparently he has overcome his professed reluctance to run GM.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>From the <em>How Not To</em> section of the <a id="aptureLink_s21Owev453" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0380715228?tag=lawsmilmyperi-20"><em><span class="zem_slink">Pursuit of Happiness</span></em> </a>files comes this quote:</p>
<p>&#8220;What we are not doing &#8212; what I have no interest in doing &#8212; is running <a class="zem_slink" title="General Motors" rel="homepage" href="http://www.gm.com">GM</a>,&#8221; says the president [<a id="aptureLink_FpYVYN0b6k" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVFdAJRVm94">Barak Obama</a> , a.k.a. Barakbarous Obabomination] who, when not firing GM&#8217;s CEO, purging its <a class="zem_slink" title="Board of directors" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_directors">board of directors</a> and picking new members, is designing new products (imposing fuel economy requirements that will control size, weight, passenger capacity and safety). The president, overcoming his professed reluctance to run GM, resembles the<a id="aptureLink_HTmYRstZWd" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20Marquis"> <span class="zem_slink">journalist</span> <span class="zem_slink">Don Marquis</span> </a>when, after a month on the wagon, he ordered a <a class="zem_slink" title="Cocktail glass" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_glass">double martini</a> and exclaimed: &#8220;I&#8217;ve conquered my goddam willpower.&#8221;</p>
<p>See the full story <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/05/AR2009060502835.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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