Are we forgetting that Chrysler was the most profitable of the Big Three immediately before the merger with Daimler? Daimler ran the company into the ground due to a lack of R and D and then pissed on the smoking ruins.

Almost everyone that owns a home has access to either natural gas or LPG. I drove a car back in the '90 that could run on either gasoline or natural gas. One flick of a switch on the dash changed between fuels with no noticeable effect even at freeway speeds. Several of my friends operated their vehicles on LPG. I d...more

Where is the outrage over Rihanna's use of a racial epithet?

37 gallons a year works out to about one 12 ounce beer a day. That doesn't sound like much.

What alternative universe does the author live in? Sure the Irish employed in the tourist industry are friendly but outside of them the Irish are about as friendly as the natives in Elko, Nevada.

All the people I know that lost their homes in the crash pulled huge amounts of money out to finance big cars, long vacations and other luxuries. Were they abetted by mortgage brokers pushing re-fis? Yes. Were they at least partially culpable due to their own greed? Also yes.

Accept it, all the abuses the Civil Service was supposed to address are back in spades.  Want to be a fire fighter? How much did you donate to my campaign? Want to be a building inspector? How many votes can you deliver? Don't worry if we cut your pay to placate the voters, you can make it up with bribe money....more

Chevy dealers have to accept a large portion on responsibility for the Volt's weak sales. They are piling on very undesirable and costly options, making an already pricey vehicle prohibitively expensive. And then not being flexible on the price! GM may have re-invented itself but it's dealer network has the same old...more

In general, small business people are a bunch of whiney prima donnas. If IRS statistics are to be believed they are also a bunch of tax cheats.  Based on personal experience, they can can be divided into two groups: incompetent or unethical. Wait, I stand corrected, some are incompetent  and unethical. Not only d...more