Who killed GM: Hippies did it!

GM filed Bankruptcy today. While they will survive in the long run, the dark days are upon us. While the blame for such a thing can be aimed at many factors, gawker.com pointed out one that is glaringly obvious, HIPPIES!

"The Hippies

Wah wah we want an electric car the hippies all said. And so California made Detroit build an electric car. But it was expensive, and real Americans, who only buy cars based on how loud, big, and cheap they are (gas is still so cheap whee!), didn't want anything to do with the EV1.

Now G.M. is sinking billions into the Chevy Volt, an all-electric car that will cost twice as much as a Prius, and still be a Chevy, so no one will want it."

We agree, but that is only one part of the collapse of the biggest car company in the US of A. Check out the rest of the finger pointing here

[via: gawker.com]

Contribute to the shove a hippie off a bridge relief fund.

If you hadn't heard, a 66 year old ex-soldier in China 'helped' a would be suicidist down from a bridge. No, the jumper didn't go ker-splat, the gentleman helped him into a police air-bag. The point is that this guy is our hero. His name is Lai Jiansheng and he has been held up in traffic jams at that bridge 11 times since April. After 5 hours in traffic this time around enough was enough.

Acording to Lai,

"I pushed him off because jumpers like Chen are very selfish. Their action violates a lot of public interest," Lai told Saturday's China Daily. "They do not really dare to kill themselves. Instead, they just want to raise the relevant government authorities' attention to their appeals."

Lai is now in jail, as is the man who caused the issue. I don't know about you but, I wouldn't loose sleep over sending Lai a few bucks to help cover legal costs, as he set a global predicent for 'shut up and jump' tactics. Bravo Lai, you are our hero!

[via Fox News and UPI.com]

(UPDATE) : Lai is out of jail on bond. No word on what charges are leveled against him.

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