Comments on: Why I Don’t “Buy American”.

By: David Clanton

David Clanton — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:33:36 +0000

Thank you Joe.
Regards,
Dave Clanton
Monterey, CA

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 02:14:09 +0000

Thomas,

Thanks for pointing this out! I’ve updated the attribution at the bottom of the post, and added a caption credit under the photo.

It’s a great photo and you definitely deserve all the kudos for it!

-Joe

By: Thomas 'David' Clanton

Thomas 'David' Clanton — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:12:09 +0000

I’d be flattered if you gave me credit for my patriotic American flag collage of car pics. As a professional writer I’m sure you can appreciate the implications of plageurism. Here’s one of my original uploads from 2006 of this collage:
http://partywave.deviantart.com/

I also shared my American flag collage on streetfire.net and several automotive forums. One unscrupulous Jalopnik member misrepresented my collage as his creation on Jalopnik.com

Sincerely,

David Clanton
Monterey, CA

By: Pillai

Pillai — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:07:27 +0000

Yes, you are off base, and living in the past. US Auto executives, the decision makers, screwed up. So stop blaming the engineers and the union work force for it.

And in case you didn’t know what the unions did for you and even for the right to work Southern states, they got you the 40 hour work week, and the nice competitive pay from Japanese auto industry, comparable with American car companies. But the foreign auto companies are not saddled with health care costs, and at home in Japan and elsewhere, the government takes care of it.

Why is it so unreasonable to healthcare and pension? I do not hear you crying about the insane paychecks of executives? What, they have three brains? Hard labor is cheap? Is that it? Sounds a bit Chinese to me.

And finally, check out some of the new cars. You want a Buick? It is not a piece of junk anymore. Go try out Lacrosse. You want a Ford? Heard of the best damn Hybrid on the road, the Fusion? Check it out. Then be proud to own and drive an American car.

By: Valarie Bell

Valarie Bell — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:50:27 +0000

As usual, everyone wants the cheapest cars and the best running cars. They say Unions are to blame. Just remember– Unions are not the Grossly overpaid executives who make the decisions as to what products will be made and out of what materials made from what quality!!! Unions are also not the engineers that design American made cars that don’t perform well. But Unions are hard-working people who put in 30 yrs worth of loyal service, forgoing holidays, children’s activities and vacations while wealthy executives reward themselves w/astronomical raises and bonuses even though the companies are losing money! The union workers don’t run the companies into the ground with their pay and benefits like healthcare, but if you got a few executives to give up even $1 million each of their $10 million or more individual bonuses then think of how many workers could keep their pensions and healthcare they worked 30 years to get. American-made autos are poor-performers due to exceptionally greedy executives who give themselves multi-million dollar bonuses they don’t deserve. They continue to make cars/trucks with low gas mileage as part of their ongoing relationship with the U.S. oil industry. But the party will soon be over for both of them; we are past peak oil and in approximately 75-83yrs all the oil in the Middle East will be gone and then we will be going to war over the last remaining barrels of oil. Maybe when gas hits $10/gallon, Americans will demand alternative energy sources leading to cars we can drive for a month without having to refuel!

By: Bruce McIntire

Bruce McIntire — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:00:26 +0000

Well said