{"id":10059,"date":"2010-02-25T08:47:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T08:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/sad-day-for-america-obama-shuts-down-hummer\/"},"modified":"2010-02-25T08:47:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T08:47:00","slug":"sad-day-for-america-obama-shuts-down-hummer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/sad-day-for-america-obama-shuts-down-hummer.php","title":{"rendered":"Sad day for America: Obama shuts down Hummer"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Under Obama, Another One Bites the Dust<\/strong><\/p>

From Eric Dondero:<\/p>

The Obama administration is shutting down yet another iconic American company: Hummer. An overseas acquisition sale fell through, and rather than choosing to save American jobs, mostly in the hardhit Mid-West, and keep the company afloat, the administration has selected a \"slow scale down of operations.\" <\/p>

Reports Bloomberg via Business Week<\/a>:<\/p>

Winding down the brand will take several months, Nick Richards, a GM spokesman, said yesterday. Some of the 3,000 people now employed at Hummer work on other vehicles, so GM doesn’t know how many jobs will be lost, he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>

The Hummer brand was iconic of Americanist values; Strength, vitality, even patriotism. The vehicle was a favorite of surivalists concerned over increasing Islamic attacks on the United States and incursions on the US border from illegal aliens. Continuing:<\/p>

Hummer sales began in 1999 with the $140,000 H1, a 7,600- pound SUV (3,400 kilograms) patterned after the all-terrain military vehicle popularized for road use by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, now California’s governor. The 6,600-pound H2 debuted in 2002, followed by the 4,700-pound H3 in 2005.<\/p><\/blockquote>

From CarandDriver.com:<\/p>

the company first catapulted into the spotlight for the unflinching, survivalist nature of its military vehicles...<\/p><\/blockquote>

Regulations and massive oversight with Approval Process may have finally killed Hummer<\/strong><\/p>

There are subtle indications of a direct link to the Obama administration's policies and big bureaucracy at government-owned General Motors. Jared Gall of CarandDriver<\/a> opines this morning:<\/p>

We also wouldn’t ignore the fact that the history of the Chinese auto industry suggests that, if a company really wants to build a Hummer, it will just go ahead and build something that looks exactly like a Hummer without going through the convoluted process of buying rights and proper tooling.<\/p><\/blockquote>

From the HummerGuy.net<\/a>:<\/p>

news reports were indicating that there were obstacles in the approval process, but offered no official statements from GMnews...<\/p><\/blockquote>

Naturally Hummer fans are distraught. From HummerGuy.net comments:<\/p>

* Yeah, and that obstacle is our magical Kenyan. But don’t feel singled out, Hummer-lovers, Obama is f**king things up all over this great country.<\/p><\/blockquote>

* F*****g Obama! and F**K GENERAL MOTORS! <\/p><\/blockquote>

* It is sad that so many American workers are going to lose their jobs. <\/p><\/blockquote>

Photo of Hummer HX model premiered in 2008, to attract young customers and first time buyers.<\/em><\/p>

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