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Government Motors Logo

Hey, wait a second. I don’t remember wanting to get into the car business right now. But Obama and Co. say we are, so I guess we are. Let’s see, another $30 billion in bailout money. There’s about 130 million taxpayers, so that averages out to about $2,300 bucks a piece. Wonderful.

I do hope that GM can turn things around. What really ticks me off, though, is the whole EV1 saga. Have you seen Who Killed the Electric Car? Had GM kept with the EV1, they could be riding high right now. Especially since they claim it was bettery technology that killed the project. Well, I think that’s in place now.

Hmmm… a quick check reveals that www.savethebuicks.com is still available. Anyone? Anyone?

So what’s funny about all this? Honestly, not very much. I guess just laugh at my new Government Motors  logo. Then maybe cry a bit.

One of my pet peeves is when a newscast will show some amazing video shot by someone who doesn’t work for them. The news company should be ever so grateful. But what do they do? They call it “amateur video.”

I don’t think it would matter if Orson Wells himself shot some tornado footage and submitted it. It would still get the graphic branding it as “amateur footage.” Or if Steven Soderbergh captured a baby falling into a firefighter’s arms… “home video”. Home video? There’s no home involved. It wasn’t shot at home. What the heck?

Just because they weren’t wearing their company logo-branded windbreaker it’s automatically amateur? Please.

Will you news stations please just use a graphic that says, “Courtesy: Joe Smith” or “Footage provided by: Mary Miller”.