These guys represent a mis-managed, backward thinking industry. The fact that Rick Wagoner of GM, Alan Mulally of Ford, and Robert Nardelli of Chrysler are so clueless as to fly private jets into D.C. to ask for a billion dollar bailout redefines gall.

Detroit killed the electric car while waterboarding SUV’s down consumer throats and now it’s time to say goodbye. Let them go bankrupt and offer packages and retraining to auto-workers.

Did we bail out the typewriter industry when computers were emerging? What about Kodak and Fuji Film drowning in the wake of digital cameras?

The greening of America is snowballing and not even a Hummer can stop it. Consumers don’t want the melting of the polar ice caps on our conscience. Still, if our government decides to contribute money, I hope they’ll ask Google or Apple to manage the reshaping and rebranding of the American Car. I’d drive a gas-Googler any day.

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