"Dethlar2004: Blaq Action Hero" <dethlar2004@ammodump.com> wrote in message news:<R47Mb.1412$dl4.180@news1.dion.ne.jp>...
> "Duke of URL" <macbenahATkdsiDOTnet> wrote in message
> news:100053gb8bsic17@corp.supernews.com...
> > In news:4EKLb.1358$dl4.1345@news1.dion.ne.jp,
> > Dethlar2004: Blaq Action Hero <dethlar2004@ammodump.com> radiated into
> > the WorldWideWait:
> > > "Duke of URL" <macbenahATkdsiDOTnet> wrote in message
> > > news:vvtup331ftc22b@corp.supernews.com...
> > >> In news:8BBLb.1342$dl4.1186@news1.dion.ne.jp,
> > >> Dethlar2004: Blaq Action Hero <dethlar2004@ammodump.com> radiated
> > >> into the WorldWideWait:
> > >>> "thegoons" <thegoons@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> > >>> news:lPzLb.3039$Wa.2434@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>  
> > >>>> Amazing isn't it, the EXPO 2005 in Aichi is supposed to foster
> > >>>> international exchange, yet a look at their website "says it all"
> > >>>
> > >>> Ahhh...kind of how Japanese car companies in the U.S. can't get
> > >>> government subsidies for developing gasoline alternative
> > >>> technologies in automobiles and can't present said cars in U.S.
> > >>> environmental auto shows?
> > >>
> > >> Ahhh... You mean like the duo-powered Hondas on sale in the U.S.?
> > >
> > > Apples and Oranges.  It still doesn't mean they get susbsidies or
> > > are invited to the show.
> >
> > Have you some objection to facts? Honda *does* get gummint subsidies
> > and *does* get featured at those eco-shows.
> > I can't be bothered to try to educate you more, but if you take a wee
> > bit of effort, you will find other companies in the same situation.
> 
> Whatever. I remember reading news stories of Japanese car companies (Toyota
> and their Prius Hybrid line were mentioned in the article IIRC)  in protest
> that they were locked out of a major American expo that showcased cars that
> used alternative energy sources.

http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/02/25/bush.cars/  is what you're
thinking about...

I won't get into the "Freedom Car" movement replacing the PNGV program
(Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles) for "American" car 
companies...  (lots of US government "research" monies that has
produced
NO cars available for retail sale yet...) 
http://www.dieselnet.com/news/0201doe.html