"Michael Cash" <buggeroff@fake.com> wrote in message
news:vh0500pfjacpepelnhusnprgf4cipr72b8@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 08:32:29 GMT, "thegoons" <thegoons@bigpond.com>
> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>
> >
> >"Dethlar2004: Blaq Action Hero" <dethlar2004@ammodump.com> wrote in
message
> >> 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.
> >>
> >
> >Correct.
> >
> >Toyota were locked out under directive of George W. Bush.
>
> Source of that information?


Read this part in the article:

Still, White House Communications Director Dan Bartlett denied any effort to
intentionally exclude the Japanese automakers.

"It's not a slight of any sort," Bartlett said. "I sat in on several
meetings and I never heard anyone say we should exclude foreign-owned
companies."

Asked if he thought that omitting Toyota and Honda was an oversight,
Bartlett said: "I really can't comment, not without having all the facts."



Translation: I can neither confirm nor deny that foreign (Japanese) cars
were intentionally left out of the expo.....but I know the answer.