On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 20:57:19 +0900, "Dethlar2004: Blaq Action Hero"
<dethlar2004@ammodump.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
inscribed:

>
>"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.

Equals: George W. Bush locked them out?





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