Willpower...fading....

Somebody at work has an Initech coffee mug, and just left it sitting on the breakroom counter. It took all my self-control not to hork it.

Why the Gov't. shouldn't bail out GM

There's been lots and lots of debate about the Federal bailout of the U.S. auto industry. I'm no economist, so I don't get too heated about it - but I do have one argument for letting GM go bankrupt. Ready?

GM decided to make a "personal transport" concept. They partnered up with (fucking) Segway and came up with this, which they've been touting at car shows:



Wow. I've seen backhoes with more style and panache.
And this is after Toyota has already been showing off - and planning to put into production - their "personal transport" concept called the iWheel (or iReal, depending on who you ask):







Explain to me again why GM deserves billions of taxpayer dollars? And how they will use it to turn around their company?