It's halftime. Both teams are listening to a Madonna performance that sounds eerily similar to a Lady Gaga song they'll hear 10 years from now.
It's halftime in America, too. People are out of work and they're hurting. And they're wondering where all their money went.
Well, $12.5 billion of it went to Chrysler. In the form of a bailout.
But it's okay, because Chrysler is all-American. Though technically 58.5% of Chrysler is owned by an Italian corporation. And Chrysler manufactures many of its vehicles in Canada. And Mexico.
But I guess that doesn't make for a great commercial. Unlike polar bears. Or dogs. Or that digestive yogurt.
Yeah, Americans are hurting. And their dollars are being used to bail out the chosen ones. Instead of themselves.
What happened to freedom? What happened to choice? Yeah. We need to guard them like Ben Roethlisberger's friend guards a bathroom door. Allegedly.
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Article Last Updated: February 11, 2012.
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A sports, travel and business journalist for more than 45 years, James has written the new car review column The Weekly Driver since 2004.
In addition to founding this site in 2004, James writes a Sunday automotive column for The San Jose Mercury and East Bay Times in Walnut Creek, Calif., and monthly auto review and wellness columns for Gulfshore Business, a magazine in Southwest Florida.
An author and contributor to many newspapers, magazines and online publications, co-hosted The Weekly Driver Podcast from 2017 to 2024.
