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    Image of Hey_mikey Hey_mikey
    06/22/09

    In reply to Tesla CEO: Daimler Won't Let You Fire Me
    Yeah. Their full name is Daimler Benz Over. (Lame, I know, but I write my own material. And by no means do I mean to cast aspersions on those who like to bend over for any reason.)
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    06/22/09

    @Hey_mikey: Call me when they put out an 8-cylinder hybrid power bottom.
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    Image of kathotdog kathotdog
    06/22/09

    In reply to Tesla CEO: Daimler Won't Let You Fire Me
    Elon Musk - why doesn't he put out fragrance? It can be the sexier, pricier version of Jovan Musk for Men.
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    06/22/09

    @kathotdog: When I was, like, twelve, Jovan Musk deodorant was my favorite. I thought I was so grown up and manly smelling. Why can’t I find that shit anymore?
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    Image of kathotdog kathotdog
    06/22/09

    @iplaudius:
    Try drugstore.com
    [www.amazon.com]


    Now kids have Axe Body Spray to distort their view of adulthood.

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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    06/22/09

    @kathotdog: Damn it. Nothing at drugstore.com, and Amazon is out of the deodorant. There’s got to be something better out there. A good manly musk: recommendations? Anyone?
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    Image of macbeach macbeach
    04/30/09

    In reply to Tesla Fanboy David Letterman Lets Motormouth CEO Off Easy
    At the rate the government will be taking control of American car companies there will be no need for risk takers like Musk. Some of us will be lucky to have a golf cart.
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    Image of SuruchiCilix SuruchiCilix
    04/30/09

    In reply to Tesla Fanboy David Letterman Lets Motormouth CEO Off Easy
    Gm actually developed an electric car some years ago called the EVO,apparently those who got to try one out loved it,but it got killed off ,seemingly much to GM's frustration!...I've been told there is a movie about it called who killed the electric car!
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    04/30/09

    @SuruchiCilix: It was the EV-1 actually. There were some great pics posted somewhere of the junkyard full of the things.
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    04/30/09

    In reply to Tesla Fanboy David Letterman Lets Motormouth CEO Off Easy
    Wait David Letterman FITS in a Tesla? I thought he was a pretty tall dude.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    04/30/09

    In reply to Tesla Fanboy David Letterman Lets Motormouth CEO Off Easy
    sounds like Dave is about as healthy as the auto industry
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    Image of General Halfshaftery General Halfshaftery
    04/30/09

    In reply to Tesla Fanboy David Letterman Lets Motormouth CEO Off Easy
    I watched this interview last night I don't consider this a puff piece because it's a talk show, not a political squawk fest. Also it's clear Letterman owns a Tesla and wanted to make the point that if the Big 3 really tried to nurture this tech a decade ago instead of constantly challenging CAFE increases while pumping out temporarily profitable big dumb trucky SUVs they wouldn't be near dead now...and he's right.
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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    04/30/09

    @General Halfshaftery: I've read stuff from the great oil embargos and gas crisis of the 70s that all of this stuff...solar power, wind power, electric cars was hyped back then and it was NOT just because of oil prices...people were talking greenhouse effect AND saying the polar icecaps would melt someday and no one paid ANY attention. No one.
    It just led to Reaganomics and the "me" consumer years of the 80s and 90s. No one cared about the effect on the planet and very few believed that such a thing as "melting polar icecaps" was even possible.


    Letterman is justifiably outraged but he did have a platform all these years and didn't use it until now. And that makes me outraged.

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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    04/30/09

    In reply to Tesla Fanboy David Letterman Lets Motormouth CEO Off Easy
    So what he's saying is that all Tesla Roadster buyers are actually just test subjects for future mass market buyers. Way to inspire brand loyalty!
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    04/30/09

    @Mobius_1: He learned it from Microsoft.
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    Image of Plawf Plawf
    04/30/09

    In reply to Tesla Fanboy David Letterman Lets Motormouth CEO Off Easy
    everybody say it with me: "Public Transportation"
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    04/30/09

    @Plawf: ...sucks.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    04/30/09

    @Plawf: Pubic Transportation.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    04/30/09

    @Plawf: "Chinese execution bus"
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    04/30/09

    In reply to Tesla Fanboy David Letterman Lets Motormouth CEO Off Easy
    Tesla tycoon talks trade with talkshow trumpeter. Two topics totally tossed.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    04/30/09

    @engineerd: Is this the theme for the day?
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    04/30/09

    In reply to Tesla Fanboy David Letterman Lets Motormouth CEO Off Easy
    Is it just me, or is he literally starting to physically resemble Preston Tucker?
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    Image of macbeach macbeach
    04/30/09

    @pauljones: I don't know about Musk, but Letterman is starting to look like death warmed over. What's with his voice? Is that the flu or old age?
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    04/30/09

    In reply to Tesla Fanboy David Letterman Lets Motormouth CEO Off Easy
    I don't care what anybody says, this guy is a con artist, or to be politically correct, a "social engineer."


    I don't care what his stated intentions are either, his practices show his true intent, which is to milk this for all it is worth.

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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    04/30/09

    In reply to Tesla Fanboy David Letterman Lets Motormouth CEO Off Easy
    Are you comfortable, Mr. Musk? Do you need a pillow?
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    04/30/09

    @Ash78: I would've poked him with soft cushions.
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