Priorities

Yes, the CEOs of the Big Three flew their private planes to Washington, but that was a pittance compared to all the bonuses attempted and parties thrown by the Financial Institutions and Investment firms while they were getting hundreds of billions from the tax payers. Yet, who got worse publicity?

And now poor Buick, the world's "most trendy" car manufacturer, at least when you could still get yourself one of those "cigarette lighters" in the dash, has had to cancel its long-time relationship with Tiger Woods. Thereby losing the one Buick driver under 35 that didn't inherit a "Skylark" in a grandparent's will.

On the other hand wastrel financial giants AIG and Citibank see absolutely no reason to stop their sports endorsements which costs in the hundreds of millions. Because, of course, every person on Earth (non-American division) sees a Manchester United jersey and says, "Having just woken from my long-term coma, I will now place to put all my investments with AIG, what's good enough for Ronaldo is good enough for me" (fitting because he's very good at taking a dive).

(pic from here)

[cross-posted at Firedoglake]