Was GM CEO fired because he donated to Republicans & Blue Dogs?

A presumably lefty/socialist blog thinks that the former GM CEO was fired because he donated to conservative candidates, both Republican & Democratic:

In 2008, with Democrats firmly in control of Washington, despite GM's efforts, the PAC started donating about equally to the two parties. Last year the top non-Michigan recipients were John Boehner (R-OH), John Cornyn (R-TX) and Mary Landrieu (semi-D- LA). And although they were about even on Democrats and Republicans, many of the Democrats they contributed to are Blue Dogs and other corrupt corporate-oriented Democrats

I suspect that DownWithTyranny equates "corrupt" and "[free market] corporate-oriented" as synonymous.

Does Lugar-Casey bill=bribe for US GM food?

At first, I suspected that Lugar-Casey Global Food Security Act was just a hippy hand out to foreigners, especially, since Lugar point blank says that he wants to give money to foreign universities:

Among other goals, it attempts to improve research capacity at foreign universities and the dissemination of technology through extension services.

& the email about a letter writing campaign only focuses on Mau-Mauing our Republican senator whilst ignoring our Democratic senator:

There will be free food and drinks in exchange for you walking and writing letters to Senator Voinovich regarding the Lugar-Casey Global Food Security Act. Work as ONE with other Ohio schools to raise awareness and eliminate global hunger!

However, it appears that there is a quid pro quo with this money:

It calls for increasing collaborative research on the full range of biotechnological advances including genetically modified technologies.

The gamble, of course, is that foreigners can steal &/or reverse engineer our patents & still refuse to import our food over some other trumped up rationalization for protectionism.

UPDATE

Although I am ambivalent about this bill, I went to the letter writing event. Most of the propaganda literature provided by the organizers focused on wealth redistribution for the sake of wealth redistribution. I wrote an ambivalently worded letter that emphasized possible benefits to the US if this bill passes:

I am writing on behalf of the ONE Campus Challenge support of the Casey-Lugar “Global Food Security Act” (S. 3529). I urge your staff to weigh the pros and cons of the proposed legislation. One of the measures, of investing into foreign universities’ genetically modified agricultural research, may help to lower the trade barriers currently faced by US food exports, and thus help to reduce our current trade imbalance.

Additionally, promoting the acceptance of genetically modified agricultural products will help to increase supply not only for food, but for biofuel. Increasing global food supplies will help to eliminate potential sources of instability that might be exploited by forces hostile to US national security.

UPDATE

The bill has cleared the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. I'm still skeptical about the efficacy of its stated objectives. This is basically a pork barrel project for US farmers domestically, & an attempt to bribe people to be our friends with free US tax payer paid food internationally. We tried to bribe the Somalis with food a few years ago & they repaid us by sending pirates to attack our food bribes for Kenya.

"U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar of Indiana saw his Global Food Security Act, S. 384, unanimously clear the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this week [04/03/2009]. Co-sponsored by Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, the bill seeks to improve the effectiveness and expand the reach of U.S. agriculture assistance to the developing world."

Obama = Richard Nixon

Apparently, Obama is following Nixon's example (the one former president the MSM has, to date, not compared him to) by creating a paranoid enemies' list:

Limbaugh
Hannity
Steele
Santilli
Cramer
Cantor

& pursuing personal vendettas against them rather than focus on getting the economy back on track.



Whilst the US is walking down the road to serfdom, the PRC is pursuing Reaganomics & offering tax cuts:

“China February Auto Sales Rise 25% After Tax Cuts.”

However, even if GM goes bankrupt, Saturn should/might still remain solvent. From my email box:

You may have read that General Motors delivered a plan to the U.S. government that outlined the corporation's plan for long-term viability.In that plan, GM stated that Saturn would work with its retailers to investigate options for the future of the Saturn Brand. We said that all ideas were on the table and we meant it.

Today[18 Feb 2009], we confirmed that Saturn and GM would further investigate one of those options: a spin-off of an independent Saturn Distribution Corporation.

The Saturn Distribution Corporation already exists as an indirect subsidiary of GM. It's the entity with which our retailers currently have their franchise agreement. An independent Saturn would still have its great retailers, and it would continue to source current products from GM through 2011. If successful, SDC at that point would source products from other manufacturers.

The goal—from a product perspective—would be to find future vehicles that match the Saturn Brand: fuel-efficient, safe, reliable and affordable. From a retailing perspective, we would build on our core strength of unmatched customer service. The same hassle-free experience that is a hallmark of the brand could be taken to even higher levels.

UPDATE

Purportedly, the DNC has daily phone calls to plot against whom to attack next.

Don Surber suggests that RNC members vote to skew the DNC anti-Limbaugh billboard contest.