{"id":3558,"date":"2009-04-01T17:04:23","date_gmt":"2009-04-01T22:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anglicansamizdat.wordpress.com\/?p=3558"},"modified":"2009-04-01T17:04:23","modified_gmt":"2009-04-01T22:04:23","slug":"why-is-gm-really-on-the-verge-of-bankruptcy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/why-is-gm-really-on-the-verge-of-bankruptcy\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is GM really on the verge of bankruptcy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because they spent so much money making <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/americas\/7829475.stm\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\/media\/images\/45376000\/jpg\/_45376603_cadillac_466.jpg\" alt=\"Add an Image\" width=\"466\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It looks like something out of a James Bond film.<\/p>\n<p>But the presidential seal on the side marks this hulking limo out as something not even the superspy will be able to get his hands on.<\/p>\n<p>These are the first pictures of the new armoured limousine which will be used to ferry Barack Obama around.<\/p>\n<p>Nicknamed &#8220;The Beast&#8221;, the Cadillac will make its debut on 20 January, as part of the inaugural parade.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Although many of the vehicle&#8217;s security enhancements cannot be discussed, it is safe to say that this car&#8217;s security and coded communications systems make it the most technologically advanced protection vehicle in the world.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Naturally, Obama has expressed his appreciation for this anti-green armoured pimp-mobile by firing Rick Wagoner. The rumour is Wagoner knew too much about the &#8220;security enhancements&#8221;, so they gave him an offer he couldn&#8217;t refuse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because they spent so much money making this: It looks like something out of a James Bond film. But the presidential seal on the side marks this hulking limo out as something not even the superspy will be able to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/why-is-gm-really-on-the-verge-of-bankruptcy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[256],"tags":[2130,2227],"class_list":["post-3558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-environment","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}