America's Next Top Carmaker!

[ColbertWatcher]

If the carmakers want a bailout, make them compete for it.

America's Next Top Carmaker!

They have to qualify to compete of course, but to give the Big Three some incentive to do what's right, we should open it up to any American manufacturer, design group, university, etc.

To qualify they have to be American-owned and American-based. They have to be dedicated to building environmentally-friendly vehicles from the beginning of the manufacturing process all the way through to the fuel efficiency, exhaust, etc. And the company has to be employee-friendly and UNION.

For the first week's competition, they have to design a public transportation system for the entire United States using light rail between cities and smaller trains or buses for use within cities. The Centre for City Ecology will decide who wins, and which company gets booted out.

For the second week, the companies have to compete for best employee benefits program, with only unemployed auto workers allowed to pick the winners/loser.

The CEOs for each company will have to spend the entire third week homeless, penniless and working 12 hour days doing a job they personally fear. For instance, if the CEO is afraid of heights, they have to work as one of those high-rise window washers. The winners will be decided based on people recently laid off from the very jobs they were performing.

The fourth week will be almost the same as the third, except they have can live in tiny apartments and receive a small allowance, but this time they have to work on the waitstaff of a very busy restaurant and let their customers vote on who stays and who goes.

In the fifth week, they can start the auto manufacturing portion of the competition by designing a car that meets the fuel-efficiency standards of China. American viewers can vote out the car company that makes the worst vehicle.

And then so on with different challenges until there is only two companies left.

Those two can split the $25 billion.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I LIKE It!

I don't imagine the Big Three will, though...:evilgrin:

[ColbertWatcher]

5. "I don't imagine the Big Three will" Well, serves 'em right. Few like bailing them out. n/t

[redirish28]

2. Would make for interesting TV

[ColbertWatcher]

6. It would be a ratings hit! n/t

[panader0]

3. If this is going to be a TV show

I hope it's not pay-per-view.

[ColbertWatcher]

7. Oh hell no! Broadcast TV, not cable. n/t

[Mojambo]

4. I like it. It's similar to my show idea I had a couple years back

America's Next Top Terror Target!

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=19953781&blogID=127532187&Mytoken=420D725D-0F45-43E4-9A1F0D9A46B68408239037230

Mine is a little more dark...

[ColbertWatcher]

9. Yeah, your idea is a little dark to say the least!

I really think if the car companies want the money and we want innovation this idea would work.

America would get a better understanding of the importance of manufacturing to this country, we'd get better cars and the $25-billion would go to a company willing to do some real work instead of paying their lazy-ass CEO bonuses.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

8. Have you sent this to Obama?

It's a great idea, one he needs to study.

[ColbertWatcher]

10. No, I haven't it's mostly a joke. Should I? n/t

[graywarrior]

11. Hell yeah!

[ColbertWatcher]

12. : ) n/t

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

14. Yes you should

it is a good idea.

[ColbertWatcher]

15. Where would I send it? You can PM if you'd like. n/t

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

16. I think Obama has a website where you can post it

I think it is change.com or something like that.

[ColbertWatcher]

13. It's way too late to add this, but everyone is welcome to add their suggestions. n/t

[crimsonblue]

17. the real world isn't a worthless, inconsequential reality game show. n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

18. You're right. reality is not a game show, but ...

... this idea was more satirical than anything.

I'm guessing people agree more with the idea to make the companies compete for the money more than the idea to have a game show.