Ashton Kutchar says Oil Companies should be the ones to bail out the auto makers

[greenbriar]

He actually made some good points.


I thought he was just fluff

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Considering the record profits of Exxon-Mobil, for 2 quarters in a row..that makes perfect sense.

[Lex]

2. Agree!

[Siyahamba]

3. Sweet!

[catzies]

25. Dude!

Ignore the threadjack.

Mr. Demi Moore actually makes an interesting point.

[renie408]

31. Sweet!!

I didn't get to see it, but my husband said he was great. He said he now has a bigger crush on Ashton Kutcher than our twelve year old daughter does.

[Cali_Democrat]

37. Dude!!!

Ashton was AWESOME last night on Bill Maher's show.

[sarcasmo]

38. Dude, Where's my Car?

[LaStrega]

4. He's absolutely right. n/t

[greenbriar]

5. I actually didn't think he had much substance to him but he made several points

I was quite surprised

[Ex Lurker]

21. I'm sure it was by accident

Kutcher has the intellect of a turnip. He's dim even by Hollywood standards. We do ourselves a disservice by hitching our causes to celebrities.

[blue_onyx]

30. Yeah, I agree

I don't think he was good on the show. He's also not a good actor, he isn't funny, and needs to go away all together. I'm kind of annoyed he was on the show. It was the last show of the season so I was hoping for a great episode. With Ashton there plus all of the US auto bashing I really didn't enjoy that episode.

[renie408]

32. How do you know that? n/t

[W_HAMILTON]

6. He was no...

...Rob Thomas or Ben Affleck, but he wasn't as annoying as I figured he would be. The exchange between him and Dan Savage was pretty funny.

Poor Dan Savage. I love the guy, and usually he holds his own, but the few minutes I caught of him on Larry King Live, and then Kutcher telling him he'd never go out with him -- it looked like a rough night :(

[HopeFor2006]

7. Now there's an idea!

[TheDebbieDee]

8. Brilliant!

So, he's not just another pretty face after all..................

[KathieG]

9. Not a bad idea!

Hmmm...pretty to look at AND has a brain!

[cascadiance]

18. Hmm... Attending Univ. of Iowa actually did help his brain some! Great!

I knew such a experience had to get some critical thinking up there. Thanks Ashton for thinking the right way here!

[Fleshdancer]

10. I was pleasantly surprised by Kutcher tonight

The oil companies bailing out the auto industry was genius.

[donheld]

11. Yes indeed

[Initech]

12. I've talked a lot of shit about Kutcher before... but he is fucking OWNING the panel tonight.

[Winnipegosis]

13. What's with all the bailout talk?

America is better than that isn't it?

[Joe the Liberal]

14. Lol I never thought of that...

seems like a good idea.

[greenbriar]

15. one more rec

for a good idea

[elshiva]

16. K&R he's a liberal. I always liked him.

:fistbump:

[KillCapitalism]

17. Great idea b/c they can easily afford it.

Our government and us taxpayers can't.

For the oil companies to be able to bailout the Big 3 would be like us going down to the corner market & buying a pack of gum. A drop in the bucket compared to their record profits.

[surrealAmerican]

36. Not only can they afford it, but it's in their own best interest.

[tom_paine]

19. Dude, Where's My Bailout? Seriously, though, who would have guessed ol' Ashton had it in him?

Not me.

Good on you, Mr. Kutcher.

Tell it like it IS.

[Dennis Donovan]

20. It's in the oil companies best interests to bail out the Big 3...

...so why not?

[Tigress DEM]

22. You know, for someone who is usually a dumb ass, he's got a good idea there.

Before everyone blasts me --- I was using humor, not quite sarcasm, but a little poke at his career.

On the 70's show his character got called "dumb ass" a lot, cause that was what "Red" called everyone except his wife.

I know Ashton is a lot smarter than the characters he plays --- and he's got Demi to talk to who is a pretty intelligent person too.

[KharmaTrain]

23. Isn't Free Markets What They Wanted???

That always was a euphanism for letting the fat cats do whatever they want to whomever they want as long as they make big profits. The old "the business of America is business" game. For decades we were told the markets would be their own regulators...if a company failed, it deserved to do so...someone else either was delivering the product better or someone else would. Throwing the government in now turns these corporations into collectievs...once they know they can running hat in hand to the government to fix their failures, the less "free market" they become. It's a lesson of what destroyed the Soviet Union. Our markets were never really "free".

The oil companies won't lift a finger to help the auto industry...why should they when they've got a skittish government that will always blink first. There are also many in the financial sector who made billions on the rising oil prices...and those profits and prices were the hedges for many against the falling housing bubble. The oil companies know their biggest protection right now is to keep the dividends flowing, the profits high and the lobbyists and politicians well greased.

Cheers...

[Canuckistanian]

24. The auto companies have been benefitting the oil companies for decades

If ever you doubted for ONE SECOND that car companies are on the side of Big Oil, watch "Who Killed the Electric Car"

Time for some payback to the auto industry.

[greenbriar]

28. good point

.

[THUNDER HANDS]

26. better yet, they should just buy them period

i'm sure they could run them better.

[cascadiance]

27. Then the electric car would continue to be "killed"!

[Toasterlad]

29. If There's Anything More Terrifying Than Ashton Kutcher Getting Involved in Politics

I can't imagine what it could be.

Wait...maybe Tara Reid*.

*thanks to The Onion for that one.

[Cleita]

42. Actually, he came off as a lot more

savvy and with his head screwed on right than some politicians we have today, like the present POTUS and Governor of Alaska.

[Toasterlad]

43. Well, That's Setting the Bar EXTREMELY Low

I didn't see the show, so I shouldn't bash the boy, but I DID see "Dude, Where's My Car?", so the odds of me taking Ashton Kutcher seriously on any topic other than how good he looks without his shirt on are not good.

[Cleita]

44. He's a sharp cookie really.

I wouldn't confuse a character he plays while acting with his true self. Unfortunately, too many people think that actors are like the characters they play. Nothing could be further from the truth.

[Toasterlad]

45. It's Not Just That. I've Seen Him on Talk Shows and In Interviews

He's never come off too bright to me. Then again, I generally feel that way about all these kids today. Especially when they're on my lawn.

[Cleita]

47. Maybe he wasn't challenged to speak intelligently on those shows.

He was by Bill Maher and one of Maher's guests.

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[blue_onyx]

34. One thing I wanted to ask Ashton last night was...

Since he's from Iowa, how would he feel about ending corn subsidies? Government handouts are government handouts. Except in the US auto industry's case, the handout they want would be paid back.

[PeaceNikki]

35. Super, in theory. However, they would pass this onto the consumer without a second thought.

So we'd pay for it anyway. :shrug:

[Justice]

39. This is an excellent idea

[miyazaki]

40. been bandied for awhile. lol, his idea? gimme a break. n/t

[Iggo]

41. Simplistic, yet poetically just.

:patriot:

[AZ Criminal JD]

46. Your second sentence is correct. Your first is not.

[Captain Hilts]

48. Awesome, Ashton!!!!