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Richard Cochrane is trained in chemistry and metallurgy but is far more interested and practiced as a political and fund raising consultant, writer and amateur historian. He grew up in a Navy family and with his two younger brothers carried on its 500+ year tradition of naval service to Great Britain and the USA then enjoyed a career with one of the largest advertising and public relations agencies working with numerous Fortune 500 companies and many of America's premier educational institutions. He maintains friendships and acquaintanceships around the world. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.

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Barney And The Brain Dead Car Bosses - Contempory Fairy Tale (Pun Intended)

November 20th, 2008 • Richard Cochrane
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Never Use a Gold Collection Plate.Who are the auto industry charachters who created this mess. It is not just recently done.

Barney Frank is riding so high he remains above well deserved criticism

My late uncle, Rev. John, used to say “Never use a gold collection plate.” GM, Ford and Chrysler’s CEOs could have benefited from his advice as the hypocrites swooshed into Washington DC aboard private jets yesterday to beg for $25 billion in taxpayer money at least in part to pay for their fleets of jets. Apparently they have all cut costs by laying off their public relations department, or if they haven’t – they should and get someone who is not so completely tone deaf.

Only Congressman Barney Frank out did that troika of hypocrites by charging that denying them the bailout was really about hurting blue collar assembly line workers having already shoveled tens of billions to bailout to white collar bankers. Frank’s first class hypocrisy was heightened by failing to mention that his homosexual boyfriend lover at Fannie Mae was one of the first beneficiaries; how much money he and his mostly Democrat cohorts rake in from United Auto Workers or that he took a sweetheart mortgage from failed Countrywide.

It was Mark Twain who said, “Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress….But then I repeat myself.” Makes you wonder how Twain would amend his sarcasm to include the trio of arrogant auto executives having covered the mush mouthed Congressman and his cronies..

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