THE TOYOTO PERSECUTION

SYMPATHY FOR TOYOTO
From Tom Blumer, Pajamas Media, "An Orchestrated Campaign Against Toyota in Overdrive?" Dems deliberately misinterpreting the memo and then this: [Bolding mine.]

Finally, it’s more than a little interesting that Department of Transportation spokesperson Olivia Alair was available on Sunday night to tell the press that the Toyota presentation in question was a “very telling” indicator that the company might be placing its bottom line ahead of safety. What’s really “telling” about the kind of people Toyota faces is that as Barack Obama’s Ohio campaign director in 2008, Alair registered to vote in the Buckeye State even though she doesn’t live there, and was apparently ready to cast an election ballot until a county prosecutor threatened to drop felony charges on her and 12 other Obama campaign workers.

From the Washington Examiner, an editorial, "The taint in the Toyota probe" includes these startling facts. [Bolding mine.]

Nineteen of 36 Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee cashed sizable UAW campaign contribution checks to their 2010 re-election campaigns, including the present and immediate past chairmen, Henry Waxman and John Dingell. Similarly, 12 of 25 Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee got such checks. Are Democrats who have long claimed that money corrupts politics now so brazen as to claim they are exempt from such special interests influences

Some of the witnesses have murky motives as well.

I still trust Toyoto before Congress, the UAW that bankrupted GM and Chrysler, or Democrats who seek to eliminate any competition so you have to buy Government Motor cars.

FBI RAIDS ON TOYOTO SUPPLIERS damn well ought to be justified. But Detroit News isn't convinced.

The U.S. Justice Department said the raids were related to an international investigation into possible anti-competitive practices by electronic components suppliers.
But the timing of the raids, coming as they did in the midst of congressional hearings into Toyota's safety and quality issues, led some industry experts to question the government's motives.

Reportedly, the raids are for violations of anti-trust laws. And if you believe that, you might want to invest in property in Detroit.