{"id":17202,"date":"2010-02-03T15:29:48","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T20:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=17202"},"modified":"2010-02-03T15:58:49","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T20:58:49","slug":"first-good-advice-from-obama-administration-retracted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=17202","title":{"rendered":"First good advice from Obama Administration retracted"},"content":{"rendered":"

So someone in the Obama Administration finally gave the American people good advice about something and then he backed away from it. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, when asked by the House Appropriation Committee what advice he’d give Americans in regards to the Toyota recall, Fox News records<\/a>;<\/p>\n

“My advice is, if anybody owns one of these vehicles, stop driving it, take it to the Toyota dealer because they believe they have the fix for it,” LaHood said.<\/p>\n

Afterwards he told reporters that wasn’t what he meant to say.<\/p>\n

“What I said in there was obviously a misstatement,” LaHood said outside of the hearing room. “My advice is if you have one of these vehicles, if you are in doubt, take it to the dealership today.”<\/p>\n

DOT spokesman Bill Adams said in an email, “The DOT is advising owners of recalled vehicles to contact their local dealerships to arrange for fixes as soon as possible.”<\/p>\n

The Japanese auto maker said Monday it has the fix for the problem and would begin shipping the new parts to auto dealers.<\/p>\n

A Toyota representative couldn’t immediately comment on LaHood’s statement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Instead, they want you to drive around in a potential death trap until it kills you. <\/p>\n

Me? I’ve never owned a rice burner, but if Toyota had done that to me, knew about the problem since 1997 without telling anyone, I’d drive it right up my dealer’s ass. <\/p>\n

But this is just the latest recall – Toyota’s recalls exceed those of the Big Three American Automakers combined. <\/p>\n

Yeah, yeah, I know – your Toyota has 8 billion miles on it and you’ve never put a drop of gas in it. It’s those last three feet that’ll kill you. I was raised by WWII vets and we still don’t trust those sneaky Japs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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