Great little spoof of the auto bailout hearings from the guys over at Reason.tv. It would be funnier if it wasn’t so true: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRVRTTMwhK8&eurl=http://reason.tv/video/show/614.html&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
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