Not since John "Bluto" Blutarsky's famous rant* has one comment mangled history so perfectly, courtesy of Megan McArdle:
Is Studebaker the heartbeat of America? No, no it isn' t. Was there every a more American company than GM? I wager not. They literally invented apple pie. Abe Lincoln drove a Chevy pickup truck when he led the troops against the Nazi's during the war of independence.
*For those youngsters who do not know who John Blutarsky was (as our history slowly is erased by the loss of brain cells, one by one), here is the beginning of his rant:
D-Day: War's over, man. Wormer dropped the big one.
Bluto: Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
Otter: Germans?
Boon: Forget it, he's rolling.
If you want to understand your parents, just get the movie.
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