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  • #1
    SAN compnerd
    CGN/CGSSA Contributor
    CGN Contributor
    • May 2009
    • 4725

    Elon Musk buys Chinese ventilators instead of building them as promised

    Fraud.
    "I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious." - Thomas Jefferson, 1824

    Originally posted by SAN compnerd
    When the middle east descends into complete chaos in 2-3 years due in part to the actions of this administration I'll necro post about how clueless I was.
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    • #2
      NorCalBusa
      Senior Member
      • Dec 2006
      • 1497
      Do you think those needing a ventilator gives a rat's a** how or from where it came?

      I'll cut you some slack, it is the 8th day of shelter in place...
      If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there

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        • #3
          Hoooper
          Veteran Member
          • Dec 2012
          • 2711
          Yeah...if there are Chinese ventilators available we should be snatching them up right quick. It shouldn't take Tesla to figure that out

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            • #4
              stix213
              AKA: Joe Censored
              CGN Contributor - Lifetime
              • Apr 2009
              • 18998
              Musk never promised anything. He was asked to build them. I don't believe he ever publicly responded to the question.

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                • #5
                  SAN compnerd
                  CGN/CGSSA Contributor
                  CGN Contributor
                  • May 2009
                  • 4725
                  The point of the whole exercise was to decrease dependency on Chinese products at at time of massive global demand.

                  If there's a notch above epic fail this is it.
                  "I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious." - Thomas Jefferson, 1824

                  Originally posted by SAN compnerd
                  When the middle east descends into complete chaos in 2-3 years due in part to the actions of this administration I'll necro post about how clueless I was.

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                    • #6
                      jarhead714
                      Calguns Addict
                      • Dec 2012
                      • 8475
                      By hook or by crook...just get it done.

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                        • #7
                          Master_Prestige
                          Senior Member
                          • Aug 2019
                          • 1016

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                            • #8
                              SAN compnerd
                              CGN/CGSSA Contributor
                              CGN Contributor
                              • May 2009
                              • 4725
                              Originally posted by stix213
                              Musk never promised anything. He was asked to build them. I don't believe he ever publicly responded to the question.
                              Is 'committed to build' better for you? He was asked and he committed. Then he face planted again.
                              "I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious." - Thomas Jefferson, 1824

                              Originally posted by SAN compnerd
                              When the middle east descends into complete chaos in 2-3 years due in part to the actions of this administration I'll necro post about how clueless I was.

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                                • #9
                                  ZX9ALLDAY
                                  Senior Member
                                  • Dec 2017
                                  • 597
                                  Originally posted by SAN compnerd
                                  The point of the whole exercise was to decrease dependency on Chinese products at at time of massive global demand.

                                  If there's a notch above epic fail this is it.


                                  Beggars cant be choosers.

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                                    • #10
                                      Citadelgrad87
                                      I need a LIFE!!
                                      • Mar 2007
                                      • 16830
                                      Originally posted by SAN compnerd
                                      The point of the whole exercise was to decrease dependency on Chinese products at at time of massive global demand.

                                      If there's a notch above epic fail this is it.
                                      Tell that to the guy who needs a ventilator TODAY.

                                      Of course we need to rebalance this exportation of production to China, but to delay having ventilators to prove a point is...stupid.
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                                      I don't need to think at all..
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                                      You are talking to someone who already won this lame conversation, not a brick a wall. Too bad you don't realize it.
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                                        • #11
                                          PogoJack
                                          Senior Member
                                          • Sep 2014
                                          • 2163
                                          So is it certain he's not just simultaneously buying to meet the needs today while working on getting them out tomorrow?
                                          "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." - C.S. Lewis

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                                            • #12
                                              3xX
                                              Member
                                              • Oct 2013
                                              • 183
                                              Originally posted by SAN compnerd
                                              Is 'committed to build' better for you? He was asked and he committed. Then he face planted again.
                                              How exactly did he face plant on procuring vents from China, as opposed to building them? The way I see it, he delivered life support systems sooner than later which people need now in order to have a chance to live.

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                                                • #13
                                                  capo
                                                  Veteran Member
                                                  • Nov 2007
                                                  • 4756
                                                  It's not often you see someone complain about philanthropy.

                                                  Left out of the OP is the fact these 1255 ventilators are available right now, while both GM and Tesla have committed resources to begin manufacturing ventilators that doesn't happen overnight and neither company is able to estimate when they'll be able to ramp up production.

                                                  Even Trump has commended the effort.

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                                                    • #14
                                                      Hoooper
                                                      Veteran Member
                                                      • Dec 2012
                                                      • 2711
                                                      Originally posted by SAN compnerd
                                                      The point of the whole exercise was to decrease dependency on Chinese products at at time of massive global demand.

                                                      If there's a notch above epic fail this is it.
                                                      That's not the point of this exercise. The point of this exercise is to get needed medical supplies available ASAP.

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                                                        • #15
                                                          Canucky
                                                          Veteran Member
                                                          • Dec 2007
                                                          • 4265
                                                          New or used?

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