how can auto companies 'prove their viability' in three months?

[spanone]

bu$h* doesn't want detroit to fail on his watch, yet he'll still bust the unions, even though he's out of office

[Sal Minella]

1. Reminds me of the Zen problem of the master holding the club over the novice and saying

"If you do not grab the stick, I will hit you. If you try to grab the stick, I will hit you."

[gizmo1979]

2. Ask Madoff he seems

pretty good at making money.If you buy one car you'll get 2 in return.Something to that effect.

[sarcasmo]

3. They can't, the wording was done that way to make sure they fail.