Takes a hard line against the bankruptcy protection, beginning strong and reasonable, but descending into a more frustrated, less substantiated attack toward the end of the piece. For all its criticism of the Obama plan for GM, it offers little in the way of alternatives. What would the Journal have preferred?

An excellent rundown of the dangers associated with nationalization of General Motors Corporation. While governments can be quite effective at collecting revenue and using it well to fund projects that would otherwise be impossible, the history of government involvement in producing quality goods is sketchy at best. This article gets into the specifics of that; since it will likely be read by most of the new shakers and movers at G.M, perhaps it will help save them from themselves.

It would require more time than I'm willing to give this hit-piece in order to point out the number of ambiguous items in this opinion article. The titling and the timbre come out of the box with the typical tabloidish News Corp,. signature inanity No where in the article is there an alternative position stated. It isn't my function in reviewing a story to insert protection or disdain for the Obama administration - however -this opinion was engineered from this week's GOP talking points. In fact, this could be the singular document that fuels the next round of drive-by talk show shrapnel. This is not responsible enough to be a valuable criticism.