"...We Germans aren't all smiles und sunshine"

Regarding the Daimler-Chrysler split:

Daimler pays to dump Chrysler
German automaker will end up actually paying $650 million to unload Chrysler to end its exposure to billions in ongoing losses, health care costs.
By Chris Isidore, CNNMoney.com senior writer

Is it me, or is this exactly the same as the Simpson's episode were Mr. Burns sells the power plant to Germans only to buy it back for a tiny fraction of what they paid once they discover all the flaws and environmental violations in the plant? Because it's not me, and this is exactly what it is. Consider the parallels:

• Lee Iaccoca* :: Mr. Burns
  
• Dieter "Dr. Z" Zetsche :: New Friendly German Plant Owners
  
• UAW Teamsters :: Homer Simpson
• Germany :: Magical Land of Chocolate
  
• Leaking Nuclear Waste :: Pension Plans

Et cetera and so forth.

*I know Iaccoca wasn't the CEO of Chrysler then, or at least I don't think he was, but whatever. He's funniest, unless you want to put Kirk Kirkorean there, who really does look like Mr. Burns, and although he did put in a bid, he mainly was going after GM and didn't buy them either. Apparently, when you own a good chunk of Las Vegas, you know a bad bet when you see one.