(*But were afraid to ask)
Related: “It is not every 31-year-old who, in a first government job, finds himself dismantling General Motors and rewriting the rules of American capitalism. But that, in short, is the job description for Brian Deese, a not-quite graduate of Yale Law School who had never set foot in an automotive assembly plant until he took on his nearly unseen role in remaking the American automotive industry.” (h’t Kathryn)
Ugh.
Not stirred – How many km does your vehicle’s odometer show? By my calculation, driving as you have indicated 300 km/day with an assumed 5 day work week and a vehicle bought new in 2002 you would have accumulated approx. 504,000 km (7 years @ 300 km/day over a 5 day work week @ 48 weeks/year – generous for a business owner), oh yeah and without any kind of brake job.
Which is it 280,000 km at 55% of the daily mileage you reported or 504,000 at the reported 300 km/day without a brake job.
Or, is your booming business run so well by 30 year-old MBA grads that you rarely go into the office?
PS – Picking up our new GMC vehicle tomorrow.
Purchased eleven GM vehicles in my lifetime – all but one was new.
After today – only a Ford, a Honda or a Toyota will be on the short list.
Skip, I am only fifty, everything you have said is on target. This reconfiguring is a deliberate multinational business strategy, based like you said, on greed. We are giving billions, to allow china/GM, to capture their share of the market, considering currency manipulation, and our debt they own. Probably why north Korea is firing their missiles, during the GM bankruptcy..and what a coincidence North Korea loves Buicks..Globalisation versus all workers..www.whocontrolstheworld.org
Pray for the dead…fight like Hell for the living..jones/organize!
Posted by: Shawn at June 1, 2009 3:59 PM
Thanks, but that’s the fourth time, in the last four days, this link has been posted from Drudge.
I do like its theme thought, that the Russian people’s spirituality could not be ground out of them as easily as North Americans.
The Russian people understand patience, as they also managed to maintain their dignity under the Mongolian horde for centuries.
Thankfully, the US people get to go to the polls next fall. It remains to be seen if they’ve learned anything or if their descent into slavery will continue.
not stirred enough said, said: “My Toyota has 280,000 KM on it and is still on its original brakes and has never been in the shop for repairs, never!”
My sister in law was driving her 97 Camry on Whitemud freeway in Edmonton when the hood flew open, luckily she was able to pull over in time and avoid being rear ended or hitting another vehicle. She took the car in for a latch repair and 2 months later was driving on HWY 16, going 110 km when the hood flew open again – her windshield was shattered and she missed hitting a power pole by mere inches. Her daughter was with her. But – luckily, she was able to “brake” in time.
What I can’t figure out is how they are going to handle the fact that the union is now management.
Someone able to explain that one to me?
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gI42TgxtvU-o-MIxBt4YQa11qZ3A
soooo how does that ‘work’ again?
mr harper the conservative engaging in huge government ‘investment’ in PRIVATE INDUSTRY?
isn’t that what the hated socialists do?
is harper a closet socialist? he’s certainly the biggest HYPOCRITE in government today.
Kate, here’s a headline suggestion for another time like this one …
What could possibly go right?