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Replying to: marsha7 (Dec 01, 2008 1:23 pm) Yes, there are some recent lights at the end of the tunnel but you can't operate for so long just selling SUV's and PU trucks and completely disregard autos. Regards, OW |
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Replying to: gagrice (Nov 30, 2008 8:35 pm)  talent and skill Just what does a story about a 3rd rate electronics junk store chain have to do with the mess the UAW has created for the Big 3? If I were Mullaly, I'd have told the senate where to stick their corporate jet comment as well. You act as if the CEO does nothing to earn that salary - unlike the union, there is no leverage they hold over the stockholders head to get that salary, the market pays for guys with their talents and skills, just like a football player. It seems extreme to us, but you'd take it if you could get it, you know you would |
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Replying to: circlew (Dec 01, 2008 4:29 am) WASHINGTON — The CEO of failed Washington Mutual, on the job only a few weeks before the nation's largest thrift was seized by the government and sold to JPMorgan Chase, is entitled to more than $13 million in severance and bonus pay. Alan Fishman signed an agreement that provides around $6 million in cash severance and retention of his signing bonus of $7.5 million if he were to leave his job, according to a company filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008206643_webwamuceopa- y26.html
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Replying to: xrunner2 (Dec 01, 2008 8:59 am) Brown also denied charges he padded his resume. He said the White House and FEMA made mistakes in describing two of his past jobs. http://www.kcra.com/news/4952711/detail.html |
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Replying to: xrunner2 (Dec 01, 2008 9:09 am) http://www.uaw.org/contracts/07/chrysler/sal/chry_sal09.php You can't seriously think that the UAW represents only blue collar workers? |
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Replying to: grbeck (Dec 01, 2008 1:37 pm) First of all they owned one, you haven't. Second we do know that Cuba has kept all those old Amreican cars running all these years. http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/editorial-in-search-of-hondas-hybrids/ Regarding Honda CVT reliability, check out the Dept. of Energy long term testing of hybrids: http://avt.inel.gov/hev.shtml As I recall, about half of their Insights and Civics required one or more transmission replacements over the lifetime of their long-term testing. Consumer Reports rated the CVT as worse than average and, to put kindly, you may want to look at a variety of owner review sites, hybrid focused sites, and really any site that assesses the reliability of the 1st generation Civic hybrid. |
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Replying to: grbeck (Dec 01, 2008 1:41 pm) The judicial branch is independent of the executive branch. Back to UAW business. http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/07/bush-lay/ |
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Replying to: dallasdude1 (Dec 01, 2008 5:56 pm) That might not be enough for some lawmakers. Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., the Democratic Whip, told reporters Monday in Columbia, S.C., that the three CEOs should quit. "If I had my way, all three of those guys would be in the unemployment line and I think that ought to be one of the conditions for us doing this," Clyburn said. "We need to have new leadership." The bank "bailout" really isn't a bailout after all.  TARP turns to Investment Regards, OW |
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Replying to: dallasdude1 (Dec 01, 2008 6:33 pm) You may think you are able to spin fiction into fact. You have not done it on Edmund's that I have read. You have proven you can cut and paste Liberal propaganda with the best of them. It does not look like it is helping the UAW in this current mess. Even Obama Liberal number one is distancing himself from the Big 3 mess & the UAW workers. I don't think the UAW fits into his manifesto. |
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Replying to: marsha7 (Dec 01, 2008 1:23 pm) Excellent post. Based on my own personal experiences as well as my friends and families owning Detroit's vehicles over the last 25 years, we all fit in to your example. Simply put, we bought one of the Big 3 when we were in our 20s, maybe one or two more afterward, and they fell apart, literally, as the vehicle aged over 5-7 years and upwards of 100K miles, and were then worthless. Yes, there was the occasional vehicle that held up, but by and large that was the exception. I'll never forget an 85 Old Cutlass Ciera I bought in 88 when it had only 38K miles. I had it for 2 years and averaged $150/month in unexpected repairs over those 2 years, driving down the road,and wham, all accessory belts snap leaving me stranded. That's just one example I'll never forget. I was going to buy some stock in GM since it's so low, but changed my mind as I just can't buy stock in a company whose product I don't believe in. In my family, there are 4 Toyotas and I will never own anything but a Honda or Toyota! I guess I'm a Baaad American!
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