$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('I_Like_Plants', 'Y')eah those goddamn Unions, fucking communists. Bet they all have a picture of Lenin on the wall and expect fucking health care. Fuckers.
Goddamnit, where are our ROBOTS??? Fucking Robot Olympics (one of the few, if any, activities allowed to legally use the O-word) our kids are doing and still no robot workers developed??? Come on Sony, when will we be able to replace the working class with Asimos? Or better yet Chinese-slave-made cheap knockoffs of Asimos? Then we can just kill off the working class, what a wonderful new world it will be...
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THE Detroit Thread (merged)
Re: Detroit's last chain supermarket closing its doors
by Fiddlerdave » Sun 22 Jul 2007, 06:19:47
Killing off the working class right now, don't worry, its in process.
But the robot revolution was sidetracked by the fact you can't maintain the robots, must less buy them, for the couple dollars a day a 3rd world worker gets. And if one of them breaks, there's more in line behind him.
(Plus there is the liability protection from doing the work in another country. If you open a plant in China, and fill the food with plastic waste and ship it back to your USA sister corporation, untested of course because all that is "voluntary", you can just blame it all on those communists!)
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Jay Leno knows how to fix Detroit
by frankthetank » Fri 23 May 2008, 19:34:17
Or so he thinks...
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') believe that, all things being equal, Americans will buy American. It just has to be as good as the competition; it doesn’t have to be better. The classic example is Harley-Davidson. Throughout the ’70s, the motorcycle maker had huge quality-control problems. Then Harley-Davidson said, “Look, let’s take our time. Let’s build fewer bikes. Let’s build them properly, so they don’t leak oil and they’ll run forever.” Harley-Davidson won back the market share it had lost, and it continues to dominate today.
Even though the bikes might not be technically superior, they’re bulletproof and they’re American. People will buy American if given the chance.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') believe that, all things being equal, Americans will buy American. It just has to be as good as the competition; it doesn’t have to be better. The classic example is Harley-Davidson. Throughout the ’70s, the motorcycle maker had huge quality-control problems. Then Harley-Davidson said, “Look, let’s take our time. Let’s build fewer bikes. Let’s build them properly, so they don’t leak oil and they’ll run forever.” Harley-Davidson won back the market share it had lost, and it continues to dominate today.
Even though the bikes might not be technically superior, they’re bulletproof and they’re American. People will buy American if given the chance.
I have some issues with "Hogs" even if they are from my home state. I'd still drive a CBR or a Ninja before i'd get on a chopper with ape hangars, footpegs and a sidecar...
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')hen you get into a high-priced, well-made American car today and the key is in the ignition, you hear a melodic bong, bong. But when you get in a cheap American car, like a rental, and the key is left in, it goes plink, plink, plink. It’s just horrible. Every time you use the turn signal, it’s like breaking a chicken leg.
Yup... agree here.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')hankfully, in the past couple of years, they have gotten better. If you look at the new line of G.M. cars, they are almost as good as what the Europeans are doing, especially when you compare interiors. Cadillac has a line of small four-door sedans that are, if not quite the rival of Audi or Mercedes, pretty darn close for quite a bit less money.
hmmm... I've seen 2003 Chevy Cavaliers with rust... going to have to disagree. The interior of my Focus isn't bad, but it still feels cheap. Does have a really nice sound system.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')merica does technology well, and I think this is how the companies will bring those buyers back. I think cars like the Chevy Volt, which is entirely battery-powered, or hydrogen cars from Chrysler, Ford and G.M. will take off.
nope...never...
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he overhead at most of the U.S. firms is crazy, and they’ll have to figure out a way to fix that. They’ll ultimately survive, but I think that they’ll need to change how they do business. And in the future, you’ll see smaller companies doing more boutique manufacturing, as BMW has with the Mini
Bankruptcy?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24714435/
I think his millions have gotten to his brain.
lawns should be outlawed.
