Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Here we go...

The Car Czar.

I like it.
It should be
"Ivan the Fabulous"




I think Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi is going somewhere with her "barber shop/haircut" theory. Except, personally, I think that the scumbags need to get their heads shaved!

Let me catch you up in a short sweet way,

So the "US Big Three" (G.M, Ford and Chrysler) head to DC to talk beg Congressmen/women into give them (well, its really the tax payers money) 30 billion dollars. They need the money in order to keep them open for business.

Apparently they also needed to fly to DC in private jets. You'd think, basically, on their way to beg for money because its either that or chapter 7/11, that the would maybe all jump in one private jet? Much less a (gasp) car!
So basically congress has told them that there is absolutely no way they are getting so much money. Second of all conditions would apply. For example more fuel efficient cars, hybrids, electrics, and better fuel emissions. The Big 3 (pictured right) even agreed to a pay cut. They would go from their unreported millions of dollars a year to a one (1) million (much less glamorous [ugh]) salary.

To me, this is hogwash.

I say, fire all three.

Take the last 25 years, Ford, Chrysler and G.M have managed to turn an industry that was started for transportation, comfort, availability into a mess of debt, greed, manipulation, and greed. (ha ha). Look at Nissan, Toyota... 100 mpg car? yup, in production from a car industry that seems to care. Now, I fully believe that in all areas of this world, people are trying to make money, hell, even me! But the difference seems to be that The Big Japanese 3 understand what The Big American 3 don't. The ability to keep your customers and keeping up with the demand of "greener, affordable living". Nissan, Toyota and the others are actually doing quite well.

I wonder why!

Anyway, so basically nothing has been resolved. They are still wasting money, energy, resources trying to figure a solution for this mess. As of now, they are re-thinking of a 15 billion dollar bailout, and the 3 pricks drove in hybrids this time. Time will tell, until then...

Here's a solution.

Fire the creeps.
Elect a Car Czar (Ivan the fabulous).
Monitor every single transaction made over a million dollars.
Stop the production of Hummers, Escalades, Yukons, and those other crazy sized SUVs.
Use all the above for scrap metal to build fuel efficient cars.
Make lenders be more weary of lending money.
Heaven sakes, lower the interest rates.

I think that's enough,

I'm just saying.

1 comment:

Cassandra said...

Not only would you be a fucking fabulous Car Czar, you certainly could not do a worse job than these motherfuckers.



Your post reminded me of a letter to the editor that I wrote to The Detroit Free Press two years ago when GM CEO Bob Lutz was protesting increased fuel emissions standards on SUVs (posted originally at http:/blog.myspace.com/openmindgetitdone):


Thursday, December 28, 2006


Unpublished Letters to the Editor: Volume 6 (SUVs)

**note: the day after I sent this letter to the editor of the Detroit Free Press (which would be today, 12/28/06) the paper did not have an editorial section at all**

We should not be outraged at the government for its proposed CAFE standards. We should be outraged at GM for spending so much time, effort and money on these dangerous vehicles.

SUVs are more prone to dangerous rollover accidents than regular cars and pickup trucks. They also pollute a lot more, which is why the CAFE standards have been proposed in the first place. An SUV is not a necessity for anyone; it is a superfluous luxury item that we are constantly sold in every media outlet.

Perhaps someone should tell Bob Lutz he could save moneyif he stopped spending millions advertising these fuel-guzzling status symbols.

-Cassandra Bogue

Garden City, MI 48135





p.s.- I feel like I haven't seen you in forever. ::hug::

 
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