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Sunday, December 14, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Boycott Alabama, and the Republican Traitors
I came across this article (see below) on the Web today. I'm glad to see average US citizens calling for action. These Southern Republican hypocrites want to let Detrot die, all the while lining their pockets with cash from Toyota, Honda, and Nissan. These crafty morons rail against government bailouts, failing to report that their own states have given billions in tax rebates and concessions to foreign automakers. They use key words like "free market," but these phrases consist of Orwellian rhetoric.
What they want to do is bust unions, cut benefits, and line the pockets of executives. Destroying the American auto industry is a means to an end. That end is the subjugation of all workers to the corporate state. And you know what corporate statism is? Fascism: the first things Hitler and Mussolini did were to bust unions and patronize the corporations.
The rich prey off the poor and the middle class, all the while plunging the average worker and consumer into a race to the bottom. It's time to stop the Wal-Martization of America. It's time to take our Republic back.
Throw the oligarchs and their publicly paid cronies in prison, like Putin did in Russia, then let's make them squeal and cough up their stolen money.
Local Man Calls For Boycott of Alabama
Huntington Woods (WWJ) -- Joe Babiasz says he's sick of the 'circus of the Senate hearings'--and he wants 49 states and the District of Columbia to boycott the state of Alabama. Why? The Huntington Woods man says he's tired of the criticism of the Big 3 by Alabama Republican Senator Richard Shelby.
So, he's set up a website to further his cause: www.boycottalabamanow.com
Babiasz, who retired from General Motors after 34 years, told WWJ his boycott is for "any travel into the state, or the purchase of anything that's produced within the state of Alabama."
"It is to show Senator Shelby what it's like when hard-working, innocent people are not helped in the system by the government. Senator Shelby has been the most vocal critic of the Big 3," he said.
Babiasz said he's standing behind the industry that gave him a career. "We build excellent products. We are as good or better than any Japanese or European product on a price-point basis. I'm very proud of that."
What they want to do is bust unions, cut benefits, and line the pockets of executives. Destroying the American auto industry is a means to an end. That end is the subjugation of all workers to the corporate state. And you know what corporate statism is? Fascism: the first things Hitler and Mussolini did were to bust unions and patronize the corporations.
The rich prey off the poor and the middle class, all the while plunging the average worker and consumer into a race to the bottom. It's time to stop the Wal-Martization of America. It's time to take our Republic back.
Throw the oligarchs and their publicly paid cronies in prison, like Putin did in Russia, then let's make them squeal and cough up their stolen money.
Local Man Calls For Boycott of Alabama
Huntington Woods (WWJ) -- Joe Babiasz says he's sick of the 'circus of the Senate hearings'--and he wants 49 states and the District of Columbia to boycott the state of Alabama. Why? The Huntington Woods man says he's tired of the criticism of the Big 3 by Alabama Republican Senator Richard Shelby.
So, he's set up a website to further his cause: www.boycottalabamanow.com
Babiasz, who retired from General Motors after 34 years, told WWJ his boycott is for "any travel into the state, or the purchase of anything that's produced within the state of Alabama."
"It is to show Senator Shelby what it's like when hard-working, innocent people are not helped in the system by the government. Senator Shelby has been the most vocal critic of the Big 3," he said.
Babiasz said he's standing behind the industry that gave him a career. "We build excellent products. We are as good or better than any Japanese or European product on a price-point basis. I'm very proud of that."
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Response to Michael Moore’s Bulletin on Detroit's Failing Auto Industry
On the other hand, I drive a 92 Chevy G10 (full-sized) van and it never breaks down nor needs anything other than regular maintanance. At the time I bought the van, it was one of the few that could handle a power wheelchair and an electric lift.
It's true that the van doesn't get more than 18 mpg with its small block V8, but hey, it's a truck. Am I supposed to haul my disability stuff around in a glorified vegetable cart?
My family used to own Nissans (aka, Datsuns) and they were finicky and expensive to repair. Since the late 80s, my parents have owned Saturns and Chevys, with nary a problem. My parents' two Malibu Maxes get 33 mpg, look great, and don't break down at all.
A friend of mine who works in construction owns a Ford F150--de rigeur equipment for working, middle-class folks in his field. Why should he buy and equally gas-guzzling Nissan Titan or Armada for more money? If anyone has been paying attention, they'd notice the Japanese and Koreans have been falling all over themselves for the past decades to turn out monster SUVs, and they've been selling them to Americans dumb enough to not pay attention to what the Japanese and Koreans actually buy in their own countries.
Besides, aren't the European and Japanese car makers also requesting help from their governments? Don't many of them already receive subsidies? And hasn't Japan been in a recession since the 90s?
This isn't to say that I disagree with the notion of buying the Big 3 and replacing their management. And as a train/mass transit user, I love the idea of putting Detroit to work rebuilding the infrastructure they helped destroy. What I am saying is that not all the blame can be placed on Detroit's "crappy cars." That seems to be part of the public mythology these days, but we can't bet our future on myth-based decision-making. George W. Bush tried that, and look where it got us.
Maybe you shouldn't have bought a Chrysler, Mike, and I say that with all due respect. I'll keep putting gas in my 92 Chevy for years to come.
It's true that the van doesn't get more than 18 mpg with its small block V8, but hey, it's a truck. Am I supposed to haul my disability stuff around in a glorified vegetable cart?
My family used to own Nissans (aka, Datsuns) and they were finicky and expensive to repair. Since the late 80s, my parents have owned Saturns and Chevys, with nary a problem. My parents' two Malibu Maxes get 33 mpg, look great, and don't break down at all.
A friend of mine who works in construction owns a Ford F150--de rigeur equipment for working, middle-class folks in his field. Why should he buy and equally gas-guzzling Nissan Titan or Armada for more money? If anyone has been paying attention, they'd notice the Japanese and Koreans have been falling all over themselves for the past decades to turn out monster SUVs, and they've been selling them to Americans dumb enough to not pay attention to what the Japanese and Koreans actually buy in their own countries.
Besides, aren't the European and Japanese car makers also requesting help from their governments? Don't many of them already receive subsidies? And hasn't Japan been in a recession since the 90s?
This isn't to say that I disagree with the notion of buying the Big 3 and replacing their management. And as a train/mass transit user, I love the idea of putting Detroit to work rebuilding the infrastructure they helped destroy. What I am saying is that not all the blame can be placed on Detroit's "crappy cars." That seems to be part of the public mythology these days, but we can't bet our future on myth-based decision-making. George W. Bush tried that, and look where it got us.
Maybe you shouldn't have bought a Chrysler, Mike, and I say that with all due respect. I'll keep putting gas in my 92 Chevy for years to come.
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