August 2008 Archives
Could this be an end to the Viper as we know it??
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121984483240576415.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news
There is a little move afoot to highlight the debt crisis that the United States is in, and we'd all be better off to pay attention to it....
http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/21/news/economy/buffett_town_hall.ap/index.htm?postversion=2008082105
Wouldn't it be great if our "leaders" and potential leaders actually paid attention to the business aspect of running the nation? If we ignore the numbers and Social Security crashes, if we ignore the numbers and don't drill for our own oil and keep buying it somewhere else, if we ignore the numbers and let a weak dollar remove us as the "nation of choice" for others to put their money and wealth, if we ignore the numbers and let municipal pensions continue to spiral out of control, if we ignore the numbers and just keep whistling past the graveyard of fiscal irresponsibility, who will buy cars?
All of us here at VRCG are car nuts. But, if you want to really see car nuts, come to the Woodward Avenue area of Metro Detroit this weekend. There's sort of a "self organizing" cruise event that might attract as many as 1.5 million people as onlookers, and upwards of 100,000 classic cars, all driving around looking at each other.
It's not really commercial, and it really doesn't have an "epicenter"...just a sort of love fest for folks who like cars, and the whole car-culture-lifestyle.
Yep, it's a 'you gotta see it to understand it' sort of thing.
But, to get a little taste, take a look at their Website. It takes a bit to load, but...
Wow, if this account is true, could this be a world class version of "gee, I wish I would have done that..."
Very, very disturbing.
Some of the most fabled companies on the planet, reduced to possibly having to resort to bankruptcy...
http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/06/news/companies/big_three_woes/index.htm?postversion=2008080610
