December 2008 Archives
Check out what an enterprising Prius owner did with his car during a snowstorm, and the ensuing blackout it caused...
http://jalopnik.com/5118297/tech+savvy-prius-owner-uses-hybrid-to-power-house-during-snow-storm
Interesting spin, with good factual backup, on why it's in NOBODY'S interest to have the Detroit 3 get any worse off than they are.
Read on:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/15/news/companies/overseas_automakers/index.htm
The following is put about as well as any I've seen as the calls for "the heads" of the domestic auto companies' CEOs start to build.
Who has asked for "the heads" of the dunderheads who got this party going in the first place?
Read on:
I took about 90 minutes today to listen the gas bag politicians grill three auto company CEOs about their business plan. Too bad the CEOs didn't get to grill the Senators about THEIR business plan, and how dysfuntional THEIR "companies" are.
Sheeeesh........
Along the way, CNN did a nice job of outlining how many direct car industry jobs there are in the US, and that doesn't include suppliers, etc.
Heaven help the economy if the domestic 3 go down...
http://money.cnn.com/news/specials/storysupplement/stateautoworkers/index.html
