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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:08 AM Original message |
Struggles at General Motors: GM may close more factories |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. They gambled on cheap oil from Iraq, |
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Wright Patman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. They'll have to file Chapter 11 |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. They couldnt read the writing on the wall? |
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brainshrub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
4. Americans only have themselves to blame. |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
5. Maybe all those months of 0% financing |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
6. The steel mills aren't cranking too much these days, it appears |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 09:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Anybody else besides me think we should change |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 09:14 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. "Downbound Train" would be great! |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
7. Great business plan |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I hope Toyota or Honda makes a Hybrid minivan |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. i'm pretty sure Honda is coming out with a hybrid version of the Odessey |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. that would be very cool! |
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Paulie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Toyota makes one today, onsale in Japan |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. thanks! |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 12:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
35. If you're in Tokyo |
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colinmom71 (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 10:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. I've read that Toyota plans hybrids in each class of vehicle in the US... |
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TheFarseer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 01:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. yep, it's their own damn fault |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
9. Don't worry, our leaders have a plan |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
11. It may be GM's death spiral. |
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ugarte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I think you're right |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 09:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Well, I certainly hope robcon is full of it. |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 11:44 AM Response to Reply #11 |
32. Robcon, it may be AMERICA's death spiral. |
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Paulie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
13. I feel for the workers |
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ugarte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. And don't forget their forgettable TV ad campaigns |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. And while I'm aware that Dodge isn't GM, I saw a Viper up close the |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 09:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. It's the fault of the big shots at GM, |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 11:44 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. When Ross Perot said the same thing |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
15. 121 weeks = 30 months = just about how long Bush has been telling |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 09:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. we're turning the corner! |
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dave123williams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
20. Phase 1 of the 'Bush Boom'...shutter GM. |
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Ruby Romaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
24. Andy Card was a GM lobbyist so we the taxpayers will bail out GM |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 11:41 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. The Levins (Sander and Carl) were atty's for Ford, |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 11:45 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. iirc, none of Michigan's cong delegation support raising CAFE standards |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 12:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. That was my experience when I lived there |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
28. More tragedy from the Waggoner and Lutz comedy team |
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Robert Oak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
29. they did it to themselves |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-05 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
36. Make a well-built car that gets at least 50 MPG |
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