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Tue Nov 24
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10/21/09
No f'ing shit. #steverattner
10/21/09
He wasnt a car guy.......so what. Have you seen the crap that those 2 companies produced? If there are many car guys there in management I'd be amazed. So the guy also pointed out that besides having no car guys they also had no businessmen.
Big surprise there. #steverattner
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"Steve" is short for "Steven", which is an adaptation of the spelling of "Stephen". Depending on the source, the name "Stephen" roughly translates into "crowned one" or "crowned king".
So what should be the source of our QOTD? None other than the crowned king of rats.
I'm not going to sit here and defend the poltroonery of previous generations of GM management or the UAW. But, by the same token, I'm not going to place any faith in Steve Rattner.
I realize that he makes a few fair points, and I will give him that. But his gross hyperbole, utter failure to understand simple economic realities, utter lack of marketing perception, blatant bias fed by ignorance, and other tomfoolery reveal him to be the moron that he is.
He has no place being the "car czar". Being able to mouth off and point out flaws will only get you so far. At some point, someone has to start pointing out solution, and Rattner is not the man for that job. He needs to take his shenanigans and hyperbole and shove it where the sun don't shine.
10/21/09
In case you didn't catch it, I've had some bad experiences with the Chevrolet Venture. That single car made known everything that was wrong with GM, and the world.
10/21/09
"We're a forward-thinking company..."
Yeah, thinking about how to maximize profit...indefinitely...and at any cost.
The shortest university course ever constructed? Corporate Ethics.
There are none...class over.
/bitter about the never-ending bullshit generator which is the American Corporate Machine
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Oh, I'm saying they stick with one thing, and one thing only on the indefinite goal scale. Profit.
Other than maximizing profit, which includes minimizing cost, there is little which concerns how a corporation is operated. Yes, there is a balance, but it can be quite difficult to balance individual greed with corporate greed, as we've seen of late.
How this is done is typically quite variable and in many cases, inventive. Most of it is legal...some of it is questionable...and a percentage of it deserves its own special level of Hell.
Obviously, there comes a point at which short-term greed overcomes that whole lame-ass going concern thing...like with Bear Stearns, AIG, and the rest of the crooks.
/going concern sarcasm
@Neener:
When you are presented with "X" number of items, none of which may be particularly good, the prevailing logic is to pick the least-sucky of what is available. Sure, not all of these items are necessary, but many make life easier enough to warrant purchase.
What we have is a very limited number of carnivals in town. I do my best to buy tickets wisely. Price is not the ultimate determiner in my choices. Hence, Bosch/Beck/Moog parts for my aging Benzo rather than Γro/Whamco. #steverattner
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Get it through your heads, people. He's in charge of distributing funds for community relief. Nothing more.
04/01/09
jodark: You're right, a socialist.
Digital Zombie: You're wrong, it's not a knee jerk reaction, a lot of the time they are socialists.
And I'm not a Republican, but I am a Capitalist. Add "Pig" if it makes you feel better.
04/01/09
I just spent some time over at Alternet. Whoa. Those guys have _issues_.
03/31/09
If its anything other then a Ford Tempo, we are all doomed.
03/31/09
GM: What?
Montgomery: Your life. I'm givin' you that money so I don't hafta kill your ***. You read the Bible?
GM: Not regularly.
Montgomery: There's a passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17. The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you. I been sayin' that **** for years. And if you ever heard it, it meant your ***. I never really questioned what it meant. I thought it was just a cold-blooded thing to say to a motherf**ker before you popped a cap in his ***. But I saw some **** this mornin' made me think twice. Now I'm thinkin': it could mean you're the evil man. And I'm the righteous man. And Mr. 9mm here, he's the shepherd protecting my righteous a** in the valley of darkness. Or it could be you're the righteous man and I'm the shepherd and it's the world that's evil and selfish. I'd like that. But that sh*t ain't the truth. The truth is you're the weak. And I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin', GM. I'm tryin' real hard to be a shepherd.
Sorry I thought since others had so much luck adapting popular quotations or songs to current events I thought I'd try my hand at it too. I know this quotes a stretch but Ed kinda looks to me of some bad motherfcuker named Samuel Jackson. Know who I'm talkin about.
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Let's get Jalopnik to cover a feminist blog next! That will go splendid.
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@NotAnEvilLobbyist: Oh, so he's a community organizer! Now I see the connection!
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First up: Gettelfinger