Oracle of Delphi

I've only had one employer since 1989, however I have had numerious bosses and worked in various divisions during that time. Some bosses were good and some were not so good. Not everyone is meant to be a supervisor, manager, director, vice president, etc. I report to someone high enough up that I'm not checked on much at all, as long as I get my work completed. My boss allows me to work when and where I want, so I am not tied to an office all day unless I want to be. Some nights I'm on the computer at 3 AM doing work, but that's the beauty of it, in this age of computers I am not tied to a normal work day, as long as my assignments and projects are completed on time and under budget, it's all good. Yeah, I have a Blackberry strapped to me most of the time and also OnStar and Holden Assist is with me too when I am in the USA or Australia. All in all I have a great job and an even better boss. The worst boss I ever had, was a spectacular engineer when he was an engineer, when they made him a boss and he was no longer doing engineering work he failed badly. All he really wanted to do was engineering work and he had no people skills at all, so yeah he failed at being a boss big time.

Oldsmoboi, why don't you tell us how you really feel? :rotflmao:

Arctic

I went out and bought a huge crate for my new dog! What was I thinking?

I like the red bow! :rotflmao:

I think my W Body with it's V8 has a better chance of being stolen then that thing your parents bought!

And that would be you and Ravenfreak13 and who else?

Report says China’s military likely to add to Beijing-Washington strains WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is warning China in blunt language that despite Beijing’s massive military buildup, it lacks the power for a successful attack against rival Taiwan. The annual report on China’s military, released Friday, is likely to add to rising tension between Washington and Beijing at a time when U.S. lawmakers are considering bills that would punish China for what they contend are predatory trade practices. The report was released on the day the largest high-level Chinese delegation ever to visit the United States left Washington after economic meetings with frustrated lawmakers and with senior Bush administration officials yielded few results. In the report, the Defense Department explicitly describes what would happen if China should attack Taiwan, the self-governing democratic island that Beijing claims as its own. It says China does not yet have “the military capability to accomplish with confidence its political objectives on the island, particularly when confronted with the prospect of U.S. intervention.” An attack could severely damage China’s economy and lead to international sanctions, spur a Taiwan insurgency that could tie up the Chinese military for years, and possibly cause Beijing to lose its coveted hosting rights for the 2008 Olympics, the report said. “Finally, China’s leaders recognize that a conflict over Taiwan involving the United States would give rise to a long-term hostile relationship between the two nations — a result that would not be in China’s interests,” the report said. Michael Pillsbury, a former Pentagon official who now serves as an adviser on China issues, called the Taiwan language the “most blunt warning in any U.S. document in history to China of the really bad things that will happen if they attack Taiwan.” The Chinese Embassy did not return messages Friday seeking comment on the Pentagon report. But China has reacted angrily to previous reports and has insisted that its multibillion-dollar military buildup is defensive. No breakthrough in economic meetings The report comes after high-level U.S.-China economic meetings this week failed to reach any breakthrough on the countries’ biggest economic dispute: China’s currency, which American manufacturers say is undervalued by as much as 40 percent. That makes Chinese products cheaper for Americans and U.S. goods more expensive in China. The Pentagon report also said the People’s Liberation Army has been acquiring better missiles, submarines and aircraft and should more fully explain the purpose of a military buildup that has led some to view China as a threat. It noted, however, that “the PLA remains untested in modern warfare.” Loren Thompson, a defense analyst with the Lexington Institute, said China’s military still is relatively modest, despite the country’s huge population and booming economy. “There really isn’t much in China’s military programs that would lead you to the conclusion that they want to do anything beyond being influential in East Asia,” he said. If the Bush administration were truly worried about the possibility of a Chinese military challenge, he said, it would be rethinking the vibrant trade ties between the countries, which it has yet to do. “If China was really a threat, would we be moving our factories there at the rate of one a day?” he asked. “During the Cold War, nobody in America ever proposed building television sets or cars in Russia.” Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18875239/

Even Arlen?

PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

What is sad is they want you to put your zip code in to find out who your elected officials are, the sad part is if you don't know who they are already and that you didn't already contact them! Shameful!

Is she blonde? She already has one strike against her for being female X, then being blonde she gets another strike X. That's how they get XX Chromosomes they need to become fully functional females.

Hope you have a great Birthday!

I found this on Youtube earlier tonight. Can you say RipOff? Link:

I just have to ask this, but who would steal it?

Yeah I know they are getting ready for a new vehicle there, but the changes going on in Springhill are way over the top for just a new vehicle changeover, even my spys there are concerned. Time will tell!

Everyone is certain that it's blue skies ahead for Chrysler. Fortune's Alex Taylor asks, Is there less here than meets the eye? By Alex Taylor III, Fortune senior editor May 25 2007: 5:43 AM EDT NEW YORK (Fortune) -- The business world was agog. A bold initiative involving Chrysler had just been announced that was going to reshape the automotive landscape. Global expansion was in the wind. A new business model was being created that would make General Motors and Ford (Charts, Fortune 500) look obsolete. Smart businessmen with loads of capital were taking a fresh look at the auto business and bringing ideas to the table about cutting costs and becoming more competitive. A new day had arrived. That all happened nine years ago when Daimler-Benz merged with Chrysler. Since then, all those bright ideas have gone down the drain -- along with $36 billion of Daimler's money. The linkup that was universally described as a win-win failed to produce the expected payoff because of management inattention, cultural warfare, market shifts, and smarter, quicker competitors. Now Cerberus Capital Management has purchased an 80 percent stake in Chrysler and will take the company private. It has said little about its plans for the automaker, but, once again, everyone is certain that it's blue skies and clear sailing ahead for Detroit's youngest and smallest automaker. Number One cheerleader CEO Tom LaSorda is out talking to employees about reinvention and the "New American Chrysler." No more boom and bust, LaSorda is saying. Let's all work hard and make it different this time. Perhaps. But there may an alternate scenario here. After all, Cerberus was the winning bidder for Chrysler, and Daimler (Charts) is effectively paying it to take Chrysler off its hands. So there is a perception out there that Chrysler isn't worth very much as an automaker. Perhaps Cerberus is nothing but a bottom fisher looking for a cheap deal. So far, Cerberus has said almost nothing about what it plans to do with Chrysler to change things. All it is has talked about so far is what will be the same. Cerberus says it will keep Chrysler's managers in place while they execute the latest turnaround plan. Wait a minute? Aren't those the same guys who masterminded last year's big inventory screw-up and brought out such ill-conceived vehicles as the Jeep Commander and Chrysler Aspen? Cerberus says it will keep all three of Chrysler's brands. Fine, but how is an auto company whose name is not Toyota (Charts) going to be able to pump enough money into new models to fill three branded channels? Cerberus says the union leadership is sympathetic to its takeover. That's good, but the union has made no representation that it will risk an uprising by its members by accepting a sharp reduction in health care benefits. Chrysler may not even get a seat at the table when health care benefits are discussed in contract negotiations this summer. The union usually picks a company with which to negotiate first and GM (Charts, Fortune 500) is considered the likely target. Here's what we can reasonably guess about Cerberus. It will take an outsider's look at the business, put a sharp pencil to the operations, and move faster and smarter than the Germans could. It will also be looking for a quick return on the $7.4 billion it is putting into Chrysler - perhaps as quick as three or four years. Quick returns are not what you expect in the auto business, where it takes three or four years just to get a new model into production. So Cerberus will be focused more on the expense portion of the income statement than the revenue part. Since automotive assets are not exactly yielding top dollar these days, Cerberus' most likely strategy would seem to be to dress Chrysler up for a sale to another automaker - probably a foreign one. Scale still counts and there are numerous companies in Europe and Asia who would like to control Chrysler's market share and distribution network. Nobody wishes ill of Chrysler. But we've all seen the danger in reading too much into mostly hopeful signs, only to be disappointed later on. The company that invented the minivan, popularized the sport utility vehicle and revived the convertible has had numerous opportunities to put itself on a stable footing over the past three decades and flubbed them all. We should all take a deep breath and relax before saying "it is going to be different this time." Link: http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/24/news/compa...rce=yahoo_quote

Yeah, yeah, Montgomery, AL, been there done that. Land of George Wallace, I know all about it. It seems to me your information is outdated, It ain't all that pastoral anymore baby, you been on I-85 or I-65 lately? I have!

WOW Youtube said this about the link "The url contained a malformed video id."! Malformed? Sounds scary!

Sounds like my wife's grandfather!

Control

I'd rather walk. But thanks!

La cerveza más fina! response: Alcohol

I know it's less credits, but they offer you addional rebates that regular GM card doesn't. For me I got 1500 addional dollars off that the regular GM card didn't ofer when I bought my car. Plus Saturn will take this card.

Switch your GM Card to the GM extended family card and guess what, Saturn accepts it's points. If you have a GM card, contact them and tell them you want to switch it to the GM extended family card. https://www.gmextendedfamily.com/GMExtended...icles/index.jsp