Blake Noble

It's quite hard to decide on who I want to direct my frustration at. Do I put the blame on the UAW? Do I put the blame on Mr. McConnell and his band of miscreants in the Senate? Both do have their share of the fault to take. And although Bush has stated he does not want to take away a chunk of the 700 billion in TARP funding to aid the Big 3, I think it's in his best interest if he does so. If GM, Ford, and/or Chrysler go down, it would only fuel the downward spiral the economy has been following for what seems to be an age now. We're dangerously flirting with an economic depression here. Maybe I should get out of the United States by next year and see if things are better in Europe.

I just wanted to throw this quote out there as well. This was said by Ross Perot in 1988, who was the CEO of EDS which GM, under Roger B. Smith's leadership, attempted to "merge" with. It is in regards to GM's management and why EDS wasn't helping them successfully challenge and overtake the Japanese competition. "My question is: Why haven't we unleashed their potential? The answer is: the General Motors system. It's like a blanket of fog that keeps these people from doing what they know needs to be done. I come from an environment where, if you see a snake, you kill it. At GM, if you see a snake, the first thing you do is go hire a consultant on snakes. Then you get a committee on snakes, and then you discuss it for a couple of years. The most likely course of action is -- nothing. You figure, the snake hasn't bitten anybody yet, so you just let him crawl around on the factory floor. We need to build an environment where the first guy who sees the snake kills it." Things might have changed over the past few years as Wagoner and Co. tried to return the company to profitability, but honestly, I still think that this particular kind of thinking is partially to mostly still in place at GM, and it's that way of thinking that will do GM in.

Roger B. Smith. There isn't a whole lot more to say, other than just explaining the reasons why I believe it was this man and his actions as CEO at GM that has lead us up to seeing GM in the condition it is in today. The business model that he tried to put into place at GM during his tenure to try replace the Alfred Sloan business model (which, in reality didn't need much more than a few revisions to bring it up to speed) was a failed one even before it had a chance to completely prove itself. It is because of this man and his decisions that GM eventually would wind up losing $2,000 dollars on every car it was producing. And that's just for starters. I know GM had already been slightly damaged from the few rough patches the company experienced in the 1970s, before he came online as the "big wig" in charge of the whole game, but he only aggravated and made those damages worse, as well as creating new problems for GM to face. I've said it before in the past and I'll say it again, this man should have never been CEO at General Motors. If only we could turn back the hands of time ...

And perhaps make the performance trim GNX to boot?

@ the electrical tape rocket logo.

This = failure, of epic standards.

Artwork from Tool's 1996 release, Ænima. From the "Tool FAQ" here is a further explanation:

$1.62. I don't really much care if the prices go back up again, I am going to buy another V8-powered, rear-drive car and enjoy this while it lasts, to the fullest of it's extent.

Project Gotham Racing 3 was horrible, I thought. I sold it within two weeks of having it, I disliked it so much.

+1

Burn - Nine Inch Nails

ProStreet is probably the worst installment of the Need for Speed franchise I have ever played, especially for PlayStation 2, which is slightly discontented from the versions made for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms (no Camaro Concept available in any race mode, dumbed-down damage modeling, etc.). The assists aren't actually much different than what I've seen in Forza 2, in fact they almost seem to be direct rip-offs. Also, the free roam mode introduced in Underground 2 is no longer around, and the DJ voiceovers during race select and loading screens can get very annoying. EDIT: Undercover was released just a few days ago. Save up a few more bucks and go for it.

Well other than the front fascia looking like it was slammed into by a truckload of what-the-f@#k, I actually like it.

Oldsmobile executed it better. :AH-HA_wink:

I wouldn't say that exactly, you know? The 2006 Impala SS is a W-Body too.

$2.25 It went down twenty cents in one day!

Jock strap?

North

Yeah, what's going on with that banner, huh?

SoCalCTS, you couldn't be any more wrong about that. It has nothing to do with having an upper hand in the relationship. At least not for me. The reason why I am attracted to my girlfriend and ignored the age difference is that I believe that I have finally found someone who has virtually everything in common with me. (And the many coincidences between the two of us is quite hard for me to ignore as well.)

There is a 3 year age difference between my girlfriend and I. I tend to see it as nothing intentional, just a condition of our relationship.

I support Nissan-Renault taking over Chrysler rather than GM.

Thanks everyone. I really appreciate it!

Chuck E. Cheese

Found this on Craigslist: http://knoxville.craigslist.org/cto/874678596.html Someone, please, ask them what the hell they are thinking?