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June 25, 2009 at 7:06 AM #420764June 25, 2009 at 8:25 AM #420054
paddyoh
ParticipantRe: Who the heck is….
To: flu
paddyoh wrote:
Who the heck is Scarlett ?What did I miss ?
Submitted by flu on June 25, 2009 – 10:06am.
Um,,,, right…………
No, seriously. If you are referring to me, the joke has gone over my head.
June 25, 2009 at 8:25 AM #420286ParticipantRe: Who the heck is….
To: flu
paddyoh wrote:
Who the heck is Scarlett ?What did I miss ?
Submitted by flu on June 25, 2009 – 10:06am.
Um,,,, right…………
No, seriously. If you are referring to me, the joke has gone over my head.
June 25, 2009 at 8:25 AM #420556ParticipantRe: Who the heck is….
To: flu
paddyoh wrote:
Who the heck is Scarlett ?What did I miss ?
Submitted by flu on June 25, 2009 – 10:06am.
Um,,,, right…………
No, seriously. If you are referring to me, the joke has gone over my head.
June 25, 2009 at 8:25 AM #420622ParticipantRe: Who the heck is….
To: flu
paddyoh wrote:
Who the heck is Scarlett ?What did I miss ?
Submitted by flu on June 25, 2009 – 10:06am.
Um,,,, right…………
No, seriously. If you are referring to me, the joke has gone over my head.
June 25, 2009 at 8:25 AM #420784ParticipantRe: Who the heck is….
To: flu
paddyoh wrote:
Who the heck is Scarlett ?What did I miss ?
Submitted by flu on June 25, 2009 – 10:06am.
Um,,,, right…………
No, seriously. If you are referring to me, the joke has gone over my head.
June 25, 2009 at 10:08 AM #420083Rt.66
Participant[quote=UCGal]Scarlet –
But I have to say – I’m taken aback by your obsession. There are several spots in this very long thread where you have 3-4 posts in a row – JUST YOU.What are you hoping to accomplish by arguing loudly on a thread that you are contributing probably 70% of the posts?
Like I said, I’m not agreeing or disagreeing with the buy American thing. I just wonder what you’re hoping to accomplish and wonder who you’re trying to convince…[/quote]
1 I get paid by the post.
2 I know a few things about the topic
3 I’m a shill for the American worker
4 I have nothing better to do
5 I’m obsessed?
6 Shooting fish in a barrel is too easy to pass up?
7 The Freudian aspect of the import buyer’s incessant need to make it seem as though they “had no choice” fascinates me. Why not just say “it’s what I wanted” and be done with it? Why are they drawn bitterly (guiltily?) to any pro-American discussion like moths to a flame?If I had a nickel for everytime I’ve responded to some version of “American cars suck, I’ll never buy a GM product” on various forums, I’d have lots of nickels. Why don’t Americans, living in America, know that Americans make good cars? Weird! Why don’t they want to know? Why do they resist believing it?
Why do so many Americans relish the chance to put down their OWN industry? Why do Americans look at another worker who has a good job with benefits and a good pension and feel angry jealousy?
Why do Asian and European countries have workers protesting, blocking roads, rioting and CEO kidnappings to protect the very jobs that Americans want so adamantly to die in the US, and go over-seas ? If I can’t have that good job then no one should have it?
Why do Americans notice, nitpick and loudly complain about problems with American cars and at the same time act as if imports don’t break? Imports certainly do break, and with the same regularity (which is to say rarely, as with all makes, import and US) but the desire to paint a false picture just to make their OWN vehicles look worse is fascinating, no?
These questions desire answers. I gather the answers and store them in a lock-box.
—Flu, no connection to the auto industry. I do have a connection to American jobs, just as you do.
June 25, 2009 at 10:08 AM #420315Participant[quote=UCGal]Scarlet –
But I have to say – I’m taken aback by your obsession. There are several spots in this very long thread where you have 3-4 posts in a row – JUST YOU.What are you hoping to accomplish by arguing loudly on a thread that you are contributing probably 70% of the posts?
Like I said, I’m not agreeing or disagreeing with the buy American thing. I just wonder what you’re hoping to accomplish and wonder who you’re trying to convince…[/quote]
1 I get paid by the post.
2 I know a few things about the topic
3 I’m a shill for the American worker
4 I have nothing better to do
5 I’m obsessed?
6 Shooting fish in a barrel is too easy to pass up?
7 The Freudian aspect of the import buyer’s incessant need to make it seem as though they “had no choice” fascinates me. Why not just say “it’s what I wanted” and be done with it? Why are they drawn bitterly (guiltily?) to any pro-American discussion like moths to a flame?If I had a nickel for everytime I’ve responded to some version of “American cars suck, I’ll never buy a GM product” on various forums, I’d have lots of nickels. Why don’t Americans, living in America, know that Americans make good cars? Weird! Why don’t they want to know? Why do they resist believing it?
Why do so many Americans relish the chance to put down their OWN industry? Why do Americans look at another worker who has a good job with benefits and a good pension and feel angry jealousy?
Why do Asian and European countries have workers protesting, blocking roads, rioting and CEO kidnappings to protect the very jobs that Americans want so adamantly to die in the US, and go over-seas ? If I can’t have that good job then no one should have it?
Why do Americans notice, nitpick and loudly complain about problems with American cars and at the same time act as if imports don’t break? Imports certainly do break, and with the same regularity (which is to say rarely, as with all makes, import and US) but the desire to paint a false picture just to make their OWN vehicles look worse is fascinating, no?
These questions desire answers. I gather the answers and store them in a lock-box.
—Flu, no connection to the auto industry. I do have a connection to American jobs, just as you do.
June 25, 2009 at 10:08 AM #420586Participant[quote=UCGal]Scarlet –
But I have to say – I’m taken aback by your obsession. There are several spots in this very long thread where you have 3-4 posts in a row – JUST YOU.What are you hoping to accomplish by arguing loudly on a thread that you are contributing probably 70% of the posts?
Like I said, I’m not agreeing or disagreeing with the buy American thing. I just wonder what you’re hoping to accomplish and wonder who you’re trying to convince…[/quote]
1 I get paid by the post.
2 I know a few things about the topic
3 I’m a shill for the American worker
4 I have nothing better to do
5 I’m obsessed?
6 Shooting fish in a barrel is too easy to pass up?
7 The Freudian aspect of the import buyer’s incessant need to make it seem as though they “had no choice” fascinates me. Why not just say “it’s what I wanted” and be done with it? Why are they drawn bitterly (guiltily?) to any pro-American discussion like moths to a flame?If I had a nickel for everytime I’ve responded to some version of “American cars suck, I’ll never buy a GM product” on various forums, I’d have lots of nickels. Why don’t Americans, living in America, know that Americans make good cars? Weird! Why don’t they want to know? Why do they resist believing it?
Why do so many Americans relish the chance to put down their OWN industry? Why do Americans look at another worker who has a good job with benefits and a good pension and feel angry jealousy?
Why do Asian and European countries have workers protesting, blocking roads, rioting and CEO kidnappings to protect the very jobs that Americans want so adamantly to die in the US, and go over-seas ? If I can’t have that good job then no one should have it?
Why do Americans notice, nitpick and loudly complain about problems with American cars and at the same time act as if imports don’t break? Imports certainly do break, and with the same regularity (which is to say rarely, as with all makes, import and US) but the desire to paint a false picture just to make their OWN vehicles look worse is fascinating, no?
These questions desire answers. I gather the answers and store them in a lock-box.
—Flu, no connection to the auto industry. I do have a connection to American jobs, just as you do.
June 25, 2009 at 10:08 AM #420652Participant[quote=UCGal]Scarlet –
But I have to say – I’m taken aback by your obsession. There are several spots in this very long thread where you have 3-4 posts in a row – JUST YOU.What are you hoping to accomplish by arguing loudly on a thread that you are contributing probably 70% of the posts?
Like I said, I’m not agreeing or disagreeing with the buy American thing. I just wonder what you’re hoping to accomplish and wonder who you’re trying to convince…[/quote]
1 I get paid by the post.
2 I know a few things about the topic
3 I’m a shill for the American worker
4 I have nothing better to do
5 I’m obsessed?
6 Shooting fish in a barrel is too easy to pass up?
7 The Freudian aspect of the import buyer’s incessant need to make it seem as though they “had no choice” fascinates me. Why not just say “it’s what I wanted” and be done with it? Why are they drawn bitterly (guiltily?) to any pro-American discussion like moths to a flame?If I had a nickel for everytime I’ve responded to some version of “American cars suck, I’ll never buy a GM product” on various forums, I’d have lots of nickels. Why don’t Americans, living in America, know that Americans make good cars? Weird! Why don’t they want to know? Why do they resist believing it?
Why do so many Americans relish the chance to put down their OWN industry? Why do Americans look at another worker who has a good job with benefits and a good pension and feel angry jealousy?
Why do Asian and European countries have workers protesting, blocking roads, rioting and CEO kidnappings to protect the very jobs that Americans want so adamantly to die in the US, and go over-seas ? If I can’t have that good job then no one should have it?
Why do Americans notice, nitpick and loudly complain about problems with American cars and at the same time act as if imports don’t break? Imports certainly do break, and with the same regularity (which is to say rarely, as with all makes, import and US) but the desire to paint a false picture just to make their OWN vehicles look worse is fascinating, no?
These questions desire answers. I gather the answers and store them in a lock-box.
—Flu, no connection to the auto industry. I do have a connection to American jobs, just as you do.
June 25, 2009 at 10:08 AM #420814Participant[quote=UCGal]Scarlet –
But I have to say – I’m taken aback by your obsession. There are several spots in this very long thread where you have 3-4 posts in a row – JUST YOU.What are you hoping to accomplish by arguing loudly on a thread that you are contributing probably 70% of the posts?
Like I said, I’m not agreeing or disagreeing with the buy American thing. I just wonder what you’re hoping to accomplish and wonder who you’re trying to convince…[/quote]
1 I get paid by the post.
2 I know a few things about the topic
3 I’m a shill for the American worker
4 I have nothing better to do
5 I’m obsessed?
6 Shooting fish in a barrel is too easy to pass up?
7 The Freudian aspect of the import buyer’s incessant need to make it seem as though they “had no choice” fascinates me. Why not just say “it’s what I wanted” and be done with it? Why are they drawn bitterly (guiltily?) to any pro-American discussion like moths to a flame?If I had a nickel for everytime I’ve responded to some version of “American cars suck, I’ll never buy a GM product” on various forums, I’d have lots of nickels. Why don’t Americans, living in America, know that Americans make good cars? Weird! Why don’t they want to know? Why do they resist believing it?
Why do so many Americans relish the chance to put down their OWN industry? Why do Americans look at another worker who has a good job with benefits and a good pension and feel angry jealousy?
Why do Asian and European countries have workers protesting, blocking roads, rioting and CEO kidnappings to protect the very jobs that Americans want so adamantly to die in the US, and go over-seas ? If I can’t have that good job then no one should have it?
Why do Americans notice, nitpick and loudly complain about problems with American cars and at the same time act as if imports don’t break? Imports certainly do break, and with the same regularity (which is to say rarely, as with all makes, import and US) but the desire to paint a false picture just to make their OWN vehicles look worse is fascinating, no?
These questions desire answers. I gather the answers and store them in a lock-box.
—Flu, no connection to the auto industry. I do have a connection to American jobs, just as you do.
June 25, 2009 at 10:13 AM #420078Participant[quote=UCGal]Scarlet –
I’ve stayed out of this thread because I’m not that interested in who Jeff Bridges pimps for. Nor am I interested in the labels on cars – since it truly is a global economy when it comes to cars… parts from everywhere, “US” brands assembled in other countries, “foreign” brands assembled in the US.…[/quote]
The point of this thread is that you should be interested in labels.
1) The American Big Three have 105 plants in the U.S. The foreign big three (Toyota, Honda and Nissan) have 24.
2)American-owned car companies get a significantly higher percentage of their parts from domestic sources compared to foreign-owned car companies.
3) America exports more motor vehicles and parts than the aerospace, medical equipment, and communications industries.
4) The U.S. auto industry provides health care for two million Americans and benefits for 775,000 retirees and surviving spouses.
5) The U.S. auto industry spent $12 billion in research and development last year alone, second only to the semiconductor industry.
6) The Big Three typically invest $10 billion in domestic plants and equipment every year, and bought $156 billion in parts and services from domestic suppliers last year.
http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83120Maybe you missed this so here it is again. You will not get an argument from foreign car makers; they admit that our US industry is more important to us and our well being than foreign assembly plants:
“In the briefing to other Toyota managers, Sudo (Seiichi (Sean) Sudo, president of Toyota Engineering & Manufacturing in North America.) cited political and social risks. The report, left unsecured on computers at the company’s Georgetown, Ky., complex, said Toyota could come under fire for:
• Selling vehicles to U.S. customers with high proportions of foreign-made parts. Less than half of all content of Toyota vehicles sold in the United States is made in the United States or Canada.
• Not including enough minority-owned businesses in its supplier base. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, leader of the Rainbow PUSH activist group, has asked Toyota to improve diversity efforts.
• Leaving a vacuum in U.S. communities as GM, Ford, Chrysler and their suppliers shed plants and workers.”
June 25, 2009 at 10:13 AM #420310Participant[quote=UCGal]Scarlet –
I’ve stayed out of this thread because I’m not that interested in who Jeff Bridges pimps for. Nor am I interested in the labels on cars – since it truly is a global economy when it comes to cars… parts from everywhere, “US” brands assembled in other countries, “foreign” brands assembled in the US.…[/quote]
The point of this thread is that you should be interested in labels.
1) The American Big Three have 105 plants in the U.S. The foreign big three (Toyota, Honda and Nissan) have 24.
2)American-owned car companies get a significantly higher percentage of their parts from domestic sources compared to foreign-owned car companies.
3) America exports more motor vehicles and parts than the aerospace, medical equipment, and communications industries.
4) The U.S. auto industry provides health care for two million Americans and benefits for 775,000 retirees and surviving spouses.
5) The U.S. auto industry spent $12 billion in research and development last year alone, second only to the semiconductor industry.
6) The Big Three typically invest $10 billion in domestic plants and equipment every year, and bought $156 billion in parts and services from domestic suppliers last year.
http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83120Maybe you missed this so here it is again. You will not get an argument from foreign car makers; they admit that our US industry is more important to us and our well being than foreign assembly plants:
“In the briefing to other Toyota managers, Sudo (Seiichi (Sean) Sudo, president of Toyota Engineering & Manufacturing in North America.) cited political and social risks. The report, left unsecured on computers at the company’s Georgetown, Ky., complex, said Toyota could come under fire for:
• Selling vehicles to U.S. customers with high proportions of foreign-made parts. Less than half of all content of Toyota vehicles sold in the United States is made in the United States or Canada.
• Not including enough minority-owned businesses in its supplier base. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, leader of the Rainbow PUSH activist group, has asked Toyota to improve diversity efforts.
• Leaving a vacuum in U.S. communities as GM, Ford, Chrysler and their suppliers shed plants and workers.”
June 25, 2009 at 10:13 AM #420581Participant[quote=UCGal]Scarlet –
I’ve stayed out of this thread because I’m not that interested in who Jeff Bridges pimps for. Nor am I interested in the labels on cars – since it truly is a global economy when it comes to cars… parts from everywhere, “US” brands assembled in other countries, “foreign” brands assembled in the US.…[/quote]
The point of this thread is that you should be interested in labels.
1) The American Big Three have 105 plants in the U.S. The foreign big three (Toyota, Honda and Nissan) have 24.
2)American-owned car companies get a significantly higher percentage of their parts from domestic sources compared to foreign-owned car companies.
3) America exports more motor vehicles and parts than the aerospace, medical equipment, and communications industries.
4) The U.S. auto industry provides health care for two million Americans and benefits for 775,000 retirees and surviving spouses.
5) The U.S. auto industry spent $12 billion in research and development last year alone, second only to the semiconductor industry.
6) The Big Three typically invest $10 billion in domestic plants and equipment every year, and bought $156 billion in parts and services from domestic suppliers last year.
http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83120Maybe you missed this so here it is again. You will not get an argument from foreign car makers; they admit that our US industry is more important to us and our well being than foreign assembly plants:
“In the briefing to other Toyota managers, Sudo (Seiichi (Sean) Sudo, president of Toyota Engineering & Manufacturing in North America.) cited political and social risks. The report, left unsecured on computers at the company’s Georgetown, Ky., complex, said Toyota could come under fire for:
• Selling vehicles to U.S. customers with high proportions of foreign-made parts. Less than half of all content of Toyota vehicles sold in the United States is made in the United States or Canada.
• Not including enough minority-owned businesses in its supplier base. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, leader of the Rainbow PUSH activist group, has asked Toyota to improve diversity efforts.
• Leaving a vacuum in U.S. communities as GM, Ford, Chrysler and their suppliers shed plants and workers.”
June 25, 2009 at 10:13 AM #420647Participant[quote=UCGal]Scarlet –
I’ve stayed out of this thread because I’m not that interested in who Jeff Bridges pimps for. Nor am I interested in the labels on cars – since it truly is a global economy when it comes to cars… parts from everywhere, “US” brands assembled in other countries, “foreign” brands assembled in the US.…[/quote]
The point of this thread is that you should be interested in labels.
1) The American Big Three have 105 plants in the U.S. The foreign big three (Toyota, Honda and Nissan) have 24.
2)American-owned car companies get a significantly higher percentage of their parts from domestic sources compared to foreign-owned car companies.
3) America exports more motor vehicles and parts than the aerospace, medical equipment, and communications industries.
4) The U.S. auto industry provides health care for two million Americans and benefits for 775,000 retirees and surviving spouses.
5) The U.S. auto industry spent $12 billion in research and development last year alone, second only to the semiconductor industry.
6) The Big Three typically invest $10 billion in domestic plants and equipment every year, and bought $156 billion in parts and services from domestic suppliers last year.
http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83120Maybe you missed this so here it is again. You will not get an argument from foreign car makers; they admit that our US industry is more important to us and our well being than foreign assembly plants:
“In the briefing to other Toyota managers, Sudo (Seiichi (Sean) Sudo, president of Toyota Engineering & Manufacturing in North America.) cited political and social risks. The report, left unsecured on computers at the company’s Georgetown, Ky., complex, said Toyota could come under fire for:
• Selling vehicles to U.S. customers with high proportions of foreign-made parts. Less than half of all content of Toyota vehicles sold in the United States is made in the United States or Canada.
• Not including enough minority-owned businesses in its supplier base. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, leader of the Rainbow PUSH activist group, has asked Toyota to improve diversity efforts.
• Leaving a vacuum in U.S. communities as GM, Ford, Chrysler and their suppliers shed plants and workers.”
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