Ford Motor Co - Another Union Story

Today's news of the final sale of Ford's Jaguar and Land Rover brands is another nail in the coffin for the once auto giant. The price Tata Motors (India) paid is $2.3 billion - cash. Ford desperately needs money to pay their enormous union demands for labor-related costs. Over the past two years Ford amassed more than $15 billion in net losses - so their sale doesn't even cover 1/7th of these recent losses. Ah, how the unions really care about jobs - and soon there won't be any at Ford.

There was a time when a share of Ford Motor Company sold for over $40. As I type this their stock is just $5.86 with a 52-week low of $4.95. As Gordon Gekko of the Wall Street movie fame would call it - a dog with fleas.

Ford use to be associated with American quality, but that quality continued a downward tread as unions strangled the creative life force from the company and cheaper, low quality parts substituted for the sake of helping to pay spiraling union demands.

Land Rover use to be a brand of high quality recognition - until Ford bought it from the Brits. In 2006 JD Powers said:

they are the most problematic cars to own, period. Boasting a most embarrassing 204 problems per hundred, the last truly go-anywhere brand has faltered

It probably didn't help Ford to align itself with the homosexual special interest groups when they started to advertise in gay magazines and promoting homosexual polygamy as sexual freedom. This prompted a boycott of Ford by family-oriented groups against Ford.

My first car was a Ford Fairlane. I painted the grill black. At that time (post 70's) it was a hot car with great pickup, but those days are long gone. I have not owned, nor would I ever own, another Ford - ever. Junk incarnate and to me an American manufacturer that manufactures junk is no longer American, but more like some junk brand from China.

Unions love Democrat candidates, and Democrat candidates will pass any and all legislation that helps empower the corrupt union machine - a machine that continues to destroy American industry.

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McCain's Ace Card

Both Democrat candidates have their own little niche.

Senator Barack Obama would be the first half black man to be President and has a great appeal among blacks - even though most don't even know what his plans are.

Senator Hillary Clinton would be the first female (so I've read) to be President.

But what about Senator John McCain? He's just a white guy and currently that's a minus with minorities. He's old - 71 years old to be exact, but President Ronald Reagan was about the same age so being a geriatric won't give him that "uniqueness" he needs.

Delusional people think he's tougher on issues about the security of America than either Democrat - but since our security starts with our borders he loses on that as well.

My prediction about John McCain and what will make him unique - and he needs something unique - believe me is his uniqueness will come from his choice of Vice President. It will be someone that's been hanging around McCain when he has been making speeches and appearances.

Ah yes - Senator Joseph "Joe" Lieberman. This will be, I predict, John McCain's Vice Presidential choice. It will be a first (I think) - a Republican and a Democrat on the same ticket (although in policy they are both Democrat). This is about the only think that McCain could do to trump the Democrat nominee - and grab Democrat votes in the process.

When it happens remember my post - and know my batting average for prior predictions has been very high.

One of my last ones early into the sideshow "debates" was the Fred Thompson would drop out and endorse his liberal friend John McCain. If you look back on some of the older comments I got sh_t for even suggesting that - but I was right on both - Fred Thompson did drop out AND Fred Thompson (a supposed conservative) did, and does, endorse liberal John McCain.

Gloat, gloat, gloat. ;)

Mandating Less Freedom

I'm really getting a bit pissed at the ever-increasing loss of freedom for citizens of the USA. Now when I talk about freedom I'm referring to freedom of choice for adults - and it is that freedom that continues to erode. Instead of asking if you are better off than you were 20 years ago you should ask if you feel you have more freedom of choice than you did in the past.

This post in not a rant on Democrats or liberals, so just read it before judging it. We all know most all Democrats favor big government, more taxes, bigger social handouts, and diluting the Constitution in favor of a "global rights" law.

Did you know Conservatives are just as guilty of your loss of freedom? The Bush Administration's choice for commissioner of the FDA wants to really sock it to Americans - and do so hard. FDA Docket No. 2006D-0480 would lead to:

• Growing and selling common garden herbs will get you arrested as a drug dealer
• Massage oils and handheld massagers will be regulated as "medical devices."
• Vegetable juice will be regulated as a drug
• Weight machines will be regulated as "medical devices" and require FDA approval before being sold or used
• Raw sprouts and other anti-cancer foods will be regulated as drugs
• Bottled water that "treats" dehydration will be regulated as a drug
• Massage therapists who use hot rocks as part of their therapy will have the ROCKS regulated as medical devices! (It's true. The FDA will actually look at a pile of rocks and declare, "Those are medical devices!")
• Foods, supplements, vitamins and homeopathic remedies will disappear from store shelves, pending FDA "review."
• Vitamin store owners will be arrested and prosecuted for "practicing medicine without a license."
  

We must stop BIG BROTHER from getting BIGGER!

Faggot

Unfortunately Ann Coulter had to stoop to the level of your typical liberal when she used the word faggot. A superior conservative intellect would have brought up some disturbing fact about Edwards - maybe something related to his past as an ambulance chasing lawyer.

Now when I hear the word faggot I don't think of homosexuals, I think of a bundle of wood - a very legitimate usage of the word faggot. What I found lame and offensive was the reaction to a word by both sides of the aisle.

I heard a bit of Bill O'Reilly on the radio yesterday while taking a shower after my run. I was amazed by Mr. O'Reilly's self-surrender into the world of liberal-induced wimpism when I heard him talking about Coulter and the "f-word". He couldn't bring himself to use the word "faggot" - choosing instead "the f-word". What a wimp. What a fearful person O'Reilly shows himself to be when he fears a word.

This is what liberals want. This is what liberals are achieving. They and their special interest groups pick words and phrases and label them as "hate words", "offensive", "pejorative".

Leaders and people in high visibility positions both living in fear they might be caught saying a word, especially a slang word or one with different meanings. The same ready to pounce on anyone that happens to use selected words or phrases some special interest group has labeled as "mean" and "uncompassionate".

Then it hit me. Coulter was just being goofy and trying to make a funny. Everyone else swings into greed mode. O'Reilly refuses to say "faggot" because he is afraid it might hurt his ratings and book sales.

Democrats jump on the bandwagon to denounce the use of the word "faggot" (although they have no problem calling the President Hitler) so they can appear more loving and compassionate.

It's all a joke. It's all about securing as many voters for the next time around. It's all about protecting your current and future customers and viewers.

Then I have to ask - Will intelligence ever come back to politics? Will securing our nation or educating our children ever become a priority over interpretations of words?