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| Dismantling GM - Who's in Charge? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 1 2009, 01:05 PM (364 Views) | |
| George K | Jun 1 2009, 01:05 PM Post #1 |
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Finally
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What could possibly go wrong? The 31-Year-Old in Charge of Dismantling GM
This guy has never run any business, and his entire resume seems to be campaign work for Clinton. Shall we talk about Harriet Meyers too? Amazing. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| QuirtEvans | Jun 1 2009, 01:13 PM Post #2 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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Age-ist. Plenty of people in American history made their mark before age 40. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| George K | Jun 1 2009, 01:19 PM Post #3 |
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Finally
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Jefferson Adams Etc. That was the NYT's title, by the way, not mine. But other than that, what qualifications does he have? Seems like a pretty thin resume. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Nobody's Sock | Jun 1 2009, 01:53 PM Post #4 |
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Fulla-Carp
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The bigger question is "will dealers be slashing prices?" The new car buying public wants to know! |
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| QuirtEvans | Jun 1 2009, 02:04 PM Post #5 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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I was thinking more recent, Martin Luther King, for example. Or William Douglas. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| John D'Oh | Jun 1 2009, 02:10 PM Post #6 |
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MAMIL
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Jesus also springs to mind. I wouldn't have let Martin Luther King dismantle GM either, for what it's worth, although I might be tempted to let Jesus have a crack at it - 'Out, damn gasoline, thou wilst run on water from now on!' |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| Kincaid | Jun 1 2009, 02:11 PM Post #7 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Is anybody saying this guy is something of a wunderkind? Hopefully not in the mold of Robert McNamara (who came from the auto industry as a success to serious fvck up the Vietnam war). |
| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| 1hp | Jun 1 2009, 02:13 PM Post #8 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Pretty much sums it up. "Youth and enthusiasm can never overcome old age and cunning". |
| There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those that understand binary and................ | |
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| Mikhailoh | Jun 1 2009, 02:14 PM Post #9 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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What billion dollar enormously complex global enterprise did Jesus or Dr. King run? Their followers were for love, not money. Except Jesse and Al. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| George K | Jun 1 2009, 02:18 PM Post #10 |
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King: PhD - 1955 (age 26) Douglas: JD -1925 (age 28) They were young, absolutely. So, by age 31, what has this guy done, besides not graduate from Yale? What were you doing at age 31? I was in practice for almost 2 years. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| jon-nyc | Jun 1 2009, 02:47 PM Post #11 |
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Cheers
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The guy in charge has a pretty impressive resume, he founded a successful hedge fund. I think his net worth is around 600MM. I don't know his age, but I'd put him in his 50s. |
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| John D'Oh | Jun 1 2009, 02:54 PM Post #12 |
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MAMIL
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It might have escaped your notice but I wasn't being completely serious when I referred to Jesus. William Pitt the Younger, on the other hand, became Prime Minister of Great Britain at age 24, and presided over a major superpower during the French Revolution and then the Napoleonic Wars (which he won). Admittedly, he was English, so he had a big advantage over the type of chap that Obama is pretty much forced to pick. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| Jolly | Jun 1 2009, 03:09 PM Post #13 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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Since we now own GM, can I have a company car? |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
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| jon-nyc | Jun 1 2009, 03:24 PM Post #14 |
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Cheers
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I figured living in your neck of the woods some nice insurance from AIG could be more attractive. |
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| Jolly | Jun 1 2009, 05:29 PM Post #15 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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I already have some insurance with AIG...
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| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
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| George K | Jul 20 2010, 03:18 AM Post #16 |
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quelle surprise It wasn't jobs "saved or created."
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| jon-nyc | Jul 20 2010, 03:37 AM Post #17 |
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Cheers
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No surprise at all. When you decide to stop selling loss making cars the people who sold them lose their jobs. |
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| Axtremus | Jul 20 2010, 03:46 AM Post #18 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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It seems you're not referring to the same 31 year old to whom George objects. Who is this "guy in charge"? Is he the boss of that 31 year old?
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| George K | Jul 20 2010, 04:51 AM Post #19 |
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Finally
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I interpret this statement
as meaning that the haste with which the closings occurred resulted in the loss of jobs, unnecessarily. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| jon-nyc | Jul 20 2010, 05:34 AM Post #20 |
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Cheers
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I'd say it was not only necessary, it was overdue. |
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| jon-nyc | Jul 20 2010, 05:42 AM Post #21 |
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Cheers
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He was. Rattner, the auto czar. For all my problems with the guy, he was more than qualified for the corporate reorg task. |
| In my defense, I was left unsupervised. | |
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