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Front Row Seat

March 30, 2009

General Motors Chairman Rick Wagoner is no more.  To most of us, this bit of news won’t change a thing—after all, we didn’t know the guy personally.  32 years with GM, he arranged one of the most far-reaching union agreements ever—an agreement that has saved the companies millions.  He closed under-producing plants, trimmed the man- power by almost half and demanded that General Motors vehicles return to the quality oriented leaders of yesteryear.  By most analysts accounts, the guy has done a decent job.So, why after three decades is he gone?  Those who watch the automobile industry call it “political theatre.”  As soon as the federal government put money into the mix and our president decided he should call the shots—even in private enterprise, Mr. Wagoner’s days were numbered.Grant it, GM has lost a lot of money in recent years–$82 billion in the last four alone but he saw the issues coming and had already made moves to fix them.  And, if he has to go, shouldn’t the president fire a bunch of other leaders in private companies?  After all, they’ve lost a lot of cash too and if this is all for political grand standing, wouldn’t it be really smart to appease all of us who wield pitchforks and torches by firing the whole lot?The analysts are right, this is political theatre and we’ve bought front-row tickets to watch and watch we will, as the federal government goes where it should never have gone in the first place.

 
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  1. Dolores McLaughlin on March 30th, 2009 8:22 pm

    I am in support of Joe Arpaio - I must say that first. Then, I just do not like the Mayor of Phx. Do think he is a “POLITICIAN”. He is trying to get attention by the National Media, for I do think he has plans to run for Gov. of Az. soon.
    Another problem I have is with Obama. I think he was chosen by ? and their hopes are to Ruin our America as we once knew it. He can read a monitor and is a good speaker. That is all that is necessary. His “body language” just speaks for him. I am soon 83 - but worry about you and yours. Take care Dolores Enjoy your radio show. I would like to forward a U Tube video - hope I manage to do it.

  2. Roger Morris on March 30th, 2009 10:47 pm

    “Mein Kempf Joe Speaks” My Struggle! My Struggle Oh Great Oz Ankarlo, was to create this “HIGH IIMPACT” and Arizona was to receive millions and millions from that “Border Security Account” while I justified the “Northern Border Reimbursement Account” It was like having your mind on your money and your money on your mind! My Struggle! My Struggle to get 12 million immigrants to “attest” to being here or overstaying their visas. My Struggle! My Mein Kempf struggle to do the bidding of the GOP Republicans who believe in the next Reich! The “Z” Immigrant March Madness deal or no deal!

    Oh Great Oz Ankarlo, Mayor Phil Gordon is my Hero! My Hero of the Hood! Mayor Czar of the Southwest because he stood up and shot straight! Called the Arizona Apartied what it actually is! Brown skin, brown eyed Crime Suppression Sweep with the hearts and minds of many. No rights for you! No Habeaus rights for you! No Habeaus rights for Americans for that matter! Great Oz Ankarlo, I think Obama was chosen by? Spooky American Voters who weren’t caged, provisionalized, redflagged or discouraged from standing in five (5) hour lines.

    Oh Great Oz Ankarlo, the Light is Shining Bright again in Arizona. It’s Beacon is bright and turned back on. Too bad we are a “Sanctioned Business Opportunity” State and have a 8.9% Unemployment rate, a 68% Divorce Rate, and the “Highest Foreclosure” rate in the Nation. That’s what the GOP plan was while protecting the companies that protected them!

    Oh Great Oz Ankarlo, back from “Mission Accomplish” waters at sea! I don’t support Arpaio or his MCSO Arpaio Strausse Murder Live on National Television “Mein Kempf” Struggle! I think he was chosen by? Too many brown skin, brown eyed voters who actually got to vote. If it was only 1961! Papers Please! Brown skin, brown eyed Papers Please! All Aboard. But it’s not and to live through it again is just wrong. My Struggle. My Struggle! My Struggle to push push in the “Bush” more Federalist Preambles that have nothing to do with “We the People” but in order to form a more Communistic/Stalinist “Torture aka “The Green Light” you need men like Arpaio, and his enabling County Attorney and all those warrants.

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