Classic: GM TV ad spoof

[HOZ]

[dissentowner]

well done and the absolute truth.

[drewboy12]

awesome

[Sluggo]

The real negotiations between GM and the government:


GM: Hey government

Government: Sup?

GM: Yeah we losing tonnes of money, wanna spot us some?

Government: No

GM: But if we don't get what we want will move XXXXXX jobs to China and Mexico

Government: Oh in that case here is a cheque fill out what you need

GM: Our shareholders will be pissed

Government: Ok... want

GM: Excellent, remember if we have to pay most of it back there is always China and Mexico

Government: Gotcha

Gm: Toodles

Government: Bye

[HotHotHeat]

The downfall of our civilization will root from the belief that anything an old white man in a nice suit says absolutely must be true.

[worth]

Originally Posted by HotHotHeat

The downfall of our civilization will root from the belief that anything an old white man in a nice suit says absolutely must be true.

Hey, i'm gonna be an old white man in a suit one day.

[Hevishot]

The truth hurts. They should of let Gm and Chrysler fail insted of baby them along like the cousin who is always short on cash when you go for lunch.

[Nuje]

Originally Posted by Hevishot

The truth hurts. They should of let Gm and Chrysler fail insted of baby them along like the cousin who is always short on cash when you go for lunch.

Michigan would riot.

[Table 5]

How can anyone expect things to change when these companies are run by the same old fuddy-duddy old men playing musical chairs?

While management is a big issue, I think the only way a company like GM can come back strong is to cut off their unions...and that's only really going to happen if they go under (for realsies though). After hearing this story from This American Life about NUMMI (a GM/Toyota venture) and how ridiculous things got at this company, I don't feel quite so sorry about for anyone who'd lose their job. Here's an excerpt, but I encourage anyone interested in these matters to listen to the full one hour show.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=125229157

[Locke]

My question is: How Colossally stupid does GM thihnk people are? No one believed that crap, not for one second, so why go through the song and dance just so they could say it? Idiots.

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by Locke

My question is: How Colossally stupid does GM thihnk people are? No one believed that crap, not for one second, so why go through the song and dance just so they could say it? Idiots.

You and I know this . . . but I'm guessing A LOT of Canadians/Americans would swallow this hook, line and sinker. Even now still when it's been clarified/debunked. Heck, only 40% of Americans believe evolution is true - 25% believe it is outright fake . . .