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July 06, 2008

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Toast

(And James Howard Kunstler has also been blowing this trumpet, for years, and has been taking shit for it for years. But, Cassandra-like, he's been right all along.)

Yup. Everyone dismisses him as a hyper-pessimistic nut, but I'll tell you what: He sure seems to have been right so far.

jean

He's just scarier than s--t.
Detroit has ducked any responsibility it had for many many years. I grew up there and my family worked the big 3. You should have heard the kvetching over seatbelts!! Teh WORLD was coming to an end!!! I have no sympathy. None.

Lisa Simeone

Jean, I have to say I'm with you. My compassion meter is registering zero over all this (except for people such as the elderly, who really are stuck and depend, for instance, on home health care aides to drive to them). I've been saying for years that another Depression might be in order, and that it would probably help as much as it would hurt. Not a popular opinion, but there ya go.

drip

Not only seat belts, but healthcare, pensions, unions, CAFE standards, crash tests, exploding gas tanks, unleaded gas, Jesus, they're reactionary. Its everyone's fault but theirs. Its OK though, in short order they'll be making something else or nothing at all.

Sir Charles

drip,

No picking on the unions, healh care and pensions. Those are all good things. The product development, innovation and foresight -- not so good.

drip

I fumbled my comment. The manufacturers used the good things as excuses for their idiotic management. They created the bad things with their idiotic management. Too excited by tennis, I suppose.

Sir Charles

drip,

Got you -- I was a little surprised, but Lisa understood what you were saying.

It was indeed damn exciting tennis.

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