Comments on: GM’s Cheerleaders Put Down Their Pom-Poms

By: Mokers

Mokers — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:24:08 +0000

They aren’t all out of cheerleaeders:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25481305/

GM is suffering from an industrywide crisis driven mostly by factors beyond the company’s control, including high gas prices, the housing slump and the credit crunch, Toprak said.

By: hltguy

hltguy — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:53:56 +0000

Hot photo, I’m sorry, what was the article about?

By: Stein X Leikanger

Stein X Leikanger — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:28:11 +0000

I always thought it was Porn poms. ;-)

pom-pom is the one.

pom-pom 1 |ˈpäm ˌpäm| (also pompom or pompon)
noun
a small woolen ball attached to a garment, esp. a hat, for decoration.
• a cluster of brightly colored strands of yarn or plastic, waved in pairs by cheerleaders.
• a dahlia, chrysanthemum, or aster with small tightly clustered petals [as adj. ] : miniature, pompom, and border dahlias.
ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: French pompon, of unknown origin.

By: troonbop

troonbop — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:15:59 +0000

Pom poms! The other just doesn’t make sense. I suspect you’re thinking of something else…

By: TriShield

TriShield — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:03:46 +0000

Don’t worry Rick, there’s still plenty of cheerleaders left at GMI who’ll believe your spin when you say, “It won’t be long now!”.

By: jkross22

jkross22 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:54:30 +0000

First, Giddy up.

RayH, I was having the same thought enter my mind yesterday about GM. At what price is the price right? I was thinking $6. Ford may already be priced right for a buy, but with so much turmoil yet to come this year, I have to believe these two companies have some more value to shed.

By: thalter

thalter — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:15 +0000

Robert:

If you are going to distract us with cheerleaders, at least use the correct terminology. Ask any cheerleader (or wikipedia, if you are not fortunate enough know any): They are called pom-pons, not pom-poms.

By: Pch101

Pch101 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:03:21 +0000

To be fair, Rod Lache has not been a mindless booster of Detroit and his analysis has generally been on point. Among the analysts working for investment banks, he seems to be one of the only ones who actually provides analysis, instead of veiled sales pitches to buy stocks.

Lache has been advocated slashing the size of GM for quite awhile, and was talking about the problem of fleet sales and uncompetitive products long before anyone else on Wall Street seemed to notice. He’s one of the few good ones out there.

By: Stein X Leikanger

Stein X Leikanger — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:58:33 +0000

13.000 franchises.
BTW – there’s a story there. It’s worth looking into who supplies those with the materials they are required to buy — it’s kind of strange when a company makes more money selling interior decoration to its dealers than it does from making the cars those dealers are then required to buy.

By: Bill E. Bobb

Bill E. Bobb — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:57:48 +0000

That bottom is headed straight to Canton Ohio when she puts down her pom-poms.
Whatta Hall Of Fame azz.

Somebody say something about GM?

By: RayH

RayH — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:55:18 +0000

I don’t normally comment on the pictures of perty gals ya’ll put up, but that one up there is alright.
If the stock goes around $4.50 or so, I think I’ll buy some. Whenever Barrack says something about a potential bailout, that should push it up .50 or $1 or more that day. Anyone have a guess if it’ll go lower than $4.50 in the next month?

By: gcmustanglx

gcmustanglx — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:48:57 +0000

GM has needed new leadership for a long time. This isn’t a new thing.