The New, New, New, Viability Plan: Prayer
Published: May 8th, 2009
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To once again paraphrase an old Soviet joke, there are two ways Detroit can be turned around: the natural and the miraculous. The natural way is that the Archangel Michael and his bands of angels descend to earth and work 24 hours a day to save the city’s economy. The miraculous way is that the automakers do it themselves.
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MikeyDee: "My dad was a Fisher Body exec for 35 years and I’m a former GMAD employee myself, so I know a little bit about this company." Would you please give some insights about the what, how and why of blunders GM made on the road to perdition?
Not to worry. The head secular Messiah is here. Praise Obama but pass the ammunition.
@ RogerB34 Okay I'll bite on the "secular Messiah" comment. I actually agree that Obama is positioned as a Messiah of sorts. He has all the attributes of a Messiah.. Perfect for the role. He could sell a freezer to an eskimo without electricity and then convince the guy that it was his fault that it doesn't work. None of the other presidential candidates could have come close to pulling off the Messiah act. Lately I've come to believe that this country will fall deeper into the abyss until the majority of American's decide that government is not the answer and in fact government is the very thing that is screwing us over. We blew/popped the tech bubble, then the housing bubble, and now we have the last/biggest bubble to pop - Belief in the government's ability to produce value. Approval ratings for the government are already in the toilet, but the general population has decided that government must solve the economic crisis. Once Obama's spending has decimated any chance for a US recovery and the rest of the world is recovering nicely we will get a NASTY dose of inflation that should pop the last/biggest bubble. Obama's entire strategy is based on a perpetual motion/free energy scheme. Magically the government can take a unit of production (via taxes) and spin it into 2 units. Today's job report was a perfect example... A net 539,000 jobs lost... but you should add all the government jobs created to that figure, since every government employee is one less person that can produce something. Government is pure overhead, like an accounting department for a manufacturer. Critical, but overhead nonetheless so you keep it as small as possible. Are you pissed about the government spending/growing? Then you figured out the con... Once a majority figure it out, then we can make progress.
Prayer: How to do nothing and still think you're helping. De-motivational poster: http://www.pleaselink.me/_/myconfinedspace/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/prayer.jpg