Thoughts on Mumbai

The horror that is Mumbai should cause thoughtful and concerned people to examine carefully the world situation as is defined by terrorism

The thought that came to me this morning as I observed the grim images on the television is this. All that we have done in Iraq is for naught. All who have died in Iraq in pursuit of this vain quest have died for naught. We have been led by fools down a foolish and evil path. "The sins of the fathers shall be visited upon the children......."

Proverbs says: "He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind;" The madness in Mumbai is decended from the generations of leadership of the past for whom self aggrandizement was the primary motivator. The new generation of leadership that is coming to power will only succeed in the so called "war on terror" if they consider the well being of all peoples, and not just the welfare of their own political and economic circle.

We can be thankful on this day for the new "Captain of the Ship of State" who will soon inhabit the Hall of Power known as the White House. Will he have the wisdom and patience to turn the ship around? Maybe we will have the answer on this day in 2009.

WILLIE SEZ

Political guru Willie Brown says of Hillary Clinton in the San Francisco Chronicle of Sunday Nov.23rd:
" her ascension to secretary of state will also be the launching pad for her Supreme Court appointment."

Now you know.

AUTO COMPANY BAILOUT

I find it amazing that these overpaid auto executives can fly to Washington in their private jets, beg for money from Congress, and keep a straight face while doing so.

I can see and hear these fools sipping martinis in their ivory towers while they rant and rave about the evils of socialism.

Throw the bums out!!

THE TRAITOR

I am greatly disturbed that "Judas" Lieberman was allowed to maintain his status in the Democratic Party. If you get whacked and "turn the other cheek", guess what? You get whacked again.
Lieberman is not a Democrat. Send him back to his Republican masters. Maybe they will allow him to keep his "30 pieces of silver".

WHAT TO DO WITH GM, FORD, CHRYSLER

Bankruptcy. Reorganization. Secured Federal loans. Fire the management that created this mess by ignoring industry trends to more compact and fuel efficient cars. Don't screw the workers. They didn't sit in the ivory tower and make stupid decisions. Fed should come up with a universal health care plan like most civilized countries have so as to reduce operating costs for auto companies and all other industries and businesses. This can be done. Just requires the will to make hard decisions and leave ideology behind.


PS Sell the corporate jets

SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

In the decade leading up to the 1929 crash and the Great Depression, there were 100's, if not more than a thousand manufacturers of automobiles in the United States. The economics of depression weeded out the vast majority of these companies and only the fittest survived. Will this happen to the "Big Three"? They have been foolish in their design and manufacturing of cars that no longer fit the needs of the people. Should we, the people, pay for the stupidity of these fools?

The bird that couldn't learn to fly was eaten by the fox.

Bailout bucks go to China?

General Motors Aims to Raise Stake in China Venture (Update1)

By Tian Ying and Winnie Zhu
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Corp., the biggest overseas automaker in China, is in talks with a local partner to increase its stake in a venture that produces vans and light trucks under the Wuling brand.
The U.S. automaker is seeking to buy additional shares in SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co., Hu Maoyuan, chairman of SAIC Motor Corp., said yesterday in an interview in Tianjin. SAIC is the majority shareholder of the venture with 50.1 percent, GM owns 34 percent and Liuzhou Wuling Motors Co. holds the rest.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aJB4pTi0X5lo&refer=asia

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