Jun 1

Written by: Karie Dozer
6/1/2009 11:06 PM

Saving GM
 
      Today's news about GM's bankruptcy has come as no suprise to anyone who has paid attention to the past year's events at the Michigan car maker-- a company whose name and log have become synonymous with the American workforce.  As the daughter of an Ohio car dealer who sold Lincoln-Mercury products, I regard the inevitable bankruptcy with a measure of sadness, but a great amount of hope.  My father was a lifelong Republican, but his beliefs were more rooted in financial beliefs than anything else.  He believed it was no one's business how much money you brought home, as long as you took the repsonsibility of your family seriously.  He believed in hard work, ingenuity, and second chances.  Still, I wonder how much money he would be bringing home if he were selling those cars today.  Back in the 1970s in Ohio, it was the very rare garage that sported a Volvo, BMW, or Honda.  Today, even those Midwest driveways are mostly filled with imports, products that those families have decided are more worthy of their hard-earned dollars.  Americans deserve a good automobile product, especially when it is the second larges purchase they make.  I believe that trying to save GM is a good idea, even if it means that when the company emerges from bankruptcy, the US Government will be the largest shareholder.  The economy will emerge from this depression, and when it does, Americans will not only have faith in this great company and its products, but the money to re-invest in its future.  Given my upbringing, that hopeful outlook is the only viewpoint I can possibly have.  And after all, it's that hope that gave birth to this, and other great American companies, in the beginning.
 
 
 
Quick Takes
 
Saving GM
We must.  No matter the cost, and the high hopes we have for non-petroleum based energy and "green" vehicles, if you have spent any real time in the heartland of America, you will realize that we are an unapologetic truck nation.  

Change-
Just last week I saw a car ad featuring the CEO of Saturn who said "Saturn isn't going anywhere."  Saturn is going somewhere.  It is probably going away.  This economy is changing faster that anyone realized it could, and hopefully soon it will begin changing for the better.  

Abortion Doc Shooting-
Is there any greater hypocrisy than the murder "in the name of God" of an abortion doctor who is attending church?  Dr. George Tiller was performing abortions in a state that allowed it.  There is no justification.  Period.

Obama's date night-
The RNC, and others, are criticizing the President's date night this past weekend, conducted at partial taxpayer expense.  The presdient paid for dinner and a show in NYC for himself and his wife, with the taxpayers picking up the travel tab.  I suggest a mandatory date night once a month for the president.  Keeping the most powerful man in the world happy, healthy, and sane should be among our highest priorities. 

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