The UAW is about to cost the big three a bailout for the second time. The first time, the UAW refused to meet Congress’ requirements for concessions, so the bailout did not get enough votes and failed. As it should have.
Now, the Bush administration is including essentially the same requirements for concessions in its bailout package, and the UAW is again refusing to meet the requirements. Further, they are trying to prevent the bailout from occurring prior to President-Elect Obama’s inauguration, believing they can pressure him based upon labor’s support during the election.
Joe Biden was right – Barack Obama will be tested when he steps into office. Not by a foreign power, but by Ron Gettelfinger and the UAW. If the UAW can manage to stall the bailout, then President Obama must NOT cave to their demands. He needs to look Gettelfinger in the eye and tell him that his union is an anachronism, that the UAW’s demands are unreasonable, and that the American people will not subsidize the UAW member’s getting benefits which most American’s will neverreceive.
What Gettelfinger does not realize that in the equation of why the big three are in the state they are in, they are one of the key players. Certainly the big three were mismanaged. However, the UAW consistently bleeding the big three for ridiculous benefits, knowing that the big three had no choice but to eventually concede. The UAW has become detached from reality, thinking that they can continue to operate in the same fashion while the economy collapses. My inclination is if the UAW is unwilling to make concessions, then dont give the big three a bailout and make them file for bankruptcy. Lets see Gettelfinger’s response when the bankruptcy court invalidates the UAW contract and he and his union members are left with little to nothing in terms of benefits and bargaining power.
Did not go to unevent, despite the best laid plans.
Originally & I were going to go and crash at and he & Nia were going to do stuff while I went to unevent, then we would have dinner and the evening together. I completely forgot that Nia would be asea with Disney, so that plan was full of fail.
So, I dropped ten and punted, and arranged for three riders so I could day trip. By 5am on Saturday (plan was to be on the road at 6am), they had all cancelled. I decided that it was G-d telling me not to drive to Richmond so I went back to bed and had a fun and relaxing day with my sweety. Took Garbo to the Dog Park, and & Jeffrey met us there. Then took Garbo in for grooming at Pertco and wandered through HH Gregg.
I have to say HH Gregg was an experience I do not care to repeate. Practicly every sales person came over to us and asked if we needed help. We politely said no, but not a minute later another one was there. One even started to follow us around giving us information about whatever we looked at, despite our ignoring him and occassionally shooting him dirty glances. We actually decided not to buy something we were going to buy and went elsewhere to get it. We actually got a better one at a lesser price. An email to HH Gregg’s headquarters explaining how over agressive sales people cost them at least one sale is in the offing.
That night we had (both fo them) over for dinner.
Torchwood’s Captain Jack Exposes Himself, Appalls One Briton
EDIT: For those who cannot get to the original article…
Torchwood star John Barrowman exposed himself live on the BBC this weekend, earning all of one complaint from a concerned viewer, and sparking off Google searches all across the world from everyone who missed it live.
Barrowman shared his meat and two veg with the world via webcam during an apparance on BBC Radio 1’s Switch show – but, to be fair, he was pushed into it by host Nick Grimshaw, who tempted fate (and Barrowman) by saying,
You’re famous, we’re told, for getting your willy out in interviews. Is this going to happen today?
Barrowman responded,
Alright. I’ll get it out for you then, no problem.
And that’s when the trouble started.
The trouble, of course, was pretty minor for the beleaguered broadcaster – Only one listener complained about the pre-9pm (Britain’s broadcast watershed, after which nudity and swearing are fair game) nudity, compared with the slightly more controversial Russell Brand debacle from October. Nonetheless, both the BBC and Barrowman have issued apologies; Barrowman saying that the “light-hearted” banter went too far, and an official BBC spokesman commenting that “the programme overstepped the mark.”
Of course, that’s not stopped them making the show available on their iPlayer app.
BBC sorry over Barrowman ‘exposure’ [Digital Spy]
