As much as anything, I'm dismayed... (wait, that doesn't even begin to describe my apoplexy... no, -better make that 'outraged') that Fritz Henderson is continuing the bullshit rhetoric of his predecessor.
See, -the thing is that I actually liked Rick Wagoner on a personal level. -My only face-to-face (my wife and I actually shared breakfast with him almost exactly a decade ago) was shortly BEFORE he became the chairman of GM... I think he was the CEO at the time. -He was talking all sorts of sense and making all kinds of nice noises about how the Europeans were making cars to be proud of, and the world was a shifting market, etc. -the NEXT thing, he's chairman, and nothing is changing. -Gone is the 'lets improve the breed' approach, and in its place is a "the US makes the best cars in the WORLD, -you don't change a winning formula!" declaration.
Then a couple of years ago, I remember hearing him on the radio pulling the sheets off the Volt and announcing that this plug-in-hybrid was going to get 'more than a hundred miles to the gallon'.
-It was at THAT precise moment that he lost ALL of my respect.
-And if Fritz can allow himself to preside over an organization which continues to make the same disingenuous, deceptive, misrepresentative, FRAUDULENT claims, I cannot respect him either.
It's bullshit.
...And I had hopes that this country might be able to turn things around. -Looks like he's going to get his ass kicked by the Koreans, who are making 'cost-minimized-functional-transportation-devices' which are more cost-effective and more reliable with a better warranty.
Watch out, Fritz... -That's how you get your ass kicked. -It happened to Rover, and it'll happen to you.
Keith
