Uh huh! THAT'S it, alright. Mismanagement, systemic short-term thinking by G.M.'s "Deciders", the "Bean-Counters" purchasing obscure foreign brands in efforts to increase G.M.'s worldwide market share and making THAT a corporate priority instead of updating and upgrading their core product over a shortened timeframe, and allowing said "Bean-Counters" in effect to take over the operation from the "Car Guys" some 40 years ago, just AS, I might add, the first "Gas Crisis" hit America and caught G.M. and indeed ALL of Detriot with their collective pants around their ankles and thus allowing the Japanese to get their foot in the door, well....yeah suuuuuure, THOSE issues had absolutely NOTHIN' to do with sowing the seeds of this whole mess today.

(nope, not at all!...and yep, "it's ALL the union's fault", alright!!!)

(oh and BTW...if anybody wants to debate me about this here, I'm sorry but I KNOW I'd pretty much be talkin' to a friggin' brick wall, and tryin' to get you to understand that EVERY "automobile player" had a hand in this mess and NOT JUST the friggin' unions, well, because I don't particularly like talkin' to "brick walls", THIS will be my only input in the thread...so...toodle loo, folks!!!)


Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)