The Tragedy of GM
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Hamlet. Definitely Hamlet :)
Alas, poor GM! I knew him, GreenHybrid: an auto company of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: GM hath borne me on his driver's seat a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at it. Here hung those giant gas-guzzling V8's that I have driven I know not how oft. Where be your hybrids now? your quality? your reliability? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen? Now get you to my shareholder's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come; make her laugh at that. :D |
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Excellent article.
Not the same picture as the Super Bowl commercials
Originally Posted by The Stones Start Me Up
:kiss2: :note2:...you make a grown man cry....:kiss2: :note2:
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Nice Hamlet analogy, Sledge. Here's mine (from the same scene):
HAMLET: What man dost thou dig it (this grave) for? 1ST CLOWN: For no man, sir. HAMLET: What woman, then? 1ST CLOWN: For none, neither. HAMLET: Who is to be buried in't? 1ST CLOWN: One that was a big car manufacturer, sir; but, rest its soul, it's dead. :angel: |
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I wouldn't bury GM yet! kevin
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Originally Posted by tanstaafl14
Nice Hamlet analogy, Sledge. Here's mine (from the same scene):
HAMLET: What man dost thou dig it (this grave) for? 1ST CLOWN: For no man, sir. HAMLET: What woman, then? 1ST CLOWN: For none, neither. HAMLET: Who is to be buried in't? 1ST CLOWN: One that was a big car manufacturer, sir; but, rest its soul, it's dead. :angel: Free market: Bring out your dead! Consumers: Here's one. Free market: Ninepence. GM: I'm not dead! Free market: What? Consumers: Nothing. Here's your ninepence. GM: I'm not dead! Free market: 'Ere. He says he's not dead! Consumers: Yes he is. GM: I'm not! Free market: He isn't? Consumers: Well, he will be soon. He's very ill. GM: I'm getting better! Consumers: No you're not. You'll be stone dead in a moment. Free market: Oh, I can't take him like that. It's against regulations. GM: I don't want to go on the cart! Consumers: Oh, don't be such a baby. Free market: I can't take him. GM: I feel fine! Consumers: Well, do us a favor. Free market: I can't. Consumers: Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long. Free market: No, I've got to go to Ford. Consumers: Well, when's your next round? Free market: Thursday. GM: I think I'll go for a walk. Consumers: You're not fooling anyone you know. Look, isn't there something you can do? GM: [singing] I feel happy... I feel happy. [whop] Consumers: Ah, thanks very much. Free market: Not at all. See you on Thursday. :D |
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I've always considered GM more as a "Comedy of Errors" than a tragedy. Tragedy usually implies that there's a a force beyond our control involved like a hurricane or a unforseen death. GM's woes could have all been avoided. I see that company like a VW Beetle in the circus that pulls up and 26 clowns come piling out - except that the Beetle is an Aveo, and the clowns are corporate executives.
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I have a much simpler Holy Grail version:
WAGONER: I'm invincible!! MARKETPLACE: You're a loony! :shade: |
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Originally Posted by guvmint_cheese
I've always considered GM more as a "Comedy of Errors" than a tragedy. Tragedy usually implies that there's a a force beyond our control involved like a hurricane or a unforseen death. GM's woes could have all been avoided. I see that company like a VW Beetle in the circus that pulls up and 26 clowns come piling out - except that the Beetle is an Aveo, and the clowns are corporate executives.
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Maybe Michael Moore could go back to documentaries on GM (Roger and Me)
I actually agree with him (which is seldom) that everyone at GM shares the blame. |
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