--- "Lama, Jim L'Hommedieu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, he's good at being "anti". Where was his > anger when the Kurds were getting gassed? Not a >peep. Oh, yeah, he was lecturing GM about bringing > jobs back to Flint, Michigan. Because, like, he grew up there, so nothing should ever change, and, like, GM owes everyone a job for, like, life, okay? Because, like, that's the way it was during his grandfather's day, okay?
Goodness Lama, now *this* is simplistic. Michael's rage at GM was not based on some sort of sentimentality for the good ol' days. Flint was decimated - thousands and thousands of people lost their jobs and got in line to get government surplus bread and cheese, houses were boarded up, whole neighborhoods evaporated, all the while GM was posting record profits, moving plants to Mexico and Asia and executive salaries were going up and up and up. Of course you could argue GM doesn't owe anybody anything, but these folks grew up thinking they would be taken care of by the company. That's what they were promised. That said, I agree, Michael's tactics are sometimes purposefully outrageous and galvanizing and attention-seeking, and I was disappointed in his Oscar rant. At the end of the day though, he draws attention to areas of corruption in our system that may not have seen the light of day otherwise. Are we still friends? ;) Jenny Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com
