[FairfieldLife] Re: Bye Bye GM

2009-06-02 Thread John
GM is a classic example of a company that failed to be innovative in the midst of competition. The blame has to be placed on the managers who ran the company to the ground. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: As the old saying goes as GM goes so goes America.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bye Bye GM

2009-06-02 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote: GM is a classic example of a company that failed to be innovative in the midst of competition. The blame has to be placed on the managers who ran the company to the ground. * GM mgmt was good, the problem is that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bye Bye GM

2009-06-02 Thread Richard J. Williams
The blame has to be placed on the managers who ran the company to the ground... * bob_brigante wrote: GM mgmt was good, the problem is that U.S. companies ware saddled with unsustainable labor costs... GM failed and this can be summed up in three letters: UAW. Filmmaker

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bye Bye GM

2009-06-02 Thread Richard J. Williams
Bhairitu wrote: And probably a good thing and we can get on with living in the 21st century instead of dreaming it's still the 19th... But I would argue that letting anger and frustration override a natural sense of what is good for the country is a nasty habit to get into. And I think

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bye Bye GM

2009-06-02 Thread Bhairitu
bob_brigante wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote: GM is a classic example of a company that failed to be innovative in the midst of competition. The blame has to be placed on the managers who ran the company to the ground. * GM mgmt

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bye Bye GM

2009-06-02 Thread Bhairitu
shempmcgurk wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: As the old saying goes as GM goes so goes America. So I guess we can say bye, bye America too. And probably a good thing and we can get on with living in the 21st century instead of dreaming it's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bye Bye GM

2009-06-02 Thread Nelson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote: GM is a classic example of a company that failed to be innovative in the midst of competition. The blame has to be placed on the managers who ran the company to the ground. snip, You could say the same thing about the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bye Bye GM

2009-06-01 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: As the old saying goes as GM goes so goes America. So I guess we can say bye, bye America too. And probably a good thing and we can get on with living in the 21st century instead of dreaming it's still the 19th. I mean