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Re: GM Out of Bankruptcy

DLS — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:16:37 -0000

All we can do is watch. And we may as well, since we&#39re paying for it.

As you&#39re tech-informed and otherwise informed, let me run something by you. I don&#39t watch much TV (have avoided it for 30+ years) but while on odd hours I now can watch it. Aside from non-stop Jackson coverage up until late this week, CNN I notice features, in addition to flippant, stupidly too-personal behavior among its staff, a lot of slick graphics (too much gimmickry, and stupid sound effects) on all its shows. It features a large touch screen that is simply too "busy" and gimmicky for me.

BUT --

If you&#39re familiar with CNN and its many features, contrast it with CBS, featuring Katie Couric. I felt actually gloomy and depressed watching that. She is not inspiring or even meriting annoyance at any of the extraneous details (graphics and sound effects). It seemed "geriatric" on CBS with poor style of a few features like on other networks (CNN and Fox are slick and overboard on the gimmickry and loud, chirpy behavior), and simply looked dull and unappealing.

CBS is just like General Motors. Stuck in the past, dull, unspiring, not going anywhere.

If by the very slim chance the federal government&#39s takeover of GM leads to improvement, maybe CBS should be next.

Re: GM Out of Bankruptcy

JWindish — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:57:22 -0000

Nice Flickr allusion there D! I&#39m not betting on the return to public. But I&#39ll be watching.

Re: GM Out of Bankruptcy

DLS — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:58:24 -0000

"They say now that they hope to take the new G.M. public again next year. Are we betting they will make that?"

Ya wanna bet they don&#39t make it on time, or that it&#39s not really "private" any more than Amtrak is?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30226428@N05/32332...

Re: GM Out of Bankruptcy

DLS — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:54:48 -0000

GM has a long way to go -- product recovery, reputation recovery, and now Government Motors recovery.

Silhouette, the Camaro is one relatively bright light coming out of dinosaur Detroit. The _last_ thing we need is to have the giggly little green fascists designing little boxes, made out of ticky-tacky(!), with much more expensive "earth-friendly" components than we wish to pay for, as consumers or otherwise (in taxes).

We can even have more fun with this ...

Some may want us all shoehorned into such vehicles, or better, into the following, but I decline:

http://www.segway.com/puma/

Re: GM Out of Bankruptcy

Silhouette — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:39:20 -0000

I hope it gets bad gas mileage! I think the real question on everyone&#39s mind [who bailed them out] is "when do we get to see the new line of Hummers?]

..lol...

Re: GM Out of Bankruptcy

JSpencer — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:18:56 -0000

That 2010 Camaro looks more like a new Mustang/Charger clone to me. A real Camaro would look more like my 71 . . . or earlier. ;-)

Re: GM Out of Bankruptcy

DLS — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:16:37 -0000

All we can do is watch. And we may as well, since we're paying for it.

As you're tech-informed and otherwise informed, let me run something by you. I don't watch much TV (have avoided it for 30+ years) but while on odd hours I now can watch it. Aside from non-stop Jackson coverage up until late this week, CNN I notice features, in addition to flippant, stupidly too-personal behavior among its staff, a lot of slick graphics (too much gimmickry, and stupid sound effects) on all its shows. It features a large touch screen that is simply too "busy" and gimmicky for me.

BUT --

If you're familiar with CNN and its many features, contrast it with CBS, featuring Katie Couric. I felt actually gloomy and depressed watching that. She is not inspiring or even meriting annoyance at any of the extraneous details (graphics and sound effects). It seemed "geriatric" on CBS with poor style of a few features like on other networks (CNN and Fox are slick and overboard on the gimmickry and loud, chirpy behavior), and simply looked dull and unappealing.

CBS is just like General Motors. Stuck in the past, dull, unspiring, not going anywhere.

If by the very slim chance the federal government's takeover of GM leads to improvement, maybe CBS should be next.

Re: GM Out of Bankruptcy

JWindish — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:57:22 -0000

Nice Flickr allusion there D! I'm not betting on the return to public. But I'll be watching.

Re: GM Out of Bankruptcy

DLS — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:58:24 -0000

"They say now that they hope to take the new G.M. public again next year. Are we betting they will make that?"

Ya wanna bet they don't make it on time, or that it's not really "private" any more than Amtrak is?

http://www.flickr.com/photo...

Re: GM Out of Bankruptcy

DLS — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:54:48 -0000

GM has a long way to go -- product recovery, reputation recovery, and now Government Motors recovery.

Silhouette, the Camaro is one relatively bright light coming out of dinosaur Detroit. The _last_ thing we need is to have the giggly little green fascists designing little boxes, made out of ticky-tacky(!), with much more expensive "earth-friendly" components than we wish to pay for, as consumers or otherwise (in taxes).

We can even have more fun with this ...

Some may want us all shoehorned into such vehicles, or better, into the following, but I decline:

http://www.segway.com/puma/

Re: GM Out of Bankruptcy

Silhouette — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:39:20 -0000

I hope it gets bad gas mileage! I think the real question on everyone's mind [who bailed them out] is "when do we get to see the new line of Hummers?]

..lol...

Re: GM Out of Bankruptcy

JSpencer — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:18:56 -0000

That 2010 Camaro looks too much like it's "competition" to me. A real Camaro would look more like my 71 Camaro . . . or earlier. ;-)