Comments on: A Plan That Needs a Planet

By: depilacja laserowa

depilacja laserowa — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:44:44 +0000

It is just exactly as you said.

By: rmp

rmp — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:12:03 +0000

The Japanese character entered into how poorly the public relations for this was handled. Mr. Toyoda didn’t want to be embarrassed so he and management decided to try and keep things quiet and hope they could get a fix without it becoming a major issue. He should have listened to the customers who had problems that were beyond the floor mat or the accelerator and must have been computer or something that wasn’t just mechanical. The best PR would have been to say they are studying the problem 24 hours a day and will have a fix soon because even one death is too many. They also should have issued the way to handle the problem if it occured which is to put the car into neutral and apply the brakes, then park the car and get it towed to the dealer free of charge. Maybe there is some American approach involved in this at least from the lawyer advice that Mr. Toyoda probably received. Mr. Toyoda should have realized that a damaged reputation is far more costly than a short-term halt to implement a fix. It sure has helped Ford that has handled their challenges better than the other American car companies and had a good product ready to sell when Toyota customers were looking for other makes and models.

By: cocktailhag

cocktailhag — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:53:51 +0000

I was wondering about that. It seems to me that Toyota’s failures began when it decided to become American, in its attitudes toward corporate responsibility and truth. People left Ford after the many explosions and rollovers over the years, and all of Detroit spent money on lawyers that would have been better spent on engineers. Toyota didn’t used to be like that, but now we know it is.

By: cocktailhag

cocktailhag — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:48:55 +0000

Just because you believe in something doesn’t make it above reproach. There are no records, throughout the world, of the bizarre economic system you propose working. Successful countries do the opposite. That’s a pesky sticking point for all righty Rand-soaked arguments. Greenspan, Friedman, and Bush weren’t enough, is all; we need to go over to full Shah of Iran mode to pull this off.
Almost unnecessarily, I will remind you, Tom, that no one is forcing you to read this blog each day. Although the internet is not a truck, there are plenty of other places on it where you might enjoy yourself more.

By: rmp

rmp — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:31:35 +0000

OT A while back I talked about the Japanese bow. Experts on the bow, the Japanese, were able to tell exactly what kind of an apology Toyota’s chief was making:

A ritualistic bow from Toyota Chief: Akio Toyoda dipped briefly — an apology, but not a sign of culpability for defects. The gesture came two weeks after his company began recalling cars by the millions., (Japanese bows are very precise in their execution and meaning.)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fg-japan-bow6-2010feb06,0,6977797.story

By: cocktailhag

cocktailhag — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:34:36 +0000

Which they undoubtedly will, at the rate Obama’s going. You’ll remember that the black vote was about 90% anti Bush, which shows that they are more qualified than white people when it comes to voting.

By: nailheadtom

nailheadtom — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:27:32 +0000

Just the intelligent and well-reasoned response the writer would have expected from the likes of you. As the champion of projection, you would characterized any commentary that remarks on your worldview as whining, something you do literally every time you open your pie hole.

By: The Heel

The Heel — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:25:09 +0000

just opening the door for my black friends to later say …”He wasn’t really black…”

By: rmp

rmp — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:18:45 +0000

Here’a an angry Michigan mayor who wants to run for governor. Does he fit your image of someone who should be in politics?

Verne Bernero http://www.votevirg.com/
When the U.S. auto industry was on the brink of collapse, Bernero catapulted onto the national stage as a leading spokesman and champion for Michigan’s automotive companies and their workers. In scores of appearances on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC and CBS, Bernero warned that the failure of the U.S. auto industry would push our nation‘s economy — and the lives of countless Michigan families — right over the cliff. Bernero aimed his most scathing criticisms at the unholy alliance of Wall Street and Washington that has sold out and exported the American standard of living in the name of free trade policies that have sent millions of Michigan jobs overseas. Bernero’s fiery rhetoric led CNN to call him “America’s Angriest Mayor.” From Bio http://www.votevirg.com/meet-virg.php

By: cocktailhag

cocktailhag — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:16:31 +0000

Nulatto? Heel, that Nazi side of yours is sneaking out again. (Etta voice: “How many beers have you had today?”) Anyway, you’ll like the new post. It has Jessica Mitford and tales of the “real south” in it.