What are you selling again?? (part 2)

(Or, Why should I buy an American car?? )

Michigan,, the worst economy in the US. Corporate greed and incompetence combined with a labor movement that pushed too hard and got too much is largely responsible. There is plenty of blame to throw around but one thing I am sick of hearing is this "you must buy American" attitude that is seems to be coming around again (remember the 70's?). What is a foreign car anyway, given that we now are living in the new world of a Global Economy??

Large corporations (that just keep getting larger by mergers and aquisitions) and our own government are supporting this transistion (it seems more like a drag race) to the new Global Economy.. Yet our governmental leaders and their CEO Cronies all fail to realize that one of the largest new opportunies in this new economy is the entire "Green" industry. Grean houses, Green buildings, green cars, schools, buses, you name it. The technology, the conversion to get to these new sources of energy and the consulting services alone will one day be large enough to rival the automotive industry for world dominance. Yet American policy makers want to ignore this entire opportunity so as to allow their corporate re-election funders continue to cash in on their traditional lines of energy business - ENERGY/OIL and CRAPPY GAS GUZZLING CARS -

SIDE TRACK/TANGENT ALERT!! - Back to the point...

If corporations are gaining due to this globalization shift, shouldn't we American consumers be able to also benefit from it? The largest corporations in the US and the world are playing (and profiting) on the global playing field, so why can't we consumers play as well?? (People call me a traitor for owning a japanese vehicle just so you understand the basis for my rant here). Shouldn't we be able to buy affordable, high quality cars that get 30+ miles to the gallon, last for 150,000 + with no major repairs and are extremely safe?? The only cars I know that meet these criteria are foreign.. But I ask the question again, what is a foreign car? My Subaru is made in Lafayette Indiana, and my neighbors' Ford pick up is made in Canada.

Why should I be loyal to any American company any more? I had a Jeep once, but they are now owned by Diamler Chrysler, a HUGE German conglomerate. Should I never buy a Jeep again now, even though they are still made in Toledo, by UAW workers?? If it is okay to still buy the Jeep, then is it still okay to buy the Chrysler M300 that is made in Canada? If you dont know already, you should know that MANY other Ford and GM vehicles are made outside the US. So I say SCREW GM and Ford, as they already decided to screw us decades ago.

I don't buy any of this "guilting of the American consumer". The corporate greed that views the global economy as the next way to increase their profit margin has gotten us where we are now.. Consumers should look out for themselves and their families, and make the best decision for their lives... ,, every man for himself!!... and then, there will finally be ARNARCHY!! and then the REVOLUTION!!!

VIVA LA REVOLUTION~!~!~!

Kiss me!! I'm Irish!!!

St. Patty's day is an AMERICAN tradition. Not that there is anything wrong with that! But lets not fool ourselves. The Irish get up on March 17th, go to church, MAYBE have a beer at the pub and then go home. Americans, however, love a reason to party and ole St. Patrick's feat of running the snakes out of town is one hell of a reason to drink soooo much green beer that you eventually find yourself pissing an algea colored stream off the side of the urinal and directly onto the Bruno Mali's of the guy at the next stall.

But GUESS WHAT! The snake story is bull shit! What Mr. St. Patrick REALLY did was save Ireland (and perhaps the world) from those hedonistic and evil Pagens. I often wonder what the world would be like if Christianity had been almost eradicated from the face of the earth like Paganism was a few centuries back. Seems to me that worshiping the ground we walk on is a better bet than following the self proclaimed prophets and messiahs of religions like Catholicism and Islam.

But, leave it to Americans to fuck all the back story bullshit and get right down to some serious drinkin'.

Well, I hope your St. Pat's was a good as mine,.. if not, I am sure there is another excuse for a party right around the corner..

Whatcha doin on April first???

C-ya,,

Cowabunga!!!

Sorry it has been so long since the last update... I hope I have not lost any of my multitude of readers due to my absence. But I was busy!.

Yes, that IS me (a very rare personal appearance on this blog) at the top of the cliff, just about to jump 45 feet into the warm Jamaican blue waters below. Dont get any ideas that I am brave or something. The main reasons I jumped were because I was too tired to take the ladder back down, I was a little drunk and I knew that the quicker I got back to the boat, the quicker I could get back to the Jerk Chicken shack back on the beach.

Yes, men are lead most by two senses. Their eyes and their noses (tastebuds).

Jamaica is a wonderful place. I HIGHLY recommend visiting the island if you get the chance.

Irie Mon!