Re: OT: Boycott Ford!

From: steve preston (steve239dak@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue May 29 2001 - 20:40:06 EDT


Ooowwwww! Ok,I`ll try that Marty,thanks! Heh heh.
--- Marty Galyean <mgalyean@acm.org> wrote:
> Sorry to hear about the 'stang. Maybe you can
> unload it on someone unfamiliar with quality
> considerations ;-)
>
> Marty
>
>
> steve preston wrote:
>
> > Too late! Got a `Stang a couple weeks ago (to
> > supplement the Dak,not replace it).You have to
> look
> > beyond the individual companies that promote this
> > stuff and trace it back to it`s source.It`s a
> > political and "spiritual" philosophy.To quote Don
> > Henley in a song,"You don`t really wanna know just
> how
> > far it`s gone".Most major companies (including
> > Chrysler) are pushing this stuff,and making their
> > employees attend seminars to recondition them,more
> or
> > less.Gonna get worse.You may as well buy whatever
> you
> > want.BTW,it has little to do with racism.Other
> > interests have their hands in it.
> > --- Marty Galyean <mgalyean@acm.org> wrote:
> > > Good article by Ed Cobb.
> > > I mostly like the part about the Charger ;-)
> Enjoy.
> > >
> > > <nomex>
> > > BTW, I am not racist. I support individual
> > > excellence in whatever skin
> > > color. I am not for quotas or for group
> > > entitlement, but I am for
> > > individuals seizing opportunities and earning
> what
> > > they get. I believe
> > > just as Rev. Dr Martin Luther King did, that "a
> > > person should be judged
> > > by the content of their character and not by the
> > > color of their skin".
> > > </nomex>
> > >
> > >
> > > Boycott Ford
> > >
> > > by Ed Cobb
> > >
> > > When CEOs talk, managers listen. When CEOs at
> > > Fortune 500
> > > companies say "Jump!" managers ask "How high?"
> When
> > > Jacques "Jack the
> > > Knife" Nasser, the CEO at Ford, says
> "Diversity!"
> > > managers say "Fire
> > > the old
> > > white guys!" And 33 old white guys who believe
> they
> > > were fired by Ford
> > > for the
> > > twin crimes of whiteness and manhood are mad as
> hell
> > > and they are not
> > > going
> > > to take it anymore. Free the FoMoCo 33!
> > >
> > > The old white guys in question range between 41
> and
> > > 61 years
> > > old. Sounds like me and my golfing buddies. All
> > > worked for the Ford
> > > Motor
> > > Company for somewhere between 11 and 36 years.
> Their
> > > common story
> > > includes excellent performance ratings
> throughout
> > > their careers. Those
> > > ratings
> > > began to change when Jac Nasser took over in
> 1998
> > > and commenced his
> > > diversity jihad. Boycott Ford.
> > >
> > > While looking into this story I learned some
> things
> > > about
> > > Nasser. He tends to refer to the Ford Motor
> Company
> > > as FoMoCo. Really,
> > > no
> > > kidding. FoMoCo. It has a condescending, faux
> hiphop
> > > ring to it that
> > > probably
> > > appeals to people with no clue. He also appears
> to
> > > love his nickname,
> > > "The Knife." It
> > > is his street name for when he is gettin down in
> the
> > > MBA hood; proves
> > > how tough he
> > > is.
> > >
> > > Guys who want to be called by tough guy
> nicknames,
> > > especially guys in suits, tend to have other
> issues
> > > but thats not my
> > > main point here.
> > > Anyway, think of him as "The Knife," anti-whit
> lord
> > > of the FoMoCo Clan
> > > and
> > > all around bad person. And he is dissin me and
> my
> > > old white boys, big
> > > time.
> > >
> > > The 33 former Ford managers (Free the FoMoCo
> 33!)
> > > say they
> > > were sacrificed on the altar of PC. It seems
> their
> > > performance ratings
> > > all took
> > > the same sudden and mysterious turn for the
> worse
> > > after Jacs Jihad
> > > began. You
> > > see, executives have their bonuses and their own
> > > continued employment
> > > tied to the
> > > achievement of "diversity goals." (Collectivist
> code
> > > word alert!) By a
> > > happy accident, their subsequent firings made
> room
> > > for promotions among
> > > the
> > > companys minority and female employees. Lucky
> break,
> > > that. Lucky unless,
> > > of
> > > course, you are a 50ish white man who has paid
> his
> > > dues, worked hard,
> > > and done
> > > a good job and who can no longer support his
> family
> > > for the PC crime of
> > > success while white.
> > >
> > > We have become accustomed to the code words of
> the
> > > totalitarian left. "Bipartisan" means do it my
> way
> > > or Ill demagogue you
> > > in the
> > > media. "Risky scheme" means let me spend your
> money.
> > > "Mean spirited"
> > > means
> > > someone is rational rather than emotional. "For
> the
> > > children" means
> > > watch out, Bill of Rights, here we come again.
> > > "Harassment" means
> > > whatever she
> > > wants it to mean. And "diversity" means fewer
> > > whites. George Orwell was
> > > probably the visionary genius of the 20th
> Century
> > > and he nailed the
> > > totalitarians and their use of language before
> we
> > > ever heard of PC.
> > >
> > > During their diversity, training seminars for
> top
> > > executives
> > > one of the lowlights is a videotaped message
> from
> > > Knife Nasser. During
> > > that address
> > > he says, "I do not like the sea of white faces
> in
> > > the audience and
>
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