Re: OT: Boycott Ford!

From: Marty Galyean (mgalyean@acm.org)
Date: Tue May 29 2001 - 21:33:10 EDT


Heh heh, jest ribbin'

;-)

Marty

steve preston wrote:

> 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
> >
> === message truncated ===
>
> =====
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