https://www.dailykos.com/news/rickwagoner News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:55:05 +0000 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:55:05 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) https://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/5/12/730642/-Heads-Will-Roll <p>Various commentators have either criticized him or more benignly wondered if Barack Obama is tough enough to be an effective president. Maureen Dowd, for example, at times, has called him The One (as in the Anointed One) or Bambi (as in the Innocent, Wide-Eyed One).</p> <p>During the campaign she suggested that he was so afraid of Hillary Clinton that he would lose the nomination. We know what happened with that. And then, in his Bambi mode, she worried that John McCain would win. Again, so much for that. Now it is time to legislate by negotiating and fighting around with a resistant Congress and to deal with often-unfriendly world leaders. Would this inclusive, nice-guy-president be able to show enough muscle, even have the capacity to threaten and punish people in order to advance his agenda?</p> <p>Could such a seemingly detached, cool, No-Drama Obama, when necessary&#8212;and in Washington and around the world it is frequently necessary&#8212;have the ability to bang a few heads together? Or worse. Not maliciously, but to get the job done.</p> rss@dailykos.com (zwerlst) Barack Obama BarackObama General McChrystal GeneralMcChrystal GeneralMcKiernan LouisCaldera rickwagoner _730642 Tue, 12 May 2009 19:38:17 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/31/715048/-GM-s-CEO-DOES-IT-MATTER-HE-WAS-FIRED <p>R WAGONER GM's CEO, DOES IT MATTER HE WAS FIRED <br />By Eric Lafayette March 31st 2009 published by: <br /><a href="http://www.fordemocracy.com">www.fordemocracy.com</a></p> <p>Dear readers</p> <p>Does it matters to you that Rick Wagoner the CEO of GM for the last 8 years was fired by the Obama administration? <br />It is of great importance to me and I hope to you.</p> rss@dailykos.com (LAFAYETTE) Auto Industry AutoIndustry autoindustrybailout GeneralMotors GM rickwagoner _715048 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:13:05 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/31/714938/--Weekly-Audit-Workers-Will-Build-the-Recovery-not-Wall-Street <p><em>by Zach Carter, Media Consortium MediaWire Blogger</em> &nbsp;</p> <p>With new bailout plans for Wall Street being unveiled almost every week, it's easy to forget that nearly all of the work that fuels our economy takes place outside of Manhattan. While reviving the financial sector is an important part of recovery, any lasting economic solution must also empower American workers and protect them from corporate abuses.</p> rss@dailykos.com (The Media Consortium) AIG Auto Industry AutoIndustry Bailout Barack Obama BarackObama DepartmentofLabor EconomyNewsLadder EmployeeFreeChoiceAct laborlaws NewsLadder NoamChomsky rickwagoner squattercommunities UnemploymentRate Wall Street WallStreet _714938 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:00:24 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/31/714932/-Countdown-with-Keith-Olbermann-Mar-31-2009 <p><object width="425" height="344"><param value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rzPUfZ32GLw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" name="movie"></param><param value="true" name="allowFullScreen"></param><param value="always" name="allowscriptaccess"></param><embed width="425" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rzPUfZ32GLw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p>Jeebus, it was damn difficult to come up with a good "tomorrow" song; I hope this one fits the bill. I REFUSED to use the one from <em>Annie</em> - just sang it <strong>too f*ckin' many times</strong> in elementary school!</p> <p>There are oodles of great birthdays for "this day in history," so I'll try to contain myself to just a few.</p> rss@dailykos.com (CityLightsLover) AdamSavage ChristopherWalkin CountdownwithKeithOlbermann JamesClyburn JamieHyneman KeithOlbermann RichardChamberlain rickwagoner SeymourHersh _714932 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:38:22 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/31/714891/-Meet-sacrificial-lamb-Rick-Wagoner <p>One of the most absurd comments about the Obama administration's initiative to restructure the automobile industry came from the governor of Michigan, Jennifer Granholm. Her reference to Rick Wagoner as a "sacrificial lamb" after he was forced to step down as CEO of GM was offensively stupid. If she means that he needed to be sacrificed for the greater good of the company and country, then it makes some sense. However, in common and biblical parlance, the lamb was sacrificed for someone else's sins and is merely a innocent victim. During Wagoner's tenure, the stock price of GM lost over 90% of its value and its market share in the US and world markets plummeted. He has also been a poster child for stupidity, unethical behavior, and corporate attempts to influence public policy to the detriment of the greater good. While Granholm may have some legitimate concerns about the Obama restructuring plan for automobile industry jobs in her state, her tepid defense of Wagoner was a mistake.</p> rss@dailykos.com (DWG) automobileindustry CorporateWelfare Energy Environment GM JenniferGranholm Obama rickwagoner _714891 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:41:28 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/30/714842/-GM-Got-Fat-Lazy-and-Selfish-After-1996 <p>Since the early 1970's, most of the cars my family members have driven were made by General Motors.</p> <p>And now, a sad and sorry <a href="http://www.wheels.ca/article/359152">century</a> comes to this week in March 2009.</p> <blockquote> <p>Sept. 16, 1908 - General Motors Company founded by William C. Durant.</p> <p>1909 - GM sells 25,000 cars and trucks. </p> </blockquote> rss@dailykos.com (kravitz) Auto Bailout Banks Bonus Buick Cadillac Car CEO Chevrolet Executive Geithner GeneralMotors GM Hummer Obama Oldsmobile Pontiac rickwagoner Wall Street WallStreet _714842 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:21:37 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/30/714824/-Just-an-observation-on-the-auto-v-financial-industry-debate <p>Many have argued that there is a lot of bias in favor of Wall St. over Main St. As a whole, I agree. But I do not believe that I have seen this bias demonstrated by Obama as some here have claimed. I would just like to remind some that the president put in place a balanced taskforce for each industry. The banking stress-tests are currently underway...</p> rss@dailykos.com (silentreader) Auto Bailout Banks Barack Obama BarackObama BlueCollar Plan rickwagoner taskforce Unions WellsFargo whitecollar _714824 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:11:56 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/30/714731/-A-Good-Reason-Why-UAW-Needs-To-Take-Pay-Cuts <p>If we're going to give departing GM CEO Rick Wagoner the golden parachute he has earned, the United Auto Workers are going to have to seriously make a sacrifice for this country and chip in. Twenty million dollars has got to come from somewhere people, and it's time the middle-class paid their fair share to the upper class that is destroying their lives.</p> rss@dailykos.com (Anima) Bailouts BigAuto Detroit GM rickwagoner Snark UAW _714731 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:26:00 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/31/714718/-Don-t-Cry-For-Me-GM-tina <p>In the wake of the new tough-love <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/3/30/714607/-Obama:-GM-t-Simply-Vanish,-But-...">policy</a> for GM and Chrysler announced yesterday by President Obama, much has <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123844431191070811.html">been</a> <a href="http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&amp;docID=news-000003087924">made</a> of the forced retirement of General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner, with Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jLy3WiS04vGMIedWdDmUM74xepVQD978B1NO0">calling him</a> a "sacrificial lamb" ... please, sacrifice me next!</p> <blockquote> <p>Upon his departure, Wagoner becomes eligible for both a "Salaried Retirement Plan" and an "Executive Retirement Plan" with General Motors. The combined value of the plans at the end of last year was $20.2 million, a GM spokesperson confirmed. </p> </blockquote> rss@dailykos.com (Barbara Morrill) GM Retirement rickwagoner _714718 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:02:03 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/30/714634/-Top-10-Career-Options-for-Former-GM-CEO-Rick-Wagoner <p><a href="http://s89.photobucket.com/albums/k237/Pubdev/?action=view&amp;current=large_200901012-ap-granholm-gm-c-1.jpg"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k237/Pubdev/large_200901012-ap-granholm-gm-c-1.jpg" /></a></p> rss@dailykos.com (Public D) Auto Bailout China Chrysler Detroit Economy EmployeeFreeChoiceAct executivecompensation fair trade fairtrade fiat Ford GeneralMotors GM HealthCare HR 676 HR676 jobopenings knowledge economy knowledgeeconomy Manufacturing Michigan Obama rickwagoner skills task force taskforce topten Toyota UAW Workers _714634 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:34:37 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/30/714612/-Fear-and-Anger-in-Michigan <p>As the economic crisis reaches the end of the early rounds, all eyes turn to Detroit--knocked to its knees by the credit crunch last November.&nbsp; The news of the day: if GM wants more help getting back on its feet from Washington, there must be changes at the top.&nbsp; Thus, 30-year car industry executive, Rick Wagoner, is stepping down.&nbsp; </p> <p>One question:&nbsp; If asking Rick Wagoner to leave is good for GM---and by extension, good for the country--why is there so much fear in Gov. Granholm's (D-MI) voice?&nbsp; </p> rss@dailykos.com (Jeffrey Feldman) Auto Industry AutoIndustry Barack Obama BarackObama GeneralMotors Global Economy GlobalEconomy JenniferGranholm Michigan Recommended rickwagoner _714612 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:36:12 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/30/714585/-Trade-Wagoner-for-Auto-Bailout-Hmmmmmm-okay <p>Hold on. Let me think about this one. I don't want to rush into any rash decisio...okay! I'll trade Wagoner for aid to the US Auto industry.</p> <p>I had an acquaintance whose wife got promoted to manager of a huge manufacturing plant. She was told by the outgoing manager that her fist act had to be to to pick somebody high profile and fire him.</p> <p>"You're coming in from the floor, and people think you're one of 'em." he told her "You need to assert your dominance and fire somebody everybody knows or you will have an uphill battle at this job. You're not their friend anymore. You're their boss."</p> <p>So she did. The day she took the position she singled out somebody she never liked, and she fired his ass effective immediately.</p> <p>THWAP!</p> <p>This, in effect, is what Obama did to Rick Wagoner of General Motors.</p> rss@dailykos.com (Muskegon Critic) Chrysler domesticautobailout GeneralMotors Obama Rescued rickwagoner _714585 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:58:39 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/30/714570/-A-Liberal-Patriot <p><em>Originally published on March 30, 2009</em> at <strong>Yo Mama For Obama</strong></p> <p>Oh no! &nbsp;Write this day down in history: I beg to differ with Paul Krugman.</p> rss@dailykos.com (yomamaforobama) Chrysler CIA Europe G20Summit GM PaulKrugman rickwagoner _714570 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:52:01 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/30/714533/-Countdown-with-Keith-Olbermann-Mar-30-2009 <p>There's not a whole lot of "middle" ground for events in "this day in history." Events are either really kewl, or they really suck. I'll let y'all try to guess which events qualify as what. ;D</p> <p>Celine Dion is 41 today. When the residents of South Park sang "Blame Canada" in <em>South Park: Bigger, Longer, &amp; Uncut</em>, they HAD TO BE talking about her. On the flip side, though, this guy is 64 today:</p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fX5USg8_1gA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" name="movie"></param><param value="true" name="allowFullScreen"></param><param value="always" name="allowscriptaccess"></param><embed width="425" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fX5USg8_1gA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="344"></embed></object></p> rss@dailykos.com (CityLightsLover) celinedion CountdownwithKeithOlbermann ericclapton KeithOlbermann Michael Steele MichaelSteele rickwagoner RonaldReagan SeymourHersh WarrenBeatty _714533 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:41:53 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/30/714530/-Today-s-Republican-Talking-Point-BUT-WHY-NOT-WALL-STREET <p>So, Rick Wagoner of GM has resigned at Obama's behest after failing to give the Administration a decent viability plan - and Republicans, with a reach-around from Big Media, will try to spin it like this:</p> <p>"Why hasn't Obama made any Wall Street CEO's resign?", then <br />"Is it becuase he's funded by Wall Street?", so <br />"How come Obama's heavy handed with blue-collar companies, but not white-collared one?"</p> <p>Let's do some quick and easy dissecting, shall we?</p> rss@dailykos.com (BigMoeW) GM Obama Resigns rickwagoner Wall Street WallStreet _714530 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:01:52 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/29/714406/-BREAKING-General-Motors-CEO-to-resign <p>This is interesting... Amid the revelation that President Obama is to introduce his auto bailout plans next week, General Motors Chairman/CEO is expecting to resign. Of course, he nor the board has confirmed. A statement on his future is expected to be announced after the President's discussion on the auto bailout.</p> rss@dailykos.com (beebj) Auto Bailout CEO chairman Chrysler GeneralMotors GM Obama Resign rickwagoner taxpayers _714406 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:44:31 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/31/713805/-Rick-Wagoner-Martyr-for-the-Cause <p>At least this is the reality according to CNN's David Gergen. &nbsp;Gergen appeared on Anderson Cooper's 360 last night and I actually thought that he might spit at the camera.</p> rss@dailykos.com (mka193) GM Martyrdominthe21stcentury rickwagoner _713805 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:12:26 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/3/669131/-Refuting-ridiculous-rant-of-Michael-Mitt-Moore-vs-bailout <p> &nbsp; &nbsp; While <del>Mitt</del> Michael Moore's <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/12/3/74954/1532/390/668798">rant</a> against helping out the Detroit big 3 auto firms (in the way that Wall Street big banks have been helped out for far larger amounts than $34 billion) is not without all value, it still comes across as overblown and silly.</p> <p> &nbsp; &nbsp; Some points:</p> <ol><li value="1"> Moore made his career by hating on (with reason, perhaps) General Motors in his film "Roger and Me", so he may not be without bias or rancor;</li></ol> <ol><li value="2"> He says it's wrong to bash the Big 3 heads for flying on separate private jets to the congressional hearing, when some of the bank executives flew in on such planes as well. Instead, Moore should have said that Congress should've bashed the New York people on the plane issue too, rather than Moore giving a pass to the Big 3 execs for using those planes, ...a pass which is inconsistent with his "Blow up the Big 3" tone of the rest of his essay;</li></ol> <p>(more on Moore)</p> rss@dailykos.com (David Boyle) AlanMulally auto industry bailout auto workers autoindustrybailout automobileindustry autoworkers Barack Obama BarackObama Big3automanufacturers BobNardelli CharltonHeston Chrysler Detroit Economy Ford GM MichaelMoore Mitt Romney MittRomney rickwagoner RonGettelfinger UAW Wall Street Bailout WallStreetBailout _669131 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:56:55 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/3/668866/-Car-Manufacturers-Con <p><object width="425" height="344"><param value="http://www.youtube.com/v/m56U1mrsZ9g&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" name="movie"></param><param value="true" name="allowFullScreen"></param><param value="always" name="allowscriptaccess"></param><embed width="425" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/m56U1mrsZ9g&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m56U1mrsZ9g">Automakers Return With A Plan</a></p> <p><em>copyright &#169; 2008 Betsy L. Angert. &nbsp;<a href="http://www.bethink.org">BeThink.org</a></em></p> <p>Weeks ago House Representatives refused to award the auto industry a blanket bailout or even a bridge loan. &nbsp;Policymakers insisted they must see a reasonable plan to revamp a business near bankruptcy. &nbsp;The legislators set a deadline for delivery of the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/02/AR2008120201600_pf.html">proposal</a>, December 2, 2008. &nbsp;This same date was reserved for another auto review; in Florida a delayed <a href="http://www.gainesville.com/article/20081202/news/812020239">vote on emission regulations</a> would finally be realized.</p> rss@dailykos.com (Bcgntn) AlanMulally Auto Industry AutoIndustry Bailout Big Three BigThree BridgeLoan Business CarEmissions ChryslerCorporation Congress Economy EmissionRegulations Energy Florida Ford GeneralMotors honda Hummer Rescued rickwagoner RobertNardelli Saab Saturn Toyota Volvo _668866 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:57:58 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/3/668798/-Saving-the-Big-3-for-You-and-Me-a-message-from-Michael-Moore <p>Friends,</p> <p>I drive an American car. It's a Chrysler. That's not an endorsement. It's more like a cry for pity. <em>And now for a decades-old story, retold ad infinitum by tens of millions of Americans, a third of whom have had to desert their country to simply find a damn way to get to work in something that won't break down</em>:</p> rss@dailykos.com (Michael Moore) AlanMulally Auto Makers AutoMakers Bailout Big 3 Big3 BobNardelli Cars Chrysler Detroit Economic Crisis EconomicCrisis Economy Ford GeneralMotors GM Jobs KeithOlbermann MichaelMoore MotorCity Recommended rickwagoner Transit Wall Street WallStreet _668798 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:54:46 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/11/18/663141/-Fire-Rick-Wagoner-GM-CEO <p>Today, General Motors's CEO <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Wagoner">Rick Wagoner</a> appeared before Congress and testified that GM's problems <a target="_blank" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27766792/">are not related to management but rather to the current economic downturn</a>. &nbsp;Normally I would consider this statement to be perjury, but I think that Mr. Wagoner is really so stupid that he actually believes it.</p> <p>Read on for why it's a crock of sh*t and thus he should be fired (for cause).</p> rss@dailykos.com (Mike McL) Bailout GeneralMotors rickwagoner _663141 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:12:08 +0000