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	<title>Comments on: Rick Wagoner Chief Executive Officer General Motors Corp.: a too much obsession</title>
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		<title>By: Glarstout</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 12:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am not sure if gauging a company by its &quot;stock&quot; quotes is the best idea in the world. &lt;br&gt;Here you saw Madoff pretending that his quotes were solid and they were not. Here you have a prefect candidate for CEO- Wagoner, yet based on the quotes you insinuate him to be a flop- there is a heck of a lot more involved in being a responsible CEO than stock quotes. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For example- he could certainly opt out of &quot;only manufacturing cars&quot; and start teaching car manufacture and industry. He has evolved a huge rapport through teaching students the car industry and this is an important out reach program that is beneficial to the public and future workers. (our school system, which incidently gets more than 95% of our county tax dollars, could make good use of his teaching for not all of our kids are college-bound through personal preference)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Being into &quot;Community&quot; is not valued by the world today as big $ but it very much has to do with continuity and sustaining its future in bringing on new experienced workers. I have owned GM vehicles and they are top notch, as long as the company steers clear of 4 cylinders. They have created some of the best vehicles owned to-date including the Impala ( I had the 1970 version and I had to beat people away with a stick when I went to sell it and it was 20 something years old! ), which was recreated. Let&#039;s see Ford do that with the Mustang- but no changes please. &lt;br&gt;Give us the classic car line with the &quot;green&quot; technology- talk about the best of both worlds. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Seriously, this guy is top of his field and his devotion to community and staff is totally being ignored. Of the three auto manufacturers he was the only one who took stock himself in his people, those who worked in and out of the company. If this is not successful business than the business world has to recreate itself, not Wagoner. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;He was the only one who was total Americana- Chrysler was already dealing with the Asian car markets and had manufacturing abroad, Ford was changing CEOs like they were his underwear. GM was the stable company and continues to be. The company with awesome Dealership service to cars as well! Service is very important to car owners, it makes or breaks you! This is how repeat business is made and Wagoner knows it!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I am so sick to death of these grow-quick, one-night-stand, fly-by-night, operators who take over a company, work it to the likings of the share holders then sell of to cash in and fly off leaving their staff and customers in the lurch. The company is left a mess of course because the whole human touch- customer service- had been abandoned ages ago. Hear that AirTran!! (you service people, not cattle) &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When Yahoo refused to be used this way by that dope who owned a measely 5% and acted like he dictated to the world what yahoo and their shareholders would do- like he is ALL that- I was thrilled!! GOOD JOB YAHOO!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Those slicked down scam artists need to be kicked out of the business, Madoff wanna-bes. No one benefits from these dummies but a few tight-fisted egotists. They are sitting on plenty of dough but they are screwing over a company and all of their workers just to show a bit of &quot;business&quot; prowess in a public forum to stroke their egos- they aren&#039;t doing it for the money, they are so tight-fisted nothing leaves their grip without an elastic string attached. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;SO, these CEOs, the one (Wagoner) who is growing slow and giving a hoot and holler for the employees and community, by doing expensive outreach programs, they need to STAY!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The idiots who are greasing their shareholders, to play &quot;money God&quot;, those need to take a hike! Nobody cares about them, their ego, their selfish ideas or their stupid stock quotes.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We want responsible corporations/companies who do business the real business way not the hokey Harvard school of business way- sorry wagoner but that is where the &quot;ditch the old guy before we have to pay his retirement&quot; comes from but it came in an age after Wagoner, in Wagoner&#039;s days they were learning what I was learning - the customer is always right and you stand by your employee because he is your biggest &quot;shareholder&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am not sure if gauging a company by its &#8220;stock&#8221; quotes is the best idea in the world. <br />Here you saw Madoff pretending that his quotes were solid and they were not. Here you have a prefect candidate for CEO- Wagoner, yet based on the quotes you insinuate him to be a flop- there is a heck of a lot more involved in being a responsible CEO than stock quotes. </p>
<p>For example- he could certainly opt out of &#8220;only manufacturing cars&#8221; and start teaching car manufacture and industry. He has evolved a huge rapport through teaching students the car industry and this is an important out reach program that is beneficial to the public and future workers. (our school system, which incidently gets more than 95% of our county tax dollars, could make good use of his teaching for not all of our kids are college-bound through personal preference)</p>
<p>Being into &#8220;Community&#8221; is not valued by the world today as big $ but it very much has to do with continuity and sustaining its future in bringing on new experienced workers. I have owned GM vehicles and they are top notch, as long as the company steers clear of 4 cylinders. They have created some of the best vehicles owned to-date including the Impala ( I had the 1970 version and I had to beat people away with a stick when I went to sell it and it was 20 something years old! ), which was recreated. Let&#39;s see Ford do that with the Mustang- but no changes please. <br />Give us the classic car line with the &#8220;green&#8221; technology- talk about the best of both worlds. </p>
<p>Seriously, this guy is top of his field and his devotion to community and staff is totally being ignored. Of the three auto manufacturers he was the only one who took stock himself in his people, those who worked in and out of the company. If this is not successful business than the business world has to recreate itself, not Wagoner. </p>
<p>He was the only one who was total Americana- Chrysler was already dealing with the Asian car markets and had manufacturing abroad, Ford was changing CEOs like they were his underwear. GM was the stable company and continues to be. The company with awesome Dealership service to cars as well! Service is very important to car owners, it makes or breaks you! This is how repeat business is made and Wagoner knows it!</p>
<p>I am so sick to death of these grow-quick, one-night-stand, fly-by-night, operators who take over a company, work it to the likings of the share holders then sell of to cash in and fly off leaving their staff and customers in the lurch. The company is left a mess of course because the whole human touch- customer service- had been abandoned ages ago. Hear that AirTran!! (you service people, not cattle) </p>
<p>When Yahoo refused to be used this way by that dope who owned a measely 5% and acted like he dictated to the world what yahoo and their shareholders would do- like he is ALL that- I was thrilled!! GOOD JOB YAHOO!</p>
<p>Those slicked down scam artists need to be kicked out of the business, Madoff wanna-bes. No one benefits from these dummies but a few tight-fisted egotists. They are sitting on plenty of dough but they are screwing over a company and all of their workers just to show a bit of &#8220;business&#8221; prowess in a public forum to stroke their egos- they aren&#39;t doing it for the money, they are so tight-fisted nothing leaves their grip without an elastic string attached. </p>
<p>SO, these CEOs, the one (Wagoner) who is growing slow and giving a hoot and holler for the employees and community, by doing expensive outreach programs, they need to STAY!</p>
<p>The idiots who are greasing their shareholders, to play &#8220;money God&#8221;, those need to take a hike! Nobody cares about them, their ego, their selfish ideas or their stupid stock quotes.</p>
<p>We want responsible corporations/companies who do business the real business way not the hokey Harvard school of business way- sorry wagoner but that is where the &#8220;ditch the old guy before we have to pay his retirement&#8221; comes from but it came in an age after Wagoner, in Wagoner&#39;s days they were learning what I was learning &#8211; the customer is always right and you stand by your employee because he is your biggest &#8220;shareholder&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: Glarstout</title>
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		<dc:creator>Glarstout</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 05:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am not sure if gauging a company by its &quot;stock&quot; quotes is the best idea in the world. &lt;br&gt;Here you saw Madoff pretending that his quotes were solid and they were not. Here you have a prefect candidate for CEO- Wagoner, yet based on the quotes you insinuate him to be a flop- there is a heck of a lot more involved in being a responsible CEO than stock quotes. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For example- he could certainly opt out of &quot;only manufacturing cars&quot; and start teaching car manufacture and industry. He has evolved a huge rapport through teaching students the car industry and this is an important out reach program that is beneficial to the public and future workers. (our school system, which incidently gets more than 95% of our county tax dollars, could make good use of his teaching for not all of our kids are college-bound through personal preference)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Being into &quot;Community&quot; is not valued by the world today as big $ but it very much has to do with continuity and sustaining its future in bringing on new experienced workers. I have owned GM vehicles and they are top notch, as long as the company steers clear of 4 cylinders. They have created some of the best vehicles owned to-date including the Impala ( I had the 1970 version and I had to beat people away with a stick when I went to sell it and it was 20 something years old! ), which was recreated. Let&#039;s see Ford do that with the Mustang- but no changes please. &lt;br&gt;Give us the classic car line with the &quot;green&quot; technology- talk about the best of both worlds. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Seriously, this guy is top of his field and his devotion to community and staff is totally being ignored. Of the three auto manufacturers he was the only one who took stock himself in his people, those who worked in and out of the company. If this is not successful business than the business world has to recreate itself, not Wagoner. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;He was the only one who was total Americana- Chrysler was already dealing with the Asian car markets and had manufacturing abroad, Ford was changing CEOs like they were his underwear. GM was the stable company and continues to be. The company with awesome Dealership service to cars as well! Service is very important to car owners, it makes or breaks you! This is how repeat business is made and Wagoner knows it!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I am so sick to death of these grow-quick, one-night-stand, fly-by-night, operators who take over a company, work it to the likings of the share holders then sell of to cash in and fly off leaving their staff and customers in the lurch. The company is left a mess of course because the whole human touch- customer service- had been abandoned ages ago. Hear that AirTran!! (you service people, not cattle) &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When Yahoo refused to be used this way by that dope who owned a measely 5% and acted like he dictated to the world what yahoo and their shareholders would do- like he is ALL that- I was thrilled!! GOOD JOB YAHOO!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Those slicked down scam artists need to be kicked out of the business, Madoff wanna-bes. No one benefits from these dummies but a few tight-fisted egotists. They are sitting on plenty of dough but they are screwing over a company and all of their workers just to show a bit of &quot;business&quot; prowess in a public forum to stroke their egos- they aren&#039;t doing it for the money, they are so tight-fisted nothing leaves their grip without an elastic string attached. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;SO, these CEOs, the one (Wagoner) who is growing slow and giving a hoot and holler for the employees and community, by doing expensive outreach programs, they need to STAY!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The idiots who are greasing their shareholders, to play &quot;money God&quot;, those need to take a hike! Nobody cares about them, their ego, their selfish ideas or their stupid stock quotes.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We want responsible corporations/companies who do business the real business way not the hokey Harvard school of business way- sorry wagoner but that is where the &quot;ditch the old guy before we have to pay his retirement&quot; comes from but it came in an age after Wagoner, in Wagoner&#039;s days they were learning what I was learning - the customer is always right and you stand by your employee because he is your biggest &quot;shareholder&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am not sure if gauging a company by its &#8220;stock&#8221; quotes is the best idea in the world. <br />Here you saw Madoff pretending that his quotes were solid and they were not. Here you have a prefect candidate for CEO- Wagoner, yet based on the quotes you insinuate him to be a flop- there is a heck of a lot more involved in being a responsible CEO than stock quotes. </p>
<p>For example- he could certainly opt out of &#8220;only manufacturing cars&#8221; and start teaching car manufacture and industry. He has evolved a huge rapport through teaching students the car industry and this is an important out reach program that is beneficial to the public and future workers. (our school system, which incidently gets more than 95% of our county tax dollars, could make good use of his teaching for not all of our kids are college-bound through personal preference)</p>
<p>Being into &#8220;Community&#8221; is not valued by the world today as big $ but it very much has to do with continuity and sustaining its future in bringing on new experienced workers. I have owned GM vehicles and they are top notch, as long as the company steers clear of 4 cylinders. They have created some of the best vehicles owned to-date including the Impala ( I had the 1970 version and I had to beat people away with a stick when I went to sell it and it was 20 something years old! ), which was recreated. Let&#39;s see Ford do that with the Mustang- but no changes please. <br />Give us the classic car line with the &#8220;green&#8221; technology- talk about the best of both worlds. </p>
<p>Seriously, this guy is top of his field and his devotion to community and staff is totally being ignored. Of the three auto manufacturers he was the only one who took stock himself in his people, those who worked in and out of the company. If this is not successful business than the business world has to recreate itself, not Wagoner. </p>
<p>He was the only one who was total Americana- Chrysler was already dealing with the Asian car markets and had manufacturing abroad, Ford was changing CEOs like they were his underwear. GM was the stable company and continues to be. The company with awesome Dealership service to cars as well! Service is very important to car owners, it makes or breaks you! This is how repeat business is made and Wagoner knows it!</p>
<p>I am so sick to death of these grow-quick, one-night-stand, fly-by-night, operators who take over a company, work it to the likings of the share holders then sell of to cash in and fly off leaving their staff and customers in the lurch. The company is left a mess of course because the whole human touch- customer service- had been abandoned ages ago. Hear that AirTran!! (you service people, not cattle) </p>
<p>When Yahoo refused to be used this way by that dope who owned a measely 5% and acted like he dictated to the world what yahoo and their shareholders would do- like he is ALL that- I was thrilled!! GOOD JOB YAHOO!</p>
<p>Those slicked down scam artists need to be kicked out of the business, Madoff wanna-bes. No one benefits from these dummies but a few tight-fisted egotists. They are sitting on plenty of dough but they are screwing over a company and all of their workers just to show a bit of &#8220;business&#8221; prowess in a public forum to stroke their egos- they aren&#39;t doing it for the money, they are so tight-fisted nothing leaves their grip without an elastic string attached. </p>
<p>SO, these CEOs, the one (Wagoner) who is growing slow and giving a hoot and holler for the employees and community, by doing expensive outreach programs, they need to STAY!</p>
<p>The idiots who are greasing their shareholders, to play &#8220;money God&#8221;, those need to take a hike! Nobody cares about them, their ego, their selfish ideas or their stupid stock quotes.</p>
<p>We want responsible corporations/companies who do business the real business way not the hokey Harvard school of business way- sorry wagoner but that is where the &#8220;ditch the old guy before we have to pay his retirement&#8221; comes from but it came in an age after Wagoner, in Wagoner&#39;s days they were learning what I was learning &#8211; the customer is always right and you stand by your employee because he is your biggest &#8220;shareholder&#8221;.</p>
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