Weenie of the Week - Buzz Hargrove

It's been awhile since I have nominated a Weenie of the Week, but listening to Buzz Hargrove today on AM 640, I can't help but give the honor to him.

Buzz thinks that the reason NA automakers are cutting back, is because of the lack of import restrictions. Figures a union guy would say that. There are a number of reasons that the former Big 3 are slashing their workforces, and its not because of a deluge of imports. Need we remind Buzz that the imports are no longer imports, with Toyota and Honda building more cars here with NA content than ever before. Toyota is non-union, but I digress...

1) The Big 3 do not build the cars that people want. Chrysler has a few hits, but they tend to take more chances with their designs than the other 2. Cadillac turned around, because they overcame the design monkey on their backs, and created something the consumer wanted...bold style.

2) Quality and reliability is key - the current public opinion is that imports have better quality, and in some cases, they do. Its not enough for the Big 3 to point to improved quality and reliability if you are still trying to sell a car that doesn't appeal to the masses. If Cadillac's quality was better than Toyota, I bet they would see improved results. When GM and Ford can produce a vehicle that lasts and is not a drain on the pocketbook for maintenance, they will start to win back the consumer. Longer warranty periods are the best chance to get a step in the right direction. Playing catch up only prolongs the pain. When GM and Ford start to learn to be proactive, instead of reactive, then their fortunes will turn around.

3) Union shop = Lack of Care and Craftmanship - I can't stress enough, that today's unions are working off past contracts and their rewards as entitlements, rather than sharing in the risk and reward. Unions today, make companies look at the people as a commodity, rather than an important piece of the manufacturing puzzle. When the unions decide to get off their high horses, and realize that they are not entitled to continue to live off the past, the better the Big 3 will be. All union companies have drifted this way, and they create the cycle to which the companies can't escape. Thanks to people like Buzz, this perpetuates the belief that workers can turn the screws on the companies, and we all know that the end result is layoffs. Job creation within union management, thats all unions do. The day that unions get with it, and adapt to the change in manufacturing and markets, the better. Risk has to be shared with everyone, including the unions...until they realize this, more bad news is on the way.

Unions had a place years ago, to protect the worker...they are now a detriment, and non-union companies are adapting and surviving at a better rate. For his ignorance in economics and narrow vision, Buzz Hargrove is the Weenie of the Week.

Buck Phillips Found!!! Or Was He??

The latest from CNN, is that a fugitive on the FBI's Most Wanted List has been found in the woods on the border between New York and Pennsylvania...

Finally, Buck Phillips from the Most Wanted list is caught!!!

But wait!!!!

Upon further investigation, authorities removed his disguise, and found that Osama himself has been hiding in the woods, not Buck Phillips!!!

A fugitive can hide in the woods and not get caught for 5 months...OBL is hiding in caves and amongst rocks in a hellhole in Afghanistan, and evades authorities for 5 YEARS...

Need I say more????

Fucking Idiots in the World - 50 Cent short Two Bits on Brains

I can't help but add my 2 cents to the article about 50 Cent being picked up driving in New York with a Lambourghini, with no registration or insurance. He even looks stupid.

What is up with people in the world, that make these idiots rich, when all they are are dipshits?

I now believe that there is a strong correlation of moronic activity to stardom....the more famous you are, the more apt you are to be stupid...I don't need to go through the list, but Tom Cruise, Paris Hilton, Mel Gibson, all fit the bill.

Life goes on for the smart ones in the world...at least the stars' stupidity keeps us entertained...

John Mark Karr - Was it Time to leave Thailand?

The obsession that Karr had with JonBenet has resulted in a "confession" (for the lack of a better word, since we really don't know the circumstances to which it was made...), which has him on a plane back to the US to face scrutiny and questioning from the Colorado DA office. It's funny when you look at what we know so far. Karr was in contact with Tracey (the professor) for 4 years before Tracey turned whatever information over to the authorities. Did it take 4 years for something to slip from Karr in his correspondence? I don't think so.

There is lots to learn with the facts in the case, least of which is the timing of the arrest. It seems to me that Karr made it too easy for himself to get caught. Did he want to be caught? Is there a reason why he confessed so he could get out of Thailand?

I think that there is another motive for Karr's strange behaviour with this confession, and that Thai officials should be looking where he was for any unsolved crimes against children. In a country where child exploitation is rampant, there is probably skeletons in Karr's closet from his stint in Thailand, which is why he needs to get out of there. It may be that this JonBenet confession is the red herring that Karr needed to get out of the country.

Again, I can't wait to see the evidence that links Karr...as others have said in the blog world, all you have to do is read the Tracey book, and you can figure out the M.O. pretty easy. It doesn't take a rocket scientist nor a grade school teacher wannabe to figure out facts on the case without having been there.

Before Karr gets into the mess in the US with respect to the case, I hope that Thai officials are doing "due diligence", to ensure that he hasn't left anything unsolved there...his ticket home on a trumped up confession is just the thing you can use to escape prosecution in a country where the punishment would fit the crimes.

Karr may be out for his 15 minutes of fame, but he has another motive...count on it.

Is JonBenet's Killer Still at Large?

With the latest news on the JonBenet case, with Karr being picked up for her murder, there are a couple of things that just don't make sense;

1) The time Karr lived in Georgia, JonBenet was only 1...how would Karr known the family and be obsessed with someone who hadn't entered the pageant circuit?
2) Karr's ex says that he was with her at the time of the murder...seems to me, that a spouse that is absent at Christmas time would be a red flag for something that was going on. IF that is the case, then why wouldn't have anyone put 2 and 2 together years ago?
3) How come nothing has been released about how Karr knew the Ramseys'?

I believe that Karr is merely looking for his 15 minutes of fame. Someone that is that engrossed with a case, and the case of Polly Klaas, only to become entangled in it to satisfy a need of being a celebrity. There may be more to it, such as JonBenet's parents are somehow involved in the plot.

Don't get me wrong, I think Karr is a whackjob, at best, but the pieces just don't add up. Was there a connection between Karr and Patsy and/or John?? I don't think that it's all as rosey as the news makes it out to be. The case being "solved", after 10 years, raises too many questions to be true.

If the timing of the "confession" isn't coincidence (2 months after Patsy dies), then who knows.

I don't think this case is solved...something still doesn't smell right, and Karr is seeking infamy, in a sick and twisted way.

I hope they catch the real killer, and if it's Karr, then there are questions I am sure we would all like to see answered.