....two weeks after my gm notes...they're bust...bankrupt...and as well as with Chrysler,General Motors will be in a chapter 11 situation.
Once more, Ford will be the only American Automobile manufactures in the USA, Ford once produced 55% of all cars made in the USA. That was in the model T days.
According to the news reports it looks like GM's Pontiac and Saturn operations may be shut down completely and the Chevrolet operations will be the only operating part of the once mighty General Motors.
Chrysler, after Chapter 11 may sell it's remnants to Fiat... and wherever that's going nobody knows.
28.5.09
14.5.09
mighty GM
For the once mighty GM corporation,today is the day the award winning small truck plant in Oshawa is closing down...apparently for good....gloom and doom all around. I live here and the change in the GM structure is taking it's toll on the town and the region.
They( the Motors)... are now frantically building the new Camaro here, about the only thing left out here to assemble...the new model Camaro, but to introduce a new muscle car at a time when gasoline is 96 cents a liter may not be the thing needed at this time to pull GM out of the dumps.
They say Saturn and Pontiac brands will disappear. At the same time it was announced today in the States that about 900 Chrysler dealers are about to shut down and the company will indeed declare chapter 11... Fiat takeover or not.
I have no idea where all this is going...obviously gross mismanagement of resources is one reason. It is easy enough to blame the Unions for their excessive and costly demands but I think most of that is just nonsense. Management is as much or more to blame for the ridiculous state GM and the industry as such is in today.
There will be cars built in North America, it's ironic that the two former enemies of the USA, Japan and Germany may end up supplying most of the future cars running in this region of the world built in USA or Canada.
One of the greatest creations of man, the "Automotive Car" or popularly known as the "Car" is a result of man's consistent efforts and perseverance. Over the years, the automobile industry has evolved as one of the main revenue generators, provider of employment and has progressed a lot.
Though the credit for the modern day automobile goes to Karl Friedrich Benz (from Germany), the first theoretical plans for a motor vehicle were conceptualized by both Isaac Newton and Leonardo da Vinci.
...the picture features a Tata Indica car made in India by the most rapidly growing car builder in the world....watch them grow and produce the cheapest quality car in the world...
They( the Motors)... are now frantically building the new Camaro here, about the only thing left out here to assemble...the new model Camaro, but to introduce a new muscle car at a time when gasoline is 96 cents a liter may not be the thing needed at this time to pull GM out of the dumps.
They say Saturn and Pontiac brands will disappear. At the same time it was announced today in the States that about 900 Chrysler dealers are about to shut down and the company will indeed declare chapter 11... Fiat takeover or not.
I have no idea where all this is going...obviously gross mismanagement of resources is one reason. It is easy enough to blame the Unions for their excessive and costly demands but I think most of that is just nonsense. Management is as much or more to blame for the ridiculous state GM and the industry as such is in today.
There will be cars built in North America, it's ironic that the two former enemies of the USA, Japan and Germany may end up supplying most of the future cars running in this region of the world built in USA or Canada.
One of the greatest creations of man, the "Automotive Car" or popularly known as the "Car" is a result of man's consistent efforts and perseverance. Over the years, the automobile industry has evolved as one of the main revenue generators, provider of employment and has progressed a lot.
Though the credit for the modern day automobile goes to Karl Friedrich Benz (from Germany), the first theoretical plans for a motor vehicle were conceptualized by both Isaac Newton and Leonardo da Vinci.
...the picture features a Tata Indica car made in India by the most rapidly growing car builder in the world....watch them grow and produce the cheapest quality car in the world...
12.5.09
Tamil
Much in the news here lately ( Canada Toronto Ontario ) people of Sri Lanka who more recently came to Canada as immigrants.... still much involved in supporting efforts in their former homeland to create a separate country on the formerly called island of Ceylon, south of India...
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), more commonly known as the Tamil Tigers, is a political and military group that is fighting for an independent homeland in Sri Lanka.
It emerged in response to tensions between the majority Sinhalese and minority Tamils in the island nation south of India.
(Source: Public Safety Canada)
The group's roots can be traced back to 1974, when several Tamil militants created the Tamil New Tigers (TNT). LTTE was officially founded two years later, in May 1976, by Velupillai Prabhakaran and members of the TNT,considered a terrorist organization by Canada, is known for its suicide attacks and is said to have pioneered the use of suicide vests.
The Tigers are fighting for an independent state in the north and eastern parts of Sri Lanka, an area they refer to as Tamil Eelam.
In 1983, 13 Sinhalese soldiers in northern Jaffna were killed in an ambush by Tigers, sparking anti-Tamil riots that led to the deaths of an estimated several hundred Tamils. It also forced thousands of Tamils to flee the country.
That marked the beginning of what the Tigers call the First Eelam War between the Tamil separatists and Sinhalese-dominated government.
It is a civil war that would continue to claim 70,000 lives over the years and is still not over.
Attempts at peace
In the 1980s, the Indian military service became involved in the conflict by helping train and arm the Tigers.The Tamil Tigers want an independent state in north and eastern parts of Sri Lanka. (CBC)
In 1987, India and Sri Lanka signed an accord in which Colombo agreed to create new councils for Tamil areas in the north and east. It also reached an agreement with India to deploy an Indian peacekeeping force to curb the violence in northern Sri Lanka.
But the peacekeeping force soon found itself embroiled in the bloody conflict and eventually withdrew.
On May 21, 1991, a suspected female member of the LTTE assassinated Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu in an apparent act of revenge against India for sending a peacekeeping force who ended up fighting the rebels.
The Tigers have been known to use women and children in their suicide attacks. UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, said they recorded more than 6,000 cases of children recruited by the LTTE between 2003 and 2008.
The Tigers and the Sri Lankan government agreed to a Norwegian-brokered ceasefire in 2002 that a war-weary public hoped would bring lasting peace. But talks broke off in 2003 and violence flared up yet again.
When the Boxing Day tsunami hit Sri Lanka in 2004, the civil strife was set aside as the country struggled to deal with the worst disaster in its history.
About two-thirds of the damage was in the northeastern areas of the island, parts of which were Tiger territory. However, in the aftermath the Tamil Tigers were reportedly preying on tsunami orphans to use as child soldiers, according to UNICEF.
When billions of dollars in foreign aid flowed into the country for tsunami relief, the Sri Lankan Monitoring Mission brokered a deal between the Tamil Tigers and the government. The controversial agreement had the groups share responsibility for the money allocated for the disaster's survivors. But the Sri Lankan Supreme Court struck it down.
Fundraising abroad
In February 2006, the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan government met for the first time since 2003 and agreed to extend the ceasefire. They also planned to meet again for more negotiations.
But it didn't stop the violence. Among the deaths blamed on the fighting was a deadly sea battle on May 11, 2006, that claimed the lives of 17 soldiers and about 45 rebels.
A Human Rights Watch report released in March 2006 said the Tamil Tigers were using threats and intimidation tactics to extort money from Sri Lankans living in Canada.
Fundraisers, often working in pairs, knocked on the doors of Tamil families to solicit donations.
The fundraisers were quoted as saying they were "collecting for the final war against the Sri Lankan government." The donation drive targeted Tamil families in Toronto, home to one of the largest Tamil populations outside Sri Lanka.
"Tamils unable to pay say they have been told by LTTE fundraisers to borrow the money, make a contribution on their credit card or even re-mortgage their home," Human Rights Watch said in a news release.
In April of 2006, the Canadian government added the LTTE to its official list of terrorist organizations for its use of suicide bombers and child soldiers in the conflict. The designation makes it a crime to fundraise for the group.
Ceasefire ends
The Sri Lankan government officially ended the ceasefire agreement on Jan. 16, 2008.
By early 2009, the Sri Lankan army said they had ousted Tamil Tigers from many of its strongholds in the north and said it was poised to defeat the rebel group in its heartland after the 26-year civil war. The government acknowledged wiping out sleeper cells across the country could take another two years.
Though many senior Tigers figures have been killed in the fighting, the group's leader and founder, Prabhakaran, is still at large.
In April 2009, Sri Lanka rejected a call from the UN for a ceasefire, saying that would allow the rebels to regroup.
But as the fighting continues, aid groups are worried about thousands of civilians who fled to an area declared by the Sri Lankan military as a no-fire zone earlier in the year and are now trapped near the fighting.
The United Nations estimates 150,000 to 190,000 civilians are trapped there, with dozens dying each day. The government says 30,000 to 40,000 still remain, and more than 23,000 civilians escaped last month.
Expatriate Tamils have condemned the government's offensive, accusing the government of targeting civilians.
The Sri Lankan government has also accused Tigers of using Tamil civilians trapped in the north as human shields against the military campaign.
International aid organizations accuse both government forces and the rebels of breaking international humanitarian laws, and warn of a high rate of civilian casualties.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), more commonly known as the Tamil Tigers, is a political and military group that is fighting for an independent homeland in Sri Lanka.
It emerged in response to tensions between the majority Sinhalese and minority Tamils in the island nation south of India.
(Source: Public Safety Canada)
The group's roots can be traced back to 1974, when several Tamil militants created the Tamil New Tigers (TNT). LTTE was officially founded two years later, in May 1976, by Velupillai Prabhakaran and members of the TNT,considered a terrorist organization by Canada, is known for its suicide attacks and is said to have pioneered the use of suicide vests.
The Tigers are fighting for an independent state in the north and eastern parts of Sri Lanka, an area they refer to as Tamil Eelam.
In 1983, 13 Sinhalese soldiers in northern Jaffna were killed in an ambush by Tigers, sparking anti-Tamil riots that led to the deaths of an estimated several hundred Tamils. It also forced thousands of Tamils to flee the country.
That marked the beginning of what the Tigers call the First Eelam War between the Tamil separatists and Sinhalese-dominated government.
It is a civil war that would continue to claim 70,000 lives over the years and is still not over.
Attempts at peace
In the 1980s, the Indian military service became involved in the conflict by helping train and arm the Tigers.The Tamil Tigers want an independent state in north and eastern parts of Sri Lanka. (CBC)
In 1987, India and Sri Lanka signed an accord in which Colombo agreed to create new councils for Tamil areas in the north and east. It also reached an agreement with India to deploy an Indian peacekeeping force to curb the violence in northern Sri Lanka.
But the peacekeeping force soon found itself embroiled in the bloody conflict and eventually withdrew.
On May 21, 1991, a suspected female member of the LTTE assassinated Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu in an apparent act of revenge against India for sending a peacekeeping force who ended up fighting the rebels.
The Tigers have been known to use women and children in their suicide attacks. UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, said they recorded more than 6,000 cases of children recruited by the LTTE between 2003 and 2008.
The Tigers and the Sri Lankan government agreed to a Norwegian-brokered ceasefire in 2002 that a war-weary public hoped would bring lasting peace. But talks broke off in 2003 and violence flared up yet again.
When the Boxing Day tsunami hit Sri Lanka in 2004, the civil strife was set aside as the country struggled to deal with the worst disaster in its history.
About two-thirds of the damage was in the northeastern areas of the island, parts of which were Tiger territory. However, in the aftermath the Tamil Tigers were reportedly preying on tsunami orphans to use as child soldiers, according to UNICEF.
When billions of dollars in foreign aid flowed into the country for tsunami relief, the Sri Lankan Monitoring Mission brokered a deal between the Tamil Tigers and the government. The controversial agreement had the groups share responsibility for the money allocated for the disaster's survivors. But the Sri Lankan Supreme Court struck it down.
Fundraising abroad
In February 2006, the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan government met for the first time since 2003 and agreed to extend the ceasefire. They also planned to meet again for more negotiations.
But it didn't stop the violence. Among the deaths blamed on the fighting was a deadly sea battle on May 11, 2006, that claimed the lives of 17 soldiers and about 45 rebels.
A Human Rights Watch report released in March 2006 said the Tamil Tigers were using threats and intimidation tactics to extort money from Sri Lankans living in Canada.
Fundraisers, often working in pairs, knocked on the doors of Tamil families to solicit donations.
The fundraisers were quoted as saying they were "collecting for the final war against the Sri Lankan government." The donation drive targeted Tamil families in Toronto, home to one of the largest Tamil populations outside Sri Lanka.
"Tamils unable to pay say they have been told by LTTE fundraisers to borrow the money, make a contribution on their credit card or even re-mortgage their home," Human Rights Watch said in a news release.
In April of 2006, the Canadian government added the LTTE to its official list of terrorist organizations for its use of suicide bombers and child soldiers in the conflict. The designation makes it a crime to fundraise for the group.
Ceasefire ends
The Sri Lankan government officially ended the ceasefire agreement on Jan. 16, 2008.
By early 2009, the Sri Lankan army said they had ousted Tamil Tigers from many of its strongholds in the north and said it was poised to defeat the rebel group in its heartland after the 26-year civil war. The government acknowledged wiping out sleeper cells across the country could take another two years.
Though many senior Tigers figures have been killed in the fighting, the group's leader and founder, Prabhakaran, is still at large.
In April 2009, Sri Lanka rejected a call from the UN for a ceasefire, saying that would allow the rebels to regroup.
But as the fighting continues, aid groups are worried about thousands of civilians who fled to an area declared by the Sri Lankan military as a no-fire zone earlier in the year and are now trapped near the fighting.
The United Nations estimates 150,000 to 190,000 civilians are trapped there, with dozens dying each day. The government says 30,000 to 40,000 still remain, and more than 23,000 civilians escaped last month.
Expatriate Tamils have condemned the government's offensive, accusing the government of targeting civilians.
The Sri Lankan government has also accused Tigers of using Tamil civilians trapped in the north as human shields against the military campaign.
International aid organizations accuse both government forces and the rebels of breaking international humanitarian laws, and warn of a high rate of civilian casualties.
11.5.09
one more star ***** for Colin Powell
CNN coverage by Larry King of the former VP, sour faced ( what's his name...Cheney the munition master) proclaiming that he was under the impression that C.Powell had already abandoned his party
( remember the Republicans ?) and joined the Democrats by supporting or rather endorsing Obama.
I think this bunch of misguided warmonger screwballs ( that's the former administration of shrub hangers on) should keep a low profile for a while and allow the new administration to clean up some of the horrendous mess they left.
Comparing Limbaugh with Powell is like comparing an elephant with a chicken...why is this loudmouth radio entertainer even being discussed..?
Iraq-Afghanistan-border problems-9/11 unresolved-incredible financial meltdown-AEG-inability to make progress on health care.....big industry going bankrupt, trade imbalance with former enemy China, the list goes on....
( remember the Republicans ?) and joined the Democrats by supporting or rather endorsing Obama.
I think this bunch of misguided warmonger screwballs ( that's the former administration of shrub hangers on) should keep a low profile for a while and allow the new administration to clean up some of the horrendous mess they left.
Comparing Limbaugh with Powell is like comparing an elephant with a chicken...why is this loudmouth radio entertainer even being discussed..?
Iraq-Afghanistan-border problems-9/11 unresolved-incredible financial meltdown-AEG-inability to make progress on health care.....big industry going bankrupt, trade imbalance with former enemy China, the list goes on....
10.5.09
size....educating Sarah....
...and here is something else you really should know...
what are the largest ten countries in the world...?
1-Russia...or as it is now called the Russian Federation. About 12 % of the earths surface is under Russian control with a population of about 144 Million, even after the break up of the Soviet Union, Russia is still by far the largest country in the world today.
2-Canada...with just under 10,000 sq km as compared to Russia's 17,000 Canada is the second largest country, with a population of under 40 million. and 6.7% of the land area.
3-China, 9.6k sq km or 6.6% at about the same size as the USA
4-USA, about the same size as China 9.600 sq km or 6.5%
5-Brazil, 8,5k sq km 5.7%
6-Australia..country and continent at 7.700 sq km and 7.7% earths surface
7-India, 3,200 sq km
8-Argentina, 2,700 sq km
9-Kazakhstan, former component of USSR 2,700 sq km
10-The Sudan...1,700 sq.km
Places like Britain, Germany,France,Spain, Italy and Sweden are well down the list as an example GB is .16% of world land area, Germany .23%
what are the largest ten countries in the world...?
1-Russia...or as it is now called the Russian Federation. About 12 % of the earths surface is under Russian control with a population of about 144 Million, even after the break up of the Soviet Union, Russia is still by far the largest country in the world today.
2-Canada...with just under 10,000 sq km as compared to Russia's 17,000 Canada is the second largest country, with a population of under 40 million. and 6.7% of the land area.
3-China, 9.6k sq km or 6.6% at about the same size as the USA
4-USA, about the same size as China 9.600 sq km or 6.5%
5-Brazil, 8,5k sq km 5.7%
6-Australia..country and continent at 7.700 sq km and 7.7% earths surface
7-India, 3,200 sq km
8-Argentina, 2,700 sq km
9-Kazakhstan, former component of USSR 2,700 sq km
10-The Sudan...1,700 sq.km
Places like Britain, Germany,France,Spain, Italy and Sweden are well down the list as an example GB is .16% of world land area, Germany .23%
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