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This is from 2001. I don't know if anything's changed. (and I can't believe I'm using a CNN link :-o)
Toyota remains un-American, at least as far as the auto industry is concerned, in one key aspect: it is a nonunion shop, a status that is also subject to intense discussion in local communities. Roger Myers, a county commissioner in Indiana who helped bring Toyota to Princeton, was a longtime executive of the United Mine Workers union and sees the new truck plant as a fertile ground for labor organizers. "I know the jobs have to be there before the union is there," Myers says, "but this is still a union community. I think there will be an attempt to organize the plant. Without a doubt, there will be."
and from a more recent article
Workers in Toyota's US plants have never voted for a union, and some observers believe that union work rules would impede its vaunted just-in-time production system.
I'm not so sure it's just about unions, but if I had to guess, that would be a big reason. Not sure about the UAW, but a lot of American companies have to raise their prices because they are unionized, especially now with the health care costs. (unions, I think, are a big reason we are losing competitiveness in the global market). Just a sidenote, I don't think unions are necessary anymore now that we have OSHA and other regulations.As Stumpfoot said, there's a lot of competition out there and kyfatboy at NJO made an excellent point, their cars, as well as most American made cars, are just not reliable and not as good a prouct. That itself could very well be the main cause of it's demise.It's unfortunate how much this is going to affect other industries. I'm glad my company isn't involved heavily in the auto industry (as long as defense spending stays high, my job's pretty secure), many in the same industry I'm in deal a lot with the auto industry and I know it's going to affect them greatly. It already has.
Alright heres where everybody has to fess-up.
😆 😆I'd have to say Area 51. There were definitely UFO's and ET's that landed...I think
PNAC is simply military strategy written by foreign policy (not necessarily military) experts. Syria, China, Iran, and North Korea are also mentioned in those documents as possible theatres of war. Removing Saddam has been discussed far longer than GW Bush has been president.Although the majority of Iraqis look at us as occupiers, many of them still want us there. Whenever there's a problem they come to us first because their government is really powerless right now to do anything. Many of the insurgents we and the Iraqis are fighting are from outside the border, most of the problem there now comes from Syrian and Iranian influence and support. This isn't one of President Bush's or the Right's talking points, this comes from the Generals and Commanders who have found much evidence of this.We're not there to change them to a Christian nation. Many western-friendly Arab nations are still predominately Islam.
US troops chanting Christian songs at the gates of Falluja, which hosts Islam shrines, certainly didn't help bridge the gap.
Could you provide a valid link for this please? This is the first I've ever heard of it.
I have never heard of Cahokia before :oops:. Was just reading some stuff about it Cahokiahere[/wiki] and it's really cool! And in America. (which makes it doubly embarrassing I didn't know this). You CAN teach an old dog new tricks.
Here is a picture of what I'm talking about
Just found this. Maybe there isn't a name for the whole display.. Most units prepare a visible reminder of the deceased soldier similar to that depicted in Figure C-1. The helmet and identification tags signify the fallen soldier. The inverted rifle with bayonet signals a time for prayer, a break in the action to pay tribute to our comrade. The combat boots represent the final march of the last battle. The beret (in the case of soldiers from airborne units) reminds us that the soldier has taken part in his final jump.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/7-21-13/appc.htm
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones . It was a good movie, but very disturbing.
Nothing is going to change.
I agree with you for the most part. I think our intervention, at the very least, makes it difficult for things to get worse. But the way things are going here politically and with the media and all, I don't think we're going to be staying much longer.
Speaking of Cuba, why is Gitmo there? Do we control some of Cuba? If this isn't a simple answer, I'll start a new thread.
Here's a link I found about how and why it came into existence.http://www.johnemossfoundation.org/foi/kennedy.htm
OK, I accept the fact that the Iraqis aren't going to operate exactly how we operate, and that's because of the vastly different culture. Who said I was mad at the Kurds? OK, I am. But if our government lets them get away with this and does nothing, which is probably (hopefully I'm wrong) going to be the case, that's what I'm angry at. Sorry, but this is about OUR national security. The Kurdish official who is doing this should have been fired yesterday. I don't care if he was voted in democratically, I want our people in there. And who cares what the rest of the world or the Left says about that. I certainly don't want some Iran-friendly government official going over our heads like this. I'll give it a few days and see what happens, but I bet it will be nothing. The Bush administration will just keep their usual la-dee-da attitude when, instead, they should be clamping down real hard. My goodness, I sound like a Liberal. 😮
Phid, there's many articles saying it's the Kurdish government. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/world/4467718.htmlhttp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,243560,00.htmlI'm not a huge fan of diplomacy with Iran.
Just found this. Maybe there isn't a name for the whole display.
