Comments on: GM Drops US Mine Deal, Goes Foreign

By: Confucius

Confucius — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:24:40 +0000

Still, maybe Obama/GM’s production of Cadillac cologne for men will hire enough US workers to take up the slack.

I couldn’t find any information as to where the cologne will be manufactured. However, I did the find the following:

–The fragrance was created by Constance Georges-Picot who trained in France.
–The packaging was created by Pierre Eisenecker who is based in France.
–Beauty Contact, Inc. holds the license to design, develop, produce and market the fragrance. Beauty Contact is based in Dubai and was created in 2002 by it’s CEO (and sole director) Alwyn Stephen.
–Alwyn Stephen is mid-Eastern and says he is a fan of: (1) Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum who is the Ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of UAE, (2) Shaya Shamsadeh who is an Iranian who calls himself an “entrepreneur and advocate,” and (3) Oprah Winfrey.

So, if this cologne is going to be manufactured in America, it’s still not very American.

By: canary

canary — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:59:06 +0000

Is the Navy going to haul the precious metals, cause that will cost a fortune.
And precious metals sounds like it might be Russia’s melted stockpile of no telling what fumes might be created. And Russia will continue to sell the bad stuff to our enemies. Oh. GM strings are work with our military. :)

oh, and what about Obama’s campaign promise that his staff had developed -
amending the tax code to eliminate tax breaks for companies who shifted operations offshore.

By: pdsand

pdsand — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:08:53 +0000

Of course Stillwater’s prices are higher than its foreign competitors. It’s unionized.

By: MinnesotaRush

MinnesotaRush — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:42:07 +0000

“A federal bankruptcy judge granted General Motors Co. permission Wednesday to cut ties with the Stillwater Mining Co. so it can instead use cheaper foreign suppliers.” .. but potentially costs hundreds of American jobs.

These federal folks got just ALL the answers, don’t they(?).

“He said the only recourse could be through the Obama administration’s auto task force, which so far has not responded to calls for pressure on GM’s management.”

So maybe thru the CarCzar? Isn’t most of GM’s management folks that o-blah-blah’s administration put in place?

Surely the boy king will be able to resolve this minor glitch. After all, the players in the matter are just likely behaving “stupidly” (like the cops at Gate’s house).

By: beautyofreason

beautyofreason — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:45:27 +0000

So true. :)

By: Liberals Demise

Liberals Demise — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:13:55 +0000

I remember when they said that we were turning into a service nation.
Right now I’d settle for that!

Barry has divided this Nation by wide margins. What took a generation to put together will probably take two to put back into place. (how sad)

By: beautyofreason

beautyofreason — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:03:26 +0000

I still remember when John Kerry’s presidential run included a promise to “stop jobs from going overseas” and to punish companies that outsourced. Yet there is not a single whimper from them now.

By: Rusty Shackleford

Rusty Shackleford — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:40:00 +0000

Meanwhile, GM dumps a precious metal mine in Montana.

General Motors drops Montana mine in favor of foreign suppliers for precious metals

BILLINGS, Mont. — A federal bankruptcy judge has granted General Motors’ request to drop its precious metals contract with a Montana mining company so it can use foreign suppliers instead.

Rest of story: http://blog.taragana.com/n/gen.....ls-117478/