Pass the Peanuts

This just in...the American Auto makers are in trouble.  Well I just can't imagine why.  Their cars SUCK!  I guess that is beside the point.  So what's a business man to do in desperate times...I know, we'll beg.  Lets go down to Washington DC and beg for billions.  Never mind that we have no idea how to run a company, build a quality product and our Unions are sucking us dry.  We'll just beg.  Now this in itself is a flaming WTF moment, BUT, IT GETS BETTER! 

How will we get down to Washington, boys?  Well we could drive a Suburban, nah drinks too much gas.  Lets take the Town & Country Minivan, uuhh not sure about the transmission on that one.  OK, OK we'll just float down there in a Crown Vic!  OOOOhhhh, bad idea, might get carjacked down there in DC.  What to do, what to do.  Let's call Delta...nope, we might be allergic to peanuts...just can't risk it.  Let's just take the jet, no, not one, lets just take all three.    And so they did. WTF?  That's like showing up to Hosea Williams' feed the hungry Thanksgiving dinner in a stretch Hummer, wearing a tux and asking for a plate of food!

GM guy, Rick Wagoner's private jet trip to Washington cost an estimated $20,000 roundtrip. Commercial flights were going online for $288 coach and $837 first class. Ford has a fleet of eight corporate jets flying around the world.  In fact, Ford CEO, Alan Mulally's corporate jet (one of a fleet of eight) is a perk included for both he and his wife.  You see,  Mulally actually lives in Seattle, not Detroit. The company jet takes him home and back on weekends. Can you blame him?  Who the hell would want to live in Detroit?

I am not a wealth envy hack.  I do not begrudge the high CEO salaries because it's a tough job and they've worked their way up to it.  BUT, when you have continually made bad decisions, over many many years, and have driven your industry into ruin, I say tough shit.  And if you are coming to us, the taxpayers, to bail your sorry asses out, the least you can do is fly commercial with us, screaming babies, germs, peanuts and all.  WTF?