Government Motors Has Broken The Code: Bring Customers Into The Dealer By Issuing Recalls -- July 23, 2014

In an earlier report which I did not link (because I was too busy at the time, no doubt) mentioned that GM dealers were seeing increased sales and increased interest in GM products when customers walked into their dealerships. Well, duh.

A quick way to get these folks into the dealership: issue recalls. The AP is reporting:

General Motors issued six more recalls on Wednesday, bringing its annual total to 60 recalls covering almost 30 million vehicles.

The latest recalls cover almost 718,000 cars and trucks. The largest is for faulty seats in just over 414,000 cars and small SUVs. Other problems include incomplete welds on seat brackets, turn signal failures, power steering failures, loose suspension bolts and faulty roof rack bolts.

GM is conducting a company-wide safety review as it tries to correct a dysfunctional corporate culture in which safety was a low priority. [And increase sales, one might add.]

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Speaking of Spin, Which We Weren't

Is this not incredible spin? The president's poll numbers are down to 42% approval -- pretty dismal for the first African-American president who had so much going for himself when he assumed office.

But CNN thinks those numbers are "okay" -- considering:

.... it looks like Obama has not experienced a similar drop in the summer of 2014, in part because his numbers already took that hit last year, and have stabilized since then.

The writer must be a Scandinavian. Our most commonly-used phrase is "it could be worse." LOL.

If the truth were told, I don't think many people even care any more what his poll numbers are any more. Hello! He's not running for a third term. Like all lame-duck presidents, his "value" is now in fund-raising and selecting the site for his presidential library.

I wonder if 85% of the US population can even name the current president? That's one "jay-walk" Mr Leno was afraid to take.

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No Spin

According to Breitbart:

According to the Detroit News, anti-capitalism "everyman" filmmaker Michael Moore owns 9 homes. On top of a $2 million, 10,000 square foot lakefront mansion in Torch Lake, Michigan, there is a Manhattan condo that was once 3 condos, and 7 other properties. 

I don't quite see it the same way Brietbart sees it; this does not seem particularly excessive for a multi-millionaire. If he were pro-capitalism he would be much richer and might be able to afford many more McMansions, some the size of the Algore mansion, which I'm told is 10,000 square feet, but energy efficient. The help staff is instructed to reduce-reuse-recycle.