Wednesday, June 3, 2009

wings

I predict the team that wins four games wins the Cup. HAHAHAHAHA. Never a dull moment.

TOO MANY MEN

The Penguins had 6 skaters for 21 seconds last night and no penalty was called. Who cares. They didn't score or even get a shot on goal as I recall. The Wings have not been so great that a PP goal was a sure thing.
I think the Wings got so breaks the first 2 games. The Pittsburgh goalie let in a few horrible goals.
I think Osgood was the difference in the first 2 games. If the Penguins win game 4, the Wings might be in trouble. I predict the winner of game 4 wins the Cup.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

It is good that ticket prices are down. This way, I can sell mine for much less than I paid for them.

Tickets

I checked ticket sites and tickets were available below face value for each of the 1st 2 games of the Stanley Cup finals at the JLA.
How much is economy and how much is boredom with the wings being expected to win?
Then there is this All-in package for UM football games. I've heard they're claiming there would always be extra tickets until the stadium reconstruction is complete - but they really seem to be pushing this.

I'm sure the collapse of the auto industry will help keep ticket prices down...

gm

Government motors - hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

Monday, June 1, 2009

GM

I'm not sure about any of it. What does GM stand for?

Beaking News alert - GM bankruptcy

Everything on WDIV is breaking news. I'm tired of the auto industry news. I mostly turn off when they're talking about it anywhere. But here is what I think I've heard, feel free to correct me where I am wrong.

  • Government has given some bailout money to both GM and Chrysler
  • Set requirements for them to meet before they would get more money
  • Both companies have filed for bankruptcy
  • Both companies are shedding jobs
  • both companies are shedding car lines
  • Both companies are expected to build more cars overseas in the future

I understand that MANY jobs are tied to the auto industry, especially here in Michigan, but it doesn't seem like either of these companies (and Ford as well) are planning on having too many US workers going forward - or at least are planning to have a lot less than they do now.

Henry Ford essentially invented the middle class by paying Ford workers a decent wage. I don't think the "Big" three want to do that anymore.

I guess the good news would be that neither company will be too big to fail going forward.