02 June 2009

More Humiliation For Michigan; Some Skinny-Jeaned Hipster In Charge of GM


Seeing how the state of Michigan is heavily invested both financially and emotionally with the auto industry, and the Governor had to go begging for cash from Obama like a schmuck to keep people employed, you'd think it couldn't get any lower for the Great Lakes state than having the former #1 company in the world go bust. Well, not unless the new person in charge of GM is some law-school dropout/pizzafaced-politico dweeb who has probably never worked a day in his life. From New York Times:

But that, in short, is the job description for Brian Deese, a not-quite graduate of Yale Law School who had never set foot in an automotive assembly plant until he took on his nearly unseen role in remaking the American automotive industry. Nor, for that matter, had he given much thought to what ailed an industry that had been in decline ever since he was born. A bit laconic and looking every bit the just-out-of-graduate-school student adjusting to life in the West Wing — “he’s got this beard that appears and disappears,” says Steven Rattner, one of the leaders of President Obama’s automotive task force — Mr. Deese was thrown into the auto industry’s maelstrom as soon the election-night parties ended.
Yeah! I'm sure the thousands of newly unemployed are breathing a sigh of relief that some no-experience hipster is taking charge. God bless our political system.

GM said that they have sold Hummer to an "undisclosed buyer". Maybe it's to this Deese guy so he can have his buddies chauffeured to some party in Brooklyn where none of us are invited.

3 comments:

NateSF said...

This reminds me how the last administration tapped inexperienced but politically connected people to head up the reconstruction of Iraq after the invasion. I wonder if this is going to turn out any different, at least in the short run?

Wek said...

Dude, that pic is hilarious. I'm gonna have to use it in a future Gen Y bashing post.

How do hipsters avoid getting their asses kicked when they go out for a night of Red Bull and Vodka?

Lisa said...

Wisdom from Fernando: "It is better to look good, than to feel good." Or actually BE good, I might add.

It is NOT hip to be square.