AFSCME 3357-HOF'S BLOG

The "New Blogger" Era Begins

Today marks my transition from "Old Blogger" to "New Blogger". I'm not sure what the significance of this is really, I think maybe "New Blogger" is a floor wax and a dessert topping.


Chrysler to Cut up to 10,000 Jobs

Ken W sent me the link to this story. Chrysler is planning on shutting at least two plants, including the plant in Delaware that assembles the Durango. Total job loss is said to be about 10,000. Though it's a huge number, it's a fraction of the job losses at Ford and GM, in part because Chrysler made previous cuts and in part because Chrysler was a smaller company to begin with. (Thanks to Ken W. for the link.)

Apparently, Daimler Chrysler can comfortably close the Delaware plant now that the odds of Delaware Senator Joe Biden becoming President are effectively zero. (Maybe I counted him out too soon. Rumor has it that Joe has hired Michael Richards and Mel Gibson as image consultants.) In the Blogosphere, it's not enough to make clever comparisons, you gotta be quick too. The Googleteer says that the number of posts that have linked Joe, Michael and Mel now top 25,000. Take off Click Crusader, nobody asked you anyway.


Jet-man - Flying or Falling with Style?

Holy Buzz Lightyear, Batman, you have to see Swiss daredevil Yves Rossy. He's put together a foldable, jet-powered wing that you have to see to believe. He jumps out of an airplane with the wing folded. He unfolds the wing, lights the burner and blam - the next thing you know, he's catching the airplane he just left. When he runs out of fuel, he folds the wing, pops his chute and glides to an ordinary parachute landing. Thanks to Steve A. for the link.