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Letters between General Motors and Gregory Knox, President of Knox Machinery in Franklin Ohio. Greg ripped into the auto industry with some common sense:

 

 

Dear Employees & Suppliers,

Congress and the current Administration will soon determine whether to provide immediate support to the domestic auto industry to help it through one of the most difficult economic times in our nation's history. Your elected officials must hear from all of us now on why this support is critical to our continuing the progress we began prior to the global financial crisis........ ..............  As an employee or supplier, you have a lot at stake and continue to be one of our most effective and passionate voices. I know GM can count on you to have your voice heard.

Thank you for your urgent action and ongoing support.

Troy Clarke
President General Motors North America

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Response from:

Gregory Knox, Pres. ...

As the casualty count climbs in Gaza it seems trite and inappropriate to say that the first casualty in war is truth. But trying to distinguish reality from spin and facts from propaganda shows the axiom to be a self-evident truth. Disseminating information in relation to the situation in the Middle East is akin to herding cats. Good luck trying to get a handle on it. Or maybe that’s the point. If the hearts and minds of those who are ambivalent or confused can be swayed by op-ed pieces in the mainstream media or through heated debates in the blogosphere, the hope is the howls of indignation will be parlayed into political action and ultimately influence the outcome. Disinformation then also becomes an effective tool of diplomacy. In this sense we’re all on the front lines taking in-coming.

 

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For all who have been following the story of the polygamous sect out in Bountiful, B.C., and wondering how a progressive country like Canada that subscribes to the rule of law will deal with this real life episode of Here Come the Brides, a few considerations.

First, the irony that a practice that’s been dismissed as a curious anachronism, and has been outlawed for over 115 years, could be deemed, ultimately, a twenty-first century model for non-traditional marriage by invoking the primary law of the land. But that’s what the Constitution hath wrought. Since it’s no longer legal to discriminate on a basket of criteria, this one seemed inevitable. Once we redefined marriage as something not strictly confined to a man and a woman, all bets were off. And with a Charter guarantee of freedom of religion, you knew it was only a matter of time before this particular right ...

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