[lbo-talk] lbo-talk Digest, Vol 46, Issue 1

[John Thornton]

bitch at pulpculture.org wrote:
> Relative Disappointments
>
> William Clay "Bill" Ford Jr.: Henry Ford's great-grandson became CEO of 
> Ford Motor Co. in 2001. He stepped down this past year as the company's 
> financial problems mounted after a record $12.7 billion loss for 2006. His 
> great-grandfather founded Ford Motor Co., pioneered the assembly line 
> production technique, and was credited with producing the world's first 
> mass-market automobile, the Model T.
>
>
> Bitch | Lab
> http://blog.pulpculture.org (NSFW)  

You can't be serious that you place the blame for Ford's woes on Bill?
Had he been made CEO in 2006 instead of '01 he would not have faced the 
resistance to his plans that he did.
He was never given a chance and FoMoCo is now suffering for that 
short-sightedness.

John Thornton