Brown Motion

Now I know even a die hard nicotine addict will find this impossible to do - as in smoke in the mirror.  But when looking at a mirror one hopes to see a reflection or a truism of sorts not smoke.. Reality is often something else than advertised, in many parts of the world and America is no exception. I will cite 3 examples of how bogus the world we live in has become - 1.  General Motors - At one time and for a long time was touted as the world's largest automobile producer.  Fast forward to late 20th century and it had already morphed into a 'General Healthcare enterprise' spending amounts on employee benefits (and their families)  well in excess of what it spent to produce what its moniker said - motor cars.  It ended very badly.  The government had to bail their ass out from bankruptcy proceedings circa 2008 because they became fat, dumb and ill. So a car company can actually become a hospital or healthcare management outfit when no one is payin...

Some car companies are praying that their recent shenanigans don't cause the people that buy their product to quit doing that.  Many a misfire comes to mind - General Motors - Amidst variety of cost savings strategies employed they chose to skimp on a vital organ called the Ignition Switch.  The one they put on several vehicles had the odd habit of shutting off during the course of travel resulting in collisions and the supplemental restraint not working.  Millions in damages was the outcome and loss of life to those that chose to drive one of these contraptions. Toyota - The Prius Hybrid version of the car in some recent model years had a design flaw that caused the accelerator pedal to be stuck and it led to certain souls go crashing into stationary objects as if the vehicle had a life of its own.  Again the company ended up paying settlement to the bereaved and injured. Volkswagen - Their product esp those that were diesel engine enabled...

Bombay is Mumbai - should Bollywood be Mumbailakdi? Madras is Chennai so what of Madurai? Could it be Charas? It would help to smoke some to get answers to these riddles. Who and why does someone mess with what is? Is it because someone had to? Since the ipad idea was taken there was nothing else to do? Because world hunger is a rhetorical issue to solve? If $100 bought only 1 INR (Rupee) would India ask Americans trying to get in to have an Orange Card? Would Americans want to get in? Will we face a veggie crisis with cows running amuck since many swear off of beef? Will Bajaj suddenly have monopoly over all Rickshaw sales in Manhattan? Would Geithner or his successor balk at allowing Bajaj to take over the Raj? Would Detroit reappoint Rick Wagoner as head of Government Motors and produce their own version of the Rick's Shaw II? Maybe brand it as S(h)awTooth akin to the new Corvette StingRay? How would traffic in Times Square look like with a steady supply of un...