Ford just announced it's going to start building the Kuga here, probably at the Explorer plant (the F-250 is also built here).
Also Harley-Davidson has been heavily scouting a location to move all of their manufacturing to.
Is Louisville the: new Detroit? :)
:thumbsup: I sure hope so.
Quote from: Caliga on October 23, 2009, 05:42:56 AMIs Louisville the: new Detroit? :)
Sell your properties while they're still worth something!
Quote from: Syt on October 23, 2009, 05:50:09 AM
Sell your properties while they're still worth something!
:(
Yay, Caliga's congressional district's going Democrat! Yay, UAW!
Unionize the horde of illegal immigrants that will be working the plants. Its your good deed of the day.
Quote from: Caliga on October 23, 2009, 05:42:56 AM
Ford just announced it's going to start building the Kuga here, probably at the Explorer plant (the F-250 is also built here).
Also Harley-Davidson has been heavily scouting a location to move all of their manufacturing to.
Is Louisville the: new Detroit? :)
Are you sure you want to become the new Detroit, having seen what the old Detroit has become? :unsure:
Old Detroit became the way it is not because of automobiles, but because of uncontrolled nigra population growth. If there is one thing in Kentucky that is under control, its the nigramen.
Quote from: Jaron on October 23, 2009, 07:23:24 AM
Old Detroit became the way it is not because of automobiles, but because of uncontrolled nigra population growth. If there is one thing in Kentucky that is under control, its the nigramen.
I can't believe how racist you are. It makes me sick.
I wish I could remember which suburb there had that Ponderosa restaurant that was so good.
Jeffersonville?
Fuck, I want a chopped steak and fries now.
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 23, 2009, 07:29:00 AM
I wish I could remember which suburb there had that Ponderosa restaurant that was so good.
Jeffersonville?
Fuck, I want a chopped steak and fries now.
Last time I went to a Ponderosa was in Oneonta, NY. I'm pretty much never going back to a Ponderosa again.
Quote from: Caliga on October 23, 2009, 05:42:56 AM
Is Louisville the: new Detroit? :)
:rolleyes:
It's called Delta City, not New Detroit.
Quote from: derspiess on October 23, 2009, 09:12:55 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 23, 2009, 07:29:00 AM
I wish I could remember which suburb there had that Ponderosa restaurant that was so good.
Jeffersonville?
Fuck, I want a chopped steak and fries now.
Last time I went to a Ponderosa was in Oneonta, NY. I'm pretty much never going back to a Ponderosa again.
More for me then.
Quote from: derspiess on October 23, 2009, 09:12:55 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 23, 2009, 07:29:00 AM
I wish I could remember which suburb there had that Ponderosa restaurant that was so good.
Jeffersonville?
Fuck, I want a chopped steak and fries now.
Last time I went to a Ponderosa was in Oneonta, NY. I'm pretty much never going back to a Ponderosa again.
I was in Oneonta last year. What a strange town.
With the horrible finances of the American auto companies I wonder if they have the money to finance the necessary development of future powertrains and other future technologies. Without these investments, the American auto industry has little long-term perspective I think.
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 23, 2009, 07:29:00 AM
I wish I could remember which suburb there had that Ponderosa restaurant that was so good.
Jeffersonville?
Fuck, I want a chopped steak and fries now.
Jeffersonville is in Indiana, across the Ohio. Never speak of that Yankee dingleberry of a town again. :mad:
Maybe you're thinking of Jeffersontown? I live in the next town over. :smoke:
Quote from: Caliga on October 24, 2009, 08:21:00 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 23, 2009, 07:29:00 AM
I wish I could remember which suburb there had that Ponderosa restaurant that was so good.
Jeffersonville?
Fuck, I want a chopped steak and fries now.
Jeffersonville is in Indiana, across the Ohio. Never speak of that Yankee dingleberry of a town again. :mad:
Maybe you're thinking of Jeffersontown? I live in the next town over. :smoke:
I was only driving trough, not studying the lay of the land.
Well so much for all that :bleeding: :frusty:
QuoteProposed contract concessions voted down by Kentuckiana Ford workers
Posted: Oct 31, 2009 12:10 AM EDT Updated: Oct 31, 2009 12:30 AM EDT
By Marisela Burgos - bio | email
Posted by Charles Gazaway - email
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Kentuckiana's Ford workers have given their opinion on Ford's proposed changes to their contract. After 2 1/2 days of voting, an overwhelming 84% of UAW Local 862 members voted against the concessions wanted by the automaker.
Louisville Assembly Plant workers voted against a six-year wage freeze for both new hires and current workers. A source told WAVE 3 that new employees would have been paid $14.20 an hour for the next six years if the contract concession had passed, the same amount negotiated in 2007. Before that, newly hired workers would make about $25 an hour.
Also on the ballot, workers voted against a ban on strikes over the improvement of wages and benefits for the next six years. The source told WAVE 3 the rights for union workers to strike on other issues would not have been taken away. They could have still asked for an increase in their salary, but if the answer came back "No", then it would have gone to arbitration.
A third big issue on the ballot was the redefining of workers job descriptions. Under the current agreement, a welder is a welder and a pipefitter is a pipefitter. The new agreement would have mixed the jobs of workers, meaning a welder could have been asked to do a pipe fitters job and vice versa.
This is the 3rd time in two years the union contract was on the line. Rocky Comito, president of UAW Local 862, said he is not surprised about how the results came.
"I'd like to think that the silent majority might would have turned it around a different way, but evidently the members weren't happy with what the proposals were," Comito said.
As it stands, the current contract, which ends in 2011, still applies. Ford could renegotiate with the UAW.
Copyright 2009 WAVE-TV and Raycom Media. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Gettlefinger pwns j00.
I would say that I hope Ford just says "fuck you" and closes their plants here, but I don't think I want that many greedy, spoiled, unskilled rednecks just lazing around here.
The same thing just happened recently with Boeing placing a 2nd planned assembly line for the 787 in South Carolina instead of back in Seattle.
Unions are shooting themselves in the foot all over the place.
Union goons better not hope I ever get elected to Congress. One of the first things I'll do is introduce legislation to repeal the NLRA.
Of course, I'll probably be murdered as soon as I make my intentions known. :)
Tell me where to send campaign funds to Cal.
Quote from: katmai on October 31, 2009, 07:54:20 PM
Tell me where to send campaign funds to Cal.
The Make Cal A Kentucky Colonel Fund
100 Ask For Anal Avenue
Overpriced Dayton Suburb, OH
Quote from: Caliga on October 31, 2009, 08:00:11 PM
Quote from: katmai on October 31, 2009, 07:54:20 PM
Tell me where to send campaign funds to Cal.
The Make Cal A Kentucky Colonel Fund
100 Ask For Anal Avenue
Overpriced Dayton Suburb, OH
that hurt Cal. I got a discount in this suburb.
Quote from: Caliga on October 31, 2009, 08:00:11 PM
Quote from: katmai on October 31, 2009, 07:54:20 PM
Tell me where to send campaign funds to Cal.
The Make Cal A Kentucky Colonel Fund
100 Ask For Anal Avenue
Overpriced Dayton Suburb, OH
:yeahright:
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 31, 2009, 08:02:24 PM
that hurt Cal. I got a discount in this suburb.
You know what hurts worse? Every day that goes by in which I'm denied my God-given right to be a Kentucky Colonel. :(
Quote from: Caliga on October 31, 2009, 08:03:31 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 31, 2009, 08:02:24 PM
that hurt Cal. I got a discount in this suburb.
You know what hurts worse? Every day that goes by in which I'm denied my God-given right to be a Kentucky Colonel. :(
The club is exclusive.
I just got my 2010 membership card few weeks ago. mew.
Personally I feel that expats should lose their Colonelcy. Once I'm a Colonel I will introduce that notion to The Hon. Commander of the Order of the Kentucky Colonels Gov. Steve Beshear.
So hurry up and nominate me so I can get moving on that. :)
Quote from: Caliga on October 31, 2009, 08:06:58 PM
Personally I feel that expats should lose their Colonelcy. Once I'm a Colonel I will introduce that notion to The Hon. Commander of the Order of the Kentucky Colonels Gov. Steve Beshear.
So hurry up and nominate me so I can get moving on that. :)
I'm not even an expat. :lol:
Once a Kentuckian (especially when your roots are in Harlan County), always a Kentuckian. :cool:
Quote from: Caliga on October 31, 2009, 08:11:25 PM
Once a Kentuckian (especially when your roots are in Harlan County), always a Kentuckian. :cool:
Sorry, Ohio has my soul and always will. :P
I did leave a few gallons of semen in Lexington some years ago however.
Cal could drive over and look for it if you'd like.
I wonder if I should revise my low opinion of Kentucky? I have historically been suspicious of it's Southern-ness, despite knowing a couple very adamant secessionists from there for a very long time. I should visit some day.
Edit: I should say, a large part of my apprehension is Louisville, which has a long history of courting northern industry, although the South as a whole is fairly guilty of that this past century.
Louisville = the north.
Covington/Newport and environs = the North.
rest of Kentucky = the south.
Heck, the county I live in is clearly the South, despite being 15 miles from the Jefferson County (Louisville) line.
We have an Octoberfest (without booze :mad: ) every year in which they do a reenactment of Quantrill's raid on Taylorsville, and the local yokels CHEER for the Confederates, even though they looted the town and burned the county courthouse. :frusty:
The Louisville metro makes up about a fourth of the state's population, and as such you'll have to forgive me remaining skeptical about where the state's overall loyalties lie.
Also, Kentucky's brand of Southern identity is, near as I can tell, a distinctly uncultured variety. (Which is really just me being a snob, so I apologise. )
Quote from: Caliga on November 01, 2009, 08:48:52 AM
We have an Octoberfest (without booze :mad: )
Only in America...
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Quote from: Lettow77 on November 01, 2009, 09:00:28 AM
Also, Kentucky's brand of Southern identity is, near as I can tell, a distinctly uncultured variety. (Which is really just me being a snob, so I apologise. )
You admit that you've never been here, and yet you somehow know that Kentucky is "uncultured"? :yeahright: Or maybe I don't get what you mean by an "uncultured variety" of identity.
Quote from: Zanza on November 01, 2009, 09:10:22 AM
Only in America...
Well, now that our county is no longer dry, that may just change. :)
Just, traditionally, caliga, they have been more of the 'plain folks' brand of Southern identity. Compare North and South Carolina, or coastal Georgia versus the rest of the state, or Virginia versus, well, Kentucky.
I dont mind it so much, but they have a particularly bad strain, running over from East Tennessee and West Virginia's ruinous influences.
:w00t:
So Harleys will either be manufactured in my backyard, or (continue to be manufactured in) my grandfather's backyard. :smoke:
QuoteHarley race down to Kentucky, Pennsylvania
Business First of Louisville
Motorcycle giant Harley-Davidson Inc. Wednesday announced that Shelbyville, Ind., and Murfreesboro, Tenn., have been eliminated from consideration as sites for a new motorcycle production operation, leaving Shelbyville, Ky., as a finalist.
Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG) said in a statement Wednesday afternoon that it now will choose between keeping its current facility in York, Pa., or relocating it to Shelbyville, Ky.
Harley officials said they hope to make a final decision by the end of the year.
While they are considering the Kentucky site, company officials will continue to meet with union officials in York to discuss restructuring 2,500-employee operations, including ratification of a new contract "that aligns with restructured operations," the company said in the statement.
According to the Harley-Davidson Web site, www.harley-davidson.com, the 42-building plant, opened in 1973 and is the manufacturer's largest. It has more than 1.5 million square feet and is located on 230 acres.
The company also has manufacturing operations in Kansas City, Mo., and Tomahawk, Wis., according to the Web site.
The Milwaukee Business Journal, a Business First sister publication, reported in August that the state of Pennsylvania has pledged $15 million in grant funds that would be available to upgrade the York plant.
To date, the state of Kentucky has not publicly announced any tax incentives to lure Harley-Davidson to Shelby County.
"We thank all of those who have been working diligently on the York restructuring plan, and the Kentucky alternate site plan, including government officials in both states," the company said in the statement.
In a separate statement, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear said he was "encouraged" by Wednesday's announcement.
"Our state economic development team, as well as the local community, has worked hard to establish the commonwealth as a frontrunner," Beshear said in a news release. "To be among the final two candidates in this process is a testament to the work force, business climate and overall quality of life which Kentucky offers. We look forward to continuing our discussions with a world-renowned company such as Harley-Davidson."
They should relocate to China.
Nice. IF Harley relocates here, the site they are talking about developing as their plant is like a 10 minute drive from my house. It's in this huge industrial park that's practically empty right now (there was a metal stamping company there, but they closed earlier this summer). The guy that owns the Cattlemens' Roadhouse restaurant there is probably going to cum buckets if Harley decides to do the move.
Quote from: Caliga on November 06, 2009, 12:05:15 PM
Nice. IF Harley relocates here, the site they are talking about developing as their plant is like a 10 minute drive from my house. It's in this huge industrial park that's practically empty right now (there was a metal stamping company there, but they closed earlier this summer). The guy that owns the Cattlemens' Roadhouse restaurant there is probably going to cum buckets if Harley decides to do the move.
Well Cal, you'll be able to just drive down to the Harley factory to pick up your next new machine! :cool: All tattoos, leather clad, Roman pila in hand.... ;)
Dude! The idea of a guy dressed up like a Roman legionary riding a Harley, throwing pila from said Harley, is just so cool I can't stand it. :smoke:
:ultra:
No, Harley. :mad:
Quote from: Caliga on December 09, 2009, 03:10:23 PM
No, Harley. :mad:
Ah. I was going to guess you weren't a Charlie Strong fan. :blush:
No, I'm more of an Army Strong kinda guy. So :mad: to him too!
Buy Indian then.
I already do, in huge quantities (for work). I'm a little tired of dealing with Indian vendors, to be honest. -_- They seem afraid to question anything and take every directive literally despite constant prodding to think more strategically and provide constructive criticism when appropriate.