Al Gritzmacher's Blogosphere

I saw this site that rated the worth of a blog, so I tried it. Here’s the result:

“Delphi’s proposal is designed to hasten the dismantling of the middle class by importing Third World wages to the United States.”

“In short, the proposal faithfully reflects a vision of an America in which an elite few live in luxury while everyone else struggles to make ends meet.”

“Executive compensation is out of control in this country. I don’t know how much plainer I can be.”

- UAW President Ron Gettelfinger

Well, the midnight shift is getting to be pretty routine. I won’t say I feel like I’m getting enough sleep, but then I wasn’t before either. But, it’s a lot easier to get up and go to work when your body says it’s time to, than when your body is saying “SLEEP – I want more SLEEP!
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While everyone is pretty mad about Delphi’s bankruptcy tactic, if you step back and take a good look at the situation and the history, they are really in a corner and are desperate. I’m not excusing them closing plants in the U.S. while opening them in third world countries where wages are dirt cheap, or for giving execs raises while trying to pick the pockets of the working man. But let’s not forget who some of the real villains are in this scenario: Continue Reading…

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I may have not actually made an on-the-air QSO in months, but I still follow what is going on, especially in QRP circles. Continue Reading…

This very cool show apparently is catch-as-catch-can. I caught it again this week. Actually, my Replay-TV caught it for me. It opened with one of my favorite artists of late: Richard Thompson. (Fairport Convention) It then went on to Tommy Emmanuel, an artist I have heard of and have an album of his music, but the visual experience was new, fixing him in my memory now with an image to go with the music. They also had Stephen Fearing, who I had seen play with Blackie and the Rodeo Kings. It was cool to see someone from the nearby Ontario area represent Canada in a show about music around the world. Continue Reading…