Just today I was having a conversation with a close friend of mine, an elder gentleman of 81 who fondly remembers America, well... under a different set of circumstances.
We were talking about things- how they, things, are today, and lets just say- you don't have to be a worldly economic maven to know that things are bad in Detroit.
When I say Detroit- I'm talking the mainstream American auto business.
There are glimmers of hope here and there- much of the formerly known as "Big Three" automakers are reporting good news, in drips and drabs anyway.
Even then- it's an interpretation of how you want to read the numbers. Sometimes, even, it's just spin.
But I was happy to hear that Chrysler plans on employing an additional 1,100 much needed jobs to produce the new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee as reported here.
Sure, it's just 1,100 jobs- but imagine how it feels to be one of those 1,100 in an area so depressed- it's been compared to a war zone?
Wouldn't have been the first war zone the all-mighty Jeep has liberated.
I'm actually quite surprised- because much of the all-new Grand-Cherokee does share underpinnings with the Mercedes-Benz ML- a car that has been produced in Alabama, going-on almost 15 years now...
My friend, 81, was liberated by the Americans from a German death camp in 1945. The GI's, who named him "Ike," after General Eisenhower, arrived in Jeeps.
Ike learned to drive a stick-shift in a Jeep during Korea, while stationed at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds- even told me how some of the boys knew how to literally kick the gear-lever into gear using just their feet... Timing it perfectly with the clutch and gas.
I like how Chrysler, politicians, the media and whomever else involved- is trying to kick this country back to where it should be.
Timing it perfectly for 1,100 in Detroit.
If anything- it's a spin in the right direction for a true American hero that is no stranger to saving the day, or the world too for that matter.
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