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Honda Hoot gone too for this coming year!!
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"We Americans were damn tired of being thought of as dumb, by the rest of the world. So we went to the polls in November and removed all doubt."
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Yes times are bad. I have lost two customers just this week that have closed and gone out of business. Freightliner in our county just layed off 1200 people building trucks. I have a supplier to NASCAR in Moorseville that cannot pay me $633.00 that they have owed since September. We wrote off just over $42K in bad debt for 2008 which is our worse year yet. I'm trying to maintain and keep my people working but it is not looking good. When the dust settles and the economy is going back in a positive direction how many of my customers will still be around? Will I still be around?
They don't have a clue in Washington and nothing they are doing is restoring consumer confidence and nothing they are doing is spuring investment. Without these two key elements we are in deep do do.
Who did this to us? The we want to tax the rich and give to the poor crowd. The we want to bail out failed companies with the funds earned by the successful companies. That simply does NOT work.
They don't have a clue in Washington and nothing they are doing is restoring consumer confidence and nothing they are doing is spuring investment. Without these two key elements we are in deep do do.
Who did this to us? The we want to tax the rich and give to the poor crowd. The we want to bail out failed companies with the funds earned by the successful companies. That simply does NOT work.
Last edited by Cosmic Razorback; Jan 14, 2009 at 03:05 PM.
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I'm hoping and praying this doesn't just keep spiraling downward until we are in a full scale depression. My heart truly goes out to those poor folks that are losing their jobs, houses, and suffering because the greedy want more, and they expect the more smuck in the middle to pay for it! Sad state of affairs....
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Honda motorcycles, especially American Honda has been taking it in the shorts for awhile now. Their sales and market share in the big bike markets of Europe and North America were in decline even when the MC biz was booming (2005-06). From seeing what they have to offer at trade shows, etc. it seems as if Big Red isn't even making an effort anymore. Compared to the rest of the Japs they are just phoning it in. Too much money in making cars I imagine.
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Damn...the man hasn't even taken office yet, and you are already blaming him for the ills of this country? Seems to me, that your boy BUSH has been in charge for the last 8 years, while our country got flushed down the drain.
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This has been posted several times in the past week
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/gener...t-aint-so.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/gener...t-aint-so.html
Last edited by RDKingRider; Jan 14, 2009 at 06:22 PM.
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It's hitting the Entertainment business too. My Co. would normally be hiring now for all the tours that usually start up after the 1st of the year. Hardly anything going out. I'm lucky in that I'm with a band that's doing really well. Only a few others going out for more than a few weeks. More than a few guys I work with been sitting home for over 2 months now. I was home for 7 weeks but I wanted to be.
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BUT the Democrats also looked the other way because now the government was taking care of their voters ( the ones who don't pull their fair share, the newly arrived immigrants) So now they got the whole enchiladas , so you can expect more socialism to becoming.
As far as , rally attending, I have been riding for many years and will use any excuse to go to a different part of the country for a ride. But most riders today want entertainment now, and so is the definition changed of why a rider should plan his life of riding, I think so.
As far as a Giant Honda Hoot cancelling , God works in mysterious ways
( Uh that's a joke!
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