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For the sake of argument, say that Michael Jordan is the best basketball player who played in the NBA. Danny Ferry was a time, one of the best college basketball players of his time. Michael Jordan was selected as the first overall pick in the NBA after completing his career with North Carolina, was selected by the Chicago Bulls to the overall recovery of the third and the rest is history. When Danny Ferry ended his days at Duke University, was the first pick in the draft, but chose ply their trade in Europe. After a few years returned to the NBA and has played with the Cleveland Cavaliers as a mediocre player on a mediocre team. This article is not a criticism basketball athletes, but I'm making an analogy. What if a general manager of the NBA issued a statement like "Michael Jordan is an African-American and Danny Ferry is a Caucasian, so I might projects for African Americans at that time? "A statement like that would probably not cause a stir only in the NBA, but throughout the country.

If an officer stops a car full of children in a wealthy neighborhood because there seems to be there, called Profile racial. The ACLU would be on the case as soon as this information became public and the officer could face disciplinary charges.

There is no previous examples would be accepted in today's "enlightened" society, but how many times have we heard "I'll never buy an American car … they are not as good as the Japanese? "I never understood the social acceptance of such prejudices. I'm not saying this as a jobless workers in automatic or a flag flying blinded by patriotic red, white and blue, but as a professional with 25 years experience. I personally was on the receiving end of the disturbance of plants or managers as Ford, General Motors assembly plants and Chrysler. I've been in plants where the ingredients came out the same line and two tables, one goes to a supplier U.S. and a Honda or Toyota.

When I graduated from college in the 1980s, the central region was in a terrible state. I an industrial engineer who I could not find a job. Fort minimal experience, I have been competing for "entry level" jobs for people with experience of 5-10 years I ended up working through a series of jobs, whose future is very limited. Rightly or wrongly, I think the state of the U.S. auto industry is causing problems. Is well documented that the three "big" face to the quality of their vehicles and trying to introduce more fuel efficient cars on their platforms, as before only a few years have been full of "muscle cars". The Japanese have really taken to Detroit in his underwear. As a young idealist I will do my part and buy American. Over the years I had ten American cars (GM five, three and two Chrysler Ford). And over the years I was very happy with my American cars. My favorite of all the cars was a 1996Ford Escort. I own this vehicle 8, and expose to 230,000 miles on it. The car had suspension original transmission, original engine and clutch when I replaced original source. The body was magnificent, and other then the normal scratches, was in great shape. Incidentally, I do not trash the car, I given the 16 year old daughter learned to handle it and also learned to drive a gear (a lost art for many young people, but is the story for another time). After careful review of the investigation and justification of himself, I am satisfied see all the cars, not just the U.S. vehicles. I searched the web, shopping and finally found a good deal on a Toyota Matrix. Working in industry automotive quality director at the time, I was very excited to have a vehicle produced by the famous "Toyota Production System. If I could be so happy with only a Ford Escort, could not wait to see what joys were ahead of me as I got behind the wheel of a Japanese work of art. The honeymoon lasted about two months when he went down hubcaps. A new has been purchased at the dealership, and quickly fell. This has been an ongoing battle as long as the owner the car. There are other small problems with the car, but nothing more than an inconvenience. The vehicle was a reliable car, with over 140,000 miles and never left me alone but the pace of Toyota has been overestimated. It's just a car, like my Buick, Ford, Chevrolet and Chrysler. There is nothing magical in behalf of the rear of the car.

Honda and Toyota and Nissan, etc all very good cars like Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. There is no comparison between today's vehicles and thirty years ago. In the decade 1970, one could see in a newspaper of a used car and find a list of "high mileage" and will be 65,000 and the owner needs to get rid before it collapsed on him. Now, a car broke down in May to 65,000 and require a new set of tires. Please do not paint today U.S. auto industry with a brush 30 years of age. If it does, we're painting in May in a corner where there is no easy way. I am not suggesting that everyone should buy American, but only that we should stop spreading rumors "negative" About the Big Three.

Tom O’Neill is a quality professional with over 25 years experience in various industries. He has led several companies through ISO 9000, QS-9000 and TS-16949. Recently, Tom started H-Cubed Industries which has designed and builds “The Original Handy Headrest Hanger. Tom can be contacted at http://www.handyheadresthanger.com or on his Perspectives on Quality website at http://www.tjoneillllc.com

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