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...Bailing Out the Big Three With regard to Bill Saporito's story, I have no sympathy for the Big Three automakers [Dec. 15]. For decades, Ford, GM and Chrysler fiercely opposed restructuring and green technology while egregiously mismanaging their businesses. The only reason they've gotten religion is that they're on the verge of bankruptcy. Mark Stuart Ellison, BROOKLYN...
...personal favorite: it's gotten so bad that during last Sunday's game against the Saints, Ford Field fans started chanting "We want Joey" at New Orleans third-string quarterback Joey Harrington, who frustrated hoards of Lions faithful during his four-year train wreck as Detroit's starter from 2002 to 2005. Now even Detroit's former whipping boy can poke fun at his ex-team. "It's weird to think I was here in the heyday," deadpanned Harrington, who finished with a sickly 18-37 record as the Lions' quarterback. (Read TIME's top 10 sports moments...
Lions owner William Clay Ford Sr., 83, the grandson of Henry Ford, has only added to the hopelessness. Since Ford acquired the Lions in 1964, the team has won just a single playoff game. Millen was given an inexplicable five-year contract extension before the 2005 season, so he's still being paid for destroying the team. Ford has promised to bring Martin Mayhew and Tom Lewland, two Millen-era execs who helped assemble the '08 disaster, back for another year. The Lions' coach, Rod Marinelli, hired his son-in-law Joe Barry to be his defensive coordinator...
...that spirit, here's one for the Lions' players. Where do you go in Detroit in case of a tornado? To Ford Field - they never get a touchdown there. Yeah, it's not really that funny, is it? When you can't win one single game in today's NFL, it doesn't really feel like a laughing matter...
...difficult issues ahead. Unless labor costs can be brought down to parity with the foreign transplants, and without the restructuring of Chrysler's debt, the company cannot be restored to long-term health and the government loan will be unlikely to be fully repaid. (Read about GM's, Ford's and Chrysler's bailout plans...