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Over 500 people attended last night's "American Dream Banquet" hosted by the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition ("TIRRC") at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel. Sean Braisted noted here the movers and shakers in attendance.

There's an old saying in business and economic circles that As GM goes, so goes the nation. While much has changed in the world since GM was the major powerhouse in auto manufacturing, the Big Three American automakers still have enormous impact on employment and the economy.

Ford Motor Co. EVP Mark Fields discussed Ford's hybrid and plug-in electric plans at a recent industry conference. He noted that Ford is launching hybrid versions of its Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan autos later this year.

Ford workers will suffer, but the companies that supply Ford will suffer worst. When I was factory-ratting many moons ago in Grand Rapids, Michigan, anytime Ford, GM or Chrysler announced cutbacks or layoffs, we crapped bricks because that meant a slowdown for us as well.

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I'm part of the awesome writing team over at GearDiary lead by my friend Judie Lipsett.

While we all scratch our heads trying to figure out why the federal government is spending our hard-earned money holding congressional hearings into major league baseball’s drug problems—Would they bring in the CEO of Ford Motor Co. if a lot of assembly-line workers were taking HGH? Would they haul in Rupert Murdoch if his media conglomerate had a big steroid problem? Didn’t the NFL prove that

[I wrote a monster post with lots of photos over at GearDiary on the introduction of the new Ford / Microsoft Sync technology...]