. -- and then you went to buick. gm is not a brand. it's a holding company. chevrolet is a brand. buick is a brand. gmc is a brand. cadillac is a brand. and we have these swim lanes where we can talk about brand attributes associated with styling, exciting, youth, reliable, value. that's the chevy. understated elegance is buick. and i want the buick to flank the premium brands so we have clear. before they were too closely budgeted. -- bunched. and we have to really intellectualize the marketing. i mean, getting to your point, you say, well, insisted how many engine types do we have? we have 18 engine types. 18 engine types and maybe i'm not a car guy but i was an engineer once and you say what's the difference -- what's the difference between a 1.4 and a 1.5 liter engine and a guy says one-tenth of a liter. [laughter] >> and i say, yeah, i know but why -- why do we have a team dedicated to 1.4 and 1.5? and then we have what's called variance, and so i have a 1.4 in gas, diesel, turbo and you go, my god, we made it t

buick lacrosse. buick is the fastest selling brands in america and the last 12 months after its the gm to rein -- 12 months. it is the first really strong ego subcompacts that we have produced in this country. they also sell a company that is selling more than it did a year ago with a brands. finally, they saw a lot of people beginning to believe in the new gm. a company that has learned from its past and is committed and determined not to make the mistakes of the past. at gm, we're building a culture that values speed, agility, and competitiveness. it will continually adapt its busine model to the rapidly changing world. it puts the customer first. this may not seem revolutionary you, but trust me, it is. [laughter] what does this mean? it means that we are working hard to set the pace with a new car like -- it was recently named 2001 urban part of the year by decisive media. it is a segment leader. it features things that we will start to differentiate on. we have on star. we intend to make on star

. >> the california highway patrol says he was alone one officer pulled him over in his 2006 buick at about 7:30 p.m. the councilman was speeding and made an unsafe lane change on eastbound interstate 580. >> the officer stopped and contacted him based upon his training and experiment. -- experience. they ran him through a series of tests. >> they said he later submitted blood test and he was booked on suspicion of misdemeanor driving under the influence and given a temporary driver's license until his case is heard. >>> highway patrol is reminding motorist officers will be out in force looking for drunk drivers. the enforcement time goes through sunday night. they are urging people to buckle up and to use a designated driver. >>> for most people this day before christmas is timed off with family or a chance to run some last minute errands. roads around the bay area have been mostly traffic free. this is a live look at interstate 80. typically it's a bottleneck but as you see tonight it's not too bad. >>> pope benedict celebrated christmas eve mass at the vatican before hundreds of wo

buick is a brand. now these lines are broad enough so that we can talk about grand avenues associated with styling and reliable value. that is the understated elegance of the buick. before, with it -- before, there were too closely bunched. we needed to intellectualize the marketing. to get your point, you say, well, how many engine types to we have? we have 18 engine types. maybe i am not a car guy, but i was an engineer once. what is the difference between a 1.4 liter engine and 1.5 liter engine. it is one-tenth of a leader. [laughter] i know, but why do we have a team dedicated to 1.4 and another to 1.5? then there is variants, whether it is terrible, gas, diesel -- whether it is turbo, gas, diesel. we have made it too complex. now we are going from 18 down to eight or nine. i know there are reporters in the crowd. what do we do if oil goes to two hundredbarrel or dollars per barrel? last time, we were largely suv- crossover-driven. now we have what we call a t three have -- a three -- a t300. you h

buick lacrosse. buick is the fastest selling brands in america and the last 12 months after its the gm to rein -- 12 months. it is the first really strong ego subcompacts that we have produced in this country. they also sell a company that is lling more than it did a year ago with a brands. finally, they saw a lot of people beginning to believe in the new gm. a company that has learned from its past and is committed and determined not to make the mistakes of the past. at gm, we're building a culture that values speed, agility, and competitiveness. it will continually adapt its business model to the rapidly changing world. it puts the customer first. this may not seem revolutionary you, but trust me, it is. [laughter] what does this mean? it means that we are working hard to set the pace with a new car is like -- it was recently named 2001 urban part of the year by decisive media. it is a segment leader. it features things that we will starto differentiate on. we have on star. we intend to make on sta

. >> and the sexual assault of a woman near a caltran station issue was a outside of the buick station, and reggie kumar says of the one to seek greater security. >> some female caltrain commuters say that they're not shocked about what happened to hear this station on the duke avenue because it is poorly lit with no security guard. and i showed this sketch that police believe he 28 year- old woman wa insulted. >> and i'm not that surprised because it was inevitable that this was going to happen at some point or another. this is so deserted. you could scream for help. has allowed at best possible. >> and if i'm going anyplace? at night? and one not use the mii would use the millbrae instead. >> why? >> millbrae is wide open, and will let. >> and what would help? >> and a in an emergency call blocbox >> this is not farewell let. >> the hispanic male, 18- 20, 5, 3 in., and a great party and blue jeans and the suspect grabbed the woman after touching her. he punched her and the face several times. >> the victim managed to fight off the attacker but before he left he stole cash and went to

buick lacrosse. buick is the fastest selling brands in america and the last 12 months after its the gm to rein -- 12 months. it is the first really strong ego subcompacts that we have produced in this country. they also sell a company that is selling more than it did a year ago with a brands. finally, they saw a lot of people beginning to believe in the new gm. a company that has learned from its past and is committed and determined not to make the mistakes of the past. at gm, we're building a culture that values speed, agility, and competitiveness. it will continually adapt its business model to the rapidly changing world. it puts the customer first. this may not seem revolutionary you, but trust me, it is. [laughter] what does this mean? it means that we are working hard to set the pace with a new car is like -- it was recently named 2001 urban part of the year by decisive media. it is a segment leader. it features things that we will start to differentiate on. we have on star. we intend to make on

he bailed out gm, and then one market of a buick is china, and so there must be some real incentives to reinvest in america. i see a tax bill today which what you really have is you have a tax cuts for the very rich in december. there will be spending cuts come april and who will be cut? they'll be looking at social security and medicare and medicaid. >> that's the target. you know, reverend, that is the target, you agree? i mean they're going after the entitlements what the american people have already paid for and it looks like president obama and the democrats are walking us right down that path. how much do you believe in your heart that in a year from now that we're going to get that 2% back on social security and what about the tax cuts not being an issue two years from now. >> it just strang to me that 2 million people working people, about 8 million people will have been spending money when they're get their checks but very rich are not going to spend more because they can't spend the surplus that they have now. they've globalized capital without globalizing workers rights an

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-i mean, now communities--the term community is used in marketing all the time--the--you know, the buick community or something, being--is very different from a community of interaction, in which you actually do connect with other people in it. and so i don't want to be dismissive of communities of identity, pure--pure identity. but i don't think it solves the same--serves the same kind of functions, either the functions for our own physical health or the--or the social functions in our community. your--you know, the--i don't know of any evidence at all that--where people are more likely to watch rush limbaugh, their schools work better. i know of a lot of evidence that where people are involved in community organizations, the schools work better. so the kind of social capital that i'm talking about i think does require more than you merely--more than you merely be in an audience. it requires really connecting. c-span: would the country be better off with a strong, active federal government or strong local governments in the environment that you think is the best for us as citizens? >> g

available on most chevrolet, buick, gmc and cadillac models. onstar.ting you in ways you never thought possible. live on. you need to do the preventative things that you need to do for your heart health. for me, it means an aspirin regimen. before you begin an aspirin regimen. speak to your doctor. i'm hugh jidette and i'm running for president. i'll say a lot of things but do i really care about this baby's future? when he's 30 years old our $13 trillion debt will be $70 trillion eventually his taxes will double just to pay the interest. i'm hugh jidette and i say let's keep borrowing and stick our kids with the tab. >>> want to get you to chad myers. the ice storm we've been talking about. >> that's the big story of the day. by far, a warm front event that comes up from the gulf of mexico. you say, it's a warm front, isn't that good? no, it is not good if the air where you live is still going to be 30, louisville, lexington, nashville, knoxville, and it's going rain. 30 and rain? that doesn't make sense. how can that happen? because it's 35 degrees u

of the buick is one of the largest selling vehicles there. ofthere are lots opportunities if you are creative. >> president of the national foreign trade council. mike is on the republican line. caller: good morning. i have a question that has to do with the size of the american economy, if there is such a figure. i have heard numbers in the multi trillions of dollars. i'm asking the question in the context of how large the economy is -- the larger the economy is, the more stimulus that would have to be put into that to get it to move. in the context of what the gentleman is talking about, vehicle imports, i would think that it would take a lot of cars being exported in order to show up as compulsive benefit to the overall american economy -- composite benefit. what is -- is there a number for the total economic value? >> i just happened to -- i was just looking through a couple of resources yesterday. 14 trillion dollars, looks like the u.s. is the second-largest economy if you keeping the eurozone as a single economy. that's at about $16 tr

understated elegance is the buick. before, they were too closely bunched.ave to intellectualize the marketing. it into your point, i said how many engine types do we have? we have 18 engine types. i am not a car man. but i was an engineer was. what is the difference -- but i was an engineer once. why do we have 1.4 and 1.5. then we have variants and turbo and gas and diesel. i have 1.4 and gas, diesel, terrible. you say, we have made it too complex. we have a plan to go from 18 down to a or nine. what do we do if oil goes to $100 per barrel or $200 per barrel. the last time oil went to $140 per barrel, we were largely crossover driven. now we have the t-300, which is going to be another great small car. you have the cruze, which is going to be a grand slam home run. we have the volt. the lineup is pretty impressive over the next couple of years. you say to yourself, what do we do? right now, we have got to start -- it takes years to turn the ship around. you say, what do we do if it is $120 next year to? that is the question before the executive committee.

i sold my car a buick for 500 dollars in a seedy area in oakland. by spring i raised 200 dollars. my marth was a principal at an elementary school. she invited me to talk to the kids. when i was leaving a fourth grader looked me in the eye and said, i have a piggy bank at home and i will help you raise money for the school in pakistan. i didn't think anything of it. 6 weeks later the school is raised 65,000 penes. >> main stage's loud efts performance was about bief the detroit native high strung. they had an energyic performance. the concert was a plash back to the kinks and the who and tv shows like hala blue. ladies and gentlemen. the high strung. [music] >> hope you enjoyed this look back at some of the entertaining guests that graced the stage of the main library. you can watch more highlights from main stage on you tube and new episodes on sfg. org. watch for more readings, speakers and performances during the next year. we leave you with a bonus performance from the high strung. and a thank you to everybody that made the last season possible. [applause] >> foreign language