A data sheet for a Ford Explorer on display at the Washington Auto Show. This one vehicle can probably be blamed for at least half of the 35,000 jobs Ford is cutting. I feel really badly for all those workers and their families and communities, but I'm angry that a company like Ford was too short-sighted and profit hungry to see that its reliance on gas-guzzlers to sustain its business was a losing proposition in the long term. Duh. Duh. Duh.

Apple's Steve Jobs has been quoted as saying something like: “You can't just ask people what they want and then give that to them because by the time you've got it made they already want something else.” I think Ford and GM could learn a thing or two from Mr. Jobs.