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HARLEY-DAVIDSON CEO JEFFREY L. BLEUSTEIN APPOINTED TOPRESIDENT?S COUNCIL ON 21ST CENTURY WORKFORCE
Council to advise president on business and labor issues
MILWAUKEE — (April 5, 2002) Jeffrey L. Bleustein, chairman and chief executive officer of Harley-Davidson, Inc., has been appointed by President George W. Bush as a member of the President?s Council on the 21st Century Workforce.
The Council provides information and advice to the president through the secretary of labor, the Office on the 21st Century Workforce within the Department of Labor, and other federal officials. The Office on the 21st Century Workforce gathers and disseminates information relating to future workforce changes including technology, globalization, education, and training by conducting summits, conferences, meetings and other appropriate forums designed to encourage the participation of organizations and individuals interested in such issues.
?I am extremely honored to be appointed by President Bush to the Council on the 21st Century Workforce,? Bleustein said. ?I look forward to working with the Council and the secretary of labor on the challenging issues facing business, labor and government in the coming century. I am confident we can use some of the experience and lessons we?ve learned at Harley-Davidson to give both businesses and workers the chance to grow and succeed.?
Bleustein?s appointment along with nine others to the 13-member Council was announced recently by U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao. ?I am very excited to work with such a talented group of individuals in providing the president critical information and advice that will be a catalyst for positive change in our workforce,? Chao said. ?I am sure the Council is eager to identify where the government needs to get out of the way of change and to develop strategies for effectively addressing workforce issues.? Since joining Harley-Davidson in 1975, Bleustein has served in many capacities. In 1997, he became president and chief executive officer and in 1998 he assumed his current role as chairman of the board and chief executive officer.
Other appointees to the Council are Douglas Banes, General Vice President, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners; James Hoffa, General President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters; Anna Cabilik, President, ANATEK Inc.; Anna Cabral, CEO, Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility; Tom Donahue, President, US Chamber of Commerce; Jim Glassman, Host, Tech Central Station; former Rep. Joe Scarborough; David Lee, Chairman, eOn Communications Corp.
Harley-Davidson, Inc. is the parent company for Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Buell Motorcycle Company and Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc. Harley-Davidson Motor Company, the only major U.S.-based motorcycle manufacturer, produces heavyweight motorcycles and offers a complete line of motorcycle parts, accessories, apparel, and general merchandise. Buell Motorcycle Company produces sport and sport-touring motorcycles. Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc. provides wholesale and retail financing, insurance and credit card programs to Harley-Davidson dealers and customers.
RCMP TO THE RESCUE–An RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) officer stoppedto help a stranded rider standing beside a stalledmotorcycle in the mountains. It was extremely cold, andthe rider was heavily dressed in a helmet, balaclava andsnowmobile suit.In a muffled voice, the rider told the Mounties that thecarburetor was frozen.
A motorcyclist himself, the Mounties remembered an oldtrick for just such an occasion. “Try peeing on it,” theMounties said, “That should unfreeze it.””Can’t,” replied the rider.So the helpful Mounties took out his own equipment andliberally hosed down the carburetor, and the bike soonfired up.
A few days later, the local department received a thankyou note from a father, grateful for the roadsideassistance his young daughter had received from the RCMP.
–from Dennis
BIKERNET CONTRIBUTES TO AMERICAN RIDER–At a recent Bikernet staff injunction a member mentioned contributing a series of ?For the complete idiot, tech articles for the editor who said about the new addition to the magazine, ? I just dunno’. My biggest regret isthat you can only piss off some of the people all of the time.? We plan to take new riders through a slow process of understand a new twin cam model from service to modifications. Watch for ?em in issues to come.
QUOTES TO LIVE BY–As you?ll see the following quotes come from a wide range of sources. Can?t call us literary magnets here: Something for lovers: ?You surely must know magic girl ?cause you changed my lifethe Temptations. On bravery: I?m reading an incredible book about and by Beryl Markham ?West with the Night? about a woman who grew up on a farm in Africa in the early 1900s. Her father cut their farm out of jungle and ultimately had a grist mill and lumber yard. As a young child just before WW I she hunted with members of African tribes with a spear. Brushes with death were often, strolling past angry lions and fighting warthogs. One of the natives Arab Maina said to her once ?Courage lives in a man?s stomach, but there are times when it is not at homeand then the stomach is sour.? Great book.
On accomplishment: ?Anything can be accomplished, if it’s planned right and you have the desire and creativity to execute it.?Jesse “The Governor” Ventura. That last one was graciously sent to us from,Sons of Liberty Riders of Pa. http://www.solrpa.com/
Hey Bandit!–Thought you guys would like to see the tank art on my Maltese Mistress.The clear is a foot deep-I?m jazzed.
Geno
BIKERNET TRAINING ADVICE–Since I?ve been out of the county, but still training I dropped the following note to champion master, my Sifu and world renowned training in Philippino martial arts, Richard Bustillo who came to the states with Bruce Lee: rbustillo@attbi.com:
Sifu Sir, Oh Master of my mental agility,
Every other day I work with the sticks I brought along that you gave me (bamboo poles). I have all the wrong moves down pat. We’ll see when I return.
I?ll be there every Monday and Wednesday morning at IMB dojo. I?m about to reach the Panama Canal, then just six days. Damn, I need a woman, whiskey and a ride.
Ride Forever,
Bandit
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Dear Grass Hopper,
All the wrong moves is a correct move if it connects. “Anything that scoresis efficient” Bruce LeeI can help you with the ride and the whiskey. But! you are just asking tomuch for a woman. You are on your own my road captain. I need one myselfand I haven’t been anywhere like you have. Am I in trouble or what?
I just came back from conducting a seminar in Cancun, Mexico and ran intothe college kids Spring Break. You should have stopped in Cancun with allthe women running around.
Live to Ride, RSB
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BIKERNET GOES RELIGIOUS–A few minutes before the services started, the townspeople were sitting intheir pews and talking. Suddenly, Satan appeared at the front of thechurch.
Everyone started screaming and running for the front entrance, tramplingeach other in a frantic effort to get away from evil incarnate.
Soon everyone had exited the church except for one elderly gentleman who satcalmly in his pew without moving, seeming oblivious to the fact that God’sultimate enemy was in his presence.
So Satan walked up to the man and said “Don’t you know who I am?”
The manreplied, “Yep, sure do.”
“Aren’t you afraid of me?” Satan asked.
“Nope,sure ain’t.” said the man.
“Don’t you realize I can kill you with a word?” asked Satan.
“Don’t doubt it for a minute,” returned the old man, in an even tone.
“Did you know that I could cause you profound, horrifying, AGONY for alleternity?” Persisted Satan.
“Yep,” was the calm reply.
“And you’re still not afraid?” asked Satan.
“Nope,” said the old man.
More than a little perturbed, Satan asked,”Well,why aren’t you afraid of me?”
The man calmly replied, “Been married to your sister for 48 years.”
–from RSB
Remember Me?— My wife Charley , my bike (old) were on the cover of the horse #11…Anyway, here’s a shot of my new Rigid and my custom designed pipes…
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