In my imagination, GM execs start every major meeting cranking-up the Talking Heads' "Burning down the House" and dancing in that awkward style peculiar to drunk 50-somethings at the latter part of their daughter's wedding. In real life, they probably exchange worried glances over highly polished tables every now and then and continue their "work" with grim, monotone determination. Well he's an arched eyebrow for you guys: The Wall Street Journal reports that GM CFO Ray Young is "open to raising additional financing to weather the auto industry's current downturn and other challenges facing the company" at the same time that he "remains confident in its liquidity for 2008." I love a mixed message in morning. Smells like... bankruptcy. "If the current adverse economic conditions persist or deteriorate further we would consider a wide range of actions," Mr. Young said. On Ray's To-Do list: "opportunistically" tapping credit markets, including funding sources in the U.S., selling "noncore" assets and/or "reprioritizing" its capital spending. Question: what credit markets? GM credit ratings sucks. Cerberus' struggles with Chrysler have polluted the private equity pond and GM's already spending $2b on interest payments. What non-core assets? GM's already sold off everything it's got of any real value. And what do you mean by "reprioritizing" cap ex? Cutting back on product development? And I wonder why this article neglected to mention the newly released information that GM's cash burn for the year is estimated at $8b-- and counting.  $24b (claimed liquidity) - $10b (float) - $8b (current cash burn) - ? = C11. [thanks to jthorner for the tip]