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Sometimes wars have limited objectives, rather than unconditional positive regard surrender. One example was the Confederacy's limited object during the Civil War... they didn't want to march on New York, Philadelphia or Boston to impose their vision of democracy on the Union, they just wanted the Union to leave them alone. So the action by George HW Bush wasn't necessarily traitorous just because they weren't seeking unconditional surrender. They were just trying to restore the pre-existing balance Read more [...]
Just wow, the amount of details and emotions captured in this article are really moving.
Apart from what the poor kids will learn how to type from teachers, there is a lot more they ll learn from their peers. The career options and planning which they can learn, can never get it from their family who have never been there. The good thing is 25% will give them enough company to avoid any deprivation emotion. They will learn that they have started from a disadvantaged position and might even be motivated Read more [...]
Good commentary. The solution should be rather to increase our standards and demand personal finance responsibility. It seems we have built a system devoid of personal responsibility where reliance on discredited ratings agencies, enfeebled policy makers and conflicted securities analysts creates sufficient basis for banks to invest our pensions, profits and savings. Some say that reliance on personal responsibility is not possible in the very large organizations that have (or had) the capital to Read more [...]
Frank,
though I agree with you, the problem is we don't need points scored. As Newt put it we don't want to bloody his nose but knock him out. My fear is that none types of personality traits the candidates can create what we need, a narrative of Obama's damage to this country. Mitt is compromised by his compromises, Santorum is too sanctimonious and Newt is too undisciplined. Here is my personal scorecard on the candidates
Santorum: No personality, Lots of Character
Newt: Lots of Personality, No Read more [...]
Jews first of all are not the sum how to overcome stage frighttal of Semitic peoples. The 'antisemite' scare word is a stupid term that has no appropriateness any longer. The tyranny of majority by the minority is over. Hunker down, buck up, leave or whatever. Your options are free.
We have had enough. We believers are the sons and daughters of the King of Kings who has overcome. And, we shall too shall overcome in His name by His grace.
If you deny the Christ you are an antichrist, that is from Read more [...]
Powell was a soldier who spent a career as a staff types of leadership stylesficer. Rumsfeld was a naval aviator who survived by his own wits, without a staff to rely on. This may account for their different leadership styles... why the Powell style may be more popular, but ultimately less successful.
Given the president's post-invasion goals, Secretary Rumsfeld needed to put more troops on the ground in Iraq. But it was Powell's State Department that failed to establish strong international support Read more [...]
When companies make these massive moves, it's because management needs to point their finger at the market as opposed to themselves. It's pretty clear that Hurd knew how to run this business. He understood the detailed operational metrics around each business and ran it in a methodical fashion. Moreover, he fit with the more self-effacing HP culture. On the other hand, Apotheker is completely out of his league. Just because you sound brilliant, it doesn't mean you have the leadership and execution Read more [...]
Help me Kurt. You appear to be from the Nokia developer community and I would also hazard that you are in Europe. You mention in another post (to which I cannot reply) that outplacement services will be a major differentiator for Nokia's smartphones. What are these services and who will provide them? Music? Video? Banking? Mapping? Shopping? If it is a consumer service, iOS and Android are already there, and wherever they aren't, there's more incentive for them to get there before Nokia. If you are Read more [...]
Why is the AMA allowed to license medical schools? Good question, especially since fewer than 15% of doctors in the U.S. are members of the AMA. Every time a member of the media quotes the AMA as an organization representing physicians, of which I am one, my skin crawls. An organization that genuinely represents physicians is the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS).
The AMA holds the copyright on the 17,000 medical billing codes used by Medicare/Medicaid and most insurance companies. Read more [...]
So by that logic - anyone in an organization who commits a crime makes the entire management, including the chief executive guilty and in need of prison time management techniques?
You must therfore conclude the entire management of Acorn and the POTUS should be in jail.
Are you done ranting and ready to have a rational discussion?
A good litmus test is - apply the same logic for any argument to your heros on the left and if and only if it passes a fair and equal treatment of both sides, left and Read more [...]