Finding a Quote

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Tuesday August 23, 2005 · 9:25 AM PDT

2005/08/23 · 09:25

I wish my memory didn't suck...

I'm looking for a quote that Bush made regarding, I believe, an exit strategy for Iraq, or possibly something before that, like Afghanistan or something...

A total paraphrase is something like "I don't want to set a date, because terrorists could use that to... " yeah, I know, totally wrong, but its something about Bush fearing to set a date, and then not being able to meet it, so he wasn't going to set one at all... You know what, I think he's done this a couple of times, but for the life of me, I can't think of the wording, so can't google it... Read More

Arnold Speaks at HP Campus

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Friday April 22, 2005 · 11:55 AM PDT

2005/04/22 · 11:55

Just got back to my cube after listening to Arnold Speak at an event held at HP's Roseville, CA facility. The talking points as I read them are below the fold... Read More

Power Elite and thier view of the world.

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Wednesday February 09, 2005 · 3:43 PM PST

2005/02/09 · 15:43

Power Elite isn't a new term, and sometimes gets bandied about in a variety of ways... What I mean is the people in charge of both Industry and Government... For those of you in Corporate America, you will immediately identify with what I'm talking about..

The Power Elite in this country believe the strength of the Country lies on Wall Street, and the strength(value) of the Corporation. Bush et al definately believe this, but to a sometimes lesser degree, CEO's believe that the strength of thier business also lies on Wall Street. I've worked at two different Fortune 500 companies, and both are run by MBA having plutocrats, who make huge mistakes, because they value the wrong things within the company.

The companies that will survive the coming decade will have to come to the realization that the only asset a company has is its workface. Patents and manufacturing facilities are fine, but the employees are the ones that get things done, innovate, and create new revenue streams. Read More

Name calling

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Wednesday February 02, 2005 · 4:13 PM PST

2005/02/02 · 16:13

I love it when friendly debates degenerate into name calling... Former coworker called me, "a typical Tax and Spend liberal". Laughing, my retort, "Better than a Spend and Spend and Spend conservative."

Why do people hate Bill Clinton so much, and yet they profess to be fiscally conservative? I don't need to go over the facts here about Bush vs. Clinton spending, but damn... I have degrees in Political Science and Economics, which means that I'm not good at math (or english), but I understand surplus vs deficit... Too hard?

Anyone have any ideas on how to combat this type of retardation?

Could Bush be Merlin?

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Tuesday January 25, 2005 · 3:52 PM PST

2005/01/25 · 15:52

Fans of Science Fiction or Fantasy may be familiar with Merlin the Wizard, who lived his life backwards through time...

Maybe this is Bush... If you were living backwards in time, Iraq would look like a hotbed of terrorism before the Sept 11th attacks.

If Bush gets his Social Security changes pushed through, and Social Security indeed gets to the crisis stage, then from a backwards in time perspective, he can be the saviour of Social Security.

I've yet to find an issue where this doesn't seem appropriate. Abortion, check (ie more now then before). Poverty, check.

Merlin...

Don't change the Democratic view on Abortion, change the Pro-Life view!!!

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Wednesday January 05, 2005 · 10:37 AM PST

2005/01/05 · 10:37

Let's start off by stating one very simple fact. Abortions are not good. They aren't evil, but they aren't good either. At the very least, it is an unnecessary medical procedure, and somewhere in the middle, it has a tremendous impact to the mother, both physically, and psychologically, and at the "Pro-Life" end, it is murder.

The Pro-Life arguement right now is similar to supply side economics, in that it doesn't work. If we criminalize abortion, then abortion will stop... Right? Doesn't follow. What we need to do is negatively stimulate demand... Lets make less people want abortions if we want to reduce the numbers of abortions. By the time an abortion is an option, its too late. Read on...
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