Re: Al Gore on apple board now! Apple is going down the tubes.

[appleman <apples@forfun.com>]

Minor oversight on Paul's part.  That and the fact we wouldn't be in a
war right now if Clinton wasn't such a coward and had killed Osama and
not just lobbed some cruise missles at his camp from a far.

Appleman


On Fri, 21 Mar 2003 08:18:16 -0600, Exegete

 <millers@noneofyourbusiness.com> wrote:

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>Paul Grammens wrote:
>> Right on guys!  Notice how much better things are since Bush took office?
>> One terrific benefit is that so many Apple II collectors have lost their
>> jobs that it's a lot cheaper to pick up hardware. We can only hope that Bush
>> continues to work his economic magic.
>> -Paul
>
>One thing Paul "forgot" was that Bush inherited a recession from 
>Clinton-Gore that began in March 2000 with high energy (read: oil) 
>costs, which were a result of Clinton-gore "diplomacy" in getting the 
>oil cartel to cut production so the price would rise. The only problem 
>is it rose well beyond the $25 a barrel they wanted.
>
>The first Bush budget wasn't even passed with a "little" hiccup took 
>place in America's economy, I guess Paul forgot about 9/11/01. The tax 
>cut? Passed with large democratic participation, leaving 2/3s of the 
>projected surplus, which according to the CBO was already in danger 
>because of the Clinton-Gore recession. The tax cut probably would have 
>stimulated the economy into growth, except for 9/11. I suppose Paul 
>blames Bush for that too.
>
>Less than half of us vote, and less than half of those who do are all 
>that it normally takes to elect someone (Clinton NEVER had 50% + 1 of 
>the popular vote), and few Americans can remember more than 3 months in 
>to the past.
>
>That's a prescription for demagogues - and while they don't have a 
>corner on the market, the Democrats clearly have a surplus.
>
>Roy
>
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>> "Phil Abel" <phil_nospam_abel@prodigy.nospam.net> wrote in message
>> news:Xqsea.81$3P7.62@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com...
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>>>If the man who invented the Internet isn't qualified to serve on the Apple
>>>board, then I don't know who is...
>>>
>>>I have seen board meetings in action, and they are little more than
>>>figureheads in most companies.  They do little more than show up for a
>>>biannual meeting where they place token votes to grant executive stock
>>>options and approve fraudulent audits.  They receive a nice five or six
>>>figure honorarium (director's fee) for their ten minutes of service a year
>>>and they are sent on their merry way.  So I would say AG is more than
>>>qualified :)
>>>
>>>"appleman" <apples@forfun.com> wrote in message
>>>n24i7vsv8pa1mb1v9u2p3cfae0d372k0l2@4ax.com">news:n24i7vsv8pa1mb1v9u2p3cfae0d372k0l2@4ax.com...
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>> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=765&e=18&u=/nm/tech_apple_g
>> 
>>>ore_dc
>>>
>>>>Can't believe they had him join the board.  Apple is full of bad
>>>>apples these days!
>>>>
>>>>Appleman
>>>
>>>
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