tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post2194293431714028902..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #10163/WeekenderCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-60892629975181769362010-06-12T20:08:19.092-05:002010-06-12T20:08:19.092-05:00TPTB have been and will always be slow to respond ...TPTB have been and will always be slow to respond because they're... TPTB: arrogant and indestructable (in their minds).<br /><br />Your Jobs observation is spot on. He's a primary example of TPTB arrogance. I like him and the Google folks less with each passing day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-73721110579505704822010-06-12T18:15:03.441-05:002010-06-12T18:15:03.441-05:00Anony 5.49 I pretty much agree, 'twas ever s...Anony 5.49 I pretty much agree, 'twas ever so. The main difference these days is the internet - it is far harder to hide now than it was in John D.'s day - or back to Florence and Venice... <br /><br />Curiously, TPTB are very slow to grasp that the information environment has changed for the peons as well as the peers. How often do you wonder how they thought they could get away with... whatever it is. <br /><br />That's why the Steve Jobs approach to "editorial control" of the internet is (a) a really bad idea and (b) inevitable.<br /><br />& we aim to please. <br /><br />ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-73609547730417860852010-06-12T17:49:02.015-05:002010-06-12T17:49:02.015-05:00greed, regulatory failure, political influence, en...<i>greed, regulatory failure, political influence, environmental degradation, conning the public, co-opting a couple of large governments, paying huge dividends while Rome burns, arrogance, censorship, reality denial...</i><br /><br />Each of the above has existed as long as man has walked the earth. The combination of an increasing population and the internet give the impression that the frequency of each of the above has increased. <br /><br />I'm not so sure. But blogs like this are nonetheless very entertaining.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-12554300874472779452010-06-12T14:56:41.095-05:002010-06-12T14:56:41.095-05:00Yeah, me too, Tulsatime. First I was just watchi...Yeah, me too, Tulsatime. First I was just watching the subprime stuff and the it was all mortgages all the time, then the bailouts 'round the clock. Now it's BP - but you gotta admire the way the cover so many of the bases: greed, regulatory failure, political influence, environmental degradation, conning the public, co-opting a couple of large governments, paying huge dividends while Rome burns, arrogance, censorship, reality denial...<br /><br />Yeah, I miss good ole Goldman Sachs.<br /><br />cmkCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-51738240019949559122010-06-12T14:12:53.691-05:002010-06-12T14:12:53.691-05:00I miss the good old days before all BP all the tim...I miss the good old days before all BP all the time. <br /><br />All the gun toting ideas are adding up. Gonna need a National Ammo Plan and Gun Giveaway.tulsatimenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-27708732031781578892010-06-12T10:08:36.566-05:002010-06-12T10:08:36.566-05:00"Much like the 8 years of war in Afghanistan...."Much like the 8 years of war in Afghanistan."<br /><br />"Several Senators have introduced a bill that would extend the home-buyers tax credit until the Senators are re-elected."<br /><br />"In case the James gang attacks"<br /><br />"Whats a little Benzene amongst friends?"<br /><br />Hysterical! I wish it wasn't also all true...Dinknoreply@blogger.com