I was fascinated when I came to the part about The Stockdale Effect in the book Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t.
The Stockdale Effect refers to Admiral James Stockdale, he of Ross Perot running mate fame. And while Admiral Stockdale was ridiculed for his “why am [...]

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Let’s face it, information is power and this includes the information you hold over the people you work with each day. When I first started off in corporate America, I was a gossip blood hound. I spent hours each week sitting in my boss’s office and whispering in low tones about the people [...]

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Yesterday, I received an e-mail from my step-brother David, who is being deployed in the United States Army, where he referred me to a total douche bag site called Citizens Against the Troops and is run by a pleasant gentleman named Michael Crook. Here are just a few of his charming and sensitive points [...]

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Alexandra has smacked another homer with her post sewing together the snake-wiggling controversy happening in the blogosphere over Professor Jeffrey Hart’s article in the Wall Street Journal which pretty much denigrates conservatives as half-wits.
I know there are a lot of people out there who are quick to paint with broad partisan brush strokes after hearing [...]

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Something has always bothered me about the Bush Administration’s turnaround on Osama Bin Laden. Consider these two quotes with emphasis on the time lapse between the two:
The most important thing for us is to find Osama bin Laden. It’s our number one priority, and we will not rest until we find him.
–George W. [...]

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Alexandra has thrown down the gauntlet to the blogosphere to produce a top ten list of the Worst Americans. Here is mine in no particular order:

Huey Long: This could have been our American Hitler had the man not been assassinated under auspicious circumstances most likely resulting from a contracted hit put out on [...]

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We all know that Christmas is about family and all that blah blah blah. But, as Ralphie from A Christmas Story would say, it’s all about the toys.
Here is my loot list for 2005:

XBox 360 (opened early)

Call of Duty 2 for XBox 360

Tiger Woods 2006 for XBox 360

Wireless Controller for XBox 360

Seinfeld Boxed Set [...]

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…According to this online article by Doug Thompson, President Bush is reported to have said, in regards to the Patriot Act:
“Mr. President,” one aide in the meeting said. “There is a valid case that the provisions in this law undermine the Constitution.”
“Stop throwing the Constitution in my face,” Bush screamed back. “It’s just a goddamned [...]

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Initial Impressions
I’ll be honest, I never really cared that much for King Kong. I saw the Jessica Lange version in the 70s but the storyline seemed silly and the only takeaway I had as a young boy was of Kong getting shot down from the World Trade Center.
Stupid.
But Peter Jackson…my God! [...]

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First of all, I don’t care that Vonnegut is a socialist–he’s a national treasure and an outright brilliant author. You will find, the more you read me, that I believe that proper art trumps politics in the matter of universal importance. This is because politics is the problem and art is one of [...]

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