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Yup, I have lost all illusions about the fairness and honesty of both big business and certainly Government. I have always said that out Government sucks but it is better than any known alternative. I begin to wonder at times. I worked inside the corporate offices of one of the largest corporations in the world for quite a few years. Despite the rhetoric, people are merely replaceable parts that are dispensable as necessary or desired. The layoff of my son is just another in a very long list of examples of that. Fortunately, this one has been the closest to home so far.
That was a bummer comment. As the old Irish saying goes “Hooray Anyway “ smile



These days it seems that this is what has to pass for good news since the bad news seems to be really bad. I've never been a fan of lots of government regulation but lately, it seems clear that we can trust Wall Street and the corporate boardrooms about as much as our politicans in Washington. Still, having Washington regulate big business looks an awful lot like having the fox guard the henhouse. Maybe more appropriately it's like having the prisoners at Supermax guard themselves. Far too many companies see their employees as commodities, an expense to be managed and cut. A company that sees employees as human beings is an anachronism now. The past couple of years has really soured me on corporate management.


Both of your comments are interesting. I think we need to be careful not to collectively tar all corporations or government entities with the same brush. I have worked in both private enterprise and government service. There are both scoundrels and great people working in both. Root out the scoundrels and encourage the great people to make their respective enterprises better.

Thanks for the opportunity to comment.

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You're right of course but I truly am a lot more inclined to view execs of very large companies much as I do elected officials in Washington these days than I did a year or two ago. The environment in Washington has become so politicized that it's all about power these days. Public service is a thing of days gone by. When was the last time you heard an elected official in Washingtion referred to as a public servant and not as a politician? If it was pu blic service that mattered to them, you'd hear a LOT less references to Democract or Republican. On Wall Street and in the corporate boardrooms, it's easy to refer to the problem there as out and out greed. Truth is that it is more like a myopic focus on the short-term bottom line. Wall Street came up with all kinds of "financial instruments" - the ones you hear a lot about these days, particularly with AIG. Bottom line was they were a way to make a buck. They probably started out as creative ways to reduce risk but with the over-focus on making a buck, they ignored the risks that came along with them, overly discounted those risks or failed to regularly review those risks (didn't Goldman Sachs do just that and got out in time to save their hineys?). The focus is so strong because institutional funds and money managers are so quick to slam a company's management if they fail to squeeze enough blood out of us turnips every three months. I wouldn't be at all surprised to find that when you get promoted into the executive ranks of most companies, the first step of your indoctrination is having your backbone removed. Yes, there are good companies out there without that myopic focus on the bottom line. In terms of the very large companies, I think you'll find that they tend to rank highly on the "Most Admired" lists but do not do near as well on the "500" type lists. It seems that these days, the belief that if you treat your employees as human beings and as equals that are valued and respected, and that in doing so, they will do and make sure you know what needs to be done to succeed - the bottom line gets taken care of as do shareholders, requires a repudiation of so much that is considered sancrosanct by business executives these days (and a backbone too). We're guilty too though. If someone walked up to you and gave you a bag containing 10,000 dollars, you'd be nervous and suspicious (whether you keep it or not). Change that to a pre-approved credit card offer and you get a completely different reaction. We get offered a low introductory rate on a mortgage with no proof of income and took it. Sure, we all want to get ahead, better ourselves but we got offered lots of creatively packaged bags of money and we took them. (Yes, when I point a finger at someone, I know I have three pointing back at me.) We clearly have plenty of blame to go around lately.
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Active members returning points today: 37


Not so good. sad

In about a week or so I'll make it 38. It won't be as grand an entrance as Esoteric17's, but what do you want for free? And besides, my leaving a top 10 team will make it easier for you to catch them!

- D


Cool, we're going to have our very own Dark Lord!! laughing


By the way Anakin, you don't have to wait a week or so on our account! You're just as welcome now as then. biggrin
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By the way Anakin, you don't have to wait a week or so on our account! You're just as welcome now as then. biggrin


I'll change teams just as soon as a goal is reached (should be Friday or Saturday). I was tempted to say "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.", but I'm being uncharacteristically civil. biggrin

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P.S. "Anakin" is dead - just ask Obi-Wan.
P.P.S. No, I'm not really a Star Wars fanatic. I was bestowed the nickname for other reasons.
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Don't worry about Eso ... she is in a crunchin' category above us mere mortals. laughing biggrin laughing

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Awww Shucks <editted to keep IBM happy> Its time for more Ladies to hop aboard.

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Don't worry about Eso ... she is in a crunchin' category above us mere mortals. laughing biggrin laughing

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Awww Shucks <editted to keep IBM happy> Its time for more Ladies to hop aboard.

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love struck love struck Lucie! love struck love struck Welcome back. wink
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MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 03/25 - All Members:

Team rank movement report
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Prior New Current
Member name Rank Change Rank Points
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dtype 95 -1 96 441,953
Bon Kuhlman 96 +1 95 442,475
RetiredPB 111 -1 112 292,294
julied 112 -1 113 288,406
doright 113 -1 114 288,241
WARDSTAR 114 -1 115 284,745
blueKnight 115 -1 116 279,103
MWAYNE 116 -1 117 274,013
Momentary Lapse of Reason 117 -1 118 273,997
Lanscader 118 -1 119 271,170
jemc2000 119 -1 120 269,096
afurness 120 -1 121 265,293
bchristie 121 -1 122 263,575
TLD 122 -1 123 260,595
shinob925 123 -1 124 249,419
gherm 124 -1 125 247,941
barney15c 125 -1 126 243,123
Pconfig 126 -1 127 238,942
Liam1985 127 -1 128 238,890
esoteric17 128 +17 111 297,085

Points milestones report
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esoteric17 reached 250,000 points applause

Runtime milestones report
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No runtime milestones found. sad

Results returned milestones report
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Jockin returned their 1,600th result applause
esoteric17 returned their 500th result applause

New members report
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No new members found. sad

Retired members report
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No new retired members found. smile

For the week as a team:

Statistics  Total Run Time  Points   Results
Date (y:d:h:m:s) Earned Returned
03/25/2009 0:141:23:43:50 296,967 590
03/24/2009 0:151:13:22:47 317,151 618
03/23/2009 0:155:20:04:40 305,594 582
03/22/2009 0:172:01:59:04 341,617 653
03/21/2009 0:094:23:19:45 202,480 393
03/20/2009 0:113:17:18:46 246,873 457
03/19/2009 0:128:05:21:58 281,782 490


Team Records:
Results Returned: 12/19/2007 2,522
Points: 12/22/2008 464,183
Runtime: 01/25/2006 1:123:00:53:34

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MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 03/25 - Active Members

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Current Points
Active member name Rank Change Points This Period
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marysduby 1 0 27,996,334 16,335
nl59056 2 0 14,825,840 713
Dataman 3 0 12,405,139 29,474
parmesian 4 0 11,979,505 14,181
Esteban69 5 0 9,375,011 3,176
RT 6 0 9,318,958 41,866
Coingames 7 0 8,839,440 16,960
Blizzie 8 0 7,114,896 0
Dave Bell 9 0 6,741,231 16,463
Fanie 10 0 6,057,230 6,164
keithhenry 11 0 5,967,848 15,790
Mushball 12 0 5,312,839 3,593
frans6nl 13 0 4,973,602 8,077
Jonathan Figdor 14 0 4,922,185 533
Graham 15 0 4,621,538 1,486
PohSoon 16 0 4,600,888 5,132
sulcata 17 0 3,410,018 4,705
stares 18 0 2,706,958 6,488
Vuj 19 0 2,594,548 0
Tomwp 20 0 2,216,517 487
lawrencehardin 21 0 2,019,601 734
Blueprint 22 0 1,682,904 11,206
siseberg 23 0 1,641,638 1,005
Wunderwuzzi 24 0 1,561,675 332
wrr 25 0 1,447,332 1,575
brown chris 26 0 1,287,308 13,461
smcclarigan 27 0 1,233,604 2,185
johnny8b 28 0 1,192,402 0
Sunny L. Kae 29 0 1,132,111 3,178
Arthur256 30 0 988,290 0
AStafford 31 0 967,358 0
johng 32 0 838,469 2,278
Jockin 33 0 640,308 823
NiceMedTexMD 34 0 620,375 2,596
Airwolf_Liu 35 0 578,435 180
elpe 36 0 513,032 684
justins505 37 0 505,816 2,159
Bon Kuhlman 38 0 442,475 1,470
harry_i_c 39 0 377,587 762
esoteric17 40 +1 297,085 59,703
Momentary Lapse of Reason 41 -1 273,997 0
mapplebeck 42 0 236,127 466
madambaster 43 0 206,010 0
cknotty 44 0 165,514 0
Bravehart 45 0 46,293 547
WindmillMan76043 46 0 21,611 0
stonechild 47 0 13,968 0


Note: Active members are those who earned points in the prior 30 days.

Top Ten active members returning points today:
01: esoteric17 - 59,703 points
02: RT - 41,866 points
03: Dataman - 29,474 points
04: Coingames - 16,960 points
05: Dave Bell - 16,463 points
06: marysduby - 16,335 points
07: keithhenry - 15,790 points
08: parmesian - 14,181 points
09: brown chris - 13,461 points
10: Blueprint - 11,206 points

Total points returned today: 296,967
Active members returning points today: 37
Average points per member active today: 8026.13514
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By the way Anakin, you don't have to wait a week or so on our account! You're just as welcome now as then. biggrin


I'll change teams just as soon as a goal is reached (should be Friday or Saturday). I was tempted to say "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.", but I'm being uncharacteristically civil. biggrin

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P.P.S. No, I'm not really a Star Wars fanatic. I was bestowed the nickname for other reasons.


Ah, no problem. We're not used to folks "pre-announcing". laughing Other reasons huh? Hopefully more along the lines of stature or a deep bass voice and not being one who's "gone over to the Dark Side". Looking forward to having you aboard!
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Don't worry about Eso ... she is in a crunchin' category above us mere mortals. laughing biggrin laughing

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Awww Shucks <editted to keep IBM happy> Its time for more Ladies to hop aboard.

L.


P.S. Nice to be back tongue


Great to have you back! I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment too. Disease is very much into equal opportunity so it's only fair that crunching be that way too! I think you'll find us guys behaved ourselves reasonably well in your absence. You won't find much in the way of the forum-equivalent of us belching, farting or scratching ourselves and very few socks on the floor. laughing
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