Comments on: OVERKILL http://www.ginandtacos.com/2008/12/08/overkill/ OPIATE OF THE ASSES Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:36:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kulkuri http://www.ginandtacos.com/2008/12/08/overkill/comment-page-1/#comment-12937 Kulkuri Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:07:43 +0000 http://www.ginandtacos.com/?p=1208#comment-12937 That last line and Jeremy's comment are very good and right on. That last line and Jeremy's comment are very good and right on.

]]> By: Misterben http://www.ginandtacos.com/2008/12/08/overkill/comment-page-1/#comment-12936 Misterben Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:07:05 +0000 http://www.ginandtacos.com/?p=1208#comment-12936 If there was a way to convert into electricity my joy at finally owning a computer that works, not only could I power my MacBook, I could become some sort of electricity-based superhero. Arclight, maybe. Or Surge. And then I could team up with a water-based superhero, and we could call ourselves Public Utility! (Or rather, we could call ourselves that if America had kept any of its utilities public, instead of privatizing them so that spectacularly bad management could drive them into the ground during the '90s.) Hey Ed! There's a column idea for you. What Happened to American Management? Decades ago we were the world leaders in training public and private sector managers; now our corporations are a stumbling joke and our government's most recent success is, oh, let's see, can't remember. Why did America stop taking management seriously, and how can we start again? If there was a way to convert into electricity my joy at finally owning a computer that works, not only could I power my MacBook, I could become some sort of electricity-based superhero. Arclight, maybe. Or Surge. And then I could team up with a water-based superhero, and we could call ourselves Public Utility!

(Or rather, we could call ourselves that if America had kept any of its utilities public, instead of privatizing them so that spectacularly bad management could drive them into the ground during the '90s.)

Hey Ed! There's a column idea for you. What Happened to American Management? Decades ago we were the world leaders in training public and private sector managers; now our corporations are a stumbling joke and our government's most recent success is, oh, let's see, can't remember. Why did America stop taking management seriously, and how can we start again?

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.ginandtacos.com/2008/12/08/overkill/comment-page-1/#comment-12930 Jeremy Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:07:36 +0000 http://www.ginandtacos.com/?p=1208#comment-12930 Only Ed Begley Jr's car is powered by its user’s smugness and sense of self-satisfaction. Only Ed Begley Jr's car is powered by its user’s smugness and sense of self-satisfaction.

]]> By: j http://www.ginandtacos.com/2008/12/08/overkill/comment-page-1/#comment-12929 j Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:59:50 +0000 http://www.ginandtacos.com/?p=1208#comment-12929 Well, as for me, I'd still have a PC if Vista weren't garbage. Well, as for me, I'd still have a PC if Vista weren't garbage.

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