Month September 2006

Maybe they are a gang

Forbes reports HP Chairwoman Patricia Dunn “took the fall.” Sue says, that’s a gangland phrase meaning someone took the rap for someone else. Forbes could have used any phrase but they choose that one. Interesting. Given there are at least…

Note to HP

You need to rename your ‘Integrity Systems‘, and having Dunn step down as chair but remain on the board is stonewalling and dumb. The FBI, House of Reps, US Attorney General, California Attorney General, and SEC are investigating. Someone will…

Fair Use. Some thoughts

Since running a series of posts on fair use, I’ve changed my blogging style and rarely directly quote other sources now – and the blog is better for it. Many blogs routinely quote multiple paragraphs from other sources. While this…

Neocon agenda circling the drain

A top Marine says the situation in west Iraq is lost politically, and nothing can be done to fix it. Nonsense. Lots can be done. First, the US withdraws from Iraq and lets Iraqis put their country back together again.…