If you look at it a certain way, the Dot-Com experience was a very adolescent one. Hallmarks of dot-com management:
* Declare the “old ways” have been discredited by a “new world.”
* Sheer willpower is enough to achieve.
* Everyone but the CEO is lazy and/or overcautious.
Most importantly:
* Marketing is worth more than substance.
I saw a lot [...]

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Spam has really gotten out of hand again, so I’ve been updating my filters. this means, unfortunately, I have to read the spam that *has* gotten through a lot more carefully. Here’s a real gem:
bq. Don’t want to receive our emails anymore? It’s very easy to oppt out. And yes, doing so really will [...]

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Hey, you: turn off CNN for a moment. There’s nothing you can do about the bombs right now.
Time to look at what’s happening “in your own back yard”:http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/7510 .

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Anyone else getting a lot of spam disguised as email newsflashes?
How likely is this scenario:
*Subj: CNN | Saddam’s body found.*
“Oh, wow!” (opens email and finds a hentai website ad.)
“You know, I was concerned about Saddam but I think I’ll go watch some tentacle sex instead. Where’s my credit card….?”
Makes you appreciate real marketing all the [...]

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_Talking Points Memo_ writer Joshua Micah Marshall has an article in the upcoming Washington Monthly that you must read. It’s called “Practice to Deceive.” In it, JMM explains in detail the current administration’s imperialist plans, what they hope to achieve, and what could go wrong.
bq. Ending Saddam Hussein’s regime and replacing it with something stable [...]

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