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Monday, November 24, 2008
Why Apple Should Buy Dell
Why Apple Should Buy Dell:
After beginning with this non-starter the author, Frank Fox, goes onto suggest several reasons why this would be a good idea and what Apple could possibly do with the Dell brand (the best of which is to make Dell a "Linksys" like low end brand to Apple's high end "Cisco" brand). He does, however, miss the most obvious idea. An idea floated by Michael Dell himself in an inverse way.
Apple should buy Dell and then what?
"Shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders."
Almost everyone knows that Apple is sitting on a huge pile of cash, around $24.5 billion. That might be enough to fill one of Scrooge McDuck's cash vaults, but there have to be some other interesting things to do with that much money.
While feeling depressed about how low the value of Apple stock has fallen recently (below $90 per share), I checked out some other companies that are falling due to the same economic worries. There I saw the perfect company that is finally cheap enough that Apple can buy the whole thing: Dell.
After beginning with this non-starter the author, Frank Fox, goes onto suggest several reasons why this would be a good idea and what Apple could possibly do with the Dell brand (the best of which is to make Dell a "Linksys" like low end brand to Apple's high end "Cisco" brand). He does, however, miss the most obvious idea. An idea floated by Michael Dell himself in an inverse way.
Apple should buy Dell and then what?
"Shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders."
Gawker gets it so very wrong.
Conservative Crack-up: GOP Wonderboy Is First Millennial Member of Congress:
"A Republican had never won Schock's inner-city district before this election."
Let's take a quick look at that statement (and those of you with half a brain see where this going)... The district in question is the Illinois 18th. Schock is replacing Ray LaHood (R) who served from to 1995-2009. Prior to LaHood Bob Michel (R) served as the Representative from the 18th from 1957-1995. From 1949-1957 Harold Velde (R) was the Rep for the 18th. From 1947-1949 Edward H. Jensen (R) and from 1939-1947 Jessie Sumner (R) repped the 18th. You have to go back to the FDR sweep of the 1932 elections to find James A. Meeks (D) who served from 1933-1939 as the last Democrat from the 18th. So Gawker got this pretty much totally wrong. A /Democrat/ hasn't won Schock's seat since the Great Depression.
The 18th is hardly an "inner-city" district either. Let's take a look at the geography first:
Notice something? Yeah Peoria is a small part of a much larger (geographically speaking) district. Still Peoria must skew the numbers for IL-18 the way Chicago does for the state as a whole, right? Well, not so much, the population for the district as a whole was about 650,000 in 2006. Peoria's population is about 113,000. The Greater Peoria area has a population of approximately 370,000. That's a lot of suburbs for an "inner-city" district. Put simply about 85% of IL-18 lives in either the suburbs or rural areas -- hardly an inner-city district and a staunchly Republican one.
"A Republican had never won Schock's inner-city district before this election."
Let's take a quick look at that statement (and those of you with half a brain see where this going)... The district in question is the Illinois 18th. Schock is replacing Ray LaHood (R) who served from to 1995-2009. Prior to LaHood Bob Michel (R) served as the Representative from the 18th from 1957-1995. From 1949-1957 Harold Velde (R) was the Rep for the 18th. From 1947-1949 Edward H. Jensen (R) and from 1939-1947 Jessie Sumner (R) repped the 18th. You have to go back to the FDR sweep of the 1932 elections to find James A. Meeks (D) who served from 1933-1939 as the last Democrat from the 18th. So Gawker got this pretty much totally wrong. A /Democrat/ hasn't won Schock's seat since the Great Depression.
The 18th is hardly an "inner-city" district either. Let's take a look at the geography first:
Notice something? Yeah Peoria is a small part of a much larger (geographically speaking) district. Still Peoria must skew the numbers for IL-18 the way Chicago does for the state as a whole, right? Well, not so much, the population for the district as a whole was about 650,000 in 2006. Peoria's population is about 113,000. The Greater Peoria area has a population of approximately 370,000. That's a lot of suburbs for an "inner-city" district. Put simply about 85% of IL-18 lives in either the suburbs or rural areas -- hardly an inner-city district and a staunchly Republican one.
Friday, November 21, 2008
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Jason Henderson nails it
Hey Peggy Noonan: Savor - JASON HENDERSON - Open Salon: "Let us get our heads around the size and scope of what happened Tuesday. Barack Obama, soon to be the 44th president of the United States, the first president born outside the continental United States, has won a landslide victory. He has done so with a message of hope and aspiration. Resoundingly he has done so.
The Democrats have defeated not only John McCain, but Elizabeth Dole in North Carolina, as well as Republican Senators in (as of this writing) New Mexico, Virginia, and New Hampshire. In the House, there is not a single Republican congressman left in all of New England. This is huge.
Savor."
Check out the rest. It's a great read.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Liverpool 1 - Atletico Madrid 1 (Gerrard's Oscar)
Gerrard grabs a penalty so soft it made Istanbul look like a horror tackle. A point is a point though.
Sunday, November 02, 2008
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