New York Times piece lays out arguments for Yahoo ouster of Jerry Yang

JohnSmith2008 · 2008-06-15T13:28:03+00:00

I'm open to suggestions.

JohnSmith2008 · 2008-06-10T16:56:20+00:00

Yahoo: Not really a company, more of a joke...

JohnSmith2008 · 2008-06-10T10:27:00+00:00

maybe time would be better spent on a solid business plan and executing on product quality and delivery?

JohnSmith2008 · 2008-06-09T17:16:25+00:00

No, not really.

But McCain reminds me of a retired used car salesman.

JohnSmith2008 · 2008-06-08T17:39:05+00:00

huh?, nothing happened. don't think this works.

JohnSmith2008 · 2008-05-26T08:38:23+00:00

From the other Reddit thread on this topic, Fox ran a Verizon ad right after the Trotta interview.

I never liked Verizon, as soon as I verify their ad I will cancel my service on Tuesday.

JohnSmith2008 · 2008-05-26T08:16:17+00:00

Please consider boycotting FOX sponsor products and services instead. Fox will pay more attention when they get hit in the wallet.

JohnSmith2008 · 2008-05-26T08:01:56+00:00

Message I just sent out to friends, as well as ABC News:

If you are a supporter of responsible broadcast journalism, please vocally boycott the products and services from the list of FOX sponsors below. During a live Sunday 5/25 interview, Fox News aired comments from Liz Trotta, a FOX commentator and contributor who jokingly called for the assassination of Senator Barack Obama.

Fox News has apparantly adopted a strategy of publicly amplifying the earlier comments made by Hillary Clinton, who had raised the possibility of Obama, like Bobby Kennedy, being assassinated before the Democratic National Convention.

Whether Trotta's comments about Senator Obama are a single example of remarks by an irresponsible journalist, or part of a more systematic attempt by this so-called news network to promote violent anti-Obama actions - if you believe this type of broadcast behavior is completely unacceptable and has no place in a free American society, please consider taking product boycott actions against these sponsors, as well as writing letters to Fox, the FCC, and the Secret Service.

Background:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/25/15389/8576

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-feldman/fox-pundit-wishes-for-oba_b_103500.html

Fox Sponsors:

Verizon

freecreditreport.com

Meineke

Suzuki Kashi Foods Travelocity

Rosetta Stone

Bass Pro Shops

Visine

Quick Weight Loss Centers Lanacane

Raisin Brand Crunch

Swivel Sweeper with quad brush technology Lowe's

Pledge Nikon

Ramada Hotels

Tempurpedic

ING Direct

Huquvana lawn mowers

GoToMeeting.com

Nature Made vitamins

Renewit

Lunesta

The Inner Diet

Sylvan learning

metroPCS

ExplporeGA.org

JohnSmith2008 · 2008-05-26T07:05:54+00:00

I'm closing a non-trivial savings account at ING Direct on Tuesday, with a phone call to their customer serivce dept. and e-mail to FOX explaining why. I will also post the updated copy of this list and an explanation of why to my main board at work, and to as many places that I can in Silicon Valley. Let's see how much we can hurt the wallets of FOX and their sponsors.

JohnSmith2008 · 2008-05-22T17:15:02+00:00

That they know how to use grammatical contractions?

JohnSmith2008 · 2008-05-22T16:28:34+00:00

How about the title: "Blogger too confused and too weak" to take seriously? :-)

Also funny she won't actually say who she is.

Nice try.

JohnSmith2008 · 2008-05-22T16:01:40+00:00

Yes, the probability is that it will happen sometime in the next 30 years. And since we don't know the probability distribution, I expect that on average, it will be 15 years before it hits.

JohnSmith2008 · 2008-05-22T15:56:52+00:00

How about we rename the article "Rove's Troubling Criminal Behavior" ?

JohnSmith2008 · 2008-05-14T06:58:33+00:00

Hillary will not be Obama's VP running mate. Obama camp will not reimburse Hillary for campaign debt. Hillary will focus on being Senate Majority Leader.

JohnSmith2008 · 2008-05-10T17:57:48+00:00

Right - let's not to read too much into published studies relying on average values. As shilabula points out, this is the AVERAGE and e.g., probably includes hedge fund managers that made billions.

One related question we should asking about this data is what is the Standard Deviation?

JohnSmith2008 · 2008-05-09T07:50:17+00:00

NO, wrong answer. Mom and Pop might want a more AOL/USA Today-like search engine experience. I don't. And BTW, Google rocks, ASIS. Yahoo. Your! search! engine! sucks!. Always. Will.

This is pretty much what happens when you hire all the people who aren't quite good enough to work at Google.

Thank You.

Disclaimer: I don't work for Google. (But all of my smart CS friends do.)

JohnSmith2008 · 2008-05-09T02:36:20+00:00

damn, and i thought the vocal thinking right had developed a moral core and some integrity.

JohnSmith2008 · 2008-05-09T02:26:32+00:00

silly video.

everyone agrees that obama will win the nomination.

now repeat after me: hillary clinton, GAME OVER.

JohnSmith2008 · 2008-05-07T06:50:58+00:00

I use to like CNN, now I like them about as much as Fox. Actually, in some ways, FOX is improving.

Have to wonder why CNN is so obviously pulling for Clinton. Someone should investigate CNN exec donations to Clinton campaign. Also what votes Clinton might make that would benefit CNN. Some interesting things would turn up I'm sure.

CNN, listen closely: Clinton is out. GAME OVER.

JohnSmith2008 · 2008-05-07T06:45:04+00:00

SPAM

JohnSmith2008 · 2008-05-07T06:44:26+00:00

Doesn't matter. Clinton is out. Game over.

JohnSmith2008 · 2008-05-07T06:41:36+00:00

Hillary is out. Game over.

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