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About All That Fawning....

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It was bizarre seeing how much praise the liberal blogosphere heaped on Steve Jobs amidst his sudden death last week. Seeing this from the Huffington Post shows further more how his personality was something I never warmed too . "You're headed for a one-term presidency," he told Obama at the start of their meeting, insisting that the administration needed to be more business-friendly. As an example, Jobs described the ease with which companies can build factories in China compared to the United States, where "regulations and unnecessary costs" make it difficult for them. What "business" was Jobs talking about? This administration has time in and time again (even with its persistence to take original Republican ideas of tax credits/cuts to show rational people that, hey, they seem to put in original Republican holidays) show how business friendly it actually has been (small business and not coming close to fully holding Wall Street accountable despi...

The Tech For 7/16/10: Proper Damage Control Of The Week.....

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....Or not, especially with the Jobby one thinking this has all been "blown out of proportion!" Yes, he said "This has been blown out of proportion." Indeed so Steve! Your company that everyone knows, with a product that everyone knows, and a problem that everyone knows (and for those who have it, have that exact problem ) is in a situation that is "just blown out of proportion!" My goodness Steve, all this attention on you and how your new product that you knew had a big problem is all just unnecessary and annoying. I guess people writing that you granted everyone receive free cases/bumpers or a refund for your royal screw up is just one big "blown out of proportion" deal as well. Then again, maybe your company is just one big "Blown Out of proportion" in general. But hey, when this happens ..... Jobs acknowledged the problem, then offered evidence that people don’t really care because the phones are still selling like h...