Maurice: <S: Bill Clinton should simply refuse to hand over the Presidency to a fake interloper who did NOT win the election. Bill should require another election or simply require an official recount in Florida of all the votes. Bill should remain in office until the democratic process is completed without an absurd bunch of politically-motivated political appointees in the Supreme Court or Florida Court arbitrarily cutting off the democratic process. If it takes longer, too bad. The important issue is the total votes, not some timetable. >
For once we actually agree!! The Supreme Court is nothing but a bunch of "political paupers"..
My wife, as I have mentioned several times, is from Colombia. She was confused by the entire "Electorial College" process.. We were talking one evening about this subject and she made what I thought was a pretty profound view on the methodology! She said... "Look, The USA is the "template of Democracy" other "third world countries" are supposed to look to as an example.. She continued.. What if we were living in Bogota', and were watching the outcome of the 'Presidental Electorial Process' on the Television. A Graphic appeared that showed that Candidate A received 51.5% of the votes, and Candidate B received 49.5% of the votes.. Yet, the Graphic and the moderator indicated that Candidate B (whom received less votes than Candidate A).. What would you be saying" she inquired!! And what if I explained to you that our "Constitution of Colombia" has some stipulations that stated that "The Candidate with the most votes does not necessarily become President".. I thought about it for a few moments and said.. Well, If that happened.. I think it would be a matter of days before the US had denounced the election as a farce, and that it denied the "Rights of the People" to freely elect their own Representatives of the Executive Branch... She said "EXACTLY".. !!
Here was an interesting Forbes article that resurfaced on the YHOO thread today.. From September 1999.. That, I thought you might enjoy!!!
forbes.com
A couple of interesting notes:
<Now he's brutal. "There is no Iridium," he says, calling that $6 billion venture "an irrelevancy" as Globalstar braces for its commercial debut next month.>
Ahh!! Bernie.. Arrogance! Now your irrelevant Iridium came back and stole your DoD Business..
<Its executives once jeeringly offered prizes to anyone who could locate an Iridium phone; now they are spooked by Wall Street's dark mood.>
More Arrogance in the G* Executive Office.. Maybe they should have been working on the "System Roll-Out", and "Service Provider Marketing Progress" rather than "Trying to find Iridium Phones"... I guess all the laughing and smiling have been displaced!! The boys over at MOT and Iridum Satellite are probably the ones having a good laugh about trying to find Globalstar Phones, and especially those Fixed Phones.. Hey, What Goes Around, Comes Around!!
"Iridium has really disturbed our market," says Globalstar Chief Operating Officer Anthony Navarra, who keeps a doll knotted in a Motorola necktie and an Iridium badge-holder in his office. "They set everybody's expectations way too high."
Oh!! Iridium disturbed you market Ehhh?? You see, it's quite simple. Iridium disturbed their market. Yes, it is very clear to see that.. No problem with the Business Plan.. No sireee..
WHAT!! Iridium set the expectations too high.. I remember BLS telling everyone that he expected Globalstar to "make a profit" this year!! He projected 600,000 subs by the end of CY2000.. He delivered less than 50,000.. And the covenants that sent Iridium into BK protection were for only 52,000 subs and 30 million in accrued revenues by May 1999.
<Globalstar will start at half Iridium's initial price, with phones costing $1,500 and calls pegged at $1.50 to $3 a minute. If consumers balk or competition rises, Globalstar is ready to cut prices 50%.>
Funny, they must not consider that the, consumers have balked at the current prices!!
<Letting the carriers drive Globalstar, even though Loral Space holds the biggest single stake, was "a major pain in the backside," Schwartz says now, "but it's been a critical differentiation.">>
NO!! NO!! Don't do it Bernie!! Don't let them drive!! PLEASE!!! Listen to Maurice and "Wacky Wireless"!!
<Staiano, who relaxed by pumping iron aboard his Gulfstream jet, was fired in April. He had tried to exert full control over Iridium's loose confederation of marketing partners, publicly sniping at the competence of its regional distributors. Staiano also matched Schwartz in competitive carping; at an industry dinner he bet Schwartz $200 that Globalstar would fail to start service on time this year.>
At least Bernie does not do this.. He tells everyone what a great job the SP's are doing!!
<Despite his partners' caution, Schwartz, never short on bluster, insists Globalstar can sign up 3 million users in three years. Never mind that Inmarsat, a forerunner satellite service, has just 140,000 users for its laptop-size phone after 20 years in business.>
Let's see this article is 15 months old.. So that leaves ole Bernie another 21 months to dig up another 2.95 million subscribers....
And so it goes...
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