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To: tejek who wrote (744112)	10/4/2013 3:44:23 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	3 Recommendations Recommended By Brumar89 i-node TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576238

Ted, How many major creative companies are you seeing getting birthed in conservative bastions. How many "major creative companies" succeed without the business savvy and corporate gravitas that is typically associated with conservatism? That's my point. Silicon Valley brags about being liberal, but they are rich and successful primarily because of the very CORPORATIONS that you hate so much. That includes Amazon, Tesla, Groupon, Tumbler, Costco, and every other success story that you love to associate with liberalism. Tenchusatsu

To: tejek who wrote (744112)	10/4/2013 5:53:55 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576238

Maybe you don't know it but there are loads of companies founded in and run in red states that succeed in America. You want high tech? Consider: Jack St. Clair Kilby (November 8, 1923 – June 20, 2005) was an American electrical engineer who took part (along with Robert Noyce) in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments (TI) in 1958. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 2000. [1] He is also the inventor of the handheld calculator and the thermal printer. ..... Along with Robert Noyce (who independently made a similar circuit a few months later), Kilby is generally credited as co-inventor of the integrated circuit. Jack Kilby went on to pioneer military, industrial, and commercial applications of microchip technology. He headed teams that built both the first military system and the first computer incorporating integrated circuits. He later co-invented both the hand-held calculator and the thermal printer that was used in portable data terminals. In 1970, he took a leave of absence from TI to work as an independent inventor. He explored, among other subjects, the use of silicon technology for generating electrical power from sunlight. From 1978 to 1984, he held the position of Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University. From 1978 to 1985, he was Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University. In 1983, Kilby retired from Texas Instruments. ..... en.wikipedia.org The company he worked for, Texas Instruments, was founded in 1951 as a spinoff from a geophysical services company serving the oil and gas industry. As far as political backgrounds go, I'll just note that one of the early Presidents was: Frederick Joseph Agnich, known as Fred Agnich (July 19, 1913 - October 28, 2004), [1] was a Minnesota-born geophysicist who served from 1971 to 1987 as a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives. From 1972 to 1976, he was the Texas Republican National Committeeman. --------------------------------------------- You like Costco? It was a copy of Fedmart, which became Price Club. Costco is #1 in sales in its industry segment followed by Sams Club, which has more stores than Costco. Costco became #1 by beating Sam Walton in merging with Price Club. Both Sams and Costco wanted Price Club.