Day: August 16, 2008

  • Visa

    After Michael Phelps won his seventh gold medal, tying Mark Spitz’s record, Visa (one of Michael’s sponsors) immediately broke out a congratulatory commercial.We’re sitting here eagerly waiting for the relay where Phelps could win an unprecedented eighth gold and wondered what the Visa commercial will say if he achieves that.  I hope it has fireworks.I…

  • On treating a President like Royalty

    George Bush keeps forgetting that he only gets to live for a little while in the White House, and that he’s not the permanent occupant.  There’s an excellent essay about our schizophrenic behavior towards our President because we keep forgetting that he’s not Royalty, as exposed by the interchange between George Bush and Jim Webb.My…

  • Strategy

    However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.Sir Winston Churchill