8/6 Karl Rove + iPhone
http://urltea.com/15ng (time.com)
\_ Perhaps the Bush administration would like to know what most people
working at Apple (inluding their top executives) really think of the
Bush administration. Even Steve Jobs told his employees to vote
Democrat during a company-wide conference.
\_ Just because Steve told them to doesn't mean they did. Voting
is still anonymous in this country.
\_ So what? Technology crosses political lines. Rush Limbaugh is
a huge apple fan boi who has been pitching apple gear for years.
\_ I could say the same thing about the flip side.
Republicans are always quick to point out that the
military is comprised primarily of Republicans and,
therefore, Republicans are entitled the protection
of the armed forces and not Democrats (e.g. Bill-O
soliciting terrorists to attack "liberal" SF and
military should not defend it). Of course, this is
entirely ludicrous because if you looked at policies
which Republicans like to promote so much, you would
actually think that Republicans hate our military.
The point I was originally trying to make was this:
Republicans like to portray Democrats (you know,
like the vast majority who work at Apple) as these
crazy, evil, godless, tree-hugging, pot-smoking,
terrorists-loving, anti-military, communist bums
who smell like garbage when, in reality, they're
just a bunch of smart and talented engineers and
entrepreneurs who believe in the free market and
love making cool products like the iPhone. Karl
Rove is using a product made by the same people
he ridicules so much.
\_ Oh. Well, I totally agree w/ that.
\_ So, can you post a link where Karl Rove makes fun of
Apple? 'Cause, I think you're just a paranoid nutcase.
\_ Sticks and stones. Paranoid nutcases believe that
if we don't attack them there (Iraq), they'll come swim
over and attack us here. I don't need to post a link.
You can google this all you want. "liberals saw the
savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare
indictments and offer therapy and understanding for
our attackers." Rove doesn't directly attack
Apple and I never said he did. But he does attack
the people who comprise the majority of the company.
\_ Who says the majority of Apple employees are
Democrats?
\_ So, you think it's ok to be a paranoid nutcase
because Karl Rove is? There's an odd justification.
\_ Take Reading Comprehension 101.
\_ Nice try, I'd say you need a writing class,
but but you need coherent thought more.
Your posts jump between multiple unconnected
topics and are full of bizarre over-
generalizations. They basically make no sense.
It's just plain old raving. Sorry.
\_ You can't even point out when I said it
was okay to be a paranoid nutcase.
\_ You're right, I just kind of assumed
you thought it was ok, since you do it
so well.
\_ Exec Summary: Republicans = evil, stupid, cranky, smearing,
hypocritical baby killers. Democrats = good, kind, smart,
all-knowing, loving, generous, tolerant victims of moronic
Republican abuse. All Apple Engineers = Democrats. Did I
miss anything in your bizarre rant?
\_ Did I say any of that? Boy, you must not know how to
read. Or do you only hear what you want to hear?
\_ It's standard motd noise, yes, you did. That is the
correct executive summary. So answer me this: do
you disagree with any of those statements? Which
ones, if any?
\_ Yes, I disagree with all of them. You put words
into other people mouths. I never said Republicans
were all of those things. There are some who are
but I never made that generalization. And there
are Demorcrats who are those things. And no,
being an Apple employee doesn't make you a Dem.
But from my personal experience (I'm no Gallup
Poll but I know way more Apple employees than
you do) most of them are Dems. So once again,
you're wrong. I never said any of those things
you claim I did.
\_ Is that good thing? A boss telling his employees how to vote
is jaw-droppingly inappropriate. If that's true I'm never buying
apple again.
\_ I've heard bosses (but not the CEO) tell people how they
should or shouldn't vote frequently. I'm guessing its
pretty common.
\_ No it's not. They're adults, they're not being coerced, and,
the whole premise of Democracy is that people can think for
themselves. -dans
\_ I didn't say the couldn't, or even that there's some way
for Jobs to verfiy what they did. It's still wrong to
order people how to vote. It's an attempt at misuse of
power. Attempted murder is a crime, and so is attempted
corruption. It's fine if he says "I'm voting for Ds,
and I think everyone should." "You must vote D" is not ok.
I'm sure if he said "You must vote R" you'd see why it's a
problem.
\_ He didn't order people to vote D. An employee had a
concern about how the unstable state of the world
was negatively impacting the Apple and Silicon
Valley environment and he responded by recommending
that (s)he vote D.
\_ Well, that's different then, isn't it?
\_ Apple needs some smarter employees. The world is
always in an 'unstable state'. Or at least some
more employees who have read some history.
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