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Flame » in reply to Actually, your entire premise on this thread WAS that it was the arrogant CEOs we need to worry about.

It's the arrogant CEOs who are making promises they can't keep.

ER — 5/15/2013 11:25:23 PM (archived)

I'll rephrase my question. Do you still think you'll be able to control them once they see you can't, or won't, deliver?

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The whole thread (16 posts)

Trust in government power - TB - 5/15/2013 2:35:00 AM
- "Scandal Cascade", indeed. Three witchhunts does not a cascade make. - ER - 5/15/2013 4:58:59 AM
- Power will be exercised one way or the other. - ER - 5/15/2013 4:26:27 AM
  - Coda - ER - 5/15/2013 5:12:51 AM
    - Actually, I think I've finally got it. - TB - 5/15/2013 6:35:56 AM
      - The power the private sector seeks - ER - 5/15/2013 1:04:32 PM
        
        The whole point of political power is to crush its competition, and they have guns. - TB - 5/15/2013 4:20:03 PM
        
        Tell me again, who has the guns? - ER - 5/15/2013 7:40:32 PM
        
        No, no, you're doing it all wrong. - TB - 5/15/2013 8:07:12 PM
        
        And P.S. - TB - 5/15/2013 8:21:37 PM
        
        It's not the arrogant CEOs I worry about. - ER - 5/15/2013 8:54:09 PM
        
        Actually, your entire premise on this thread WAS that it was the arrogant CEOs we need to worry about. - TB - 5/15/2013 9:30:33 PM
        
        It's the arrogant CEOs who are making promises they can't keep. - ER - 5/15/2013 11:25:23 PM
- That Obama quote... - alcaray - 5/15/2013 3:35:45 AM
- Jefferson could well imagine Dick Cheney and George Bush, but - - - - bowser - 5/15/2013 3:02:13 AM
  - I don't know about anyone else but that brought a smile to my face. n/t - RobVG - 5/15/2013 3:54:44 AM

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