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Re: Creating Shared Value - Harvard Business Review

angryafrican — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 14:32:25 -0000

I think Porter and Kramer makes the exact same mistake as Karmani did a few months ago - confuse the definition of CSR with some of its practices. What Porter and Kramer did so excellently here is describe how CSR SHOULD be practiced - not redefine CSR. It is CSR but they cloaki it in a different name. And, of course, the idea of 'shared value" isn't new - it's how some of us have practiced CSR in any case and how some companies have practiced it for a few years already - Starbucks and their sourcing, Levi's and their consumers, Best Buy and old technology. I wrote a detailed critical analysis of CSV at http://corporatesocialreali...

Great work, but it's still CSR and it's not that new - just an excellent way of capturing some of the latest thinking and practices.

Re: New Motto For 'The Atlantic'

angryafrican — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:57:27 -0000

Haha! Loved that last one. Good one.

Re: Politico: Obama to pre-empt McCain assault by launching ads calling McCain 'erratic'

angryafrican — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:05:27 -0000

Great news - go Obama! I don’t know if there is a line you can’t cross in American politics. But this is it. McCain is betraying his own country. I never liked his policies much. But I know that is the foundation of democracy - not agreeing. Right now I am starting to despise the man and everything he stands for. He is a greedy bastard. With no honor. No decency. He is an unAmerican unpatriotic pig. And no matter how much lipstick he wears. You can’t hide your true self for ever. We can see who he is. Unpatriotic and UnAmerican.

McCain, what you said is not American. What you said is not patriotic. What you said is not in the interest of America. What you said is a lie sold to all Americans. What you said is about your own greed. What you said is fearmongering. What is said was unethical. What you said is without honor. What you said is the type of thing the enemies of this great country and real terrorists will say.
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Re: Biden: John McCain is no maverick

angryafrican — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:20:41 -0000

This should not be about whether Palin was better than what was expected. Or whether Biden did or didn’t wipe her off the table with his knowledge and experience. It’s about who will be the second most powerful person in Washington. People say the VP decision isn’t that important. I beg to differ. The second most powerful person in the US government and not seen as that important? Do you want to run your company with a good CEO but a CFO who knows nothing of how finances work? Or a COO who knows nothing of commerce? Maybe not.

So I looked at the two candidates with two questions in mind:
1. Who would best be able to help a President achieve the change he is promising?
2. Who do you want to make the decisions and represent your country if the President isn’t there?
That should be easy.
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Re: Oh just watch it

angryafrican — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:11:53 -0000

What hit me was how smug and stupid McCain is. Not an inch of decency. What I can't understand is some people will still vote for him even after the economy is crashing and people are dying in needless wars. I used to ask whether these people are stupid. Now I know, "yes, they are". One thing for them. If McCain wins - it's your choice. You make your choice. Live with it, pay up the next $700 billion+ and shut the f*ck up. You just lost your right to b*tch.
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Re: If You Care About America, You Should Read This HuffPo Article

angryafrican — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:18:29 -0000

So true. This is my first time in an election here in the US. But in all honesty? I have never seen worse coverage by the media and a complete lack of ethics in campaign messages the way I have seen it here. And I have been involved in a few elections in my time across the globe. I still hope for an Obama win, but I just don't think it is about serving America anymore. It is just about winning. Hey, it goves me excellent material, but it gives me nothing else!

Re: McCain backed abolishing the Department of Education

angryafrican — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:30:06 -0000

Letter to McCain
What’s up with McCain? I think he might be losing the plot. Not impossible at his age, but just look at it… His wife owns a beer company but he refuses to share. He thinks flip-flops is a policy strategy instead of shoes. He doesn’t know that a chick that smiles at you doesn’t mean she is hot or a running mate. He shows some man-love by hugging Dubya but then denies they are having an affair. He thinks del.icio.us is a vetting process and he scares little Republican kids. Shame, poor old man. I wrote him a letter to give him a few tips on how to deal with these and a few other problems at http://angryafrican.net/200...

Re: Local Alaska TV network: Palin is a liar

angryafrican — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:23:39 -0000

Maybe Sarah Pale-One should wake up and grow up. A few tips for her now that she is about to become a small fish in a big pond. (1) If your old enough to fall pregnant then you are old enough to be spoken about in public. (2) You don’t get a free ride if you are a woman. (3) Running a $22 million debt as mayor doesn’t make you an executive with experience. (4) Just because you believe in Jesus doesn’t mean He believes in you. But lots more tips for Sarah at http://angryafrican.net/200...

Re: Airplane Poem #2

angryafrican — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:36:37 -0000

Excellent! Bring back some photo's. Of the flight attendant of course...

Re: Team Building Excercise, Not Tonight

angryafrican — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:42:28 -0000

South Africa uses both American and French oak. I once asked an American winemaker why he thinks we use both and his answer was "because America always have to come and save the world". Still trying to figure that one out!

Re: John McCain again forgets that a few weeks ago, he left the country too

angryafrican — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:43:01 -0000

Maybe McCain should realize that you don't need to go to Iraq to know that the war was a wtupid idea to start off with. And the fact that he was in the military doesn't give him a free pass to play politics with the troops.
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Re: Thursday Morning Open Thread

angryafrican — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:24:21 -0000

Haha - good one! But I am sure those are just voices in John W. McBush's head.

Re: Thursday Morning Open Thread

angryafrican — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:26:40 -0000

Who would Jesus vote for? We had to ask the question, right? Everyone claims to know. Just not sure about this one. I mean really. Can they Guy even vote? He’s not American. And I doubt whether he would be allowed into the US in any case. Think about it. Long beard, wears a dress and a Middle Eastern passport. But what if He could vote? Who would He vote for? Does He even care who you vote for? Let’s speculate. It’s all we can do. We have no direct line and He doesn’t have a Facebook Group Page or radio show. Sorry Hagee, Pat and gang – neither do you have him on your “5 friends” list on your phone. I gave it a shot – but not sure I got an answer. http://angryafrican.net/200...

Re: FOX News: McCain lied to us

angryafrican — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:24:47 -0000

It seems as if the Republicans are getting their knickers in a knot over Michelle Obama. And getting ready to take aim at her over the next few months. But maybe they should take a look in the mirror and ask themselves what are they so “proud” of? Maybe they should revisit what Michelle Obama has seen from her American leaders since she was born the year after President Kennedy got killed. And then, no matter what they come up with and manage to spin, I’ll still take a straight shooter who doesn’t mince words - the Michelle way. That’s American. That’s the American way. And the choice of spouses also tells me loads of the candidates themselves. And not the way you think. http://angryafrican.net/200...

Re: Memo: Party rules require that FL and MI lose at least half of their delegates

angryafrican — Wed, 28 May 2008 08:28:09 -0000

I just wonder how much Bill is behind all the Hillary stuff? Including the FL & MI spin. So Bill – let’s talk. Puh-lease let Hillary step aside with dignity. Okay, fair enough - when she is ready. But don’t make it more difficult than what it should be. There is no “cover up”. Except if we can call your spin since Monica and now the “Hillary working class hero” and “wrap up in June” bull. Back off Bill. You had your chance. No be a good ex-President and go talk to someone who cares. http://angryafrican.net/200...

Re: African nations call out "free trade" spin

angryafrican — Wed, 28 May 2008 08:24:27 -0000

It seems as if we ride this train every single year. Someone somewhere decides that it is time to talk trade again. But do we ever get anywhere? Can we ever say we will achieve “free” trade with all the global protection? And no hope for “fair” trade either. It seems as if the dance is on again in 2008. More on this in my blog at http://angryafrican.net/200...

Re: Could McCain's "I was a POW" refrain backfire on him?

angryafrican — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:30:39 -0000

Some people just don't get it. You know - the meaning of "no". That it's over. We never had much of a relationship - so stop clinging. But McLame doesn't get it. We had but a brief fling back in the old days. Before the Straight Talk Express turned into the Flip-Flop Depress. It's over Mac. Get it? Here, read my "Dear John" - maybe that will help. I am so over Vietnam and the Big Mac. http://angryafrican.net/200...

Re: Dan Baz, Wash Post: Hillary's nomination "went up in smoke"

angryafrican — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:56:20 -0000

Another day gone and another day of speculations on who will be the next President. Another round of mud slinging and unfounded rumors. And I am not talking about those running to become the next US President. I am talking about the American people – or at least some of them. I am astounded to read some of the things people have to say about those leaders who are willing to put their hand up in a difficult time in the American history. What is it that makes people dig so deep to find their own worse self in the way they speak about the candidates? It’s like being in South Africa all over again back in 1994 when we had our own first democratic elections. The doomsayers lived large. But the truth is that all three would make fairly good Presidents – and all have their flaws. It won’t be the end of America. Can’t people just focus on what makes America great instead of scrapping the bottom of the barrel of humanity in the way they talk about their potential future leader? http://angryafrican.net/200...

Re: Myth of McCain multilateralism

angryafrican — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:54:33 -0000

I couldn't agree more. But it goes deeper than just him understanding multilateralism. It goes to the role of America in this world. I know. Many of you will tell me, as you have, that this election has nothing to do with us foreigners. That it is all about America. The American choice. The American future. And you are (mostly) right. This is your choice. This is about the American future. This is about America. But it does have something to do with us Johnny Foreigners. We do have a stake in this. Why? Because most level-headed people in this world still look to America for direction. We still look up to America. We look for guidance. We look to America for leadership in this crazy little sphere of ours. Question is, can America still provide it? And who offers that hope? http://angryafrican.net/200...

Re: McClatchy: Clinton blasts Bush for not stopping a project her husband approved

angryafrican — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:10:04 -0000

I get the sense that many people support McCain and Hillary because they don’t like the other option. Does that say something about them? That they are more driven by dislike and hatred than an actual position? Maybe it is because they feel they have no option. There is no alternative for them. But it is sad though. Sad that they can’t mobilize around anything other than what they are against. I hear many Republicans say, “McCain. I hate him, but he is better than the other two.” Sad. Just sad. http://angryafrican.net/200...
Isn’t this the time when people are supposed to say what they stand for? And America vote for what they want to be? Maybe people should start thinking about what they stand for. A very novel idea. Supporting someone for what they stand for. Mmmm. Think about it for a minute. Supporting someone for what they stand for. And not because you don’t like the other options. Supporting something because of what it means. Something positive. Not hatred of the other, but belief in this one.

Re: In yet another campaign finance scam, Cindy McCain gave John McCain a sweetheart deal on the use of her corporate jet.

angryafrican — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:59:13 -0000

Here's another scam - the Hamas-Obama scam McLame is trying to pull on us. I bet you Al-Qaeda will endorse Obama if they could make another video from a cave somewhere in “allied” Pakistan. Because they know how to use reverse psychology (you idiot, McCain). How do you get your enemy to do what you want them to do? Tell them the opposite. Want war? Then endorse the one guy from the “enemy” who wants peace. McDrain and the gang please note - Hamas is playing you like a little toy drum. And you are walking to their beat. McPain should wake up and think a little bit more. Think. Think. What do Al-Qaeda want? What do you think Hamas want? Chaos so they can recruit more. Anarchy so they can continue a mindless war. They want one thing and will tell you the opposite. You think you can trust what they tell you? They are playing you for a fool. You played into their hands in Iraq. And you are going to play into their hands again. You stupid, stupid man. http://angryafrican.net/ 2008/04/26/i-angry-african-endorse-mccain/

Re: Wednesday Morning Open Thread

angryafrican — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:06:56 -0000

It’s a bit of a no show isn’t it? Drawing fake lines in the sand and claiming they are this or that. Not a real fight. More like a bit of glove slapping across the face. I am not sure whether any of the three candidates actually offers anything substantially different. Even those who fell out were not extreme left or extreme left. Just a nudge to the one side or the other. Less Rumble in the Jungle more Wrestlemania. A little bit of fireworks and a laser display. But a show none the less. http://angryafrican.net/200...

Re: Chuck Todd is wrong

angryafrican — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:47:58 -0000

Look. This isn’t the Rumble in the Jungle. It’s not World War II. It’s not even Tom & Jerry. It’s more like Wrestlemania. A little bit of fireworks and a laser display. But it is really just make-believe. A show. A show that happens every few years. Lots of noise and lots of action. But fundamentally still just a show. Nobody gets hurt. Yes, I am talking about the US Presidential election. http://angryafrican.net/200...

Re: The World's Most Innovative Companies by Region: BusinessWeek

angryafrican — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:14:53 -0000

Good insights. Especially your last point. Too many companies fail to see that the first one to make the "move" will be the one to ride the train.

Re: Hillary needs to explain to the SuperDelegates how she can beat McCain in the fall when she can't even beat Obama in the spring.

angryafrican — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:36:06 -0000

I know. Many of you will tell me, as you have, that this election has nothing to do with us foreigners. That it is all about America. The American choice. The American future. And you are (mostly) right. This is your choice. This is about the American future. This is about America. But it does have something to do with us Johnny Foreigners. We do have a stake in this. Why? Because most level-headed people in this world still look to America for direction. We still look up to America. We look for guidance. We look to America for leadership in this crazy little sphere of ours. Question is, can America still provide it? And who offers that hope? http://angryafrican.net/200...