Archive for August, 2008

Hey all – in Toronto on vacation right now enjoying life so I won’t be blogging for another week or so.  Look for some more posts towards the end of next week. Hope you’re enjoying summer!


An article written by the Dean of the Sauder School of Business, Dan Muzyka, which is well worth reading:
Competitive Business – the Government’s Role


… over the last 50 years, provided by Obama in The Audacity of Hope pp. 279-80:
Indonesia provides a handy record of U.S. foreign policy over the past fifty years.  In a broad outline at least, it’s all there: our role in liberating former colonies and creating international institutions to help manage the post-World War II [...]


Everyone really expected the violence in Beijing to come from the hands of the CCP and the Chinese Military, but this shocking event has turned convention on its head.  Will this tarnish the games? How will athletes, the media, the government, and others react? Is China to blame for this situation or is it an [...]


Then Will Ferrell accepting Tiger Wood’s award for Best Male Athlete at the ESPY’s this year will… one of the funniest videos I have ever seen.


 

Yes, it is completely childish and is full of amateur humour, but that is what is to love about this movie.  If you like this video, you will love the movie.  Check it out!


I’m sorry, but a visitor to town (in the picture below… looking good as always), Ms. Ashley Rowe, threw me off track for the last 4 days.  More regular posts are back! If you’re upset, please take it up with her.


The Economist nails it on the head this week in a big way about the effect of the Olympics on China.  The Olympics have forced the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) to “reassert an authoritarian grip over Beijing” in a way that has not been seen in some time.  Yes, the Chinese are guilty of human [...]


Are they even allowed to play politics with their employees like this?