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You have just described most of the politicians that I know.
Which is why I don't understand why these companies appoint political figures unless they're trying to win accounts with the government.
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Without looking at the facts? Guilty until proven innocent? Good for him for convicting others of war crimes without any due process?
Stow the butt-hurt. I've looked at the facts. The Iraq and Afghanistan wars will be remembered as the end of the American era, unless Silicon Valley can build US 2.0. and disassociate themselves from Washington.
Will you look at those too or just conveniently ignore them like the other posters who downvoted the FactCheck link above?
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Hey now, it would have been for nothing, all years of war and 600 000 deaths, if these people who were in charge and lead the effort, would suddenly find themselves in low-key positions in society. The top cream must stay at the top. Besides, her technical skills and understanding of IT for sure are awesome, making her the finest choice for Dropbox business.
And yet, President Obama selected Joe Biden as his vice president, who also voted for the same war. Hillary Clinton did too, and she's the leading Democratic contender for 2016. Why no outrage? Because they have a D next to their names?
Sooo, will we be seeing a repeat of the Eich-like public outcry? Though I may understand the business rationale for this hire, I certainly wont trust founders, board or anyone else at Dropbox who is OK working with a person that is partially responsible for deaths of thousands(arguably hundreds of thousands) people in the Iraq war based on false premises about "WMD". Oh, and we shouldn't forget about her role in "enh…
I am also considering cancelling my Dropbox account. However several of my clients use it to share designs with me making that tricky. Can you suggest anyway around this other than asking the clients to use Google Drive/Box instead?
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I didn't vote for Biden, and I didn't forget his pro-war stance, either. Biden wasn't just appointed as a board member for a relevant tech corporation, though. If he was, I'd be up in arms, too. That said, even so, Biden's role in promoting Iraq was far less than Condi's. Additionally, Biden didn't specifically push for advanced interrogation techniques AKA torture. Condi did.
Uhh, Al Gore supported the war too and he's a partner of Kleiner Perkins and a board member of Apple, a firm that has funded several Silicon Valley companies. Will you stop using those companies too?
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No, because she was a republican who was a key player in one of the worst administrations in the recent history of the US government. I don't have any problem with people who believe in small government, defense, the rule of law, and sound fiscal policy. Lying to the American public to justify a boondoggle of a war in Iraq is different. Al Gore, whatever his failings, doesn't have that kind of massive black mark on h…
Al Gore was a member of an administration that bombed Iraq, with the justification that Iraq was building weapons of mass destruction. (Coincidentally, the bombing coincided with Monica Lewinsky's testimony.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Iraq_(1998)
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And yet, President Obama selected Joe Biden as his vice president, who also voted for the same war. Hillary Clinton did too, and she's the leading Democratic contender for 2016. Why no outrage? Because they have a D next to their names?
This really shouldn't need to be pointed out: but the difference is that none of these people have been appointed to the board of any tech company. In 10 years time if Facebook put James Clapper or Eric Holder on their board it'd likely be more controversial.
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If I were going with a cynical thought, I would think this is a move to get dropbox into government contracts somehow.
Agreed. With Condi comes access to all sorts of government entities, and the contacts to make those entities work in favor of whatever Dropbox needs them for. This appointment smacks of the corporate-political complex. It's practically inevitable that USG resources will be used in favor of Dropbox's business at some point.
I hope she hasn't ever donated to any disagreeable referendum campaigns..... ....or ever been a core member of an administration that left us with two disastrous wars, an offshore gulag, the greatest economic disaster in 70 years, a record of legitimizing torture, a decline in prestige on the world stage. Oh, and a strong record or rejecting marriage equality.
Someone call OkCupid and notify them of this so they can start working on their next PR campaign.