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Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by factchecker32 »

jgreen10 wrote: post #218
at-fates-hands wrote: post #200

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>>> It's a shame that they had to pick a Bush crony. Another great example of how partisanship and shitty double standards have ruined our country. The fact is, the vote to invade Iraq was a bi-partisan vote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Resolution_to_Authorize_t... "Introduced in Congress on October 2, 2002, in conjunction with the Administration's proposals,[2][7] H.J.Res. 114 passed the House of Representati…

You seem to have forgotten that the Bush administration knowingly lied about the intentions and capabilities of Saddam Hussein in order to gain support for the war.

FactCheck.org: Bush's "16 Words" on Iraq & Uranium: He May Have Been Wrong But He Wasn't Lying

Two intelligence investigations show Bush had plenty of reason to believe what he said in his 2003 State of the Union Address.

http://archive.is/vAWQa#selection-283.0-300.0

Don't let facts get in your way though.

Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by factchecker32 »

ryguytilidie wrote: post #236
at-fates-hands wrote: post #200

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>>> It's a shame that they had to pick a Bush crony. Another great example of how partisanship and shitty double standards have ruined our country. The fact is, the vote to invade Iraq was a bi-partisan vote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Resolution_to_Authorize_t... "Introduced in Congress on October 2, 2002, in conjunction with the Administration's proposals,[2][7] H.J.Res. 114 passed the House of Representati…

So your point is that our country is being ruined because people believe Bush and his cronies lead us to war. You believe that they did not lead us to war because both parties, after receiving misinformation from the bush administration, voted in favor of it. See anything wrong with your logic here?

And Bush couldn't have possibly received misinformation too, right?

Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by warrenm »

d23 wrote: post #201
hg54yghf wrote: post #168

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Are you serious? Al Gore is on various boards, including Apple. He also supported the war. Will you stop using Apple products now? You're not a hypocrite, are you?

Completely ignoring the point that Al Gore wasn't a public official at the time, let's not forget that congress was lied to just as much as the rest of the public.

And Condoleeze Rice is not a "public official" now, either

Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by subsection1h »

sigzero wrote: post #65
tomp wrote: post #9

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For me, the problem is her involvement with the Bush Iraq fiasco. Lying about weapons of mass destruction.

Then you must hate everyone. Everyone in Congress believed it. Multiple countries around the world believed it too. Good luck with that attitude.

> Everyone in Congress believed it.

Wrong.

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2002/roll455.xml

Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by mercurial »

efa wrote: post #224
mercurial wrote: post #190

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The Russians, the Chinese and the French, really?

Yes, all believe they Iraq had an ongoing chemical and nuclear weapons program (remember the attempt to send in inspectors). Not all agreed to going to war, but consensus they had some pretty nasty weapons.

The attempt? The UN absolutely sent inspectors. That people didn't trust Saddam and wanted to make sure that he was not fooling around is one thing. To invade the country on exaggerated or just made up claims is entirely different. I don't know about China or Russia, but from what I understand, Chirac never really bought into the "proofs" proffered by the US. As for other countries who did go to war, it's a question of how much their leadership was convinced, and how much they did it to gain political credit (eg, a whistleblower leaked information from the Danish military intelligence clearly showing they were not sure at all Saddam had any WMD).

Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by pekk »

stephencanon wrote: post #215
Kiro wrote: post #196

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I don't have a real opinion about the Iraq war but do you think it was wrong to overthrow Saddam Hussein?

It was certainly morally wrong to overthrow Hussein without a clear plan to stabilize the country once the government had been deposed, and without committing sufficient military and monetary resources to do so.

More troops and cash would not have fixed Iraq.

Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by jonstewart »

donatj wrote: post #223
jonstewart wrote: post #109

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Is there any Mac software that actually uses resource forks these days???

Finder. Tags / Colors / File comments are stored in resource forks. I tag a lot of my work with things like "done" and "in progress" etc. It's really important to my workflow.

Oh. Huh. Didn't realize that.

Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by [deleted] »

schintan wrote: post #232
cryoshon wrote: post #116

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condolezza_Rice#Iraq http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condolezza_Rice#Role_in_authori... The facts have been on the record for years now. She's guilty, but there will never be a formal trial specifically because power will never turn on one of their own if there's nothing to gain.

Was there a similar outcry when she joined the Stanford faculty ? Did everyone decide to shun Stanford ? If not , I am curious why her being a faculty member was acceptable and being on the board of Dropbox is not, since the outrage is for her being a liar and a war perpetrator and not due to her skills for the job.

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Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by cwal37 »

JabavuAdams wrote: post #150

Ok, if I cancel my Dropbox subscriptions, I'd like to maintain some level of consistency. Assuming that I have a great disdain for the architects of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, which other tech companies should I consider boycotting? To avoid a combinatorial explosion, I'd limit myself to executives or boards pulled from state, military, and intelligence roles in the last three administrations. Oh, and McNamara. F…

I don't know off the top of my head, but I think your best bet is to probably just check the wikipedia pages of major figures. If there haven't been updates in the past year or two, do some pointed google searches for news articles on board or COO/CFO/CEO appointments.
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