Dropbox dropped for me and my startup. Thank you for this article. I am a programmer with a political science degree, so this one really hit home for me.
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#302Earlier quoted context omitted.
>> Because by joining the board she has a fiduciary duty to protect the interests of the company And when serving as Secretary of State she had a responsibility to the American people but we see how well that worked out...
The NSA grew under the Obama administration. Does that mean he needs to be crucified as well? There is no evidence whatsoever that Rice currently has a sinister agenda that goes against anything or anyone. Why crucify one of YC's best and his company for of hiring someone who knows and can get results?
>> There is no evidence whatsoever that Rice currently has a sinister agenda that goes against anything or anyone.
Except her actions???
"Yes sir, I know we hired a mass murderer but damn does he get results!"
Ability to produce "results" ! > morals (at least in my book and I am well aware that is not the same book that stockholders want you to use)
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#303Weren't John Kerry and Hillary Clinton arguably equally responsible for any war that Condy supported? The voted for the funds that made it possible, how is that less responsible for the results?
Easy. Voting to give someone the authority to go to war, and actually taking the country to war on faulty or fabricated evidence are in entirely different universes. Voting for war authority was likely necessary as a bargaining chip against Iraq to get them to comply with inspections. That Bush took that as a blank check and skipped further diplomatic processes is entirely on his (and his administration's) shoulders.
> Voting for war authority was likely necessary as a bargaining chip against Iraq to get them to comply with inspections.
No, authorization for war action is not a "bargaining chip," it's an authorization to go to war for an extended period of time. The president can already invade any country for 60 days without needing Congress's blessing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Resolution Obama used that power with Lybia. Of course, you can argue that you can invade a country or attack it for a longer period of time without actually breaching the War Powers Resolution, as Obama did: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/16/us/politics/16powers.html?... How do you recall or condemn that type of action from a sitting president?
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#304Earlier quoted context omitted.
Oh, another round of what-aboutism. No, Obama is bad and Rice is bad and Bush is bad and anyone serving on the board of a tech startup is a reason to stop using it.
Will you stop using Google? Eric Schmidt has served as a tech adviser to Barack Obama.
Yes, I am limiting my use of Google consumer and business services for ethical reasons. Anything else?
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#305Just did actually. Was it easier that I originally thought. I was about to start using 'Google drive' but I'll try handle my staff off-line first, then see how this plays out.
There are things I don't mind keeping online, Google drive comes handy because I work with 2 macs and a chromebook.
But I will take some time and review my options before proceeding. Here are some hints for others looking for another service:
* Wuala: Servers in Switzerland, owned by Lacy, iPhone/Android/Mobile Windows clients ready.
* SpiderOak: Everything should be encrypted (servers in the US though). Don't know about mobile integration but I guess it's there
* Google Cloud: Nice if you don't mind Google having your files.
* OwnCloud: For to be considered secure, you need a VPS (~100 USD/year) + OpenSSL certificate + time to set-it-up and manage the VPS. Has mobile clients.
I'm closer to Google Cloud for the time being..
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#306> This is not an issue of partisanship.
That's exactly what it is.
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#307Consider that when acting under uncertainty, intelligent, informed people of good will can examine the same set of facts and reach different conclusions. It has become an article of faith that the Bush administration acted in bad faith about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, while all that really has ever been shown is that they were tragically, woefully and extraordinarily wrong. How intelligent, well educated pe…
Then why did the Bush administration go out of its way to destroy Valerie Plame's career at the CIA?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plame_affair
People at the CIA were telling the administration that they had it wrong. They just didn't want to hear it since it didn't fit with their narrative, and didn't align with their goal of war. The truth was irrelevant at that point.
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#308This post is wrong on so many level it's not even fun...
Instead of denouncing the fact that a corporate has to hire political figures for their influence ( upon whom ?) it's a never ending list of clichés about good politician ( like obama letting the syrian people die, i suppose ?) vs bad politicians ( the world would have been such a better place with saddamn hussein !) from the point of view of a 5 year old.
Grow up a bit, please.
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#309Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can't we just keep software and politics separate? Do we really need to divide ourselves in yet another area because of differences of opinion?
Disclaimer: I'm pretty orthodox Catholic and thus firmly disagree with most software programmers on topics that are often discussed here. But I don't boycott emacs just because the authors are atheists (I actually use emacs full time for work now). And I don't boycott software whose maintainers are pro-choice or whatever else. Boycotting software because of political or religious differences isn't going to help softw…
No, you should not help software per se. You should help software to change the world for the better, that's what matters.
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#310I'm not American, so this is a little removed for me. In truth I don't really see big enough (non cosmetic) differences between the parties or administrations to justify the partisanship you guys seem to have. What bother me here is not Condoleezza Rice specifically. Every ranking official of any country (or company) owns a big share of that country's sins and there are no "clean" administrations. Complicity is the p…
> In truth I don't really see big enough (non cosmetic) differences between the parties or administrations to justify the partisanship you guys seem to have. Then you don't know American politics. How different might the country be had Gore been seated as President in 2001 after winning the election?
I know right? It's like you have to have your head in the sand to not see the differences between the Bush and Obama administrations. I made a list a while back to give people an idea of the real differences between them.
-Likes beer and sports: both Obama and Bush
-Spends money the US doesn't have: both
-Directs Taxpayers' Money to Special Interests: both
-Supports Irresponsible Deficits: both
-Grants Taxpayer-Funded Corporate Bailouts: both
Disregards the Constitution via:
-Guantanamo Bay Detentions: both
-The Patriot Act: both
Fails to React to Domestic Disasters such as:
-Hurricane Katrina: only Bush
-Nashville Floods: only Obama
Supports NATO-led Killings in:
-Kosovo: only Bush
-Afghanistan: both
-Libya: only Obama
-Liberia: both
-Pakistan: both
-Supports US Occupation of Iraq: both