Posted on 05/22/2008 8:45:27 AM PDT by Hildy
It's so spot on.
Since you agreed with what I said over at the other thread, I thought this would interest you.
I for one will remember Packard and forget the name Muskie again as soon as I can (”Yeah, I’ve heard the name, who was he again?”).
1968: The year Wal-Mart expanded outside of Arkansas, on its way to saving the American people more than they get in hand-outs from the government (over $250 billion overall yearly, hundreds of millions just from their cheap prescription drug program).
Wasn’t this a great article. The media lionizes the wrong people. And I, for one, am so freaking sick of it. Our disgusting celebrity culture. The average kid with no core values is just going to be screwed. Society used to provide a safety net with it’s rules and unwritten decorum..but that’s all gone.
Definitely, admiring people who actually matter and have significantly contributed to our society -- what a concept. Don't worry, we geeks will never forget David Packard.
BUMP!
:)
Excellent post, thank you! Very appropriate.
HP Announces National Pride Month Sponsorships and Activities
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 13, 2001
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HWP) today announced its sponsorship of several National Pride Month festivals, parades and activities throughout the United States and Canada.
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2001/010613a.html
5/2/1999
Packard Foundation labeled `radically pro-abortion’: Contributions to liberal causes elicit questions
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-56769443.html
Mar. 10, 2004
Planned Parenthood pulled in another $228.1 million from corporations, foundations and other donors. The Packard Foundation, endowed by the late founder of Hewlett-Packard (which now owns Compaq computers), gives many millions annually to pro-abortion groups.
http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2004/mar04/04-03-10.html
David Packard is not responsible for the things his company did after he died. Thanks for ruining the spirit of this post.
Sure he is. He setup an amoral money making machine and it is destroying the American culture.
Pre-1996 abortion funding by the David & Lucille Packard Foundation:
...introduce emergency contraception in Tanzania, Planned Parenthood, Cross-Border Family Planning Program; Latinos; Mexico
http://www.dianedew.com/PlannedParenthood.htm
Mr. Packard died in 1996. His daughters run his foundation.
Bill and Dave ran a people oriented company which emphasized people development to their maximum potential.
Everyone had profit sharing twice a year. One year it was almost 12%.
You were a fool if you didn't participate in the stock purchase plan (50% match then) and that was the secret of it's stock going up in bad times.
After Bill and Dave retired, a Business Major nearly ran the company into the ground and I think it was Bill that had to come back in and cut out the unprofitable parts, bringing the company back to profitability.
Excellent!
You have encouraged me to repost an article I have never forgotten, and one that is relevant today. I’ll ping you (provided I can find it and it still exists in its entirety).
I could be wrong, but wasn’t it Carly Fiorina (the same Carly running McCain’s campaign) that ran HP into the ground?
I could be wrong, but wasn’t it Carly Fiorina (the same Carly running McCain’s campaign) that ran HP into the ground?
Since this was written, the company’s been run into the ground....
She’s the one.
that’s really not the point of the article though. Agreed?
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