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In response to "i dunno, it was his own typically fatheaded hubris that did him in.....nm" by x

agreed, I suppose. He wasn't buying tigers but it's the same thing. -- nm

Posted by Mel Profit (aka mel profit) Oct 8 '13, 07:46

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Schilling's d-bagness aside, I feel worse for the taxpayers in RI who gave him that loan. -- nm - Diva Oct 8, 07:51 6
- I blame the RI officials who gave him the loan. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 8, 07:54 5
  - Most of them weren't officials - they were mostly CEOs. The Governor was the only public official on the board. -- (link) - Roger More Oct 8, 08:11 2
    - Right, I sit corrected. I blame these guys a lot. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 8, 08:13 1
      - It's fascinating to me, because the thought is obviously "government decision makers don't understand the private sector and don't understand risk and - Roger More Oct 8, 08:24
  - they were focused like a laser beam on jobs. -- nm - Diva Oct 8, 08:02
  - This. And it's the employees I feel bad for. Many got shafted bad when he shut things down -- nm - decline Oct 8, 07:55
total self centered belief in what you're doing can often pay off in athletics and in business.... - x Oct 8, 07:50

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