I think this is leading somewhere that this list should not go. I don't think this should be a forum for anyone's political beliefs or name-calling, whether one is on the right, the left, or dead center. Christine On Oct 21, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Chuck Reichel wrote:
> Steve Jobs was correct! > > Without FREEDOM Innovative products like Apple produced would never have > happened! > > Regulations and unnecessary costs AKA stemming from "Obama's" Socialist > Marxists policies will and are at this very moment smothering innovation! > > If companies like Apple and those new start ups, are loaded down with > unnecessary regulations there is not any incentive to take the risks that > Steve Jobs took! > > > > Steve Jobs enjoyed the GODLY freedom "endowed by their Creator with certain > unalienable Rights, Freedom that is, > > " that the USA offers and produced Apple! > > > > Chuck Reichel > > In GOD I Trust > > > > On Oct 21, 2011, at 9:39 AM, Hai Nguyen Ly wrote: > >> A glimpse in to the life of a man who changed the life of so many people. >> >> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/20/steve-jobs-biography-obama_n_1022786.html?1319148475 >> >> Steve Jobs Biography Reveals He Told Obama, 'You're Headed For A One-Term >> Presidency' >> >> >> In one of the most hotly-anticipated biographies of the year, "Steve Jobs," >> author Walter Isaacson reveals that the Apple CEO offered to design >> political ads for President Obama's 2012 campaign despite being highly >> critical of the administration's policies and that Jobs refused potentially >> life-saving surgery on his pancreatic cancer because he felt it was too >> invasive. Nine months later, he got the operation but it was too late. >> >> Those are just some of the tidbits about Jobs' life revealed in the upcoming >> biography, a copy of which was obtained by The Huffington Post. The >> publication date of the official biography of the notoriously-secretive >> Apple co-founder was pushed up after his death in October. "I wanted my kids >> to know me," Isaacson quoted Jobs as saying in their final interview. "I >> wasn't always there for them and I wanted them to know why and to understand >> what I did." >> >> Among other details unearthed in the book on the notoriously-secretive Apple >> co-founder: >> >> Jobs' Meeting With Obama >> >> Jobs, who was known for his prickly, stubborn personality, almost missed >> meeting President Obama in the fall of 2010 because he insisted that the >> president personally ask him for a meeting. Though his wife told him that >> Obama "was really psyched to meet with you," Jobs insisted on the personal >> invitation, and the standoff lasted for five days. When he finally relented >> and they met at the Westin San Francisco Airport, Jobs was >> characteristically blunt. He seemed to have transformed from a liberal into >> a conservative. >> >> "You're headed for a one-term presidency," he told Obama at the start of >> their meeting, insisting that the administration needed to be more >> business-friendly. As an example, Jobs described the ease with which >> companies can build factories in China compared to the United States, where >> "regulations and unnecessary costs" make it difficult for them. >> >> Jobs also criticized America's education system, saying it was "crippled by >> union work rules," noted Isaacson. "Until the teachers' unions were broken, >> there was almost no hope for education reform." Jobs proposed allowing >> principals to hire and fire teachers based on merit, that schools stay open >> until 6 p.m. and that they be open 11 months a year. >> >> Aiding Obama's Reelection Campaign >> >> Jobs suggested that Obama meet six or seven other CEOs who could express the >> needs of innovative businesses -- but when White House aides added more >> names to the list, Jobs insisted that it was growing too big and that "he >> had no intention of coming." In preparation for the dinner, Jobs exhibited >> his notorious attention to detail, telling venture capitalist John Doerr >> that the menu of shrimp, cod and lentil salad was "far too fancy" and >> objecting to a chocolate truffle dessert. But he was overruled by the White >> House, which cited the president's fondness for cream pie. >> >> Though Jobs was not that impressed by Obama, later telling Isaacson that his >> focus on the reasons that things can't get done "infuriates" him, they kept >> in touch and talked by phone a few more times. Jobs even offered to help >> create Obama's political ads for the 2012 campaign. "He had made the same >> offer in 2008, but he'd become annoyed when Obama's strategist David Axelrod >> wasn't totally deferential," writes Isaacson. Jobs later told the author >> that he wanted to do for Obama what the legendary "morning in America" ads >> did for Ronald Reagan. >> >> Bill Gates And Steve Jobs >> >> Bill Gates was fascinated by Steve Jobs but found him "fundamentally odd" >> and "weirdly flawed as a human being," and his tendency to be "either in the >> mode of saying you were shit or trying to seduce you." >> >> Jobs once declared about Gates, "He'd be a broader guy if he had dropped >> acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger." >> >> After 30 years, Gates would develop a grudging respect for Jobs. "He really >> never knew much about technology, but he had an amazing instinct for what >> works," he said. But Jobs never reciprocated by fully appreciating Gates' >> real strengths. "Bill is basically unimaginative and has never invented >> anything, which is why I think he's more comfortable now in philanthropy >> than technology. He just shamelessly ripped off other people's ideas." >> >> Meeting His Biological Father >> >> Jobs, who was adopted, was a customer at a Mediterranean restaurant north of >> San Jose without realizing that it was owned by his biological father -- >> from whom he was estranged. He eventually met his real Dad -- "It was >> amazing," he later said of the revelation. "I had been to that restaurant a >> few times, and I remember meeting the owner. He was Syrian. Balding. We >> shook hands." >> >> Nevertheless Jobs still had no desire to see him. "I was a wealthy man by >> then, and I didn't trust him not to try to blackmail me or go to the press >> about it." >> >> Anticipating An Early Death >> >> Jobs once told John Sculley, who would later become Apple's CEO and fire >> Jobs, that if he weren't working with computers, he could see himself as a >> poet in Paris. "Jobs confided in Sculley that he believed he would die >> young, and therefore he needed to accomplish things quickly so that he would >> make his mark on Silicon Valley history. "We all have a short period of time >> on this earth," he told the Sculleys. "We probably only have the opportunity >> to do a few things really great and do them well. None of us has any idea >> how long we're gong to be here nor do I, but my feeling is I've got to >> accomplish a lot of these things while I'm young." >> >> * * * * * >> For his first interview about the book, Isaacson talked to "60 Minutes" for >> the Sunday, Oct. 23 episode, telling host Steve Kroft that he was shocked >> about Jobs's decision to initially skip surgery for his pancreatic cancer -- >> that such a genius could make such a wrong decision about his own health. >> >> "I've asked [Jobs why he didn't get an operation then] and he said, 'I >> didn't want my body to be opened ... I didn't want to be violated in that >> way,' said Isaacson. >> >> "I think that he kind of felt that if you ignore something, if you don't >> want something to exist, you can have magical thinking. ... We talked about >> this a lot," he told Kroft. "He wanted to talk about it, how he regretted >> it. ... 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