On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> --- Hans Franke <Hans.Franke_at_mch20.sbs.de> wrote:
> > > > At 08:40 PM 3/21/03 +0100, Gruss wrote:
> >
> > ROTFL.
>
> Gotta love stupid parsers.
>
> > > > >> > Knew there was a reason why I wasn't a real Apple fan:
> > > > >> > >Gore Joins Apple Board
> > > > Frankly I can't imagine why Apple would want him.
> >
> > > Why did Commodore put Alexander Haig on their board? I remember a
> > > press release at the time that said they were looking for a "take-
> > > charge kind of guy."
> >
> > Excuse my ignorance, but who is Alexander Haig? I rember some
> > Nato guy named haig, but I'm not shure.
Same guy. He was a retired general when the event below occurred.
- don
> For the foreign audience, Al Haig was the U.S. Secretary of State when
> President Reagan was shot. He achieved infamy by declaring at a press
> conference "I'm in charge." The problem is that according to the
> Constitution, the line of succession goes from the President to the V.P.
> to the Speaker of the House, The President Pro Tem of the Senate, _then_
> to the Secretary of State.
>
> http://www.jeanlouie.com/Politics/Miscellaneous/I%20Am%20in%20Charge.htm
>
> http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0101032.html
>
> In any case, to keep this back on a classic thread, here's a link to
> an announcement calling for shareholders to make a move against the
> Commodore board, mentioning Haig by name...
>
> http://www.fhi-berlin.mpg.de/amiga/ar/ar118/p1-5.HTML
>
> -ethan
Received on Fri Mar 21 2003 - 17:03:00 GMT