Victor Velazquez wrote:
> jayembee wrote:
>> Anim8rFSK  wrote:
>>
>>> jayembee  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anim8rFSK  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Mother of God!  Why would you do anything to KEEP Bonnie Hammer?
>>>>
>>>> Because at the end of the day, she makes money for NBC-Universal.
>>>> That's the only thing that counts.
>>>
>>> Of course, you have to wonder if maybe they'd make more money if
>>> they hired somebody competent.
>>
>> Shrug. A bird in the hand...
>>
>> Besides...the general corporate attitude these days is that it's
>> not enough to keep making money. What they want to is to keep
>> making *more* money...that is, increase the profits from one
>> quarter to the next, one year to the next.
>
> The engine of capitalism is growth.  Has it ever been otherwise?
>
> Unless you mean that the focus has shifted from annual to quarterly
> growth. That does put a crimp in effective long-term planning,
> meaning lots more stupid monster movies for 12 year old boys.

Quarterly?  Wow, are you behind the times.  They're all the way down to 
weekly and working on daily.

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