http://www.everythingswank.com We'll Tell You What Rocks Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:18:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Almost one year ago, I forecast Circuit City's demise. In it I berated Circuit City for firing it's most experienced workers and sales staff, and replacing them with low wage replacements as a cost savings effort.  In retrospect, Circuit City stockholders would have found far better results if the management ... http://www.everythingswank.com/2008/11/circuit-city-is-dead/ It would be sad if it weren't so funny.  In an earlier post, I outlined that Yahoo's deal with Google was a huge strategic fuck up.  Now that Google has backed out of the deal that Yahoo! so desperately needed, Yahoo! is headed for disaster. Yang has sold the deal as ... http://www.everythingswank.com/2008/11/yahoo-is-a-total-failure-yang-hits-the-iceberg/ [caption id="" align="alignright" width="192" caption="Oliver Stone"][/caption] Oliver Stone has been a relevant director for about 15 minutes in 1986 when he made "Platoon" which was a semi-decent Vietname war movie which netted Best Picture which ranks it as one of the most overrated movies of all time. Stone's other forays into history ... http://www.everythingswank.com/2008/10/oliver-stone-is-a-dumbass/ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="291" caption="AIG"][/caption] I am a believer in capitalism.  I believe that the strong, smart, and innovative survive and I believe that people should be rewarded for risks and performance. It is for that reason that I find the behavior of AIG executives to be absolutely fucking disgusting.   It's not ... http://www.everythingswank.com/2008/10/aig-is-run-by-assholes/ [caption id="attachment_135" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Michelle Caruso Cabrera"][/caption] Michelle Caruso-Cabrere is definitely hot.  There is no question.  Check out the photos, and it's definite proof.  But out in the blogosphere, there is some talk that she might eclipse CNBC hottie Erin Burnett.  Talk like that is pure bullshit.  There is always that ... http://www.everythingswank.com/2008/10/michelle-caruso-cabrera-is-hot/ No one should be surprised.  Kimbo's entire legacy came from whipping up on wanna-be badasses that were taped and put on the internet.  Legions of internet tough guys got duped into believing that Kimbo was some sort of huge beast-badass of a man because he could whip up on a ... http://www.everythingswank.com/2008/10/kimbo-slice-got-ktfo/ It wasn't enough for Sarah Silverman, Tobey Maguire, and the rest of the smug set, the Hollywood Hotties have to get in the game as well.  This time it's Hayden Panettiere and Jessica Alba with a clever insulting commercial encouraging you to vote. What's insulting is the belief that this would ... http://www.everythingswank.com/2008/10/hollywood-thinks-youre-retarded-part-ii-whore-corps/ In June, I blasted Yahoo!'s Jerry Yang and the rest of the losers running the show. At that time Yahoo was offered first an offer of $33 a share, and then a offer of $35 a share. They decided to spit in the face of Microsoft. At ... http://www.everythingswank.com/2008/10/yahoo-update-hope-it-was-good-for-you/ Thanks. That's really inspiring. I was completely fooled by that video. Here I thought you didn't care about voting by making all these statements about why voting is bullshit. And I was all mad and then you completely turned it around like an M. Night Shyamalan ... http://www.everythingswank.com/2008/10/hollywood-thinks-youre-a-fucking-idiot/ [caption id="attachment_109" align="alignleft" width="198" caption="Joe Biden"][/caption] Yes I know it is an early call, but I feel confident that Obama will make the most logical choice.  Obama's biggest weakness is Biden's biggest strength.  Obama has made some critical errors when he has spoken about foreign policy, and Biden has been the ... http://www.everythingswank.com/2008/08/joe-biden-will-be-the-obamas-vp/