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    Bill's Business Connections, Right-Wing Wackos Still Dominating The Day

    Do Women Make Better Bosses — And Whistleblowers?

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    Image of rah29 rah29
    08/06/09

    In reply to Bill's Business Connections, Right-Wing Wackos Still Dominating The Day
    Boo, I'll be on a 12 hour plane trip for commenter crappy hour and for Megan's last day! Sadface.
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    Image of J.D.Regent J.D.Regent
    08/06/09

    In reply to Bill's Business Connections, Right-Wing Wackos Still Dominating The Day
    Whoa, I think that commenter-involved Crappy Hour might be a little too complex for me. Although it would satisfy a long held fantasy that when Megan can't find a Crappy Hour partner she would just start gchatting me instead.
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    08/06/09

    @J.D.Regent: Hey, that's my fantasy. You can't have it.
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    Image of Megan Megan
    08/06/09

    @J.D.Regent: That is, in fact, how Spencer got started with Moe!
    It'll be fun! Choose Your Own Crappy Hour Adventure by asking me stuff.
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    Image of drivebyillusion drivebyillusion
    08/06/09

    In reply to Bill's Business Connections, Right-Wing Wackos Still Dominating The Day
    tomorrow's final Crappy Hour???
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    Image of Megan Megan
    08/06/09

    @drivebyillusion: Yeah: Tomorrow's my last day at Jezebel.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    08/06/09

    In reply to Bill's Business Connections, Right-Wing Wackos Still Dominating The Day
    A mortgage holiday? So, let me get this straight. To... save... the economy, let's eliminate a major source of revenue for banks, which we have just poured tons of money into so that we could save them. Then, everyone can take the money that they would have been using to pay their mortages and "save" it, even though we know that the American consumer doesn't save shit and will just use the extra money to go to Wal Mart and buy crap that was made in China. Money that would haev been going to American financial institutions will be pouring into the economies of countries that produce cheap goods. Economy fixed!
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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    08/06/09

    @morninggloria: People will just take the money and pay down their debt, or use it along with the "Cash for Clunkers" program to buy a new car. So the banks will "suffer."
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    08/06/09

    @NefariousNewt: I'll use it to buy furniture. I promise.
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    Image of SomeAuthorGirl SomeAuthorGirl
    08/06/09

    @morninggloria: Considering all the amazingly crazy things that pop up in the news these days, I rate this plan only around a 6 on the ZOMGWTF scale.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    08/06/09

    @Lymed: You're going to IKEA! I see it in your Scandinavian furniture-crazed eyes.
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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    08/06/09

    @morninggloria: Mortgage holiday == Foreclosure.
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    08/06/09

    @morninggloria: No IKEA! I'm buying a house and I refuse to fill it with anything from IKEA.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    08/06/09

    @SomeAuthorGirl: On a scale of one to Randall Terry, this is about a Michelle Bachmann.
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    Image of Little Green Frog (Wise Latina) Little Green Frog (Wise Latina)
    08/06/09

    In reply to Bill's Business Connections, Right-Wing Wackos Still Dominating The Day
    OK, before I read it: BWWWWAAAHHH!!! End of an era. Crappy Hour is my morning news show.
    Megan, may good things come to you in the future wherever you go.
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    Image of Megan Megan
    08/06/09

    @Little Green Frog: Hey, there's one more day!
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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    08/06/09

    @Little Green Frog: That's it! Crappy Hour: the new morning news program on MSNBC!
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    Image of Little Green Frog (Wise Latina) Little Green Frog (Wise Latina)
    08/06/09

    @NefariousNewt: Ooooh! I would sneak a TV into my office to watch that!
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    Image of stacyinbean stacyinbean
    08/06/09

    @NefariousNewt: That's the name of Dylan Ratigan's new show though. Oh wait...
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    08/06/09

    In reply to Bill's Business Connections, Right-Wing Wackos Still Dominating The Day
    I have the same problem with the US Postal Service not recognizing that I'm a person, despite the fact that I've had the same address for three years.
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    Image of hfree hfree
    08/06/09

    @morninggloria: One of my big jobs at work is sending out correspondence, and I am shocked at the number of returned envelopes I get with return to sender stickers on perfectly good addresses. Fuckers don't even try any more.
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    Image of Antrack Antrack
    08/06/09

    @morninggloria: Dude, you live in Wicker Park, right? You're lucky you ever get your mail at all. That post office is unreal.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    08/06/09

    @Antrack: Yep. I'm probably just going to buy a PO box downtown and only get my mail on weekdays. It's that shitty in the 60622.
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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    08/06/09

    In reply to Bill's Business Connections, Right-Wing Wackos Still Dominating The Day
    Now that there's "Cash Fro Clunkers," no one cares about AIG, Moe.
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    08/06/09

    @NefariousNewt: AIG was just the start of the EVIL SOCIALISTS TAKING OVER OUR COUNTRY AND ROONING OUR HEALTH CARE!!!!!!
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    08/06/09

    @NefariousNewt: AIG WAS A FUNNEL TO GOLDMAN SACHS! RISK MANAGEMENT! BONUSES! BLANKFEIN AND EDWARD LIDDY AND BEARS, OH MY!
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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    08/06/09

    @Lymed: Damned Socialists! Propping up the banks and the auto industry! What?!?! They couldn't run their businesses? Let them eat cake! Or Jell-O... or Ramen...
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    08/06/09

    @NefariousNewt: The only reason the banks failed is because of high taxes and welfare. Don't you know?
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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    08/06/09

    @Lymed: No, I didn't. Perhaps because I've stopped listening to the voices from Mars.
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    Image of greengrey greengrey
    08/06/09

    @Lymed: And women and minorities. Don't forget female minorities (they cause every social ill)!
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    08/06/09

    @NefariousNewt: Are you listening to the voices from Venus now? Are you a girly man?
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    08/06/09

    @greengrey: Wow, I think we just proved that Michelle Obama caused the failure of AIG. I think I need caffeine.
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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    08/06/09

    @Lymed: Actually, I've been holding some interesting discussions with the voices in my head.
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    08/06/09

    @NefariousNewt: The voices that are telling you that AIG failed because the investors knew that Megan was going to leave us?
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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    08/06/09

    In reply to Bill's Business Connections, Right-Wing Wackos Still Dominating The Day
    Do you know the secret to why people think Limbaugh is smart? Because at least 4 times an hour, he reminds his listeners how smart they are.
    Even as he's telling them how stupid they are.
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    08/06/09

    In reply to Bill's Business Connections, Right-Wing Wackos Still Dominating The Day
    It's true -- why work on comedy and satire, when fringe conservatives will hand it to you on a silver platter?
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    07/27/09

    In reply to Do Women Make Better Bosses — And Whistleblowers?
    I work in a field where most of my bosses have been women. Usually they are ok.
    My current boss is an architect which is a field of a lot of men. I think she thinks she has a lot to prove. She overcompensates by being mean. There is no reason to be mean and all she does is undermine herself by her words and behavior.
    I haven't had a male boss in a while, but some of them were jerks and some were great, too. The point is, anyone can be a jerk but anyone can be a horrible boss.
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    07/27/09

    @linnyt is a walking cliché: I can identify with your boss, sort of. I currently manage a small team in a male-dominated industry and I often have to reign myself in. I am not mean but I used to micromanage even though I hated it whenever managers did that to me. I am doing it much less now that I know my team better and I am more aware of their strengths and areas for improvement, so I can delegate smarter.

    I think I used to micromanage because I felt that as a woman, a black woman at that, there was less room for error. I was not allowed to make mistakes without it being seen as indictment on my abilities. Maybe it was all in my mind but it is the way I felt.
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    Image of Grim Reaper of the Forest Grim Reaper of the Forest
    07/27/09

    In reply to Do Women Make Better Bosses — And Whistleblowers?
    I've had passive-aggressive female and male bosses, gruff female bosses, kind male bosses, so it is more complicated than gender. However, I will concur that I have noticed that male co-workers love to hear themselves talk, while female co-workers tend to sit back and listen and only add something when they think it is necessary. Unfortunately, if you present yourself as someone with something important to say, many people accept as that, rather than paying attention to actual worth of the contribution.
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    Image of Paul.B.Dodd Paul.B.Dodd
    07/27/09

    In reply to Do Women Make Better Bosses — And Whistleblowers?
    My graduate school adviser was female. She is my gold standard and my benchmark for mentoring. She was also a great boss.
    At least in academia, most male bosses are just plain odd and cannot relate to anything outside of work.
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    Image of Yahtzii Yahtzii
    07/27/09

    In reply to Do Women Make Better Bosses — And Whistleblowers?
    Wait, I thought we went over this two threads ago. Gender stereotyping is unhelpful. Men and women may carry certain characteristics of their gender, but they are individuals first and foremost and should be approached as such.

    For what it's worth, my worst boss ever was a man. My best boss ever also was (is) a man, but he's my dad so I might be a little biased.
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    Image of colormeroutine colormeroutine
    07/27/09

    In reply to Do Women Make Better Bosses — And Whistleblowers?
    I have had an equal number of problems with male and female bosses. An equal number of the same types of problems, at that
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    Image of HarpMadness HarpMadness
    07/27/09

    @colormeroutine: I've had the same experience. It's not about gender, IMHO, at all - it's that it seems as though certain "types" are allowed to become "bosses" and that seems to lead to similar problems ...
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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    07/27/09

    In reply to Do Women Make Better Bosses — And Whistleblowers?
    Smith is making too much of a generalization here. Sure, she may have had better experenices with women, but I think every person makes that kind of statement depending on the industry, the size of one's company, personality compatibility, etc. Gender plays a role, of course, but is not the deciding factor, at least for me.

    My boss is a man, and is hands-down the best boss I've ever had. He is a neurotic, hyper-articulate gossipmonger, too, but a great boss. We get along swell.
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    07/27/09

    @Mary McCarthyite: My two favorite bosses were men, and while I generally like working for and with women, they often don't have the power within our organization to get me what I need. That's because above them, the people with real influence are men. The guys know how to deal with that; the women don't have enough experience to figure it out.
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