Go green or Go home

People are always bashed for being bandwagon fans. It seems that the society we live in gives tremendous respect to those who can spot a good thing before anyone else knows about it. In business foresight helps turn a profit; in sports it helps you win your fantasy league; and in food you get to be labeled with the sought after term “foodie”. But what good is it to be avant-garde if there is no one to follow you? Without bandwagon fans innovative ideas will be like a Milan Fashion show- yeah the cloths have never been seen before, but no one wants to see them ever again. So three cheers to the bandwagon fans and three cheers to the people whom you have made great.

And in case you are wondering what about the next wagon to jump into?  Well the super bowl wagon is gone and the NBA payoff’s wagon has not arrived yet. So May I humbly suggest we all jump into the global warming wagon.

Al Gore, it looks like your cause has reached bandwagon status. From multinational companies to multinational terrorists it seems like the best thing to do is jump on the wagon.

Here is a quick sampling of the new green Hybrid-bandwagon:

Green in the corporate world:

GE’s ecomagination campaign : I was watching Sunday night football on NBC in November and they actually turned off the studio lights and did a broadcast in the dark in an effort to go green.

Green’s brings harmony: Liberal Rev. Al Sharpton and conservative Rev. Pat Robertson sit down for a friendly chat to encourage you to care about the earth. wecansolveit.org

Even terrorists care about the environment shouldn’t you?

Al-Zawahri, Al-Qaida’s number two man, stated that global warming would “make the world more sympathetic to an understanding of the Muslims’ jihad against the aggressor America.” The link to the original AP story on yahoo.

Consider this a warning from osama and me: recycle or face jihad!

goog

So google shot up today, and apparently it was due to: google’s tremendous drop before, a large short positions on the stock, and google beating estimates. the rise in earnings had people buying the stock. this repurchase probably caused a short squeeze- further raising the stock. just to show how much money you could have made: an april option, that is now in the money, went up 40 dollars a batch. if you bought 2 contracts you would have made $8,000 overnight, but this stuff is boring. This attached blog, however, is not so boring. somehow the blogger was able to put google, crazy college kids, eliot spitzer, “tricycles”, and california into one post:

“Ok, I’m a stupid college student. I shorted 100 shares of Google before close today and don’t know what to do. I just blew all my money and don’t have enough for my margin call tomorrow. I won’t be able to sleep tonight. My parents will KILL me if they hear about this.

So, for those of you who made tons of cash today and live in the Los Angeles area:

I’m willing to sell myself to you tonight. I will even bring my girlfriend so you can have TWO girls. I’m asking for $5,000 for a night you will never forget. You can have both of us anyway you want. You can even do us without a condom (if you aren’t showing any signs of a desease). You can have us all night long until 7:00 am tomorrow.

I need the payment in cash. See my pics. My girlfriend and I are much better than the whore picked up by the NY governer. And we don’t do this for a living, we are safe. Please don’t waste my time with BS. Just post your e-mail address and I’ll get back to you if you can help.”

original yahoo finance post

The MTA’s response

This is the MTA’s response to my email. It is actually not a bad response. They didn’t commit themselves to anything, which is to be expected, but they didn’t make it seem like a “canned” answer either.

Recently you requested personal assistance from our on-line support
center. Below is a summary of your request and our response.

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Courtesy Matters

Discussion Thread
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Response (Kevin Kade) – 03/27/2008 03:59 PM
Dear Mr. ****:

We have received your email detailing your impressions of the MTA Long Island Rail Road’s Courtesy Matters campaign. We appreciate your having taken the time to write.

We regret the impression you have formed about our efforts to improve the level of courtesy and simple good manners on our trains … and we appreciate the suggestions/ideas you have shared with us.

We were happy to hear that you take Ms. Bartiromo’s requests to heart … and want you and your acquaintances to know that she, and all of the other ‘celebrity’ announcers have donated their time and efforts to this effort.

Your description of disputes between customers who are boarding … as well as those between customers trying to exit trains while others are trying to board at the same time … ring true. We are addressing this kind of behavior and encouraging better behavior … but are not able to enforce courtesy or good manners.

Regarding the fliers/brochures/publications you mentioned … all of these items are designed to share/provide information that we know many of our customers either need or want. Subjects like upcoming track work, schedule changes, ticketing information, etc., will be covered in these informational items.

We hope that you accept our apology for the chatty crew members. They should be aware of their surroundings and “tone it down” when in a car that is quiet.

If you would like to discuss these matters with us, please feel free to call the Public Affairs office at 718-558-8228.

Sincerely,
K.Kade/PublicAffairs