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    • Group Topic: What is the logic on how the WSJ prices subscription rates for renewals? (415 days ago)

      Comment: Just cancelled my subscription. Renewal rate was $455/year, which works out to $1.46 per copy. I had so many delivery issues that I finally quit reporting them. The standard response was we are having delivery issues in your area. Apparently they thought that delivering the paper a day late was not an issue. I was willing to put up with this when I was paying 1/3 of the current price, but no more. Like the journal but can't justify the price.

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    • Opinion: Opinion: Obama at the Pinnacle (422 days ago)

      Comment: Why is it that liberals cannot discuss issues but instead rely on personal attacks on those holding different views? Most of the comments that I see from those opposing President Obama point out specific policies that they disagree with, while those supporting the President refer to others as "t potty heads'.

      There are a fair number of comments referring to President Bush and his policies and advocating that he should be tried for war crimes. President Obama has not only not stopped many of the Bush ere policies that seem to infuriate the left, but has expanded them (think of drone strikes).

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      Comment: I remember a quote from an Obama spokesperson shortly before the first inauguration where this person said that Obama would be ready to rule from day one. Some in the media quickly pointed out that Presidents govern not rule. It turns out that this wasn't a slip of the tongue that many thought it to be at the time.

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      Comment: President Obama is the poster boy for what is wrong with our political parties. He is great at campaigning but poor at governing. When presented with a difficult situation, he resorts to his greatest strength-campaigning. He has done a great job at demonizing his political opponents but a very poor job at uniting the country behind his ill defined vision for the country. He appears to be headed in the same direction that FDR took in his second term-hopefully we won't have a World War to rescue his reputation.

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    • Story: 'Rank and Yank' Retains Vocal Fans (775 days ago)

      Comment: Your reply completely leaves out the Yank portion of the Rank and Yank evaluations. To be effective, any personnel evaluation system has to highlight the top performers and in doing so will by its' nature develop a ranking of the group being evaluated. Ranking performance on its own is not a contentious issue, it is what is done with the rankings that can make or break the evaluation process. Using this process to arbitrarily remove a fixed portion of the workforce regardless of absolute performance can be deadly to an organization. My personal experience is just the opposite of what you describe in developing a competitive environment. Team work went completely out the window when my previous employer implemented the Rank and Yank evaluation process and people realized that the forced distribution process was a zero sum game. I repeatedly witnessed individuals doings things to maximize their standing with the company and their individual bonus at the expense of the overall good.

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