Meg Whitman Governor Campaign Memorabilia For Sale On eBay November 3rd
31 October 2010
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With the Meg Whitman for California Governor campaign spending over $160 million, most of it hers all from eBay seller fees, one might think the milk from the cash cow stops flowing when the voting concludes on November 2 2010. Except for the extensive after campaign clean up spending, that would be the case for most elections. But we are talking about the loved or despised ex-CEO of eBay Margaret Whitman. With a small army of eBay sellers who know opportunity is knocking.
Think of it. Tens of millions of dollars spent on signs, buttons, stickers, leaflets, notepads, pens, clothing, ballons, napkins, identification badges, tickets, photos, autographs, and other campaign trinkets. Given away FREE by the Meg Whitman for Governor organization. Free memorabilia, sometimes carted away in bulk after campaign events by eBay sellers. Free memorabilia that can be listed for free on eBay.
And did we forget to mention the potential millions in illegal sales of rips from Meg Whitman campaign television ads?
If you're an eBay seller, don't you miss this golden multi-million dollar sales opportunity.
November 3rd, eBay. Be there, Aloha.
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"called me a whore, they've called me a liar, they've called me a Nazi"
Meg Whitman, 26 October 2010
"a monkey could drive this train"
Meg Whitman, as train driving eBay CEO, circa 1998-2008
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eBay Discussion Topic - "When did "gooder" become a word?"
eBay Discussion Topic - "When did "gooder" become a word?"
2 February 2011
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Trawling through eBay, one can find serious topics of discussion on eBay's Liveworld controlled forums.
But for the purposes of this article, sometimes not.
A major eBay shirt seller, honeville1, asked "When did "gooder" become a word?".
This brought out a few collective chuckles, and remembering the quote by Edmund Burke (1729-1797) "Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it." (1)
Or as we included in a previous article on forgetting the past:
Pablo Picasso, "If there is something to steal, I steal it."
But to partially Honeville's question.
The year was 1984, and a scene from a television mini-series left a memorable impression on millions of viewers. The conversation from V: The Final Battle (1984) basically started with:
"How you doin' gooder?" Ham Tyler (Michael Ironside)
"That's short for do-gooder. It's a little nickname he's got for me." Mike Donavon (Marc Singer)
The word "gooder" has been around the science fiction community for almost 27 years.
Speaking of 1984, it was a fairly good year for science fiction, fantasy, and horror feature films.
(Not an all inclusive list.)
And for starting a company.
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"Return the money!? Are you delirious?"
Centauri (Robert Preston), The Last Starfighter (1984)
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