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If Gretzky Ran America’s Energy Policy…
by Mike Chen on 08/16/09 at 08:28 PM ET
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It’s not everyday you read a political/scientific article in Time Magazine with a random hockey reference, but I flipped open the new issue (dated August 24) today and a little sidebar (well, bottom bar) on page 32 showcased Wayne Gretzky in Heritage Classic tuque.
Ok, that seemed a little weird, especially when the rest of the article seemed to be about energy efficiency and carbon footprints.
A closer look at the article (which you can read here but it doesn’t have the awesome sidebar) shows a profile of Nobel-winning Secretary of Energy Steven Chu. The part that mentions Gretzky is a little blurb called “The World According to Chu: Inside the mind of the U.S. Energy Secretary.”
On Leadership: U.S. energy policy should be like hockey star Wayne Gretzky: not just chasing the puck where it is now but heading where the puck will eventually end up.
Well then, if only every politician could compare policy to a hockey player’s style, people might actually be a little more interested in their agenda. Chu grew up on Long Island, so perhaps if you asked him about foreign policy, he’d say the U.S. should be like Bryan Trottier in the corners (or not like Rick Dipietro’s hip).
(Please, no political debates in the comments. Snarky Islanders references are ok, though.)
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Because the guy in the article is from Long Island, thus open to snarky Islander references. If he was from Philadelphia, he’d be open to snarky Flyers references. It’s just keeping in the context of the original article.
And I think everyone will acknowledge that A) Bryan Trottier was pretty awesome in the corners and B) Rick Dipietro has hip problems. Is that really hating?
Posted by Mike Chen on 08/16/09 at 10:01 PM ET
The reference of going to where the puck is going to be is taken/lifted/copied from Clayton Christensen…..HBS prof and told in his book Innovator’s Dilemma. It is why intel just makes chips, etc
Posted by dusty on 08/17/09 at 12:04 AM ET
This blogger Chen is Orwellian. After I posted my comment asking why the hate for the Islanders he revises his original post to include a new paragraph referring to Bryan Trotier and living on LI. And then he asks whether that’s really hating, referring to the new material.
Hey Mike, you would have been a welcome addition to Pravda or Tass, circa 1955. I’m sure there’s a current place for you in the Obama administration re-writing history.
Posted by Islesfan on 08/17/09 at 09:06 AM ET
This blogger Chen is Orwellian. After I posted my comment asking why the hate for the Islanders he revises his original post to include a new paragraph referring to Bryan Trotier and living on LI. And then he asks whether that’s really hating, referring to the new material.
Hey Mike, you would have been a welcome addition to Pravda or Tass, circa 1955. I’m sure there’s a current place for you in the Obama administration re-writing history.
Good story, however you forget that KK has timestamps. If they change the post, the time changes to the time of the revision. However his post was posted at 9:28 and yours at 10:55. If he had changed his after your post, then the time at the top of this post would be sometime after 10:55.
So like I said, good story, but you, my friend, are an idiot.
Posted by Kstewy16 on 08/17/09 at 09:19 AM ET
Actually, I was sent by Gary Bettman, in cohoots with George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, C. Montgomery Burns, and Emperor Palpatine (they’re all Stonecutters, you know) to intercept and rewrite digital history with the sole purpose of mocking the New York Islanders. I’m actually just an AI computer known as John Henry Eden stored in an underground city called Rapture. Please don’t come down and try to destroy it with your team of Spartans, my army of Metal Gear Rex mechs will take you out like Scott Stevens whacking Eric Lindros.
(Give yourself one gold star for each nerd reference you understood. Answers at the bottom of the comment.)
Or is it possible that you just scanned the post and saw the parentheses in the bottom first—thus going along with the theory from writing 101:
-A P.S. or note at the bottom is often read first and remembered the most
-Web readers tend to scan before they read the whole thing
And if you really wanted to be mega-precise with your Orwellian proof, you could always specify a time range in a Google cache search. It’s not that hard.
I think if you read this blog regularly, you’ll know that I’m one to own up to my mistakes or miscues. I’ll just leave it at that.
(Nerd reference answers: The Simpsons, Star Wars, Fallout, Bioshock, Halo, Metal Gear Solid)
Posted by Mike Chen on 08/17/09 at 11:26 AM ET
The paragraph was not in the original post. And you’re both stupid idiots. And I’m not bothering to read your stupid posts Oh, and your dog is probably smarter than you are.
Posted by Isles on 08/17/09 at 02:31 PM ET
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Hey, Stupid. Why the need to hate on the Islanders? Moron.
Posted by Islesfan on 08/16/09 at 09:55 PM ET