Last week, Ford also replaced two members of its board of directors with Richard Gephardt, a former congressman from Missouri, and Anthony Earley, the chief executive of DTE Energy, a Detroit-based utility company.
So Why Is Ford Smiling? - Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com I find it monumentally depressing that a car company feels the need to put someone like Dick Gephardt on its board. Sadly, the more Government meddles with business, the more politicians will make protecting them. Companies have to pay for political protection these days, lest they be assaulted. It sounds a lot like the Sopranos, doesn’t it? Of course, the difference between politicians and mobsters is that politicians purport to act with moral authority. (This makes politicians worse than mobsters.) (via jeffmiller)
