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...That's just smart storytelling, courtesy of screenwriter Stanley Weiser, who worked with Stone on Wall Street, the 1987 "Greed is good" film that speaks more eloquently to our current morass than W. does. The larger tale the movie tells is of a slow-witted alcoholic, the wastrel son of a powerful family who found Jesus - and Karl Rove (Toby Jones) - and, with these two guiding him, a purpose and propulsion to his life...
...sell-off will end eventually, one way or another. Governments could follow the nerve-racked Russians and suspend trading altogether, in a bid, as Touati says, to stop "markets from sawing off the branch they're sitting on." The more likely solution, Touati predicts, will soon come as "smart and steely investors realize selling now is a sure way to lose, while buying now will determine who the big winners tomorrow will...
...volume spills over with Branson's advice, as well as his wisdom, his opinions and his accomplishments--all gussied up to show everyone who's not as lucky, as smart, as gutsy or, well, as cool as Sir Richard how to succeed in business. And you've got to give him his due: the guy can sell just about anything, and with flair. Perhaps even books...
Each of the volume's seven chapters hammers on a theme, be it people, learning from mistakes or social responsibility (Branson code for saving the world). Important, even noble, topics. But thanks to Peter Drucker, Jim Collins and that gang, you should already know what Branson will pitch: Hire smart men and women. Deliver what you promise. Creative destruction is the soul food of any enterprise. Give back to the community...
...Raleigh, N.C.—the interior of Tuckers Chapel, a trailer church, in which a former Satanist-priest, among other large, red-faced Christian men, claims the Bible saved him from drugs and prostitution. Here, we quickly learn Maher has some serious balls. “How can smart people believe in a talking snake?” he asks. Later, after a round of farewell hugs, he cries, “Hey, where’s my wallet?” Priceless nervous laughter ensues...