Comments on: Nominated for the Al Copeland Award: Ransom E. Olds http://jaypgreene.com/2012/10/24/nominated-for-the-al-copeland-award-ransom-e-olds/ With Help From Some Friends Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:48:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jay P. Greene http://jaypgreene.com/2012/10/24/nominated-for-the-al-copeland-award-ransom-e-olds/#comment-36506 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:53:11 +0000 http://jaypgreene.com/?p=10797#comment-36506 That does describe a little bit of what motivated me to start The Al. I thought he may be a pretty flawed guy but at least he wasn’t Bill Ayers, Yassir Arafat, Rigoberta Menchu, or any of the various hack politicians and scumbags who regularly win humanitarian awards. Of course, by this standard many of us would be worthy of The Al. So we also have to do something to significantly improve the human condition. And Al Copeland did that by developing a chain of spicy chicken outlets. We’ll have to see if the judges (me) think Ransom E. Olds did something significant in addition to not being Henry Ford.

]]> By: Jay P. Greene http://jaypgreene.com/2012/10/24/nominated-for-the-al-copeland-award-ransom-e-olds/#comment-36505 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:47:39 +0000 http://jaypgreene.com/?p=10797#comment-36505 Gladwell does nicely capture the issue that Anna was trying to highlight with her nomination.

]]> By: Alsadius http://jaypgreene.com/2012/10/24/nominated-for-the-al-copeland-award-ransom-e-olds/#comment-36492 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:28:45 +0000 http://jaypgreene.com/?p=10797#comment-36492 I got linked this video recently: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIiAAhUeR6Y

and my first thought was “Wow, this is a submission for the Al, and Gladwell doesn’t even know it”. Figured I should pass it along.

]]> By: Greg Forster http://jaypgreene.com/2012/10/24/nominated-for-the-al-copeland-award-ransom-e-olds/#comment-36487 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:58:42 +0000 http://jaypgreene.com/?p=10797#comment-36487 Ransom Olds for the Al: “At least he’s not Henry Ford!”

]]> By: Jay P. Greene http://jaypgreene.com/2012/10/24/nominated-for-the-al-copeland-award-ransom-e-olds/#comment-36485 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:05:03 +0000 http://jaypgreene.com/?p=10797#comment-36485 That’s true. But I still hate saying anything nice about Henry Ford, vicious anti-semite and general bigot.

]]> By: Greg Forster http://jaypgreene.com/2012/10/24/nominated-for-the-al-copeland-award-ransom-e-olds/#comment-36481 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:57:55 +0000 http://jaypgreene.com/?p=10797#comment-36481 I’ll stick up for Ford here. Ford never tried to stop anyone from buying a car in any color they wanted. He just didn’t want to manufacture cars in multiple colors himself. Some manufacturers prefer the increased efficiency of making only one type of product. Their freedom to choose is as much a part of healthy market functioning as the consumer’s!

]]> By: Matthew Ladner http://jaypgreene.com/2012/10/24/nominated-for-the-al-copeland-award-ransom-e-olds/#comment-36478 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:05:15 +0000 http://jaypgreene.com/?p=10797#comment-36478 Sometimes the best analogies are the ones you don’t completely finish. Well done!

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