11.14.2005
Fishy Whiff (Scoop.co.nz)
By Rosalea Barker
Monday, 14 November 2005, 1.38pm
"In 1973 he purchased the landmark restaurant 'Jake�s Famous Crawfish' and within the year had partnered with Doug Schmick. While growing the successful restaurant company he attended the Harvard Graduate School of Business, Executive Management Program in 1979. Today there are 56 McCormick & Schmick�s Seafood Restaurants in 24 states. The company went public in July 2004 and is traded on the NASDAQ. Mr. McCormick currently serves as Chairman Emeritus."
The above quote is from the Meet the Ambassador page on the US Embassy's website, and if you do not have alarm bells ringing in your head about the buddy-buddy relationship of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rt Hon Winston Peters, and William P. McCormick, the newly appointed ambassador, then let me spell it out for you.
McCormick, with his proven track record of taking over a small, independently owned enterprise with a valuable trade name, and turning it into just one of a chain of corporately operated restaurants, is the perfect choice for turning NZ into just another soulless outpost of the US Economic Empire. And in my opinion, Peters is just the patsy to help him do it.
(More ... Scoop: Stateside With Rosalea: Fishy Whiff) ¶ 19:20
Monday, 14 November 2005, 1.38pm
"In 1973 he purchased the landmark restaurant 'Jake�s Famous Crawfish' and within the year had partnered with Doug Schmick. While growing the successful restaurant company he attended the Harvard Graduate School of Business, Executive Management Program in 1979. Today there are 56 McCormick & Schmick�s Seafood Restaurants in 24 states. The company went public in July 2004 and is traded on the NASDAQ. Mr. McCormick currently serves as Chairman Emeritus."
The above quote is from the Meet the Ambassador page on the US Embassy's website, and if you do not have alarm bells ringing in your head about the buddy-buddy relationship of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rt Hon Winston Peters, and William P. McCormick, the newly appointed ambassador, then let me spell it out for you.
McCormick, with his proven track record of taking over a small, independently owned enterprise with a valuable trade name, and turning it into just one of a chain of corporately operated restaurants, is the perfect choice for turning NZ into just another soulless outpost of the US Economic Empire. And in my opinion, Peters is just the patsy to help him do it.
(More ... Scoop: Stateside With Rosalea: Fishy Whiff) ¶ 19:20
