dell is goofus. hello. my name is goofus. and -- just a sec. props of course. goofus. all right. you got me? hewlett-packard of course is galla gallant. gallant buys electronic data systems in october 2008 for 13 billion. that was a brilliant deal that allowed the company to cut costs and expand into the lucrative consulting businesses, services. goofus trying to diversify away from the pc is buying perot to try to mimic gallant's success. but i think they bought the worst possible company for the highest possible price. goofus could have tried to branch out and do something different, maybe take a shot at palm to get in on the mobile internet tsunami/smartphone revolution. instead, it tries to do what gallant has already done before, only worse. stick with that analogy for a second. hewlett-packard's a teeth cleaning. dell's a root canal. all right. let's look at the details. hewlett-packard bought eds, one of the largest consultants with $20 billion in revenues. this is a really key number. remember, i always try to match apples to apples. they spent 60 cents on the revenue dol

it sent a goofus to stand at my house and shout at me about seven-year-old, three figure tax disagreementsthe state of california that had been resolved five years previously, it printed made-up quotes, questioned my sexual prowess and made sure the fake anthrax sent to my home really was fake anthrax sent to me home really was fake anthrax. this is called opposition research, and not even accurate opposition research. in fact two years ago, when he still worked for cnn, beck retaliated against my criticism by going on a rant about where i wrote my scripts, where i kept the questions during a show, and the fact that there was an old prop mailbox outside of my office. info that was supposed to terrify me into submission because it only could have come from an employee or ex-employee. this too is called opposition research. so my idea was hardly a new one. it's underway right now, and the over/under on the dying "the new york post" printing something bizarre or beck calling me joe mccarthy again is ten days. but mr. carr's point begs a great question, do i really want to be like glenn beck?