Ted Goes out, only the way Ted can

He may not have admitted it, but it was a sad day for Ted Turner. He officially stepped down as a Time Warner board member and walked away from the company he helped build over many years. Turner got hit the hardest when the worst merger in history went south but Mr. Turner had only kind words with a jab and a plug here and there of course. Chairman Richard Parsons read a pronouncement praising Turner’s accomplishments, then Mr. Turner took the stage, first thanking all of the people who helped to put together the five-minute video tribute. (so sarcastic, we love this man) the went on to state the following: “I have been with the company and its successors for 55 years now,I just wished that the last five years, I could have made a bigger contribution. I didn’t have that opportunity, unfortunately, but I hung in there as long as the company, I felt, needed me -- until the class-action lawsuits and the antitrust problems were resolved.” “I’ve done my best and, like Edward R. Murrow said in that great Warner Bros. movie that was just released a month ago, good night and good luck.” Classic Ted Turner. We could sure go for one of those Bison burgers right now. Read...