Re: Nader

2000-11-03 Thread Tim May
At 9:40 PM -0800 11/2/00, Ray Dillinger wrote: On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Tim May wrote: no matter how good you are. You can get rich enough to live off your investments, sure -- but reaching the billionaire league is a multi- generational project. This is not true. Most billionaires in the United

Re: Nader

2000-11-03 Thread Tom Vogt
Greg Broiles wrote: Nader is getting a late start in the enthusiasm stakes, but it could be that he'll really surge. A lot of folks are mired deeply in what Nietzsche called "resentiment." They just don't like it when other people have done well by investing instead of by dri

Re: Nader

2000-11-03 Thread James A, Donald
-- no matter how good you are. You can get rich enough to live off your investments, sure -- but reaching the billionaire league is a multi generational project. Tim May: This is not true. Most billionaires in the United States did it in a single generation. On the

RE: Nader

2000-11-03 Thread Trei, Peter
[much snippage] -- From: James A, Donald[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] The book "the millionaire next door" does provides plausible evidence that in their origins, millionaires are close to being a cross section of America. The Forbes 400, listing the 400 most wealthy

Re: Nader

2000-11-02 Thread Greg Broiles
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 08:51:03AM -0800, Tim May wrote: Nader is getting a late start in the enthusiasm stakes, but it could be that he'll really surge. A lot of folks are mired deeply in what Nietzsche called "resentiment." They just don't like it when other people have

Re: Nader

2000-11-02 Thread Tim May
At 9:30 AM -0800 11/2/00, Greg Broiles wrote: On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 08:51:03AM -0800, Tim May wrote: Nader is getting a late start in the enthusiasm stakes, but it could be that he'll really surge. A lot of folks are mired deeply in what Nietzsche called "resentiment." They

Re: Nader

2000-11-02 Thread Ray Dillinger
On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Tim May wrote: Nader is getting a late start in the enthusiasm stakes, but it could be that he'll really surge. A lot of folks are mired deeply in what Nietzsche called "resentiment." They just don't like it when other people have done well by investi

Re: Nader

2000-11-02 Thread Tim May
At 10:43 AM -0800 11/2/00, Ray Dillinger wrote: Most of these folks have a perception that they've been locked out of doing well -- if your parents couldn't afford a good school, or if they can't afford *any* school and you put yourself through, it colors your opportunities for at least the

Re: Nader

2000-11-02 Thread Ray Dillinger
On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Tim May wrote: no matter how good you are. You can get rich enough to live off your investments, sure -- but reaching the billionaire league is a multi- generational project. This is not true. Most billionaires in the United States did it in a single generation. On the

Re: Ralph Nader sends privacy survey to Bush and Gore campaigns

2000-10-10 Thread Jim Burnes
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Declan McCullagh wrote: At 23:38 10/9/2000 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote: I seem to remember Etzioni being tied into the Communitarian movement as well. Right. In fact, that's an understatement. He's essentially the anti-cypherpunk: Regulate corporations' data collection