Kenneth Lay a criminal? (was Re: Kenneth Lay in handcuffs?

2002-08-09 Thread Keith Hudson
Hi Harry, At 14:33 08/08/02 -0700, you wrote: Keith, You'll have to help me with this, but what law has been broken by Lay and the others at Enron? You answered the question yourself when you wrote further on: I strongly detest conspiracy laws, but could any of the stars of the performance

Wall St. Journal attacks leisure

2002-08-09 Thread Tom Walker
WSJ, Aug. 8, 2002 Europe's Prized Leisure Life Becomes Economic Obstacle By CHRISTOPHER RHOADS Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ESSLINGEN, Germany -- Uwe Lang can't say he feels burned out as he embarks on the first of two three-week vacations he's planned this year. The 34-year-old

Getting away with murder ( was Re: Kenneth Lay a criminal?)

2002-08-09 Thread Keith Hudson
Hi Harry, At 00:39 09/08/02 -0700, you wrote: Keith, You are so poor at answering questions, I like to help out a friend. Just the way I am, I guess. Gosh! I'm so grateful. A smidgen more seriously, perhaps someone lower down - as you suggest - perhaps the contact with Anderson, who surely

Re: Getting away with murder ( was Re: Kenneth Lay a criminal?)

2002-08-09 Thread Tom Walker
Kenneth who? The first rule of modern consciousness is forgetfulness. The next new thing is always more important than whatever that thing was that we just forgot about. Who cares about Kenneth Lay? Who cares about Bernie Ebbers? Who even remembers? Let's all just gaze spellbound at whatever is

Re: Getting away with murder ( was Re: Kenneth Lay a criminal?)

2002-08-09 Thread Harry Pollard
Tom, This could start a whole new thread on the (almost) Memento culture of modern society. Meantime, thanks for posting the WSJ article on leisure. Most interesting. As you might expect, I smiled at: The large role of the black market in many service sectors such as home repair in Europe

Free Market ? (was Re: Getting away with murder)

2002-08-09 Thread Christoph Reuss
Harry Pollard wrote: As you might expect, I smiled at: The large role of the black market in many service sectors such as home repair in Europe -- an off-the-books market far bigger than in the U.S. -- provides a comfortable income for some, though it doesn't show up in federal tax coffers

FW: Information Age and and public debate

2002-08-09 Thread Karen Watters Cole
CHECK OUT Dot.mil by Wm. Arkin @ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49207-2002Aug6.html and http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59739-2002Aug8.html for information on the currently playing Millennium Challenge 02 war games and the real coordinates they are

FW: Trade Bill trade offs

2002-08-09 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Retiring US Sen. Phil Gramm (R-TX) complained that socialist governments all over the planet were trying to avoid doing this and now the US is going to, but he voted for it anyway. Ouch. Reality bites. - Karen Trade Bill To Help Laid-Off Workers: Victims of Imports Win Added Benefits

Re: Predicting Reaction in the ME

2002-08-09 Thread William B Ward
An important point vis-a-vis a jihad is that is a concept promoted by extremists among Muslims and I have never seen any indication that Saddaam is serious about Islam. I don't think he and Usama would get along very well. Bill Ward there is this deliberately set call for Islamic Jihad that did