Larry said... "What's next, making being poor a capital offence?"
No, Larry. Making being poor a 'good thing'. They will find a way to spin that. You know, the corporations are going to get not just a tax cut, but huge rebates from this stimulus package. Let me guess. They will not spend that on salaries from the officers and shareholders. No, they will hire thousands of people and put them to work making products to sell to... who? I have to ask, did anyone's life get markedly better with the tax refund? I know mine didn't. My utility bill increase will eat that up in no time. You know, it pisses me off that corporations will unabashedly profit hugely from 9/11. These people in government office and corporations today have no fucking conscience. Can I say that in here still? I see TV adds showing firemen standing on fire trucks, flags galore, and then the add fades to Wal-Mart saying "Thanks to all the brave men and women this holiday season... and, oh, by the way, shop here." That is pathetic. Couldn't they just do something like run the ad with no credit given? No, that would not get people into the stores. I am getting increasingly concerned about the American view of the world. The ABM treaty withdrawal is a huge step backwards. Frankly, in my 38 years, I cannot say I have been concerned in the least in other countries firing ballistic missiles at us. Does anyone think those old missile silos in Russia are still active and could "fall into a terrorists hands." The systems are complex and prone to failure. Russia is in bad shape. The scenario will now go like this. Raytheon (or someone) will get billions in defense contracts to build an ABM system. Boeing (or someone) will get billions to build a system that can beat it. Then Raytheon will get billions to build a system that can beat that. Ad nauseum. Sure, people are employed, but what does what they build benefit the country? You can't sell it. You will never use it. The money could be spent far better on counter terrorism, which is how wars in the future will be waged. How will the ABM system stop a small 'dirty' bomb from making it's way in the back of U-Haul into downtown Houston, London or Berlin? God, these people are so greedy it makes me sick. This Enron debacle is amazing. Cheney won't release information about his talks with Kenneth Lay. Imagine that. Let's see, Cheney got about $39 million a year (between he and his wife's stock in Halliburton). I wonder what was said. Kenneth Lay is walking away with hundreds of millions. Good Lord Batman, how much money do people need? How does 2 million a year versus 39 million a year increase your "real" standard of living? Who looses in this game? Right now about 5000 Enron people. More to come. http://www.enron.com/corp/pressroom/ - just fun reading http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ENE&d=t - click on insider trading, then click Roster, then click Kenneth Lay. Look at the boards he is on and the latest stock trades. What countries have no extradition treaties and governments take payoffs? I but ol' Ken knows. Also, check out some of the others. I guess there are people out there who would say, "Hey, they were just smart guys that used the system." No integrity. But why let that get in the way of the quest for the almighty dollar? Think about the media for a moment. You have the "movies for the masses" that play up the integrity thing. Stallone, Schwarzzenager, Reeves, etc. in the movies about people who do the "right thing". Makes us think that that is the way the world is or should be. Then we get to the reality of the world. I doubt very much that Lay or Cheney ever watched or subscribed to that view of the world. BTW - Look's like the war on terrorism is really curbing the terror attacks in Israel. NOT. Oh, let me guess, they are in "desperation". No way. They will continue forever. There will never be a common ground. That may sound negative, I know it does, but I just see no way to smooth over the wounds that exist there. 40,000 years has not changed how we think much. We humans posses an incredible capacity for vengeance and hate. Our collective memories are long. -Gary Voting for Todd for some other sane tomorrow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
