well said gary. Benjamin
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary P. McNeel, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 5:47 AM Subject: RE: Ouch > 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. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
