TurquoiseB wrote: > --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Shemp fancies himself a libertarian but I don't even think >> he knows what one is. He sounds like the Ayn Rand variety >> but I'm not even sure of that. I just think he's confused. :) >> > > I don't agree. After long experience with Shemp's > provocative posts both here and on a.m.t., and > more than a few exchanges in which he succeeded > in provoking me :-), I think he's pondered many > of the stances he takes here deeply. > LOL! I think most people here think of his stances as flip. :)
> My only question is about the *input* for this > pondering. I don't understand how he could have > seen the same things I've seen in America and > hold those views. I have to believe that we've > lived in different places and seen a different > America. > > Try Canada in case you forgot. > And that's Ok. > > I am the first to admit that my view of America > is pretty jaundiced. That view is highly colored > by living in New Mexico (2nd poorest state in the > nation) for six years. I saw a different set of > "This is America" photos there than the ones you > see in the glossy brochures. I think it is his profession that jaundices Shemp's view. It is pretty typical of some of the financial people I know. It tends to be, in spite of their profession, a lack of seeing the bigger picture especially in terms of economics and too much one-dimensional thinking. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
