Learn Persian and become a Mullah. Hours are good and the remuneration is great. Persian is also one of the World's easiest languages.
Bill Ward The greatest retribution would be to show up on the shores of the UK as re-imigrants like the Amero-Liberians in West Africa. On Tue, 01 Oct 2002 22:26:28 -0400 "Brad McCormick, Ed.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > William B Ward wrote: > > > > The rest of the world has been sacrificing for the American future > which > > is here and now. In a few years, we will be leaving the US to > Europe > > seeking opportunities. > > Leave the dead to bury the dead. > > Learn Chinese. (I would have said: Japanese, a few years > ago, but that no longer seems a good idea except for persons > of "independent means" whose only need for Japan is to enjoy > the most refined esthetic in the world, and wish to > enjoy The World of The Shining Prince [Hikari Genji].) > > The Europeans sent their dregs (e.g., my maternal grandfather) > here to get rid of them. Let us show them that we've > improved ourselves over our forebears, and are worthy of > calling ourselves "Europeans" -- even if they still not all are: > > "The struggle against everything whose only claim to > dignity is its materiality, to refuse to be merely a passive > and > determined element in the order of Creation this seems to > me the primordial virtue which transformed an Asian peninsula > into Europe" > (--Carlo Schmid) > > I wish we could be "good Europeans" here in America, and > fulfill the promise of Novus Ordo Seclorum and the light of the > mind which is the light of the world (look at the pyramid > on the back of every U.S. $1 Federal Reserve banknote, > AKA "Dollar Bill"). > > As for "sacrificing", if technology is revolutionizing everything, > then presumably we can give all the rest of the world wealth > without tightening our own belts except to be more svelte. > (Sorry! I forgot about the immortal sanctity of patent rights, > which was upheld in WWII by Standard Oil and other > "American" corporations not > letting the U.S. Government use processes which were bound > by German patents....) > > \brad mccormick > > > > > Bill Ward > > > > > > > > It's somewhat similar to us sacrificing for "future > generations": > > > We *are* a future generation, so we should "get ours" *as well > > > as* adding value for the next present generation. > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > > -- > Let your light so shine before men, > that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16) > > Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21) > > <![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit my website ==> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/ > > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
