Linux-Advocacy Digest #320, Volume #29 Tue, 26 Sep 00 19:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: American schools ARE being sabotaged from within. ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: [OT] Bush v. Gore on taxes (was: Re: Would a M$ Voluntary Split ...) ("Aaron R.
Kulkis")
Re: [OT] Bush v. Gore on taxes (was: Re: Would a M$ Voluntary Split ...) ("Aaron R.
Kulkis")
Re: [OT] Public v. Private Schools ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: [OT] Bush v. Gore on taxes (was: Re: Would a M$ Voluntary Split ...) (Donovan
Rebbechi)
Re: News client (Roberto Selbach Teixeira)
Re: [OT] Bush v. Gore on taxes (was: Re: Would a M$ Voluntary Split ...) ("Aaron R.
Kulkis")
Re: High level design "chief" seeks "indians" (R.E.Ballard ( Rex Ballard ))
Re: [OT] Bush v. Gore on taxes (was: Re: Would a M$ Voluntary Split ...) ("Aaron R.
Kulkis")
Re: [OT] Bush v. Gore on taxes (was: Re: Would a M$ Voluntary Split ...) (Donovan
Rebbechi)
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Re: American schools ARE being sabotaged from within.
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 18:24:43 -0400
Donovan Rebbechi wrote:
>
> On Sun, 24 Sep 2000 19:38:42 -0700, Lee Reynolds wrote:
> >
> >
> >Steve Mading wrote:
> >
> >> In comp.os.linux.advocacy Loren Petrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >> : * Its creator, Linus, had lived right next to the then-USSR, and he could
> >> : well have been recruited by the KGB to sabotage the Western software
> >> : industry with deliberately underpriced software.
> >>
> >> Didn't his dad work in radio in Moscow or something? Hmm...
> >
> >What planet are you people on? Linux has nothing to do with communism or any
> >other political ideology. Linux is an operating system developed by
> >programmers who do the work because they use Linux themselves and want to make
> >it better.
> >
> >I seriously suspect that you guys just want to bitch at and degrade each other
> >and associating Linux with communism is just an excuse to do that.
>
> You've missed the context of this thread. Let me fill you in --
>
> Aaron Kulkis has a bizarre conspiracy theory. According to his conspiracy
> theory, there is a sinister international communist conspiracy to destroy the
> US education system by sending in communists to infiltrate the NEA.
No...there's no need for direct involvement of the KGB.
Simple mind-control techniques work... post-hypnotic suggestion of,
shall we say...sympathetic "useful idiots" (as Lenin described them).
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
ICQ # 3056642
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (D) above.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
their behavior improves.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: Re: [OT] Bush v. Gore on taxes (was: Re: Would a M$ Voluntary Split ...)
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 18:29:41 -0400
Mike Byrns wrote:
>
> dc wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 23:35:28 GMT, STATIC66
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >On Sun, 27 Aug 2000 02:58:36 GMT, Chad Irby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >>"Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Or the fact that US teenagers routinely rank ***LAST*** for all
> > >>> industrialized nations in:
> > >>>
> > >>> Mathematics
> > >>> Basic Physical Sciences (biology, chemistry and physics)
> > >>> World History
> > >>
> > >>Yet for some reason, we consistently rank *first* in doing things like
> > >>creating new technologies, worker productivity, and gross national
> > >>product, versus those other countries that have high test scores but
> > >>can't get it together otherwise.
> > >
> > >Do you work in a technical field?? The majority of the "top echelon"
> > >engineers are immigrants.
> >
> > Which is *another* reason why we need NAFTA-like laws passed - and
> > they should go far further than that, too. As in far, far, FAR
> > further. The free and open trade of people, too, is as important as
> > the trade of ideas, goods, and technology. On the other end of the
> > economy, did anyone ever stop to think how cheap a house could be if
> > immigrant labor were legallized? Or how cheap food could be? And
> > what impact do you think that (cheap food, cheap housing) that would
> > have to a very low-income family that currently spends the majority of
> > their income on exactly those two items?
>
> I think we'd have to do away with welfare though
If Welfare were eliminated....then the only immigrants we would be
getting
would be those who want to work.
> and consequently deal with
> barrios and bodegas and slums
Barrio is spanish for "neighborhood"
Slums and bodegas are for lazy people who like the welfare lifestyle.
Eliminate welfare, and you won't have any slum & bodega problem.
> and other things that make people like you and
> me worried about driving through them. There is both a cultural and
> economic division in this country. Some people aspire to that better
> factory job and others to the CEO position. It's up to them. The
> government's role is to keep the streets clean. Taxes are how they do
> that. I don't mind as long as they don't try to run business.
>
> --
> Mike Byrns
> Microsoft Windows Software Engineer
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
ICQ # 3056642
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (D) above.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
their behavior improves.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
------------------------------
From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: Re: [OT] Bush v. Gore on taxes (was: Re: Would a M$ Voluntary Split ...)
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 18:33:10 -0400
Donovan Rebbechi wrote:
>
> On Tue, 26 Sep 2000 01:14:56 -0400, JS/PL wrote:
> >
> >> But he's still going to win, because very few Americans will benefit
> >> from Bush's vision which seems to revolve around tax cuts for the
> >> aristocracy. The problem is that the vast majority of Americans have
> >> little to gain from Bush's policies. Not to mention that with Clinton's
> >> approval rating and the economy in their current state, Bush needs to
> >> come up with a more inspiring vision than handouts to the aristocracy.
> >
> >Maybe you should stop basing your political theory on Democrat soundbites.
> >Handouts to the aristocracy?? Get real.
>
> Well it's pretty close to the truth. I mean, most of his "vision" is about
> giving tax cuts ( money ) to the high income earners. And that policy
Hint fucking hint:
If you don't pay any taxes in the first place, you sure as hell ain't
gonna get a tax cut.
> is great for the high income earners, but most Americans will not benefit
> from it.
High taxes for high earners is also known as "punishing success"
>
> >And you do not know who's going to win, no one knows who is going to win.
>
> I don't know, but if I was a betting man, I know which way I'd bet.
>
> >Plus it doesn't matter, sounds like either way you'll still be asking what
> >your country can do for you instead of what you can do for your country.
>
> Completely wrong.
>
> (a) The USA is "not my country". Since I'm a non-citizen, I doubt they'll
> do that much for me, and moreover, I really don't believe that they
> should.
>
> (b) I don't need them to do anything for me. I'm finishing a PhD in math,
> and the main problem I have with prospective employers is telling them
> to leave me alone so that I can get some work done. So no, I don't
> need anyone's charity.
>
> But your cheapshots do not alter the fact that Bush's policies offer very
> little to the average American family.
>
> --
> Donovan
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
ICQ # 3056642
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (D) above.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
their behavior improves.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
------------------------------
From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: [OT] Public v. Private Schools
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 18:34:34 -0400
"S.R.Ott" wrote:
>
> Dear Aaron,
>
> thank you very much for your invaluable thoughts that exhaust the whole
> field of ecology, let alone climatology and a few others. Being a humble
> biologist with a silly Cambridge PhD, I now realize that I had lived in
> total darkness before. It took a Unix sys engineer to make me see the
> light!
>
> Also, because we never destroy but only change, I'm delighted that next
> time I feel like shooting some obnoxious know-it-all, I should not
> hesitate but go ahead, because I will only change the local entropy
> distribution around where he is, and slightly redistribute the matter of
> this universe.
> I think it would be very arrogant to consider this a criminal offence!
> After all, it's a zero-sum game anyway!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is why you Europeans buy into socialism.
Economics is NOT a zero-sum game.
>
> With best regards, thankfully
>
> Swidbert
>
> > There is such a thing as being overly cautious.
> > In the 1950's, it was proposed that a hurricane might be broken up by
> > dropping an H-bomb within it. Then it was discovered that the typical
> > hurricane expends close to 1,000 H-bombs' worth of energy EVERY SECOND.
> >
> > It's all about energy flow.
> > The *only* thing that we can do to change the climate is that which
> > changes the terrain sufficiently to alter the energy flows in
> > rivers and air currents.
> > And even then, all we will do is *change* the energy flow, not destroy
> > it.
> > If a major river is re-routed, the climate will be *CHANGED* not
> > destroyed.
> > If a mountain range is leveled, the climate will be *CHANGED*, not
> > destroyed.
> > In either case, some organisms will suffer, and others will prosper.
> > All in all, it's a zero-sum game.
>
> > --
> > Aaron R. Kulkis
> > Unix Systems Engineer
>
> Dr. Swidbert R. Ott
> Sch. Biological Sciences, QMW Coll.,
> University of London, UK
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
ICQ # 3056642
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (D) above.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
their behavior improves.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: Re: [OT] Bush v. Gore on taxes (was: Re: Would a M$ Voluntary Split ...)
Date: 26 Sep 2000 22:48:18 GMT
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000 21:44:56 GMT, Joe R. wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>(Donovan Rebbechi) wrote:
some excerpts ...
>> Start by fixing the broken health care system.
>
>Which is not a tax issue.
>> That's not in itself a compelling reason to vote for him.
>
>I never said it was.
Well the last one is my point. I think you might have came into the debate
late. I am not complaining about Bush's tax policy. I am suggesting that
his policy offers little besides tax cuts.
I think we agree that tax cuts in themselves are not a compelling reason
to vote one way or another.
>> BTW, while we're on the topic of Bush's policies, I was a grad student in
>> TX for a year, and grad school there is like indentured servitude. It's
>> like a bad joke.
>
>Grad school everywhere is like indentured servitude. That's not Bush's
>fault.
(1) No it's not.
I'm in NJ now, and my modest salary is actually something one can
live on. I have about 12k and I am not required to pay fees, so that's
11k take home.
(2) Yes it is. The state legislatures in the South do not allow public
schools to give grad students tuition remission.
>Heck, I averaged about 90 hours per week at Cornell for considerably
>less than $5 K per year.
I guess you're a tad older than me (-; I applied to Cornell, and it's about
the same as my school ( 11k or so ), and like any other school in the north,
or any other private school, you don't have to pay fees out of your stipend.
--
Donovan
------------------------------
From: Roberto Selbach Teixeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: News client
Date: 26 Sep 2000 19:49:15 -0300
>>>>> "Roberto" == Roberto Alsina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Roberto> For KDE1: krn 0.6.12. Right out of the oven ;-) You could
Roberto> get it from http://krn.sourceforge.net, should be stable
Roberto> and quick ;-)
Hmmm... and for both X and console we could all use Emacs/GNUS :)
--
Roberto Teixeira
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: Re: [OT] Bush v. Gore on taxes (was: Re: Would a M$ Voluntary Split ...)
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 18:37:19 -0400
Donovan Rebbechi wrote:
>
> On Tue, 26 Sep 2000 11:22:24 -0400, JS/PL wrote:
> >
> >"Donovan Rebbechi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> On Tue, 26 Sep 2000 06:53:20 -0400, JS/PL wrote:
> >> >
> >> You don't say anything about how much more money someone who makes a
> >million
> >> each year would get. My bet is that it's more than any of those other guys
> >> would get.
> >
> >It never ceases to amaze me how people believe that by not taking money away
> >from people that those people are GETTING money.
>
> You are being evasive. Why don't you just be honest and admit that the
> people who have the most to gain from Bush's policies are the top 1% of
> income earners ?
>
> >anything, it's taking less. In the case of the poor, Bushs' plan is to not
> >take any federal taxes from the poor.
>
> How does he plan to fund the tax cuts ? Will it adversely impact any of
> the services that the poor use ?
>
> >No - you snipped the part where poor people get a 100% tax cut. Reposted
> >below.
>
> But in terms of dollar amounts, George Bush is redistributing more to
> the wealthy.
Let's see...This is obviously a new definition of "to" which is new
to the English language.
Low-wage earners get taxed ZERO
High-wage earners are still taxed rather heftily.
And you call this redistribution TO the wealthy?
> The dollar amounts increase as the income levels increase.
>
> >Tax Relief for Families of Four
> >A family of four making $35,000 will receive a $1,500 tax cut, a 100 percent
> >reduction.
> >A family of four making $50,000 will receive a $2,000 tax cut, a 50 percent
> >reduction.
> >A family of four making $75,000 will receive a $2,500 tax cut, a 25 percent
> >reduction.
> >Tax Relief for Single Parents
> >A single mother with one child making $22,000 will receive a $1,000 tax cut,
> >a 100 percent reduction.
> >A single mother with two children making $32,000 will receive a $1,500 tax
> >cut, a 95 percent reduction.
>
> --
> Donovan
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
ICQ # 3056642
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (D) above.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
their behavior improves.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
------------------------------
From: R.E.Ballard ( Rex Ballard ) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: High level design "chief" seeks "indians"
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 22:41:25 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi) wrote:
> Hi. I am a high-level designer. I don't know how to program, but I
> am good at "high level design". I have a high level design for a new
> operating system. It has the following features:
>
> (*) fast
> (*) powerful
> (*) object oriented
> (*) cures world hunger.
>
> I don't have a design document, but trust me, I've got it all in my
> head. I don't want to write it down, because ... well I just don't
want
> to, OK ?!? It's not that I can't ! ... what ... ?!? fuck off,
> shithead !
Actually, this isn't too far off from how Linux got started. Richard
Stallman, and about 10 others (including me) were musing on a usenet
group, much like this one, about how a UNIX system for under $1000
including hardware would have an incredible impact on the worlds
economy. None of us had any time, but this kid in finland put his
little 10,000 line "Operating system" into Richard's TSX-11 Archive
and asked if this might be what we were looking for.
In case you hadn't guessed it, the lttle operating system was what we
now know as Linux. Linus became an Indian Chief in his own right,
and Linux has had an impact on the world's economy.
This same bunch of "Whining visionaries" started talking about
making UNIX as easy to use as Windows. Again one of the lurkers
popped in with "I cooked up this cross between lynx and a gif viewer,
I call it viola, tell me what you think. Viola was the first general
purpose web browser (Based on Tim's Andrew EZ editor). We liked it so
much we asked if it was available for Windows. It wasn't, but a lurker
at cornel did the port and said "I call it Cello, check it out".
Nearly all of the features of Linux were a direct result of discussions
and "wish lists" posted on this newsgroup.
In fact, Donnovan, there were several enhancements to KDE which were
direct responses to legitimate complaints you raised about the
previously available Linux user interfaces. I love it when the
WinTrolls come to this group and complain. It helps us see where
the gaps still remain.
So if you really have some more great ideas, bring them on!!!
Just remember, that just for this group to be formed, there had
to be at least 15,000 subscribers who voted for it. And this group
has grown (in terms of traffic volume) by an order of magnitude since
it's formation about 5 years ago. True, not all 150,000 readers will
read every single article, but there's a pretty good chance that
your posting will be read by 20 or 30 people who have the talent,
skills, and time to implement your ideas.
> You may recognise me as the person who announced
> the perpetual motion machine last year.
This should be discussed in a different newsgroup. You might try
sci.physics.
> I have a design for it
> in my head, and I'm still
> looking for engineers to implement it for me,
Actually, several attempts at perpetual motion machines have
resulted in improved Jet engine efficiency, improved electrical power
distribution, and improved car milage. Even though the perpetual
motion machines proposed were in some cases pure spoofs, there was
enough of a glimmer of an idea to fuel the brains of experts in that
field. The case I remember best was the "200 mile per gallon
carburator". It was essentially a fuel vapor injection system
which, while not practical to implement in it's original form, has
since led to the whole shift from carburetors to fuel injectors. And
his patent, which involves injecting hot vapor (using a wick) will
probably lead to SUVs with 40 MPG. Unfortunately statutes in some
states that forbid the use of mechanical superchargers prevents the
ability to reach the full 200 MPG on a V8 engine. Even with that
capability, the practical limitation on a piston engine would still
only be about 100 mpg on a vehicle weighing 1 ton, and about 70 mpg
for an SUV or Van. Many trucks already use this technology with LP
gas powered trucks. Ironically, the application on general purpose
consumer vehicles will probably take place after the patents expire
(sometime in the next year or so).
> but that's another story.
> Indeed, I have displayed a talent for making announcements,
> and all I need is some hackers to implement my great ideas.
There's a pretty good chance that you can find them on usenet.
Many of them will create, just for amusement.
> Everyone knows that programmers can not do "high level design".
> So the arrangement here would be that I make the design choices,
> and you act as obedient servants.
Well, here's where things start to break down. You might be able to
enroll a team to implement your "fantastic dream", but you should also
expect to loose control of the project almost immediately. You will
suddenly see a flurry of activity, then 20 or 30 privately held
companies who won't invite you to be a stock-holder for your brilliant
ideas, and suddenly you will see 5-7 of these companies explode into
multibillion dollar companies and your silly ideas explode into a $1
trillion industry (gross global cash-flow).
If you're lucky, you'll still have the ability to read the media that
you record the first series of conversations, just so you have the
bragging rights to say "I was there when it all got started".
Somewhere in my little archive, I have a DC2020 tape in QIC 120 format
that includes my request of a few members of an exclusive mailing list
for 1/10th of 1% of any revenue after their first million, if they used
my suggestion of using a web browser and a search engine (for which
I provided exquisite details and provided extensive coaching in
the e-mail group). Of course, this was a shrink-wrapped license and
wouldn't be enforcable, but it's fun to say "yup, I'd be a billionaire
too if I'd had a good lawyer like billy does". But the fact is that
even if I'd kept it too myself, the cat was out of the bag, the
discussion had already been seeded, and pandora's box had been opened.
There was no way I could have STOPPED the Internet from exploding.
It did give me unique insight into what was going to happen, and I was
able to direct my career in a manner that resulted in quadroupling my
income in 6 years, and eventually enabled me to put together a nice
little portfolio (once I stopped working for companies that would have
considered trading on my own ideas to be illegal use of "insider
information"). (I had worked for Dow Jones, Standard & Poors, U.S.
Clearing, and Prudential).
> Yours truly,
> --
> King Dick
Thanks for playing donnovan :-)
--
Rex Ballard - I/T Architect, MIS Director
Linux Advocate, Internet Pioneer
http://www.open4success.com
Linux - 42 million satisfied users worldwide
and growing at over 5%/month! (recalibrated 8/2/00)
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: Re: [OT] Bush v. Gore on taxes (was: Re: Would a M$ Voluntary Split ...)
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 18:38:54 -0400
Donovan Rebbechi wrote:
>
> On Tue, 26 Sep 2000 11:22:24 -0400, JS/PL wrote:
> >
> >"Donovan Rebbechi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> On Tue, 26 Sep 2000 06:53:20 -0400, JS/PL wrote:
> >> >
> >> You don't say anything about how much more money someone who makes a
> >million
> >> each year would get. My bet is that it's more than any of those other guys
> >> would get.
> >
> >It never ceases to amaze me how people believe that by not taking money away
> >from people that those people are GETTING money.
>
> You are being evasive. Why don't you just be honest and admit that the
> people who have the most to gain from Bush's policies are the top 1% of
> income earners ?
>
> >anything, it's taking less. In the case of the poor, Bushs' plan is to not
> >take any federal taxes from the poor.
>
> How does he plan to fund the tax cuts ? Will it adversely impact any of
> the services that the poor use ?
>
> >No - you snipped the part where poor people get a 100% tax cut. Reposted
> >below.
>
> But in terms of dollar amounts, George Bush is redistributing more to
> the wealthy. The dollar amounts increase as the income levels increase.
Moron. Tax cuts aren't the method of "redistribution to the wealthy"
it's GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS given to cronies.
Taxation is where the money COMES FROM.
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
ICQ # 3056642
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (D) above.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
their behavior improves.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: Re: [OT] Bush v. Gore on taxes (was: Re: Would a M$ Voluntary Split ...)
Date: 26 Sep 2000 22:51:10 GMT
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000 21:50:23 GMT, Joe R. wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>(Donovan Rebbechi) wrote:
I think we're discussing two different things. I'm saying Bush's overall
policy package doesn't offer ordinary Americans that much.
Or to put it another way, modest tax cuts by themselves are not a huge
incentive for low/middle income earners.
I wasn't complaining about his income tax scale.
Oh, and my name is not "you left wing radicals".
--
Donovan
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