...and, the corporations must remain that way due to the law. They have a legal and feduciary responsibility to the stockholders...no legal responsibility to other customers. The Boston Tea Party was about big companies getting too much of a break...read: East India Traiding Company. It was so bad that our founding fathers risked death...until the day they did die...to go against the powers that were. Few today have that courage.
On Apr 10, 6:35 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > There is always enough to go around without corporate interventions > rewarding "non-crop incentives" to farmers. The more we as a global > community allow corporations to harness the earth, the sooner we will > all be living like captive chickens in the box. Those are the same > entities that enslaved the masses in the past, those that would live > in luxury while others wallowed in mire. The founding fathers foresaw > such events but the weakness of common man fell prey to the complacent > offerings. We are now on the borderline. Billions going to > corporations while children starve, what is wrong with the picture? > Corporations are not human, they have no compassion, no morality, not > a shred of concern. They are all about money, that is all. > > On Apr 10, 3:33 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > "... Dreams my friend, dreams!" - SD > > > Yes, many do dream of redistribution. I've heard tell that there IS > > enough to 'go around'. > > > On Apr 9, 4:36 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Dreams my friend, dreams! Sure it would be nice if 5 million people > > > showed up unexpectedly and there just happened to be enough food, > > > housing, medicine, employment and room in schools to accommodate all > > > these people at the onset of their arrival. Dreams my friend, dreams! > > > > On Apr 9, 10:56 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hey Slip, > > > > > No I do get it, I don't like it but I do get it. My stance is really > > > > one of what I belive should ultimatly happen > > > > > On 9 Apr, 16:04, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > If you can't see that immigration needs to have some sort of control > > > > > then you are ignoring an important point I made above. > > > > > > Problems quickly arise when the influx of > > > > > foreigners cause bottlenecks in the flow of necessary goods, medical > > > > > care, education and housing. We can't just open the floodgates of > > > > > immigration without some control over the process. > > > > > > Immigration is good when the flow is manageable. I think that is very > > > > > obvious! > > > > > > On Apr 9, 9:26 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hey Slip, > > > > > > > You start by declaring that freedom of movment nor immigration is in > > > > > > question, and then go on to tell us why movement and immigration > > > > > > should be controled more vigourously? > > > > > > > Heh so apart from that, I also don't get the home thing? You are > > > > > > eqauting somebodys home, with a country that has an influx of > > > > > > immigrants? > > > > > > > In all honesty slip, I am disgusted with the issue of immigration, > > > > > > the > > > > > > worms really do start to crawl out of the wood. To my mind a human > > > > > > is > > > > > > a human is a human, faith nor 'race' nor politics changes that fact. > > > > > > If we do not offer aid to those that truely need it, like for > > > > > > example > > > > > > an immigrant fleeing their war torn country, then what sort of > > > > > > people > > > > > > are we? > > > > > > > Patriotism? Well that's just such a divisive thing that I have no > > > > > > time for it. If we were indeed all free to move, live and work > > > > > > where > > > > > > we wanted to, then the notion of culture would eventualy goe out of > > > > > > the window. > > > > > > > Why is it important to cling to culture anyway? > > > > > > > On 9 Apr, 15:09, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Freedom of movement nor immigration is in question. The > > > > > > > disproportionate figures that inhibit gradual assimilation and > > > > > > > further > > > > > > > undermine the native culture is obviously a dilemma for many > > > > > > > countries. Further it is not about a specific cultural > > > > > > > immigration, > > > > > > > though there are some that are flowing in faster than a country > > > > > > > can > > > > > > > properly account for them. Problems quickly arise when the > > > > > > > influx of > > > > > > > foreigners cause bottlenecks in the flow of necessary goods, > > > > > > > medical > > > > > > > care, education and housing. We can't just open the floodgates of > > > > > > > immigration without some control over the process. In similar > > > > > > > respects, after disasters, shelters find themselves overburdened > > > > > > > by > > > > > > > the sudden demand on accommodation. Consider thousands of > > > > > > > foreigners > > > > > > > moving to a region that is experiencing high unemployment and a > > > > > > > serious ongoing drought that is causing a depletion of resources, > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > see that the migration as problematic. Who might feed these > > > > > > > immigrants and who is going to pay for their survival? > > > > > > > Immigrants can be irresponsible in respect to not addressing the > > > > > > > issue > > > > > > > of available resource at the intended location and instead usually > > > > > > > just pack up and move out hoping things will be better elsewhere. > > > > > > > Then once there, they start demanding rights under the immigration > > > > > > > laws further putting a strain on the native culture. When the > > > > > > > melting pot starts to boil over everyone gets burned. I provided > > > > > > > a > > > > > > > link to show how Taxi drivers are treating "citizens" with > > > > > > > discriminatory practice based on personal religious belief. This > > > > > > > is > > > > > > > not how it works in a separation of church and state country, but > > > > > > > you > > > > > > > can see how, as numbers increase and infiltration within > > > > > > > governmental > > > > > > > position (also going on) by Muslims take place, that the laws of > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > land will lean towards their perspective and persuasions. > > > > > > > I'm sure you don't want people moving into your house because > > > > > > > things > > > > > > > aren't going too well for them at their place. If you came home > > > > > > > one > > > > > > > day and found 5 people sitting around your house because they lost > > > > > > > theirs to foreclosure, what would you do? I can hear it now, "Hi > > > > > > > Lee, thought we would come over your place because we lost our > > > > > > > house > > > > > > > to the bank, oh by the way I want you to know we are Muslims, > > > > > > > strongly > > > > > > > disapprove of alcohol so please don't drink any around my family, > > > > > > > please keep the noise down while we are praying, and thanks for > > > > > > > putting us up until we can get our own place, don't worry about > > > > > > > our > > > > > > > dogs out back because they are friendly pit bulls, Now! what's for > > > > > > > dinner?". > > > > > > > > On Apr 9, 3:23 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hey Slip. > > > > > > > > > The freedom of movement I belive is a fundemental one. We > > > > > > > > should all > > > > > > > > be free to move, live and work where we want. To be able to > > > > > > > > better > > > > > > > > our condition espeacily if we have dependants. > > > > > > > > > I get you point about staying put and working to change that > > > > > > > > inviroment for the better, but really these types of changes are > > > > > > > > brought about by great people, and as we know great people are > > > > > > > > great > > > > > > > > because they are better than the norm. > > > > > > > > > I'm not a great man, I am agreat dad, and great at my chossen > > > > > > > > carrer, > > > > > > > > but to change the world, naah mate that needs better people > > > > > > > > than I. > > > > > > > > > On 30 Mar, 14:56, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I've read about some of the serious problems facing countries > > > > > > > > > due to > > > > > > > > > Muslim immigration proportions. I find it bad enough here > > > > > > > > > that > > > > > > > > > signage needs to be English and Spanish and wondering how > > > > > > > > > long it will > > > > > > > > > take for the signs to also accommodate the Muslims. This is > > > > > > > > > "Not" > > > > > > > > > assimilation but first level overpowering! > > > > > > > > > > Why don't people just stick it out in their homeland and find > > > > > > > > > a way to > > > > > > > > > make life better there? > > > > > > > > > > Please be > > > > > > > > > Opinionated!!http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,511361,00.html > > > > > > > > > > Article: > > > > > > > > > > As America's Muslim population grows, so too does the > > > > > > > > > influence of > > > > > > > > > Islamic law, or Shariah, in daily life in the U.S. > > > > > > > > > > "Shariah Law is the totality of the Muslim's obligation," said > > > > > > > > > Abdullahi An-Na'im, a professor of law at Emory University in > > > > > > > > > Atlanta. > > > > > > > > > According to An-Na'im, Shariah is similar to Jewish Talmudic > > > > > > > > > Law or > > > > > > > > > Catholic Canon Law in that it guides an adherent's moral > > > > > > > > > conduct. > > > > > > > > > > "As a citizen, I am a subject of the United States," An-Na'im > > > > > > > > > said. "I > > > > > > > > > owe allegiance to the United States, to the Constitution of > > > > > > > > > the United > > > > > > > > > States. That is not inconsistent with observing a religious > > > > > > > > > code in > > > > > > > > > terms of my own personal behavior." > > > > > > > > > > While many view this as a testament to the "great American > > > > > > > > > melting > > > > > > > > > pot," others see Islamic law's growing influence as a threat. > > > > > > > > > Shariah's critics point to cases such as the airport in > > > > > > > > > Minneapolis, > > > > > > > > > where some Shariah-adherent taxi drivers made headlines in > > > > > > > > > 2006 for > > > > > > > > > refusing to pick up passengers they suspected of carrying > > > > > > > > > liquor. The > > > > > > > > > drivers' aversion to alcohol stemmed from a verse in the > > > > > > > > > Qur'an that > > > > > > > > > describes "intoxicants and gambling" as "an abomination of > > > > > > > > > Satan's > > > > > > > > > handiwork." > > > > > > > > > > Last year, a Tyson Foods plant in Shelbyville, Tenn. replaced > > > > > > > > > its > > > > > > > > > traditional Labor Day holiday with paid time off on Eid > > > > > > > > > al-Fitr, the > > > > > > > > > Muslim festival — marking the end of fasting during Ramadan. > > > > > > > > > A labor > > > > > > > > > union had requested the change on behalf of hundreds of Muslim > > > > > > > > > employees— many of them were immigrants from Somalia. > > > > > > > > > > But public outcry over the decision to dismiss Labor Day > > > > > > > > > quickly > > > > > > > > > prompted the company and union to negotiate a new contract > > > > > > > > > that makes > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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