Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-12-09 Thread Share Long
Thanks, Jason, I learned something about patents from your post. On Monday, December 9, 2013 3:34 AM, Jason jedi_sp...@yahoo.com wrote:   Thanks for raising this issue Bhairitu. Right now, patent period for patent holders is 20 years, which IMO is too long.  This is one of the reasons

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-12-09 Thread Bhairitu
Corporate lawyers like to patent anything that isn't nailed down. The board of directors for the software company I worked for wanted patents. So I had to put together a patent program with a patent attorney even though none of us wanted to do it. Software patents are particularly

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-12-08 Thread Bhairitu
The country needs to be about 90% socialist and 10% capitalist (actually free enterprise). The latter would take care of the folks who want to work for themselves and the former the majority who don't want to worry about running a company. You would need to limit the size of companies

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-12-08 Thread doctordumbass
I saw a fascinating interview on France 24, recently -- the equivalent of BBC world service. It was with President Goodluck Jonathan, of Nigeria. He was explaining how Nelson Mandela changed African politics, by having a broader vision for South Africa, and the ability to carry it out, than

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-12-06 Thread Mike Dixon
So , what was your point? On Thursday, December 5, 2013 10:05 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com wrote:   I think we got a barbell situation right here on FFL! On Thursday, December 5, 2013 12:02 PM, Jason jedi_sp...@yahoo.com wrote:   You don't understand. It's called the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-12-06 Thread Share Long
Mike, my point was and is: it's all pretty funny so I hope you can just enjoy the humor of it all (-: On Friday, December 6, 2013 8:52 AM, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com wrote:   So , what was your point? On Thursday, December 5, 2013 10:05 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-12-06 Thread Mike Dixon
Share I was asking Bharitu what his point was,regarding that court case he was sighting. On Friday, December 6, 2013 7:18 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com wrote:   Mike, my point was and is: it's all pretty funny so I hope you can just enjoy the humor of it all (-: On Friday,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-12-05 Thread Share Long
I think we got a barbell situation right here on FFL! On Thursday, December 5, 2013 12:02 PM, Jason jedi_sp...@yahoo.com wrote:   You don't understand. It's called the barbell strategy. You create a system which has some positives and drawbacks. You again create another reverse mirror

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-12-04 Thread Mike Dixon
No dude, I had a typical public education. I grew up very liberal and anti -capitalist until I got my first job,LOL! My eyes opened and M's teaching  began to sink in. I remember Varmaji telling me you are the creator of your own destiny and I started developing a strong sense of personal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-12-04 Thread Bhairitu
Well your facts are wrong about the founding fathers. Did you know that corporations were limited to a 40 year life span and then they had to be dissolved? They also had to prove to do public good. Santa Clara vs Southern Pacific changed that (another mucking up by the Supremes). On

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-12-04 Thread Mike Dixon
Be specific . What facts did I attribute to founding fathers that were incorrect? On Wednesday, December 4, 2013 9:15 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote:   Well your facts are wrong about the founding fathers.  Did you know that corporations were limited to a 40 year life span and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-12-04 Thread Mike Dixon
And the party that offers the voters the best *bribe*  for their vote wins. On Wednesday, December 4, 2013 9:48 AM, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com wrote:   Be specific . What facts did I attribute to founding fathers that were incorrect? On Wednesday, December 4, 2013 9:15 AM,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-12-04 Thread Bhairitu
Did you bother to look up Santa Clara vs Southern Pacific? That would have given you an education. It is as bad a decision as the recent Supremes giving corporations personhood. I suppose if Republicans bride then it isn't so bad, eh? They don't bother anymore. They just fix the voting

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-12-04 Thread Share Long
But noozguru if individuals don't support political parties, doesn't that make it more likely that they'll seek support from special interest groups? In any case, it should be volunteer support. On Wednesday, December 4, 2013 2:31 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote:   Re

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-12-04 Thread Mike Dixon
Santa Clara vs Southern Pacific , yeah sounds like a case involving our forfathers. LOL. So who heard the case, 9th Circus Court of appeals? Aren't they overturned by the Supreme Court on a regular basis?   On Wednesday, December 4, 2013 12:04 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote:  

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-12-04 Thread Bhairitu
Didn't look it up did ya? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_County_v._Southern_Pacific_Railroad On 12/04/2013 04:44 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: Santa Clara vs Southern Pacific , yeah sounds like a case involving our forfathers. LOL. So who heard the case, 9th Circus Court of appeals? Aren't

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-12-03 Thread Bhairitu
So you were home schooled by Birchers? On 12/02/2013 05:00 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: Snoozguru, you must have been snoozing in your history class. The founding fathers were not put-off on capitalism. They loved it! Their economic system was capitalism based on Laissez-Faire(government hands off

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-12-02 Thread Mike Dixon
That 17 trillion national debt comes mainly from socialistic programs, not capitalism. Was it Margaret Thatcher that said The problem with socialism is, sooner or later, you run out of other peoples money to spend. American politicians have over- spent the wealth capitalism has produced in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-12-02 Thread Richard J. Williams
Apparently Redbox, like almost all ATMs, work using an old fashioned dial-up connections - you can hear the dialing if you listen real close. There's no way it could be a high-speed Wi-Fi connection on an ATM, otherwise any two-bit hacker could tap into the cash box and get rich, fast. Correct

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-12-02 Thread Mike Dixon
Snoozguru, you must have been snoozing in your history class. The founding fathers were not put-off on capitalism. They loved it! Their economic system was capitalism based on Laissez-Faire(government hands off business).  They wanted no government regulation of business other than to prevent

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-11-30 Thread Bhairitu
We've all seen the wonders of trickle down economics. It's why the rich call us peons. On 11/30/2013 06:00 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote: The Pope said “some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably