perhaps "a slave to mammon" would be more appropriate. . . although nearly the same. > -----Original Message----- > From: pic microcontroller discussion list > [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Jim > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 5:02 PM > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: [OT]: $1-a-day wages > > > I'm in the US, I've lived here all of my life and I > don't worship Mamon - wasn't this little piece just > a little bit too much of a generalization? > > In fact, most people I know are working hard and > don't worship Mamon. I think this piece *is* an over- > generalization *with* a decidedly slanted view to > one side. > > I wonder why that is ... someone who thinks they didn't > get their fair share of the 'wealth pie'? > > Sounds like a piece truly borne out of the 'soul of > jealousy' - I could be wrong. > > Which reminds me, I need get back to worshipping > Mamon -er- I mean back to work/'making a living' ... > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Stephens" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 4:49 PM > Subject: Re: [OT]: $1-a-day wages > > > > From: Rex Byrns > > Subject: Re: [OT]: $1-a-day wages > > > > > > >It is almost like the Enron thing was proof in point of how > much you can > > get > > >away with, so now these guys are all doing it. > > > > > > The US worships Mamon; the God of greed. I am continualy amazed Our Lord > > Greenspan is able to show such self control with the balls of > the beast - > > interest rate of the Federal Reserve Bank. But for mere mortals the > penalty > > for getting caught is death. The US government - the SEC, IRS, FBI, the > > congress, the president (Clinton) could have put an end to accounting > > shenanigans, offshore hedges and tax shelters long ago. They didn't > because > > they are greedy too. They let Arthur Anderson and Enron take > all the rope > > they wanted to hang themselves. > > > > One congressman called it a bank robbery, Enron the robber and AA the > > getaway driver. If so, congress was a whore paid by the robbers that was > > screwing the bank guards (the SEC, IRS and FBI) as the robbery was > > happening. If your competitor is offshore and pays no taxes, but your > > corporation must pay taxes, is the federal government any better than a > > goon, a thug that breaks your kneecap so your competitor can > win the race? > > > > Perhaps someone will correct my understanding. Enron basicaly > insured its > > success in high risk speculation by setting up 'hedge' entities that > > guaranteed high risk ventures. Enron betted the environmentalists and > Global > > Warming kooks would silence any dissent over high California electric > > prices. High prices that Enron and others were bidding up the price in. > > > > Good 'ol boy Bush did the best he could for 'ol Ken Lay, the guy that so > > kindly let Bush fly his jet around the country to campaign for president > in. > > Bush wanted deregulation (in the name of free capitolism) till the > > California public and congress could stand it no more. In this case > > deregulation is not free market capitolism. The game was rigged. Rather > > than breaking monopolies, the feds were cultivating them. > > > > Enron insured itself and lost, the hedges, which were funded with Enron > > stock, imploded. The only thing Bush and the Republicans can say is no > > heroic effort was made to save them. There is no honor among > those thieves > > of the public trust. > > > > Make no mistake, the greedy evil-doers want high energy prices and high > > profits. Once upon a time the earths atmosphere had no oxygen. We are > doing > > the planet a big favor by recycling all the carbon that is buried. If we > > don't volcanoes will. All the CO2 volcanoes can spew out gets > turned into > > carbonates - limestone by sea creatures or hydrocarbons by plants, and > gets > > buried again. Global warming is global greed - Europeans > screaming the US > > gets cheaper gas because our corporations are bigger and meaner. They > tempt > > the US government to share by offering a canard of 'global warming' to > raise > > US prices and make supply available elsewhere. Global warming is an > excuse, > > a soccer-mom environmental marketing ploy, an excuse to control > the global > > energy market. > > > > >I am confident that the average consumer has a love of the > truth that is > > >sure to keep all corporate and government evils in check.. . > .. . .. ... > .. > > > > > > The best defense of the dumbed down public is its ability to punish > > politicians that screw up. But as "Homeland Security" gets more > power, the > > ability of the people to punish a corrupt and tyrannical federal > government > > will be severely impaired. When did America free slaves, give women the > vote > > and equal pay, or stop oppressing any minority because it was the right, > > just thing, rather than because the minority organized and inflicted a > > greater pain on the exploiters, than the pleasure derived from > exploiting > > them? > > > > A patriot once paid the corrupt, evil, income tax in pennies. A > non-violent > > protest. A law was passed making that illeagal. A law making peacefull > > protest illeagal. The feds don't want you punishing them for exploiting > you. > > > > The federal evil-doers will sustain their power until their own evil > > implodes them, or a foriegn power gets tired of being exploited by > American > > corporations rigged to degrade, dominate and exploit the world for a > greedy > > tyrannical minority. I wouldn't be surprized if the Chinese bury nukes > (real > > nukes - 50 megaton H-bombs the patriots at Los Alamos and the FBI sold > them) > > in the sewers of 100 of our cities and put an end to America within 30 > years > > or so. > > > > >"The American Republic will survive and prosper > > >, until the government realizes that it can bribe it's people > > >with their own money" - - Some French Guy > > > > > > I thought it was Alexis De Toqueville ("Alexis de Toqueville opined in > 1835, > > "America will fail when the public discovers > > that it can vote for itself largess from the public treasury.""; ) > > > > But perhaps it was Tytler? > > > > "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can > > only exist until a majority of voters discover that they can vote > > themselves largess out of the public treasury." - Alexander Tytler > > > > Anyways whoever said it was right. The government isn't prosecuting > Arthur > > Anderson and Enron because what they did was irresponsible, deceptive, > > dishonest, greedy, selfish betrayal of the stock-holders and the nation. > > They are persecuting them because they got caught. > > > > Scott > > > > ********************************************************** > > If you are cheater 1 of 10, shame on you. If you are cheater 1 > of 3, shame > > on your leaders, shame on your culture, and shame on you if you get > caught. > > > > In a government of laws, existence of the government will be imperiled > > if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our Government is the > > potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the > > whole people by its example. - Justice Brandeis - Olmstead v. > US, 277 U.S. > > 438(1928) > > ********************************************************** > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? 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