---- START NEW MESSAGE --- Received: from cherry.ease.lsoft.com [209.119.0.109] by dpmail10.doteasy.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.05) id AA634AC4008E; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 12:24:03 -0800 Received: from PEAR.EASE.LSOFT.COM (209.119.0.19) by cherry.ease.lsoft.com (LSMTP for Digital Unix v1.1b) with SMTP id <3.00CC1636@cherry.ease.lsoft.com>; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:23:55 -0500 Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8e) with spool id 6445 for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:23:26 -0500 Received: from MITVMA (NJE origin SMTP@MITVMA) by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LMail V1.2d/1.8d) with BSMTP id 2981; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:21:24 -0500 Received: from law9-f112.law9.hotmail.com [64.4.9.112] by mitvma.mit.edu (IBM VM SMTP Level 430) via TCP with ESMTP ; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:21:23 EST X-Warning: mitvma.mit.edu: Host law9-f112.law9.hotmail.com claimed to be hotmail.com Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 12:21:25 -0800 Received: from 129.186.149.126 by lw9fd.law9.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 20:21:25 GMT X-Originating-IP: [129.186.149.126] X-Originating-Email: [gaidinmd@hotmail.com] X-Sender: gaidinmd@hotmail.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Jan 2004 20:21:25.0879 (UTC) FILETIME=[4DE2F070:01C3E5DC] Message-ID: Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 14:21:25 -0600 Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list Sender: pic microcontroller discussion list From: Mike Hord Subject: Re: [OT:] On Capitalism, freedom & democracy To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Precedence: list X-RCPT-TO: Status: U X-UIDL: 371856159 > >Where political systems inevitably fail is that not everyone is > >willing to play buy the rules. > >I always thought that the problem was that only the most affluent >can afford to play "buy the rules". > >Lyle Oops. Freudian slip. With all the politicking going on these days, my mind is naturally focused on, shall we say, the indiscretions involved in funding campaigns... Mike H. _________________________________________________________________ There are now three new levels of MSN Hotmail Extra Storage! Learn more. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=hotmail/es2&ST=1 -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics .