Marin
Alright Marin, We do have common ground.
"The thing that gets results in government is greed.
Same as outside the government. Greed is a short-term catalyst. "I want
it now." Which brings me back to my original point, which is that more and
more decisions are being made with less and less thought to the long-term
consequences. Age has nothing to do with this, by the way."
Don't tell me you support election finance reform.
Please don't misinterpret my statement about complaining to the list.
Discussing issues that are oblique to the list is important. We (those on
the list) have other issues and interests (reluctantly, I assure you)
besides LR's.
I suppose though I may not completely agree with your statements, knee
jerking can go both ways.
I do not in any way, shape, or form support violent and destructive methods
of gaining attention to issues. I think the Eco-terrorists are as bad as
those who blindly continue practices that are destructive. The WTO riots in
Seattle sicken me. What should have been a thought provoking look at issues
was sodden by actions brought on by low life's interested in vandalism and
barbaric behavior.
There is another thing that makes me sick and that's posturing by people in
places of authority who don't give a tic turd for those who work with them
or the community they are in. We are an ignorant people and only take action
when we see our children dieing or our profit margins shrinking from
decreased sales from customers dropping dead.
I do work with several gov't and large corporations (contract basis) and see
what wholesale "reorganization" can do to people. I've witnessed two major
shakeups that have cause hundreds of people to lose their jobs. Bottom line,
those at the top who pretend to take responsibility for their actions are
still employed with safe financial futures and many people with years
invested are stuck, scrambling for some safe work. It's not an issue of
outsiders causing people to lose their jobs but poor management with a lack
of vision and education (MBA's are not the only qualification for
leadership).
What I hope is that you do not limit yourself to this forum in making your
opinions known. You are eloquent and intelligent (though I'm sure CARNIVORE
regularly monitors this list for subversive behavior) you need to make your
opinions known to those in authority. We put them there, make them work for
it.
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