Re: OT: 1980 vs. 2008J.P. wrote:
> On Fri, 02 May 2008 08:23:23 -0600, Lord Valve
> <detritus@ix,net com,com > wrote:
>
>> Truth~Seeker wrote:
>>
>>>> Truth~Seeker wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dave Moore wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Truth~Seeker" <"fixing-44182"@.REMOVAL~mypacks,net > wrote in message
>>>>> news:bsKdnbodfuXy9oTVnZ2dnUVZ tajnZ2d@giganews,com ...
>>>>>
>>>>>> 1980: CEO's earn 40 X Average Worker's Salary
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2008: CEO's earn 433 X Average Worker's Salary
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Most Disgusting Awards
>>>>>> Company performance = failure, CEO Massive $$$$):
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tobin Boston Scientific
>>>>>> Sharer Amgen
>>>>>> Mozilo Countrywide
>>>>>> Forsee Sprint (Now a filthy $$$ Univ. Pres.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Democracy is dead in McCorporate 'Murka. If you don't think we live in a
>>>>>> Corpocracy, tell me why...
>>>>>
>>>>> cause I'm too stupid to think, (period) ? DM
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Facetious response to a non-rhetorical question noted Dave :-)! I just
>>>> wonder if any of these guys really have a grasp on the runaway market
>>>> fundamentalism which appears to have temporarily decimated the ideals of
>>>> Democracy in this nation. The extent to which avarice at the top of all
>>>> of societies mechanisms have not merely "been eating away at the
>>>> fabric", but have managed to consume it and deficate it back out as the
>>>> vulgar, disrespectful, intensely angry, divisive / split union now
>>>> passing for these "United" States. When Ike called the "military
>>>> industrial complex" for what it is, he clearly foresaw the potential for
>>>> American Fascism. When enough people's paychecks are hinged to the war
>>>> machine, Edmund Burke's sage observation: "Evil is what happens when
>>>> good people look the other way", becomes the nation's unspoken motto.
>>>>
>>>> The black heart and dead souls of the Nazi Germany's SS is unfortunately
>>>> alive and sick, doing all it can to "bwahahahahaha" all that kept our
>>>> innocent chilhoods earnest every morning, as we mouthed the words
>>>> "One Nation Under God".
>>>>
>>>> Well, imo, unless wiser heads prevail and unify, redistribute and
>>>> reunite, we'll temporarily remain one nation...but God will have left
>>>> us for elsewhere and a darkness not seen since...
>>>>
>>>> "...The Dark Ages
>>>>
>>>> Early scholars gave the name "Dark Ages" to the period in Europe after
>>>> the fall of the Roman Empire. During this period, barbarian Goths,
>>>> Vandals, and Huns swept down on Europe from the north and east. They
>>>> destroyed many fine buildings and works of art that had existed during
>>>> Roman times. During the Dark Ages, knowledge survived only in
>>>> monasteries, and there were very few schools. Many of the old arts and
>>>> crafts were lost. This is why the time was called the "Dark Ages."
>>>>
>>>> The eastern Roman Empire was not conquered by the barbarians. There, the
>>>> arts still flourished. People were still thinking and making fine works
>>>> of art in other parts of the world. In China and India, great
>>>> civilizations grew and spread. In the 1000s, Europe began to slowly
>>>> recover from its artistic darkness. The lost knowledge of the ancient
>>>> Greeks and Romans was found again. There was a new interest in learning,
>>>> and the richer life of the Middle Ages began...."
>>>>
>>>> Athens--->Rome--->London---->Washington D.C.
>>>>
>>>> Next stop Beijing? New Delhi?
>>>>
>>>> "...In China and India, great civilizations grew and spread..."
>>>>
>>>> One gets the chilling sense that our Rome has finally begun to rot. With
>>>> God's Grace enough of us will prevail. I was born in 1957 and find
>>>> myself grateful that I won't be around to witness 2065 and beyond, as
>>>> things have been heading...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Interesting how not one hay8r / mudslinger has a thing to say in
>>> response to this.
>>>
>>> It's similar to info. I wrote up about my under-the-fingers guitar
>>> players approach to modes, both major and a few melodic minor for
>>> jazz/rock/fusion apps.
>>>
>>> The among us resort to false accusations of plagerism, rather
>>> than acknowledge, engage or inquire. These are the same types apt to
>>> screech about spelling or syntax errors, claim the other guy is "on
>>> meds", or howl that he's got some sort of "medical or criminal" record
>>> in a debased effort to discredit.
>>>
>>> One such low life is now under the scrutiny of the U.S. Secret Service.
>>> If/and/or when he pops up again, I suspect that while he is personally
>>> incapable of modifying his demented pathology, he'll assiduously avoid
>>> any/all implied threat references to presidential candidates.
>>>
>>> + Regards and Peace to all the Good Guys here,
>>>
>>> mvm
>> You're a fucking idiot.
>>
>> I'll make a threat right here, where everyone can see it:
>> You'd better stop harrassing me on the telephone, or
>> I double-damn guarantee you I will sue you for it. Be
>> advised that your local switch records *everything*
>> you dial, whether you hang up before the called
>> party answers or not.
>>
>> BTW - how's life as a stableboy? One might speculate
>> that your problem can be traced to horse-shit fumes.
>> Jenkem, anyone?
>>
>> I haven't threatened any presidential candidates with
>> anything beyond promising that I won't vote for them,
>> and - in the unlikely event that the Secret Service
>> or the FBI (or whoever) gives any credence at all
>> to your little narkfest - anyone who takes a look at
>> my posts will understand that immediately. You've
>> placed yourself in the hilariously untenable position
>> of having reported someone for cutting a virtual
>> fart...and if anything untoward comes out of this,
>> I'll sue you for that, too.
>>
>> Count on it, asshole.
>>
>> Lord Valve
>> BaaaaarrrrAAAACCCKKKK! <Safety!>
>>
> This stupid psycho apparently will do anything required to keep his
> top gay pedo profile on AGA..except make like a tree and leave...or
> just killfile him and killfile all new socks for a few months to get
> rid of him...no replys=mullet drys on the beach where he belongs
> because no one loves him and his crass humor anymore...back to the
> nuthouse or hiding in his doghouse behind the gay bar again...working
> at night...for joints and quarters...
Well I don't think it takes too much in the synapse department to see
who "Bwahahaha / Lib! / LOL" has been all along. :-) mvm