Business lesson - Corruption Kills people and business
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Posted by Scott Stephens on September 9, 2005, 1:41 pm
Please log in for more thread options Corruption kills businesses, people, economy and culture. Note the rats and dogs chewing on the dead in N.O. Republicans like Bush reward good 'ol boys with positions of authority, rather than the most competent, but less socially approved of. Democrats choose popular candidates based on (gasp!) race and sex, because degradation, domination and death is more desirable if meted out at the hands of someone of your own race and gender. Fools! The children of the Republicans will suffer at the hands of the children of the Democrats. Lord spare the righteous from your judgment, and the wise from the folly of their culture! Scott -- ********************************** DIY Piezo-Gyro, PCB Drill Bot & More Soon! http://home.comcast.net/~scottxs/ POLITICS, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. - Ambrose Bierce Don't ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it - Ayn Rand ********************************** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by on September 9, 2005, 4:46 pm
Please log in for more thread options Scott Stephens wrote: You can make what speculations you like about who the Democrats might have appointed had they been in power, but all you are saying here is that you don't trust the Democrats either - so it is a waste of bandwidth Meanwhile I can get some meagre satisfaction out of having predicted that Dubbya was going to wreck the U.S, economy, back when he was first elected. I must say that I didn't expect him to do it by cheap-skating on the flood defences around southern oil refineries. Because the oil industry paid for his election campaign, I'd have expected him to have rewarded them by setting the Corps of Engineers to build up precisely those levees. This would assume that the guy had enough sense to realise where the best interests of his paymasters really lay. ------- Bill Sloman, Nijmegen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Winfield Hill on September 9, 2005, 6:45 pm
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bill.sloman@ieee.org wrote... >
> Because the oil industry paid for his election campaign, I'd have > expected him to have rewarded them by setting the Corps of Engineers > to build up precisely those levees. Bill, sorry, there aren't any southern oil refineries inside the New Orleans' levee-protected area. Google maps is a good resource http://maps.google.com/maps? -- click Update: satellite imagery of New Orleans. Or try, http://maps.google.com/maps?q=New+Orleans&t=e I've been to New Orleans about a dozen times, from a few days to a week each, exploring one of my favorite cities. So I really got a lot out of re-exploring from above with Google maps. It was sobering to do the same with the post-Katrina version, try it out. -- Thanks, - Win | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Scott Stephens on September 9, 2005, 8:48 pm
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bill.sloman@ieee.org wrote: > You can make what speculations you like about who the Democrats might
> have appointed had they been in power, but all you are saying here is > that you don't trust the Democrats either - so it is a waste of > bandwidth I don't accept the false dichotomy, the dilemma of choosing either a Repug or a Dem. I choose to say they are both the parties of corrupt pragmatism, not the principles thy espouse. > I must say that I didn't expect him to do it by cheap-skating on the
> flood defences around southern oil refineries. IIRC Bush slightly increased the spending over the Clinton years. BTW Clinton didn't do anything either. I can post a reference to an article about how in 1970 enviro-nuts filed a lawsuit to stop using swamp land for storm run-off. I could blame them. But I account it to corrupt stupidity. > Because the oil industry paid for his election campaign, I'd have
> expected him to have rewarded them by setting the Corps of Engineers to > build up precisely those levees. This would assume that the guy had > enough sense to realise where the best interests of his paymasters > really lay. I hear 90% of the oil infrastructure survived, but disrupted. How much of the Casino industry is trashed? 99% ? You'd think the Dems would take better care of their Casinos and brothels. Scott -- ********************************** DIY Piezo-Gyro, PCB Drill Bot & More Soon! http://home.comcast.net/~scottxs/ POLITICS, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. - Ambrose Bierce Don't ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it - Ayn Rand ********************************** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Richard the Dreaded Libertaria on September 12, 2005, 8:30 pm
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On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 16:46:12 -0700, bill.sloman wrote: > Because the oil industry paid for his election campaign, I'd have
> expected him to have rewarded them by setting the Corps of Engineers to > build up precisely those levees. This would assume that the guy had > enough sense to realise where the best interests of his paymasters > really lay. Problem is, the levees have nothing to do with the oil rigs in the gulf. They were getting 175 MPH winds before Katrina even made landfall. And, of course, it's an impeccable excuse for raping us to the tune of $2.85/gallon for gasoline (and that's the cheap stuff, in California, who has their own oil rigs.) Thanks, Rich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> and dogs chewing on the dead in N.O.
>
> Republicans like Bush reward good 'ol boys with positions of authority,
> rather than the most competent, but less socially approved of.
>
> Democrats choose popular candidates based on (gasp!) race and sex,
> because degradation, domination and death is more desirable if meted out
> at the hands of someone of your own race and gender.