I'm sure the good Mr. Hazel did not mean to single you out
with his gentle admonition, but rather meant to point out
to _all_ the posters in this thread, both liberal and neocon,
that their views are best expressed on other newsgroups.
But, now I am putting words into his mouth.
As for wandering chickens? Meh. Wandering _ELK_, now
_that's_ a problem! =`:^>
--
frosty
Chandru Murthi wrote:
> AAAh,did I hit a nerve?
>
> To use a children's excuse, I didn't start this one (the
> why-pick-on-me complaint.)
>
> But I don't get why, if you are not interested, you don't just ignore
> these posts. I'm sure we all do it some of the time.
>
> What's ironic is that the original topic about the wandering
> chickens, is something I do care about, and write about in my green
> blog, but I chose not to respond as it seemed OT !
>
> Chandru
>
> "Homer L. Hazel" <hNoOmerlhANTI@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:K8UHj.79671$497.26437@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Chandru,
>>
>> Please take your political ideas some place else.
>>
>> They do not have any business in comp.databases.pick.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Homer Hazel
>>
>> "Chandru Murthi" <cmurth_xyz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:QVTHj.1745$ie3.1519@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> "Bill H" <someone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:homdnY6nOYtwXnLanZ2dnUVZ_smnnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> I was working with staff from one of our client's the other day
>>>> when I asked to get external access to their dbms server (I'm
>>>> accessing from another city). The staff member suggested I go to
>>>> 10.0.0.50. I thought for a moment then decided I needed to speak
>>>> with someone else as this staff member didn't seem to have a frame
>>>> of reference to solve the access issue I was having.
>>>>
>>>> I wouldn't know where to begin with your comments; I thought we had
>>>> gotten past this many posts ago.
>>>
>>> Meaning what, exactly? The interesting post by Excalibur pointed
>>> out some of the problems we have here.But I would be quite hesitant
>>> to concede authority on these issues to some of the posters who say
>>> the following:
>>>
>>> Business taxes "higher than in other countries around the world"...
>>> please cite. Please deduct all the subsidies that are readily
>>> available, particularly to large businesses.
>>>
>>> Quoting Milton Freidman is not particularly useful. I would no more
>>> listen to his brand of anti-humanitarianism and economic Darwinism
>>> that I would take lessons from Genghis Khan on diplomacy.
>>>
>>> Implying that the Feds caused the current mortgage ---perhaps the
>>> poster means the Feds, with their general abrogation of all
>>> responsibility and oversight that our current administration has
>>> pushed in so many spheres (environment, law, science, teaching,
>>> what-have-you,) did encourage the rapacity of the lenders. So I
>>> guess they did. David Mamet may be a most brilliant playwright, but
>>> after reading
>>> his "jejune" (he used the word first,) rant, I fear he has lost his
>>> marbles. Nothing like a reformed liberal I suppose (like reformed
>>> smokers) who think that have found God in the word "MARKETPLACE!".
>>> Good reading, though, he can still weave the words.
>>>
>>> I don't know who Cullen Hightower is, but anyone capable of such
>>> pithy statements must be viewed with suspicion.
>>>
>>> Iae, I am perfectly happy to pay my own taxes, which I suspect are
>>> somewhat higher than the average CEO's.
>>>
>>> If you think the money you "earn" is actually solely derived from
>>> your efforts, you must live on an off-grid pig farm on a
>>> mountaintop. In any modern society, practically anything you do
>>> benefits from a chain of events that go way into your and others'
>>> past. You drive on roads someone else paid for. You benefit from
>>> educational systems that have been in place for decades. Your
>>> safety depends on laws that society (maybe) agrees to. etc. etc. To
>>> say that your income "belongs"only to you and that you owe nothing
>>> to society is simply short-sighted. Taxation is a direct attempt to
>>> pay back the debt you owe to society. Not including, of course,
>>> other moral and humanitarian obligations. Finally, I'm surprised to
see
>>> the concept of welfare queens, ****k
>>> barrels and government waste still resonate, however debunked they
>>> are. Sorta like McCain saying that we can balance the budget by
>>> cutting out what amounts to 2% of the GDP. I guess wishful thinking
>>> never ceases. Every company I've ever been involved with "wasted"
>>> resources at least at the same rate as the "government." It's human
>>> nature, get more than three people together and waste ensues.
>>> Government is no more wasteful than any other large enterprise, it
>>> just is more subject to scrutiny and ridicule. Chandru Murthi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>>
>>>> "Chandru Murthi" <cmurth_xyz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>> news:nfsHj.88$ie3.28@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> It's unforunate that economic conservatives (I hesitate to use a
>>>>> stronger term,) think that they can get along without
>>>>> governments; they should check out Afghanistan or somewhere the
>>>>> government does not intervene.
>>>>>
>>>>> Plainly: economic inequity in the US is increasing. This is a
>>>>> fact. Whether or not Tom with his raise has or has not an
>>>>> incentive to work harder, it is specious to claim that we have
>>>>> too-high taxes in this country. Clearly our extreme deficit and
>>>>> our other economic woes are due to not gettting enough revenues.
>>>>>
>>>>> I find it particularly sad that so many upper-income folks (as
>>>>> our dear President is so fond of saying) cannot see that those
>>>>> less fortunate are in deep trouble, and getting more so. It's
>>>>> only the individualism built into our (American's) psyche which
>>>>> makes the lower-income folks delude themselves into thinking
>>>>> things will get better rather than electing those who might cause
>>>>> real change. After all, they are the majority are they not?
>>>>>
>>>>> Chandru (the proto-socialist) Murthi
>>>>>
>>>>> "Bill H" <someone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>>> news:0JOdnThn2bKqpXbanZ2dnUVZ_qCunZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>> Douglas:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For those willing to tackle economic material from a religious
>>>>>> source, there's always:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/do***ents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus_en.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I thought this was a very enjoyable read, from a variety of
>>>>>> perspectives.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bill
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Douglas Tatelman" <douglas@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>>>>
news:8aa71cb5-be53-4ab6-b8f9-242814d299be@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>> Bill
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It is refre****ng to read your pro Market and economic freedom
>>>>>>> postings.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Perhaps we should just point your detractors to David Mamets
>>>>>>> recent essay
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Why I'm no longer a brain dead liberal"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0811,374064,374064,1.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers
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