[geeks] the end of the internet as we know it.

[Sandwich Maker]

" From: Jonathan Patschke <jp at celestrion.net>
" 
" On Tue, 4 Aug 2009, nate at portents.com wrote:
" 
" > []
" 
" 
" We have plenty more laws than we need.  So many, in fact, that Congress
" can't be arsed to read them before passing them.

<dream> it'd be nice if we could change that and require reading by
the voting congresscritter before passing...

" > In the last 10 years any "stepping up" of police enforcement has been
" > for show and nobody has dared tried to really enforce anything.
" 
" The stepping up hasn't been nearly as much for show as it is to do what
" politics does best: reward friends and punish enemies.  A ConAgra plant
" will never be raided; smaller firms get raided all the time.
" 
" People will be corrupt forever.

machiavelli was right.  he didn't advocate corruption; he merely
reported on it.  power corrupts, and it attracts the corruptible.

" As it is, the immigration system hurts far more than it hurts, 

?

" the security it provides is facade, and its presence is a
" convenient excuse for other forms of federal tyranny (warrantless
" checkpoints within 100 miles of the borders, etc.).

the patriot act...  control freaks using a tragedy to seize control in
the name of security.

" > What I'm proposing won't happen, but here goes - I consider the CEOs and
" > upper management of the major agribusiness companies in this country
" > who've benefited from illegal immigrants to be the equivalent of mafia
" > crime bosses
" 
" Oh, they're not crime bosses.  The crime bosses are the ones in the
" government.  The corporate executives (regardless of industry) who buy
" the favor of the powerful are nothing more than "friends of the family".

i don't see much difference.  if the industry bosses have the ability
to buy the favor of the powerful [or simply buy the powerful], they
are themselves powerful.

hey, it's -just-business-.  it's still an abuse of morality and
ethics, but someone recently described the psych profile of the
typical big-corp upper mgmt as 'successful sociopath'.  that fits a
lot of political animals too, and the more successful they are the
less it shows...
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