From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Tue Sep 17 2002 - 08:04:58 MDT
>From: Harvey Newstrom <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com>
>I get a little scared when I read how U.S. corporations siphon off
>billions of dollars of capital investment stockholders send and
>how our government conspires with 3rd world dictators to keep
>these madmen like Saddam Hussein in power and then try to rewrite
>history to claim these events never happened. On top of that,
>they keep all the accounting books and military secret evidence
>hidden so no one can independently challenge them.
I have always opposed our support of dictators. The old bad joke
was that you can always tell between two guys the one the U.S.
supports, he's the guy who looks most like a doorman at the Hilton.
>Yes, when most of these corporations and military support come
>from our own nation. Whatever happened to taking responsibility
>for one's actions? The U.S. currently doesn't seem to want to
>live with the UN or security councils it set up, doesn't want to
>abide by treaties it signed or promised to sign, and doesn't seem
>to want to follow the same rules that we demand everyone else
>follow. Even if these are totally rational actions, it is easy to
>see why other countries would become concerned. It is the old
>"tit for tat" strategy of game theory. Now that we have broken
>our promises, it is time to reap what we sow. I don't know why
>anybody should be surprised at this obvious cause and effect.
The U.N. doesn't even live up to it's own resolutions.
The U.N. has exceeded it's mandate, it's time to reign it in.
What one administration promises does not obligate me to anything.
Kyoto was a bad idea, never approved, and I'm glad we're not part
of it.
I agree we should not require of others what we don't require of
ourselves.
Brian
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