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To: Rande Is who wrote (21231)2/26/2000 1:59:00 PM
From: Knight  Respond to of 57584
 
Rande:
Your journalism prose is excellent. You certainly addressed an issue many people have with that subject, my hats off to you,
Vickie



To: Rande Is who wrote (21231)2/26/2000 3:34:00 PM
From: redwood  Respond to of 57584
 
the king is dead........long live the king...........redwood



To: Rande Is who wrote (21231)2/26/2000 3:36:00 PM
From: Tradelite  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 57584
 
Rande...your essay on "life and business in America" was excellent....I had written a response to Bruta's comments but deleted it because it might incite controversy where none was warranted. Bruta raised some interesting points, to be sure.

The only things I would add to your comments are...

(1) Investors Business Daily reported this week that WMT has agreed to pay "up to $16 million" to two girls whose father bought a gun at WMT and shot their mother while he was under a restraining order. Did WMT know about the restraining order? Should WMT have known? I'm not sure. But...

Does this remind you of lawsuits against McDonald's for spilled hot coffee, suits against the tobacco companies for lung cancer, etc. etc.?

Does it remind you of Darva Conger, the TV bride who is now appearing on national TV denouncing her own decision, denigrating everyone who participated in her TV wedding, and appearing to not understand how she did it?

My humble opinion for a long time has been that fewer people today want to take personal responsibility for their own actions....and corporate America has become a convenient target to hit when they need money to compensate for their own bad decisions.

(2) Bruta mentioned WMT employing workers part-time to avoid paying benefits. WMT isn't the only company employing workers as part-timers so they don't have to pay benefits. I could name a hundred others doing the same thing with "marginal workers" (i.e., entry-level workers and those who might not stay long in the job)....and let's face it....parsimonious payroll practices save money. Saving payroll money, coupled with pressuring suppliers to get lower prices (which Bruta also mentioned as a negative for WMT), enables WMT to do exactly what the American consumer is demanding that all retailers to do, which is CUT PRICES.

Welcome to corporate America. Welcome to successful corporate America, which is giving consumers what they want.

Welcome to consumerism in America...we vote with our money when we buy goods and services. And as investors we can either make money investing in successful companies without making judgments about whether they are moral, amoral or immoral....and we can invest in socially responsible companies which suit our personal ethics code. Fortunately, the market affords opportunities for all of us.

Happy investing.



To: Rande Is who wrote (21231)2/26/2000 8:39:00 PM
From: Cindy B.  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 57584
 
Rande

OT

AMEN! to your post "but it was the abolition of prayer in schools that directly corresponds to the increase of crime in America."

and Tradelites post # 21238 in which he commented on "fewer people wanting to take personal responsibility for their own actions..."

Several years ago I read and cut out the following comments made by Don Wildmon President of American Family Association. (www.afa.net.)

"The real problem eating away at the very foundation of our society is the lack of individual responsibility. The human tendency to avoid individual responsibility has always been there; but today rejecting individual responsibility has become a way of life in America. It is a direct result of rejecting God's sovereignty over our lives. When God's rules are followed, individuals are held accountable for their actions, and it doesn't matter that they were born poor or that their mothers didn't love them enough...."

Today many people are afraid to publicly make a statement like that, (about the abolition of prayer) thanks for being a real man. After reading this thread for several months, I believe you fall into this category. This is my tribute to you. (I also cut this out after reading it)

the world needs men

...who cannot be bought.
...whose word is their bond.
...who put character above wealth.
...who possess opinions and a will.
...who are larger than their vocations.
...who do not hesitate to take chances.
...who will not lose their individuality in a crowd.
...who will be as honest in small things as in great things.
...who will make no compromise with wrong.
...whose ambitions are not confined to their own selfish desires.
...who will not say they will do it "because everybody else does it."
...who are true to their friends through good report and evil report, in adversity as well as in prosperity.
...who do not believe that shrewdness, cunning and hard-headedness are the best qualities for winning success.
...who are not ashamed or afraid to stand for the truth when it is unpopular.
...who can say "no" with emphasis, although all the rest of the world says "yes".

Regards, Cindy



To: Rande Is who wrote (21231)2/27/2000 4:26:00 PM
From: Frederick Langford  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 57584
 
, but it was the abolition of prayer in schools that directly corresponds to the increase of crime in America.

Easily solvable. Get the Federal Gov out of the school system.
For as long as Federal money, which incidentally, you check the statistics, it was when the Feds stepped in, NOT when religion was taken out.

The moment Federal monies are used the Constitution clearly states the separation MUST exist.
The great school systems of the 50's were STATE and County funded, thus local and state laws applied.

As long as the Federal Government muddles in the school system, any religious references are illegal.

It's a shame so few in Congress will admit this. It seems they would rather erode a much more important law

Fred


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