Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : The Left Wing Porch -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: thames_sider who wrote (5515)	4/8/2002 1:01:43 PM
From: elpolvo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6089

ts- saving lives by killing people works but not for long. its an "old school" approach. i like this part of your article. The Angola process, in which the Unita rebel group has signed a deal with the government where all fighters will form one army, ended a civil war that has raged since the country gained its independence in 1975. that's the key... ONE fighting force... we set up an international mercenary fighting force and pay high dollar sign-up bonuses. we can have a multitude of divisions with various goals and targets, a separate one for every ideology and enemy that anyone hates and wants to blow off the face of the earth. after every mad vengeance seeker in the world has signed on and we're in the training and planning stages, we allow someone like caesar chavez to come in and unionize them -- call it the "united militant workers of the world" union. then as management, we begin to reduce bennies and cut salaries 10% across the board, maybe even threaten to increase hours in the work week and eliminate a couple of vacation days... and... huaw-laaa! they go on strike. damn. <G> then we hire a competent team of attorneys to negotiate the strike issues (the microsoft legal team, for example). they can keep that impasse going for decades. -polvo