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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (55259)	10/28/2002 4:39:01 PM
From: epsteinbd	Respond to of 281500

Belafonte doing his Belladonna, unless he is mentally limited or more simply, just mean. He should have swallowed his tongue: quite a negative performance.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (55259)	10/28/2002 5:25:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 281500

<I'm sure there aren't many of us who would openly undermine the person who pays our check and appointed us to our positions. We try and change policy from the inside, by weight of our arguments. And if we fail to succeed, we're obligated to abide by, and support, the decisions of our leaders> Precisely. That was exactly the position I took in my corporate life. I would do whatever they wanted which was legal, for 8 hours a day [depending on exigencies at the time]. I would change things by argument, not sabotage. I would have resigned if I objected too strongly. They could come up with some really stupid ideas and instructions. I'm happy to say that my ideas in BP Oil, though weird at the time, are now corporate policy - probably just that the breeze was blowing that way and they finally noticed the breeze [years after I left]. I expect that Colin Powell is doing a lot more than just. <Powell not speaking out has nothing to do with being a "house slave", but with being a loyal member of the administration who understands that publicly issuing dissent only serves to assist folks like Saddam.> Who would love nothing more than split ranks. He must rub his hands in glee when he sees the USA dissension, debates, Brent Scowcroft comments etc, but then be bewildered when the power of such democratic processes results in King George II ending up with a mandate to sort him out and the strength of that backing. Mq