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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (48898)	6/11/2004 12:37:05 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

I have read some stuff attributed to Baer. Which article specifically are you referring to? link?

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (48898)	6/11/2004 1:13:15 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 89467

"...still dont see how you say we disagree... You said they were the most corrupt. I have hope for the Saudi government because it is changing and evolving to be more responsive to the needs of the people. I also see the influence of Western technology and communication influencing the social system and expect to see free enterprise developing in Saudi Arabia. The best we could hope for would be an England style monarch with a separate governing body that actually rules the land. If Al-Quaida comes into legitimacy in Saudi, I would give up on it. There are some leaderships that I consider hopeless.If you want me to start a list it would be: Saddam, Milosovich, Khaddafi, Hillary, Lott, Fujimori, Marcos, Suharto, Musharaf... just to get a list started. Not to long ago people tended to put up with corruption in leadership as a necessary evil. However, corruption in government leadership across Asia is becoming unfashionable and there is a groundswell of protests and overthrows in that part of the world. Here in the west we have seen corporate leaders finding themselves with similar challenges and charges of corruption. I liked this statement made by some Catholic dude: "Human persons who do not live according to moral principles have been cut out from the roots of morality, have been deprived from the light and vital liquid of truth and faith, thus become into a mockery of a human being, into an insignificant tree (reference to a Bonzai) that is unable to host birds or nests," Cardinal Rodriguez added.