Only complaint...

>Perhaps Bill Gates' buddy G.W.Bush can arrange a Grenada style invasion
>or some other "regime change"?
>
>This is petty, IMO. Not to mention that you alienate some people right
>out of the box by denegrating G.W.

That little dig at W was, of course, intended to be more humorous than
serious, but lets look at this logically:

1. W is not just willing, but anxious to commit Americans to a major
shooting war in a distant country on behalf of Big Oil regardless of
public or world opinion (If it wasn't all about oil, he'd be more concerned
with North Korea, which is way ahead of Iraq in Weapons of Mass
Destructions and ships weapons around the world).

2. W's administration refused to punish Microsoft AT ALL after they
were convicted on major antitrust charges. Microsoft executives have
admitted Microsoft has more power over computer OEMs AFTER the
DOJ settlement than they did before it.

3. W's administration has already deployed the Department of State
to influence the government of Peru on behalf of Microsoft.

3. W's administration has already been implicated in an attempted
"regime change" in Venezuela (they have oil in Venezuela too, you
know).

4. Logically, from the above, why would not W's administration be
agreeable to perpretrating a small "regime change" in favor of
Big Software, in a nearby, minor country, where they are already fully
involved in covert action, when they have already shown substantial
support for Big Software?

Post #85,205 by kmself 3/2/03 3:49:39 PM Reply	Only complaint... \r\nOnly real complaint so far is a guy who takes offense at my dig at G.W.Bush in\r\nForeign Threat / Venezuela.\r\n \r\n\r\n Where I come from, that's spelled "c-o-m-p-l-i-m-e-n-t". \r\n\r\n Rock on, Andrew. \r\n --\r\n Karsten M. Self [link\|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com\|kmself@ix.netcom.com]\r\n [link\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/]\r\n What part of "gestalt" don't you understand?\r\n [link\|http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/\|TWikIWETHEY] -- an experiment in collective intelligence. Stupidity. Whatever.\r\n \r\n Keep software free. Oppose the CBDTPA. Kill S.2048 dead.\r\n[link\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html]\r\n
Post #85,210 by Andrew Grygus 3/2/03 5:46:35 PM Reply	OK, I finally answered that one. >Perhaps Bill Gates' buddy G.W.Bush can arrange a Grenada style invasion >or some other "regime change"? > >This is petty, IMO. Not to mention that you alienate some people right >out of the box by denegrating G.W. That little dig at W was, of course, intended to be more humorous than serious, but lets look at this logically: 1. W is not just willing, but anxious to commit Americans to a major shooting war in a distant country on behalf of Big Oil regardless of public or world opinion (If it wasn't all about oil, he'd be more concerned with North Korea, which is way ahead of Iraq in Weapons of Mass Destructions and ships weapons around the world). 2. W's administration refused to punish Microsoft AT ALL after they were convicted on major antitrust charges. Microsoft executives have admitted Microsoft has more power over computer OEMs AFTER the DOJ settlement than they did before it. 3. W's administration has already deployed the Department of State to influence the government of Peru on behalf of Microsoft. 3. W's administration has already been implicated in an attempted "regime change" in Venezuela (they have oil in Venezuela too, you know). 4. Logically, from the above, why would not W's administration be agreeable to perpretrating a small "regime change" in favor of Big Software, in a nearby, minor country, where they are already fully involved in covert action, when they have already shown substantial support for Big Software? [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #85,240 by Ashton 3/3/03 12:04:05 AM Reply	(and that's just surfin the high spots ;-)

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