tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11753985.post6887746278521628069..comments2023-12-03T02:23:12.272-06:00Comments on BeggarsCanBeChoosers.com: Speaking Out Against Excessive CEO Pay Is Bush's Most Cynical Move YetMarc McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17105754072842852126noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11753985.post-25768951594194445992007-02-24T03:11:00.000-06:002007-02-24T03:11:00.000-06:00None of this is going to change by sitting around ...None of this is going to change by sitting around and waiting for someone to save you like some masochist begging for the caprice of your favorite god.<BR/><BR/>You need to become educated, seriously and rigorously, in political economy, liberal arts, classics, the canon. Then you need a lot of money, which means a high-paying job, and you need to become active in civics and politically well-connected. And you need to sacrifice for your children, sending them to the best schools and providing environments where they can study, then paying for them to get through Ivies and liberal arts colleges and flagship states, then professional schools, all the while teaching values of noblesse oblige. That's a lot more work. But if you could run things better than the current crop, or if you could raise children to be better leaders than the current batch, perhaps you ought to participate or you'll continue to be governed by your inferiors.<BR/><BR/>The first thing is to figure out what's going on and let other people know, which is what bloggers are doing, but when comes the part when people actually act on anything? Maybe volunteering in the next presidential election would be a start, learn how things work, meet people, get some direction. That's how the rightwing base did it. Really I don't think moving to Canada is what our Founding Fathers would have done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11753985.post-20077861763238118172007-02-19T06:12:00.000-06:002007-02-19T06:12:00.000-06:00Soaring CEO pay seems to get more out of control, ...Soaring CEO pay seems to get more out of control, the more the U.S. labor movement loses its clout. Do ya think there might be a connection between the two?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11753985.post-31742086125793166812007-02-02T13:12:00.000-06:002007-02-02T13:12:00.000-06:00C D
I have to say this statement of his I think i...C D<br /><br />I have to say this statement of his I think is a stall job. The reason I say that is it diverts attention from some of the real things that are going on that no one is doing anything about (like 2.3 trillion missing from DOD before 9-11 would be a good one, 9-11 itself needs to be re-investigated) These guys need to go in the worsted way before we get sucked into a war with Iran. My thoughts are that they are trying to keep the dollar from collapsing and I don't think they can. <br /><br />Average JoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11753985.post-38830848597314321692007-02-01T00:10:00.000-06:002007-02-01T00:10:00.000-06:00Since Junior can't run for another term, folks say...Since Junior can't run for another term, folks say he has nothing to lose by doing and saying whatever he wants during the next two years. I'm convinced that his concilliatory moves, pitiful as they are, come from pressure by the Republicans who want to keep their jobs in the 2008 election. His remarks about CEO compensation probably originated in Rove's head.<br /><br />And I think Congress should be looking very closely at this Halliburton thing. The feds require bids on all government projects, yet Halliburton has been awarded contracts worth billions without having to bid on them. This needs to be investigated. We also need to find out how millions of dollars in cash disappeared in Iraq, and who has it.<br /><br />How Bush and Cheney have escaped being impeached and indicted is a mystery to me.Cranky Dazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433232531868316286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11753985.post-4670139943475409712007-01-31T19:52:00.000-06:002007-01-31T19:52:00.000-06:00wow. I really want to move to Canada out of shame...wow. I really want to move to Canada out of shame. I'm proud to live in the country where FDR took us out of the Great Depression, but that's all being erased by the administration i'm ashamed of. Of course, i am happy that the president at least has a pretense of working with the other party. This has little to do with the post, but whenever i get into this mood i like to point out that trickle-down economy doesn't work in countries whose biggest businesses, such as wal-mart, Nike, etc. outsource all their labor to countries where it's legal to pay three cents an hour.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13355915944357806159noreply@blogger.com