Fwd: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Stan, CAUTION, politics ahead

[Rik Sandberg]

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From: Rik Sandberg <sanderico at earthlink.net>
To: LafingBear at aol.com
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Stan, CAUTION, politics ahead
Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 13:12:28 -0500

> Jim,
>
> I think you already know what I meant: "Success used to mean 
> intelligence, hard work,
>> perserverence, etc." But that's not really in the same context as the 
>> discussion we were in. I think that's more of a domestic issue than the 
>> war topic. Even more convoluted to boot!!! Not that I don't agree with 
>> most of your points.
>
> And, yeah we should get together and go sailing sometime, even if we 
> don't use the discussion of weighty subjects for an excuse. :-)
>
> Rik
>
>
> On Fri, 30 May 2003 12:24:51 EDT, <LafingBear at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey Rik! In response to your question, what's wrong with being 
>> successful and making money. Success used to mean intelligence, hard 
>> work, perserverence, etc. Nowadays we see the CEO's getting huge bonuses 
>> in companies that are failing. This is so bad that foreign investors are 
>> looking elsewhere. You can't trust doctors, priests have taken a bad 
>> rap, lawyers have the worst reputations in the professional world etc. 
>> Is a big time drug dealer with lots of money and influence to be 
>> admired? If you have any contact with young people you know that these 
>> questions are frequently asked. In my fathers day, if you worked hard 
>> the company took care of you, rewarded your hard work and gave you a 
>> pension for your loyalty and effort. That is all history now. The 
>> company frequently screws you one or two years before you're due to 
>> retire, rips off your pension plan and cuts off your health  benefits. 
>> It's a whole new world. Money and power , if that's what you mean by 
>> success, are no longer always the rewards of admirable people.
>> We'll have to sail together someday and discuss these weightly matters.
>> Jim
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