The Corporate Elite Takes Off its Mask

Boy, and business leaders are always saying that they care about people. It's almost like they are politicians.

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Written by Chris Floyd
Friday, 13 October 2006
Nothing encapsulates the obscene and depraved mindset that drives the corporate elite – and their avid partners in government – than the first two paragraphs of this straightforward New York Times business story:

China is planning to adopt a new law that seeks to crack down on sweatshops and protect workers’ rights by giving labor unions real power for the first time since it introduced market forces in the 1980s.

The move, which underscores the government’s growing concern about the widening income gap and threats of social unrest, is setting off a battle with American and other foreign corporations that have lobbied against it by hinting that they may build fewer factories here.

Thoughts...

With the impending elections looming ever closer and the "lesser of evils" mentality seeping back in too the American psyche like an old habit the choices, for at least this one cynic seems more clear than usual. Not to say that there has been a massive influx of deserving, less-corrupt (let's be realistic here), political players to make us all feel like there is hope on the horizon. There isn't. Despite a couple of lights that are still on the state/local level, there isn't much to be hopeful of at the moment.
So, how is it that my choices have become easier? Well, with all the hypocritical mudslinging on top of the almost weekly scandal of some Republican from some district the choices seem easy. DO NOT VOTE REPUBLICAN. The Republican scandals have gotten to many to list, and despite being almost unmentioned in the mainstream media have still caught some attention. The latest Foley scandal being the exception to this, nothing sells like sex with younger men.
I'm not saying that if the politician isn't a Repub. than their not without flaws, scandals, skeletons. But as usual the ones casting the most mud seem to be the biggest offenders of what is right and wrong. So, when choosing who to or who not to vote for, look for the name calling, odds are the ones slinging the most arrows are the ones NOT to vote for.

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thought for the day

In Pharmacology, all drugs have two names, a trade name and a generic
name. For example, the trade name of Tylenol also has a generic name of
Acetaminophen. Aleve is also called Naproxen. Amoxil is also called
Amoxicillin and Advil is also called Ibuprofen.

The FDA has been looking for a generic name for Viagra. After
careful consideration by a team of government experts, it recently
announced that it has settled on the generic name of Mycoxafloppin. Also
considered were Mycoxafailin, Mydixadrupin, Mydixarizin, Dixafix, and of
course, Ibepokin.

Pfizer Corp. announced today that Viagra will soon be available in
liquid form, and will be marketed by Pepsi Cola as a power beverage
suitable for use as a mixer. It will now be possible for a man to literally
pour himself a stiff one. Obviously we can no longer call this a soft
drink, and it gives new meaning to the names of "cocktails", "highballs"
and just a good old-fashioned "stiff drink". Pepsi will market the new
concoction by the name of: MOUNT & DO.

Thought for the day:
There is more money being spent on breast implants and Viagra today
than on Alzheimer's research. This means that by 2040, there should be
a large elderly population with perky boobs and huge
erections and absolutely no recollection of what to do with them.