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Sure IBM, like all

MrSmith1 — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 05:44:31 +0000

In reply to International Business Machines!

Sure IBM, like all corporations, is a soul-less, heartless entity that seeks only to make obscene amounts of money (a modest profit is never good enough), and only cares about people or the environment when there's a profit for them in doing so. But like all businesses they sometimes get their come-uppance, in this case, one of the biggest and costliest mistakes in the history of commerce; letting that Gates kid retain ownership of the MS-DOS operating system, when IBM had the chance to own it outright. Think of how much bigger and more annoyingly soul-less they might have been.

But that is where the saying

cmaukonen — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 02:27:38 +0000

In reply to not to be too snippy but pox

But that is where the saying came from. It is a misquote and I am aware of that. But it is how I feel.

A plague on all their houses.

As some one who works in the

Elusive Trope — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:32:13 +0000

In reply to I'm pretty sure that's it.

As some one who works in the nonprofit sector, and depends on not only employees giving but the corporation cutting annual checks in the amout of 30K to 75K to something even more, along with sponsorship of health and human service initiatives (as long as their logo gets on the brochure), there is much more to the idea of corporate responsibility.

I am one of the first persons to understand how the corporate structure (and it uber evil twin multi-national corporation structure) have wrecked havoc on societies (ie the dumping of topic waste in watershed of African villages so that the villagers are pissing, clearcutting forests that lead to mudslides killing everyone in a Indonesia village).

But to sit there and act as if there aren't people and corporations (most of which are not on Forbes 500) don't act in ways that benefit communities is just the same, pardon the french, crap we get from the other side.

We aren't going to move forward unless we willing to deal with the complexities. But if y'all want to just make a boogey man like the conservatives did with the commies, etc. count me out.

I'm pretty sure that's it.

Michael Maiello — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:24:03 +0000

In reply to I think I know where it came

I'm pretty sure that's it. Also, certain people who think taking a "liberal" public stance will insulate them from social criticism.

not to be too snippy but pox

Elusive Trope — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:09:27 +0000

In reply to A pox on all their houses.

not to be too snippy but pox and plague are actually two different things. So if you want to quote Shakespeare and have people respond to it as such, then maybe you might want to actually use the words he used rather than paraphrasing him. And I knew what you were referencing but since I have immersed in the Holocaust and Hiroshima all day here, I am getting to the point where I'm trying to lighten things up. Sorry.

A pox on all their houses.

cmaukonen — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:02:35 +0000

In reply to If you by "a pox" you mean

A pox on all their houses. Brush up your Shakespear.

If you by "a pox" you mean

Elusive Trope — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:45:00 +0000

In reply to A Pox on all their houses.

If you by "a pox" you mean x-box, then I agree. Unless by "their" we're thinking something altogether different.

A Pox on all their houses.

cmaukonen — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:42:00 +0000

In reply to This comes off like "A noun.

A Pox on all their houses.

Well, I just say this: all

Elusive Trope — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:28:05 +0000

In reply to This comes off like "A noun.

Well, I just say this: all this rambling, and attacks on particular bloggers/commenters, is to cover for the fact that you can't figure out how do awaken the body politic to the issues. So instead of deal with the difficult challenges facing those involved in governance, from the grassroots to the beltway, you seek the same easy rhetorical flourishes we see in places like cable news commentary shows.

Yes, that is it, I endorse

tmccarthy0 — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:19:24 +0000

In reply to This comes off like "A noun.

Yes, that is it, I endorse fucking over America. Feel better about yourself do you? Hi Dick Cheney, didn't know you were a frequent poster at Dagblog. How is the line in the sand working for you, building bridges and making friends I see.

Next up, you'll give us a lesson on how great Libertarianism is, and then you'll go on to tell us that Rand and Ron Paul are the greatest things to hit America. Whatever, we've heard it before, no need to write a master's thesis about how you just know, just know, we love to fuck America over. That is what believing different things means, it means we are fucking America over and you are righteous. I keep forgetting! You are just such a great guy! It must be awesome to believe all the right things. I sure do wish I could learn at your knee. Your belief system is also so much better than mine and more highly developed, because you are deep beyond words, but if only you could use fewer to let us know how great you are, it is more understandable to us morons when it is shorter. You really are awesome.

Let's face it KGB, you are just smarter. So exactly what is a genius like you, doing here anyway? Hell, I am sure AynRand.com is just waiting for another Galt to show up and save the world, maybe the real Galt is you. John "KGB" Galt Idaho. Hahahaha.

You are an absolute joke KGB, you know that, just an absolute joke.