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As was mentioned on my previous blog, my cousin is a corporate attorney in Houston. A couple of years ago he and my uncle came to visit. We were watching CNN and there was a story about the Iraq war and Halliburton. To my disbelief my cousin said, "What's Halliburton?" C'mon...you're a corporate attorney in Houston and you don't know what Halliburton is? My cousin has a mind that could slice diamonds so I quickly concluded that his ignorance had to be a ruse to deflect deep questioning.
My uncle, cousin, mom and dad later went out to dinner. The next day my mom said my cousin had mentioned his firm handled legal duties for Destiny's Child. Wow! He may have met Beyonce Knowles? I went to the `net to look up his firm, thinking I needed to send him an e-mail and ask for an introduction.
While looking that up I found the .pdf file you saw on my old blog -- my cousin testifying to the U.S. Congress on behalf of Enron! Certainly as an attorney being on the legal team handling the corporate scandal of the century was a big deal, yet he and my uncle had never mentioned his involvement.
Even more interesting, my mom said the topic of Enron had come up at dinner and my cousin's only comment was, "Yeah, those guys are definitely going to wind up doing some time." What a hoot! I guess he figured all along they were fucked, but why not put some of their ill-gotten loot in your pot before they go? "Sorry I couldn't do more for ya, fellas! Watch your bungholes in the shower!"
Like I say, my cousin has a mind that could cut diamonds. |
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Posted by Art | 10:16 AM EST |
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Throw Bush and Cheney in there along with their oil buddies and then you've got yourself a par-tay!
You know me, I'm so far right I make Rush Limbaugh look like Al Franken.
Still, this host actually had the audacity to suggest that the "greed" of the employees, who received company stock as part of their benefits packages, fueled the problem. It was their fault, in other words.
I found this more offensive than I can possibly say. Yes, employees look at their stock as an opportunity to earn money, but more importantly the stock is a reflection of their labor. Stock goes up, that means "I'm doing a good job. What I do matters. The sweat of my brow literally translates into a roof over my head, bread on my table."
Greed and security are not the same things and for anyone to suggest otherwise only illustrates their ignorance.
You'll notice this dynamic constantly on talk radio. It's never the President's fault and it's never any Fortune 500 company's fault, or Republican politician's fault. No, it's your fault, the little guy who is in fact almost as helpless as a baby.
Wake up! Get out of the Republican horseshit trance!
I'm an extremely fiscally and socially conservative Libertarian. Not a Republican (anymore).
I'm not in a "horsehit trance." Geez, read my comment: It was clearly written by a person who sees THROUGH the trance.
Relax. It's okay. Deep breaths.