On Sep 7, 12:57 pm, Kier <val...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:26:42 +0100, Mark Kent wrote:
> > Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> >> ____/ Kier on Thursday 06 September 2007 18:15 : \____
>
> >>> On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:02:39 +0100, Mark Kent wrote:
>
> >>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> >>>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 06 September 2007 12:56 : \____
>
> >>>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> >>>>>>> Microsoft Paid Lobbyist $160,000
>
> >>>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
> >>>>>>>| Microsoft Paid Paid Bingham McCutchen $160,000 to Lobby Federal Gov't in
> >>>>>>>| First Half of 2007
> >>>>>>> `----
>
> >>>>>>>http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070905/microsoft_lobbying.html?.v=1
>
> >>>>>> And we still allow this to happen? This is outrageous, and has no place
> >>>>>> in a real democracy, or, for that matter, a constitutional monarchy.
>
> >>>>> Exactly! Finally, someone who agrees that this is a disgusting and
> >>>>> anti-democratic practise (only made legal by those who lobby in favour of
> >>>>> lobbying, or those paying lawmakers to write the law). It's shredding
> >>>>> democracy to pieces. One must wonder how much of that $160,000 (for 6
> >>>>> months) Bingham McCutchen just tossed onto some senator's bank account.
> >>>>> Heck. He may have bought Mr. Senator a session with a dozen hookers.
>
> >>>>> As Ghost says, welcome to the New World Order.
>
> >>>> Oh, I've been worried about lobbying for a few years now, I'm merely
> >>>> becoming ever more concerned that it's destroying what was a vibrant
> >>>> democracy.
>
> >>>> Perhaps we need a move to PR to put a stop to this kind of thing? If
> >>>> our governments were more representative of the views of the populous,
> >>>> then maybe they'd be taken more seriously by the population at large.
> >>>> On the other hand, since most people seem to watch east enders, pop
> >>>> idol, big brother and so on, maybe we could have Stalin running things
> >>>> and nobody would notice. Or a horse, maybe. Oh yeah, the yanks have
> >>>> Bush, and nobody seems to have noticed...
>
> >>> If that tinfoil hat of yours was any tighter, you'd suffocate. Come back
> >>> down to Earth for a while, man, and maybe the oxygen will revive your
> >>> common-sense.
>
> >> You're either in denial or fooled if you feel this way. This isn't anything new
> >> (the corruption at the top), but the proportion of it (and the visibility that
> >> the Internet gives it) cannot be ignored. All this corruption is a case of
> >> stealing for the benefit of the wealthy. It's also a matter of restriction and
> >> punishment, which is why Free software is so crucial to the digital age we're
> >> entering.
>
> > It's kier - as you're not a troll, you get an attack. If you were a
>
> You're a liar, Mark. Oh, and my name is Kier - captital K.
>
> > troll and had said the above, he'd be arguing. To put this another way,
> > *you* just got trolled by kier.
>
> Bullshit. I'm just sick of reading paranoid nonsense. Healty skepticism
> but this kind of stuff is more than that, and it's foolish and IMO
> dangerous.
>
> Seeing conspiracy and corruption everywhere you look is not healthy. Try
> for a more balanced view.
>
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You are obviously trying to discuss something with 2 of the most vile,
Linux usenet kooks on earth.
Mar Kent and his apparent lover Roy Schestowitz have a collective
screw too tight between them.
Why even bother wasting O2 on them?
Let them speak-n-spam because the more they do the less doubt remains
that they are indeed psychotic.
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