____/ [H]omer on Friday 17 August 2007 21:45 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> The Land of "Nothing for free"
> [...]
>> http://samba.org/samba/news/articles/low_point/column11.html
>
> .----
> | On the map, Laguna Niguel looks like a beautiful Pacific coastal
> | area south of Los Angeles, a little like one of my favorite spots
> | Monterey, south of San Francisco. But I forgot; this is Los
> | Angeles, where the brown haze of the air lies like a thick blanket
> | over the insane sprawl of "Generica". It's an endless landscape of
> | McDonalds, strip-malls and gas stations familiar to anyone who has
> | seen the movie "Ghost World". Nothing is free here. You pay for
> | parking (nothing but valet available), driving on toll roads,
> | access to much of the beach (private). If they could figure out how
> | to charge for the air I'm sure there'd be meters every block or so.
> | It's a fitting home for the entertainment industry.
> `----
>
> Sounds like a post-apocalyptic horror story.
>
> The archetypal RI/MP/AA mindset is not an abnormal phenomena, it's a way
> of life for an entire nation. So perhaps it isn't the RI/MP/AA that's
> the problem, but the nation that spawned them (and spawned others like
> Microsoft). In fact greed isn't just a way of life for such people, it's
> a religion (or should that be "cult"?).
Clique? Gentlemen's club? Gentle as in "we send lobbyists in black suits" and
lawyers with letters.
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~~ Best of wishes
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