Re: Dreams

[Mark Hinds <zoro@nwnexus.com>]

Brett Glass wrote:
> 
> At 09:48 PM 1/1/99 -0500, P.A. Petricone wrote:
> 
> >The Wampanoag hereabouts have a phrase;
> >
> >"Without legend, dreams die. When dreams die, there is no greatness."
> >
> 
> Thank you for that quote! It sets the tone for a year in which,
> I hope, many dreams will be fulfilled.


This kind of absurd sentimentality is precisely why
automobile manufactures sell cars using pretty women.
Further, when we speak of legend, dreams, and greatness
I can only hope that most of us are not thinking
of JP Morgan and is ilk.

Fantasies are fine, just don't make me pay for your
foolishness. I believe that it is a fact that less
than 10% of the population owns 70% of it's assets.
Anyone with better or more accurate statistics
please follow up. I certainly will not be a party
to this lopsided distribution in the area of
knowledge. This will surely lead to the end of
greatness.

BTW, I just watched yet another version of 'A Christmas Carol'
(George C Scott was Scrooge). All this 'entrepreneur'
BS is getting a bit irksome for me. Anyone else?

BTBTW, when I vistited Georgia (the one next to the Black Sea)
I found an interesting use of the word 'entrepreneur'. It
was used exclusively (and frequently) in reference to people
who were profiteering from shortages in various products.
I personally would not wish such a title.

Mark Hinds