Re: Dreams

[Wandered Inn <esoteric@denali.atlnet.com>]

Hey, lighten up guy...

Mark Hinds wrote:
> 
> 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

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