HI DAn,

On Fri 2037-May-01 03:34, Dan Ceppa (1:138/666) wrote to Richard Webb:

 DC> Like it or not, this country is more like a plutarchy/oligarchy made
 DC> up  of big business interests.  However, the proper terminology in
 DC> this  country's system is as an oiligarchy.  
 xx>                                 ^^^^^^^^^^

 RW> THat or a plutocracy in practice.

DC> Did you miss that?  It was not one of my usual typoes!  

YEp, I have to admit I sure did.  My speech synthesizer went by it sounding
almost correct, close enough I didn't notice
with the two ham rigs both going or whatever all was
happening when I replied to that .
YOur query caused me to look closer.  INdeed, an oiligarchy.

 DC> Per Wall Street crooks:  Few politicians haven't taken money from
 DC> them.   And, they have lots of money to throw around, even after the
 DC> crash.   

 RW> OF course, the same people that screwed the pooch on this
 RW> one are running the bailout.

DC> Makes me comfy as a bug in a DDT factory... 
ME too, knowing the same folks that messed it up will be
engineering the bailout and supposed to make the banks and
other institutions solid again.  Yah right.  I got some
ocean front in Kansas cIty, wanna buy it?

 DC> Hell, some of those bastards who were directly involved in the were
 DC> given  multi-million dollar bonuses.  They should have been given
 DC> multi-year prison sentences instead. 

 RW> I'd agree with that.

DC> Wall Street was let off easy.  Far too easy.  

recent ROlling STone mag had quite an article on that in the national
affairs section.  WOrth a look.

Regards,
           Richard
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+