Re: [A-List] Operation Restoring Investor Confidence: Merrill-Spitzer Settlement

["Anne Williamson" <annewilliamson@xxxxxxx>]

I agree with much of what your wrote, Sabri.  And, yes, govt
is supposed to preserve the "peace" and establish "tranquility,"
but Fedgov hasn't done that, isn't doing that, and won't do that
because it is preserving its special interests - that was my point.

Also despicable is Xerox's $10M fine after their private meeting
with Harvey Pitt, their former counsel.  What a racket!

Anne

PS Actually ML's troubles are not over - the deal is contingent on
all 50 states agreeing to Spitzer's terms.  I imagine there's a few
state attorney generals out there who wouldn't mind making a name
for themselves by refusing to lay down their sword.  Anyway,
Spitzer is off to what I hope will be a failed Senate campaign, the
little weasel.

----- Original Message -----
From: Sabri Oncu <soncu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ALIST <a-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 8:13 PM
Subject: [A-List] Operation Restoring Investor Confidence: Merrill-Spitzer
Settlement


> Anne writes:
>
> > As far as whose govt this is, it ain't mine,
> > and I don't believe its yours either.
>
> You are right. Definitely it is not mine. Mine happens to reside
> in Ankara, although I reside in California. But of course this is
> an irrelevant fact. The relevant question is this: Whose
> interests do your and my governments represent? Aren't they there
> to preserve the existing order? Is it too surprising to see that
> the penalty your government charged to Merrill Lynch for its
> crime is a joke? The whole point of this is to let them keep
> their license to go on stealing, is it not? Why do you think I
> used the title: "Operation Restoring Investor Confidence" for the
> original post?
>
> > It's theirs, they make this clear to us daily
> > with their unending anti-Constitutional violations
> > and special privileges.
>
> Who are they?
>
> > Want to fix social security?  Then throw the congressional
> > crowd back into the pool with the rest of the plebs....as
> > is they have a super-exclusive,richly- rewarded pension
> > program that is totally sequestered from social security.
>
> Both you and I, and most others on this list, are against the
> privileged minorities who invariably exploit the non-privileged
> rest. Where we differ is our identification of the causes of
> their existence whereas where we intersect is our lack of answers
> to how to eliminate the privileged and the non-privileged.
>
> You are for liberty and so am I. But without egality and
> fraternity, liberty is not possible. At least, this is my view.
>
> So we are back to the 18th century, should I say, Europe. Let us
> see how we will do this time.
>
> Best,
>
> Sabri
>
>
>