Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: North American Blackout > In a message dated 8/16/03 5:28:33 AM, knarf.theriault@sympatico.ca writes: > > << I think pretty much all of Toronto now has power back (may be a few > pockets without), but it's kind of scary to realize how much we depend > on electricity. Also neat to see how friendly everyone seemed to > become, after being reduced to the same level, if you know what I mean. >> > > Frank, > > Before I escaped to the northwest US, I spent most of my life in NYC. During > the blackouts and transit strikes I lived through the only benefits were the > relaxation of the parking rules by the Holy Brotherhood and the twice daily > march over Brooklyn Bridge to and from my home. Sure, I took shots of my fellow > soldiers on parade. > In NYC junk happens. We expect the sky to fall because it does. Sometimes I > think NYC is held for ransom by the gods. Wall Street alone is Sodom. A short > walk from City Hall, which is as corrupt. Then there's the NY Public Library, > which is still free and for which NYC is spared by the Almighty. > > The WTC is no more. But the insurance money is. That's how NYC works. Money > stored up by millions of hours of hard work by immigrants -- including my Mom > -- and slaves over 400 years have left a reinvestment account in the banks that > is almost infinite. The magic of early and current capitalism does its thing. > And the WTC rises again. > br I hardly think NYC has a monopoly on corruption---much as the members of the Taliban and other fundamentalist organizations throughout the world don't have a monopoly on provincialism, ignorance and intolerance of those who doesn't share their philosophical and political views. Gary - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html