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Warrior-Mentor · 06-09-2006, 20:55

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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

One of the richest men in the world, sold his integrity that he also swore by (see below). CEO of Enron, convicted felon, Martha, convicted felon, need I go on?

TS

Gotta concur with Bandy on this one.
Could it be you're focusing on a couple bad incidents and not noticing the millions of good ones?
Isn't that what the liberal media does?
JM

**Team Sergeant** · 06-09-2006, 21:01

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Originally Posted by Warrior-Mentor

Gotta concur with Bandy on this one.
Could it be you're focusing on a couple bad incidents and not noticing the millions of good ones?
Isn't that what the liberal media does?
JM

Just looking at some of the leaders..........

mugwump · 06-10-2006, 07:52

TS - Things look bad right now, I'll concede you that. But I am a CEO (itty bitty one) and I've never sold out and never will. My company bends over backwards not to cheat the taxpayer on every govt. contract we reluctantly take on (and in retrospect we've been bending over forwards -- one day we'll get it right

). We support our local community and last year gave 8% of our net to charity.

If someone's in a bind -- many of our clients need an entire budget cycle to get contracts set and funds approved -- we'll deliver on a handshake and risk the loss. We've been burned a few times but people now fight to work with us. The less we focus on money, it seems, the more we make.

I'm nothing special and neither is my company; there are many I know of that are just the same.

I do agree with you about that wretched LEM trigger though.

**Jack Moroney (RIP)** · 06-10-2006, 09:37

Journalists used to play a key role, now they play to their own agendas. With the media blitz today and the speed at which they rush to put things on the air or in print they rarely do their research and often work from pre-conceived notions and unvalidated information. If there is a segment in this "free society" that I do not trust (and with good reason) it is journalists. The only thing that they have done well is perpetuate their own profession by screwing the pooch at every strike of the keyboard. If these clowns were road crews they would be divided into two groups: one to dig holes and the other to fill them in as part of a never ending do-loop.

**Team Sergeant** · 06-10-2006, 10:01

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Originally Posted by Warrior-Mentor

Gotta concur with Bandy on this one.
Could it be you're focusing on a couple bad incidents and not noticing the millions of good ones?
Isn't that what the liberal media does?
JM

OK, let me put it this way......

Whom do you think those millions look up to as far as a business mentor?

What do you think they think when they watch the co-founder of google doing a 180 and making excuses for being a hypocrite, liar, fraud, Oppresser etc?

I've met too business owners, most here in Arizona, that say one thing and then, do not live up to their word. IMO the only thing many drives most owners is money.

Morality doesn't exist in the real estate business, building, contruction etc etc etc...

Warrior-Mentor · 06-10-2006, 21:17

As for a business role model, I look up to Warren Buffet, who is frequently quoted as saying "It takes years to develop a good reputation and only a couple minutes to destroy it. Never do anything you wouldn't wnt your mother to read on the cover of the NY Times."

DrMark · 06-10-2006, 22:52

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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

Morality doesn't exist in the real estate business, building, contruction etc etc etc...

While having my current house built a few years ago, I developed a similar outlook.

I'm still hopeful something will come along to change my outlook.

tk27 · 06-11-2006, 12:44

- Absolutly there are risks for children on it, responsible parenting and law enforcement can mitigate these risks. Myspace not does make pedophiles, it only is a tool for them, just like how firearms do not make a person commite a violent crime. Technology beit Myspace, firearms or whatever often makes a convenient scapegoat for the ills of society. (Unrelated to my point, but to clear up something previously mentioned, it was Rupert Murdoch who purchased Myspace for close to $600 mil.)

- Respectfuly I disagree with some of the opinions on capitalism posted. However with regaurds to real estate, ha, they are probably on target. If anyone has read the book Freakonomics you may remember the chapter on real estate. (Article about it)

frostfire · 06-12-2006, 22:49

That is tact and still quite nice...such wit must have come with experience and age

something I have yet to master

I tried myspace once...too overwhelming. Facebook seems to be the next myspace. It is supposedly safer.

luvanwilder · 06-13-2006, 02:53

Just some general thoughts on this topic....I use myspace as a way to keep in contact with my military and college friends. It can be dangerous if parents fail to monitor their children's web activity and explain to them the importance in this day and age of identity protection. I think a major problem with myspace and our society in general is the lack of parental responsibility. I believe that the responsibility for preventing exploitation lies squarely with the parents and not the company or the government. Pedophiles are the worst kind of scum and have been proven impossible to rehabilitate (which is why they should be executed). For all the bad things that come out of this website I would submit that at least LEOs are able to use it to ferret out these individuals, as well as other criminals stupid enough to incriminate themselves in a public forum and perhaps that is at least some consolation. Bravo to the cyber cops and good hunting in the future.

Gordon · 06-13-2006, 09:26

I also am guilty of having a myspace profile. http://www.myspace.com/9513029

Used primarly for keeping in contact with old friends and members of the Special ops community.

Blue · 06-14-2006, 03:37

I've got myspace as well, and ditto what luvanwilder stated. As a mother, I find it unconscionable the amount of supervision some parents feel is acceptable. As someone who spent five years working in Assaults/Sex Crimes, the sheer lack of common sense of adults on the internet also became glaringly obvious. From the 40 y/o woman who didn't understand why the guy she found on Match.com and met at a hotel after only a couple of emails wanted to just have sex with her, to the 30-something man who didn't understand why he was being accused of rape after banging some chick he met on the internet and then ignoring her emails and phone messages (he also didn't buy those clothes he promised

). If you go to a site looking for a piece of ass, don't be surprised at what happens after that. At least in a bar, if you're halfway sober, you get to look someone in the eye to see if they peg your psycho-meter.

**Jack Moroney (RIP)** · 06-14-2006, 04:53

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Originally Posted by Blue

I find it unconscionable the amount of supervision some parents feel is acceptable. .

You know, I used to think that maybe I was too "restrictive" on my kids and my nieces and nephews certainly did-they called me, behind my back, the Great Santini. But they turned out fine which is more a tribute to my wife than me. You all are in a different time and place than were we and I sure do not envy you having to deal with all the absolute crap that wasn't around 40 years ago when my kids were small.

Blue · 06-14-2006, 05:56

As a single mother to a 7 y/o boy, I have little sympathy. Over the course of his life I have worked both shift work and 2-3 jobs at a time to make ends meet (his father doesn't provide much in that regard), not out of choice. Yet somehow he doesn't spend his days vegging on the couch playing video games, watching TV, or on the computer. His babysitter understands and supports my feelings on the matter, and she keeps him and her own children busy outside or doing crafts-related activities during the day. Life is about choices...you can raise your children, or you can turn around one day and wonder where the hell you went wrong.

Which isn't to say that some of the best parents in the world haven't ended up with some positively evil children and vice versa...but that's the exception, not the norm.

06-14-2006, 08:05

I've been using myspace for about a year or so now. I initially signed up to it so I could do some research for a project we were doing at my company, but I actually came to enjoy it quite a bit.

My main dig there is music. There's tons of bands with music and video that I would never get exposed to without it. I think a fairly large chunk of the population on the site is there for similar reasons.

My gf joined up for similar reasons, but she has made some good friends there as have I. Our 4 year old daughter enjoys looking at the pictures, but that's about it so far

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