Why Do Intellectuals Oppose Capitalism?

[Profpat]

I agree Lloyd. We could go back to feudalism, but I wouldn't make a very good serf. I don't subscribe to total "laissez-faire", in that some regulation is needed to control corruption and greed.

[Profpat]

The recent billion dollar bonuses are egregious and maybe a few heads on pikes would help cure the situation.

[labelwench]

For all of you intellectuals and capitalists, feudal lords and serfs, lol......but mostly for my horse, Caramel........

Here is Beautiful Sunday, and indeed it has been one where I am. We raced the wind to a draw, my pony and I, and every mile we travel together, forges stronger the bonds of trust. I have known some fine horses in my life, my own and those of others, yet this is, without doubt, a horse from the quantum realm. Her source of boundless energy is unlike any other creature I have known.

A mere 15 HH or 60 inches at the shoulder, and I doubt if she tips the scale at 1,000 lbs., rather small as horses go. Though of an exemplary pedigree, her most Morgan attribute is her intelligent and expressive face, and her beautiful eyes, with their calm regard. I wiped out on a mound of ice, and ended up careening under her feet, while she was tied at the rail today. Curled in a ball and expecting the worst, I found myself the object of her kind regard, when I dared to look up. 'Interesting', she seemed to say.......

Expect that I may need an Ibuprofen after a sleep and before my shift, but it didn't stop us from having an 18 km journey on exemplary footing.......c'mon Spring.....!

Oh yes. The song......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXu3_...eature=related

[Lloyd Gillespie]

The Rowan Brothers...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic6kwhPWyKw

[labelwench]

The Rowan Brothers...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic6kwhPWyKw

Right on!

Here's something with a bit of tease for all of the boys and girls......don't worry, it's not PG, lol.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiJ_k...eature=related

Three hours sleep.......next shift is going to bite.......ah, well......the quantum highway is always available and I have a chip implanted access card! (Insider joke......)

And a bonus track, lol......(must be the Peach Schnapps.......)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeDRh...eature=related

[G_burnett]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkjZK...eature=related

it says the right things lol

[labelwench]

Capitalism is the only system that offers such extraordinary opportunity to the ordinary individual, and allows for many different paths to the goal of self-sufficiency. Perhaps some of us are not imaginative enough, yet for others, they succeed in finding their dream.

Susan Boyle has become successful as a singer, and here is another unique individual of talent, Lin Lu Chun.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...y-Houston.html

[labelwench]

Here is Susan Boyle with one of the songs from her album.....a classic.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz6BA1heMSI

[labelwench]

I truly enjoyed this intelligent approach to conversing with corporate capitalism, lol....LW

Bloke threatens BT with giant plywood cheque
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By Lester Haines • Get more from this author

Posted in Telecoms, 9th April 2010 11:17 GMT

It's Friday, so we're sure the following heartwarming tale will cheer your final slog into the weekend: how Reg reader David Humpage is giving BT some serious grief with giant novelty cheques.

David wrote to the El Reg consumer affairs department explaining that a couple of years back he noticed he was being charged £4.50 a pop for paying his phone bills online. This, he suggests, actually costs the telco nothing, so why the charge?

Two years of correspondence later, BT admitted it didn't take a financial hit for processing online payments, but explained it "averaged together all the non-direct-debit payment methods, and on that basis it costs them £4.50".

David says: "Fair enough, I thought, I don't want to do business with this kind of dishonesty and anyway you haven't apologised about Phorm yet. So I left."

He continues: "As I'd been paying for over two years to have non-existent cheques cashed, I thought I may as well have something for this outlay, so my last cheque was sent blown up on A3 cardboard. Remember, it's legal to write a cheque on anything as long as it contains the right information - there are famous stories of a cheque written on a cow, or in one case on a fish. In the circumstances, I thought they got off pretty lightly."

BT didn't think so, and since dispatching his novelty cheque last November, David has "been deluged with calls from BT people who couldn't speak English and were clearly following a script".

The company also referred the matter to a debt collection agency, which claimed the cheque had bounced. In fact, clarified David's bank, it was never presented for payment.

BT then claimed the cheque rubbered "because it was non-standard" - something David nicely describes as "clearly bollocks".

David splendidly concludes: "I've had my solicitor write them several letters, pointing out that they've been paid with a legal cheque, and it's up to them to cash it. I've even offered to replace the cheque, though stipulating that there'll be a £25 admin charge and the replacement will be on plywood."

Well done that man. The current state of play is that David's solicitor has written to BT threatening to "take them to court if they didn't cash my cheque". He's currently awaiting a reply, while the debt collectors have fallen silent.

We emailed BT this morning asking for its position on giant novelty cheques. A press officer requested the phone number related to the bill in question, and promised to look into the matter. Watch this space... ®

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/09/plywood_cheque/

[labelwench]

For the past few days, I have been doing some research into the tools of personal financing and how they integrate the individual into the capitalist system.

A rather strange thought has come to mind.


Indebtedness is the ultimate control tool.


We have become conditioned to thinking that debt is the normal state for individuals and nations.

Those who do not allow themselves to become indebted, are a problem for the system.


When people refuse to follow the path of debt, we will succeed in changing the system.