[PRCo] Re: Government Corruption (was Wheels__&__Shoes)

[James B. Holland]

Fred Schneider wrote:

>They're the same everywhere.  I remember a conversation I had with the
>concierge at the Bellevue Palace Hotel in Bern, Switzerland last fall.
>Parliament was in session.l  Their parliament is only in session one week out
>of every quarter ... four weeks a year.  I remarked that it would never work in
>the U. S. because our politicians would not have enough time to steal from us.
>The concierge remarked that they would find a way just as they have in
>Switzerland!    You have to laugh at it because going insane with the waste
>doesn't make one's life easier.
>

Exactamente!!!!!!!

             And why this topic comes up Over and Over and Over and Over 
and.......       especially from those here who are *churched!*       
ALL  people come from the same place  --  Human  Mold  --  ALL  have to 
struggle to do good  --  that's  ALL  --  except Christ!     It is 
natural to Be Greedy; Be Wrong; Be In Error; Be Sinful;  Be Hateful; Be 
Bad etc..............


>Boris Cefer wrote:
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>>Not big difference here. High officials learned rapidly they can do what
>>they want to do. You, employee, have been told to save each piece of
>>material and each second of your work and they can throw away lots of money
>>for telephone calls, expensive automobiles, bashes and various left-handed
>>jobs. When you are a master at shops, you have to check your employees
>>wheter any of them doesn't have a little of alcohol in breath after a
>>turned-on evening. And our president with his suite and some unknown people
>>(source of money) can walk around maintenance pits with bottles in their
>>hands. Take it easy! Shut up and pace with!
>>
>>B
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <ktjosephson at earthlink.net>
>>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>>Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 4:04 PM
>>Subject: [PRCo] Government Corruption (was Wheels__&__Shoes)
>>
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>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>
>>>So true. Many of us (public employees) know of some awful situations and
>>>incidents going on where we work. We also know if we revealed them, we
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>>would
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>>>not only get framed and fired, but we would forced to leave town, looking
>>>over our shoulders. I am serious. The "whistle blower" laws are a big
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>>joke.
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