I'm reminded somehow of the mission. In the MTC we're taught that obedience leads to success (and it does in an eternal sense) but, at least in my mission, there was no correlation one way or another between the two.
On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 13:58:25 -0600, Sasha Pachev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, a somewhat off-topic post. A subject that has been on my mind lately. > > First, some food for thought. A little follow on the recent Michael Moore > thread. See http://www.desnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595097892,00.html > > Hanity charges $100,000 per appearance + travel expenses. Moore charges $40,000 > per expenses. Both get it regularly. > > A programmer make somewhere in that range annually. > > An EMT, a policeman, a firefighter, a teacher, and a farmer make about half the > amount annually. > > It appears that the law that the amount of pay is inversely proportionate to the > usefulness of the labor you perform holds very well in those examples. So > something is definitely wrong with our economy, but is more than recession, lack > of jobs, or high fuel prices. Something is REALLY wrong. Being skillful in > drawing public attention is worth millions, while actually making things happen > is worth close to survival minimum. With two languages mixed in my head, I > cannot remember if this carries into English, but in Russian they say that an > empty barrel makes a lot of noise :-) > > So what is the solution? Any thoughts? > > -- > Sasha Pachev > Create online surveys at http://www.surveyz.com/ > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > -- Andrew Jorgensen ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
