may parnell rot in hell
i have been asked many times why i up and left the corporate world, the world of "business", the world of profit and the world the three piece suit. the world where you are judged by how much money you make or what private country club you belong to or the car you drive and the place you live. that world. well, let me present as evidence of why, mr. stewart parnell, president of peanut corporation of america.
if you missed this story this morning, mr. parnell when presented with evidence that his plant was selling peanut butter that was contaminated with salmonella tried to a. get another company to run tests, b. pressured regulators to allow him to ship the product anyway and c. went ahead and shipped contaminated product with homemade certificate that falsely attested to the purity of the product. though people were dying from his product, mr. parnell complained about the money he was losing.
read the story. google it up. it is the story of capitalistic america. money rules and the people be damned. wall street and banks with their unmittagated gall and arrogance, the car companies who refused to see the writing on the wall and then when the house came tumbling down blamed it on the unions. jesusfuckingchrist. can't recall that peanut butter because it will cost us money. jesusfuckingchrist.
(they even sent the peanut butter to nursing homes...there is a special place in hell for mr. parnell.)
also today's paper was this little jewel of a story: in wilkes-barre pa., juvinelle court judges were sending kids to private owned prisons in exchange for bribes. many of these kids were up on extremely minor offenses and even the prosecutors and police said that there was no reason for them to be incarcerated. the two judges got over a million dollars each in bribes. money rules and the people be damned.
i may have written this before but i told one of the talk show hosts that i met more honest people in prison than i did in corporate boardrooms. here is a list of the companies that either i worked for or was a high paid consultant to: i.t.t., itt life, itt financial services, beneficial life, aig, mcmillan publishing, grolier, british printing and c & s. each and every one of those companies lied in their sales presentations and in their advertizing. my crime was that i knew they were lies and i trained the sales forces and advertizing sections how to tell the lies. one day, i just couldn't do it anymore. i got honest and it has cost me millions. but honesty gave me peace of mind and ability to look at myself in the mirror. (and i was never as low as mr. parnell.)
anyway, peace to us all. rock and roll.
if you missed this story this morning, mr. parnell when presented with evidence that his plant was selling peanut butter that was contaminated with salmonella tried to a. get another company to run tests, b. pressured regulators to allow him to ship the product anyway and c. went ahead and shipped contaminated product with homemade certificate that falsely attested to the purity of the product. though people were dying from his product, mr. parnell complained about the money he was losing.
read the story. google it up. it is the story of capitalistic america. money rules and the people be damned. wall street and banks with their unmittagated gall and arrogance, the car companies who refused to see the writing on the wall and then when the house came tumbling down blamed it on the unions. jesusfuckingchrist. can't recall that peanut butter because it will cost us money. jesusfuckingchrist.
(they even sent the peanut butter to nursing homes...there is a special place in hell for mr. parnell.)
also today's paper was this little jewel of a story: in wilkes-barre pa., juvinelle court judges were sending kids to private owned prisons in exchange for bribes. many of these kids were up on extremely minor offenses and even the prosecutors and police said that there was no reason for them to be incarcerated. the two judges got over a million dollars each in bribes. money rules and the people be damned.
i may have written this before but i told one of the talk show hosts that i met more honest people in prison than i did in corporate boardrooms. here is a list of the companies that either i worked for or was a high paid consultant to: i.t.t., itt life, itt financial services, beneficial life, aig, mcmillan publishing, grolier, british printing and c & s. each and every one of those companies lied in their sales presentations and in their advertizing. my crime was that i knew they were lies and i trained the sales forces and advertizing sections how to tell the lies. one day, i just couldn't do it anymore. i got honest and it has cost me millions. but honesty gave me peace of mind and ability to look at myself in the mirror. (and i was never as low as mr. parnell.)
anyway, peace to us all. rock and roll.
posted by Ron Shock | 5:55 PM
4 Comments:
So, shall we call Parnell a SLIME-lord??
Re: Parnell: A and B, not a big deal. C? Both criminally and civilly liable.
Law enforcement doesn't mix with profit, whether it is police profiting from writing lots of tickets or confiscating "drug" money, or private prisons.
Judges profiting from law enforcement is a special kind of wrong. I know it happens, I've got an in-law who claims to have kept a felony-free record by knowing how much to pay the judge how to get assigned the right judge, and keeping that much on hand in cash. Apparently it wasn't much more than a good lawyer, and more reliable.
It’s easy to rail against Parnell and Madoff while losing sight of the bigger picture, a culture and system that nurtures this type of behavior.
A new Democratic president, Barack Obama, via his Attorney General, has explicitly endorsed Bush's policy on renditions and Bush's refusal to recognize the jurisdiction of US courts in any legal proceedings in this regard; also a week in which Obama’s solicitor general has explicitly endorsed Bush’s policy on enemy combatants.
America is broke but here’s Obama , seemingly set on boosting a US force in Afghanistan where, according to the Center for Budgetary Analysis, it costs $775,000 per year to send a single soldier. And this week Obama punched his core supporters twice in the stomach by committing his administration to the same unconstitutional canons of secrecy and claims of executive immunity to the rule of law that made Bush one of the most hated presidents in history. His staff can’t seem to nail down safe appointments. In sum, in these crucial early weeks, Obama seems to have trouble setting his compass, as the ship heads towards the rocks. Parnell killed a handful, Obama is already killing a lot more. But hey, at least we have a Democrat in the White House, saving us from endless war, constitutional abuses and bank bailouts, right?
Ron,
You're not alone in calling for the foreclosed to stay put... F'EM for as long as you can hold out!
AND invite a few well-armed friends, as well.
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Facing Foreclosure? Don't Leave. Squat.
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Any word on that "Myrtle Beach, NC" club yet?
-T.
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