Tuesday, November 27, 2012

The Owners Are Always the Enemy

Don't ever forget who the owners are, what they really want, and that any impression they give of caring about the rest of us is either false or whimsical.
From the Onion:
The nation looked on in reverence Friday as 20,000 citizens were decapitated, dismembered, and burned alive in the name of Corporate America, continuing the age-old annual rite to ensure bounteous profits in the coming fiscal year.
SNIP
"It was a great honor for my daughter to be chosen by a company as esteemed as Best Buy," said ceremony attendee Mark Granaldi, who, as a family member of one of the sacrificed, received a complimentary gift bag that included Crest whitening strips, a $25 Hess gas card, Old Navy board shorts, and a tote bag bearing the trademark of Merck. "Just as the flames rose from her body toward heaven, so too shall Best Buy's stock price climb ever higher."
Or as the inimitable George Carlin put it almost a decade ago:

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