Depressing Headlines
Jan 16, 2019 07:52:17 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Profit and greed have different meanings. Greed is why we are the only developed country without comprehensive medical coverage.
Ahhhh.....No!
Jan 16, 2019 07:55:51 #
I agree and it's one of the "deadly sins"- "P***e" would be right there too with it!
jerryc41 wrote:
I get headlines from the Washington Post every day... (show quote)
Jan 16, 2019 07:58:43 #
Jan 16, 2019 08:01:34 #
f8lee wrote:
Well, that, but of course the WaPo is almost as l*****t as the NYT so to believe the things they say is rather foolish.
Thus, you refuse to be informed in any way?
The sad part is that sources of information are being bought up and destroyed so that we have lesser knowledge of what is going on around us.
For me, I do not pay attention to what leaning a paper (news source) may have as long as I can garner a truer picture of global events that are affecting my immediate future. I work to read as many sources I can. And I do know what I am looking at.
Excuse me for interrupting. Please put your blinders back on.
Jan 16, 2019 08:11:54 #
Blaster34 wrote:
Greed? Greed is good, its what drives innovation, motivates people to create, the ability to make a profit. Its when corruption, government, excess enter the picture
Like the dog-eat-dog Capitalism of today?
Greed does not drive, motivate, etc. Greed causes monopolies. Do some research first before making generalities that do not reflect reality. Greed, like the mythical "godliness", brings out the worst in many.
Greed is that corruption and excess that you bandy about so loosely above.
Jan 16, 2019 08:13:22 #
Jan 16, 2019 08:21:04 #
billnikon
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jerryc41 wrote:
I get headlines from the Washington Post every day... (show quote)
As long as I have a memory card and fresh batteries in my camera. I could care less.
Jan 16, 2019 08:21:13 #
Guess the term 'Greed' doesn't connotate anything positive....Not saying Excessive Greed is good, quite the contrary, but it or another form is inherent in all of us (hopefully).....Instead of Greed think about using the term 'Appetite'. Greed (an Appetite) works. Greed (an Appetite) clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed (an Appetite), in all of its forms; Greed (an Appetite) for life, for money, for love, knowledge has always marked the upward surge of human activity....guess some just have bigger appetites than others like Gates, Branson, Jobs, Edison, Di Vinci, Rockefeller, Carnegie Salk.....Call it what you want but there's an enormous appetite, craving, ravenous, voracity for innovation, profit, security and prosperity....Everything in Moderation, isn't that what they say about all diets? Anyway, ya'll have a fantastic day and 'feed your appetite'...😊😉.
Jan 16, 2019 08:25:45 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I get headlines from the Washington Post every day... (show quote)
Jeff Bezos rides again!
Jan 16, 2019 08:25:48 #
Jan 16, 2019 08:26:53 #
wilikioti wrote:
Jerry, good news does not sell!
....ain't that the t***h.... 
Jan 16, 2019 08:30:33 #
Depressing headlines (sensationalism) sell. Feel good stories do not. It's all about selling newspapers...
Jan 16, 2019 08:49:21 #
f8lee wrote:
Well, that, but of course the WaPo is almost as l*****t as the NYT so to believe the things they say is rather foolish.
For the right, every newspaper is l*****t. Strange that most are owned by right wing owners? Who is being played?
Jan 16, 2019 09:13:07 #
billnikon wrote:
As long as I have a memory card and fresh batteries in my camera. I could care less.
Jan 16, 2019 09:18:06 #
Blaster34 wrote:
Guess the term 'Greed' doesn't connotate anything ... (show quote)
"Definition of greed. : a selfish and excessive desire for more of something (such as money) than is needed motivated by naked ambition and greed."
I tend to side with the denotative when it comes to meanings. The connotative is to free-wheeling and loose.
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