Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy Date: 5 Nov 2024 01:28:08 GMT Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <199392d0-9628-8177-2f3b-35b23a721dd4@example.net> <086607f1-2283-f7fb-ddf9-ac4766b06530@example.net> <3RPUO.364883$v8v2.299927@fx18.iad> <6723f0c1@news.ausics.net> <7bd05232-fb70-d3c8-d89a-be9f63d85207@example.net> <483e3c29-b695-d91a-bab1-68264d17296f@example.net> <866451716.752443480.286015.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net OKEn/zfmZx3dtlxFaEYqNQk6ld+yhxv9poZCFLYrc9yLTDopwF Cancel-Lock: sha1:xrplqEaW1q5zg0AYDJbBlPOGAS8= sha256:MIbWmoMuO+fteQklNYdywUHMYK+b38kRE+jJYEKajCk= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:228609 comp.os.linux.misc:60588 On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 13:21:17 -0700, Peter Flass wrote: > Corruption is how things get done. To eliminate corruption government > sets up a bunch of rules, audits, checks, etc. This is supposed to make > sure no one gets away with anything, but also makes it hard to do > anything at all. I’m perfectly happy with a legislator, for example, who > bends the rules a bit, as long as he gets things done for his > constituents. If a little cash finds it’s way into his pockets in the > process, I’m OK with that too. (We had a guy like this, and the list of > good stuff he accomplished would fill a book) The county where I grew up was corrupt and apparently is still keeping the traditions alive. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndny/pr/former-rensselaer-county-elections- commissioner-pleads-guilty-identity-theft Like your guy, Marty Burke held no elected office but ran the city back then. If you needed something done, go see Marty assuming you weren't on his shit list. It worked.