Re: TI-Burr-Brown parts shartage?

On 5 Apr 2007 00:14:35 -0700, bill.sloman@xxxxxxxx wrote:

On Apr 5, 4:47 am, John Larkin
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On 4 Apr 2007 16:27:48 -0700, bill.slo...@xxxxxxxx wrote:





On Apr 4, 9:57 pm, John Larkin
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On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:15:58 -0700, Jim Thompson

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On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:11:22 -0700, John Larkin
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On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:14:45 +0100, Eeyore
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John Larkin wrote:

bill.slo...@xxxxxxxx wrote:

Why? Private charity is a mildly interesting subject, but it isn't any
kind of substitute for a decent welfare system.

I agree entirely.

Read the book. It's not that simple.

John

Eeyore and Slowman have no clue. Our private charities are far more
efficient that ANY government entity.

My favorite charity...

http://www.firstfoodbank.org/

...Jim Thompson

They only read what they already believe.

In order to read only what I already believed, I'd have to know what
was in a book before I read it, so I'd never be able to read a new
book. Admittedly, there are books around whose content is pretty
predictable - "Who Really Cares?" is fairly obviously designed to
flatter Republicans - but what is the point of reading a book if you
aren't going to learn something new from it?

It wasn't designed to flatter anybody; the author admits he didn't
like the statistics he found.

The author may claim that he didn't like the statistics he found - you
are welcome to believe him - but I imagine that the publisher was
delighted.

Which justifies not reading the book? Well, whatever works for you.







OK, stay selfish and smug.

The "selfish" you haven't established. "Smug" would be a state that
I'd aspire to but I pay too much attention to ill-informed criticism
to imagine that I've made it yet.

And they probably give
little or nothing, beyond paying taxes, to help others.

Whereas you give big bucks?

$50K this year.

It would be nice to have that kind of disposable income.

It's company money. I could have bonused myself this much, but I don't
need a lot of money - a new VW every 15 years keeps me happy - and the
tax accounting is simpler if the company expenses it.


Check out Matthew "But when you give alms, do not let your left hand
know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be in
secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you."

You are recommending the New Testamant as a guide to behavior? I don't
expect rewards from helping people.

There is something a bit tacky about boasting about how generously you
give to charity.

Not as tacky as giving nothing. And you did ask. I think everybody
with a decent, or even modest, income, living in the West, recipients
of amazing resources and luck, should do something personal to help
the miserable of the world. For a fraction of what you spent educating
your sophisticated palate, Doctors Without Borders could do a dozen
clef palate surgeries in Africa or Asia.

John


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