maximum opportunism

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Wed Sep 19 15:44:13 CDT 2001


D. Bizarro:

"Well let´s dip into the deep shit of this loony perspective: 

Let´s say that Bush and some jingoistic Eldon Tyrrel, who runs this

presidential replicant, plotted all this mayhem in order to:

1. Make a lot of Eurodollars in selling smart bombs to dumb generals.

2. Beat up some nice new racism

3. Undermine constitutional rights etc?"


A paranoid looks backwards and sees evidence for plots
and conspiracies that have brought us to where we are. An opportunist, on the other hand, thinks thematically, 
and is forward looking- sees reality in terms of
likelihoods and probabilities- keeps an open mind, in other words, and is able to take advantage of opportunites as they arise.

Both Bin laden and the security apparati of the west (who trained him) are maximum opportunists.




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