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Johnny Rotten, anti-Communist

My friend Jeff Gordinier has a totally brilliant Q&A with John Lydon (a.k.a. Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols) up on Conde Nast's men.style.com. (I presume there's a shorter version in the new Details magazine, but Peter Carlson of the Washington Post says reading that will make you stinky). Anyway, it took me a while to find a business/economics angle that would justify linking to it in this blog, but I finally did:

Q: Why do reunion concerts cause people so much consternation?
A: I think that word reunion—it just implies, Oh, they're back for the money. Yeah, well, hello! Of course we're back for the money! And what is the shame in that? When did America suddenly become Communist? We weren't paid the first time out. We intend to be this time.

And here's a link for which I could find no business/economics angle but is just too brilliant to pass up, about Croatia's new national hero, the English opera singer who amusingly bungled the lyrics of Croatia's national anthem before their glorious victory over England at Wembley last week (via du Nord).

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    Johnny Rotten, anti-Communist
    I fail to understand one concept that rules the thinking of the religion and the politics. This entire time only link, THE Communists are not religious, this goes for the Communist China now or during the era of Mao. Do you want to tell me that the Chinese are not religious? I doubt. Then the question is who the communists are? Do they live with the politics only and no monetary benefits? I doubt. USSR was once the big power branded the communist. Now it is Russia and I feel I am not right in stating that the communist is only man made phrase. There is nothing that tells me that you have no moral. The moral goes with the religion and religion does prohibit you from earning lawful means to leave.
    No matter how many good deeds you have the religion plays a big part in the life.
    Democracy is for the, of the, by the people. The Enron etc are totally wrong in line with my definition of moral value and the democracy fails. There are many corporations that have siphoned money in power packed countries. And you call these countries democracy. The is I cannot tie this with the common belief or what has been fed to me?
    We are groping with the definition of the political arena and the money that go side by side the laws and the religious beliefs. We are defining this as we fit.
    I disagree with what we define and what we preach
    I thank you
    Firozali A. Mulla MBA PhD
    P.O.Box 6044
    Dar-Es-Salaam
    East Africa

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