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...corporate criminals among us, the swindlers and profiteers, are now described in language once saved for bin Laden's legions. Business professors are staggered by the suicidal audacity of top executives-did they really think they would not be caught?-and marvel at the damage done. "It's as if we have given the CEOs weapons of mass destruction-at least economically," says accounting professor Brian Shapiro at the University of Minnesota. "The companies they run are bigger than ever. When something happens, thousands can lose their jobs-and more people than ever are invested in them...
...enemy who hits and runs and can't be found? Or does the threat become a blessing, keeping people united against a common danger and forgiving of leaders who face challenges greater than figuring out how stock-option grants should be handled on balance sheets? "If they find Osama bin Laden's body," says a Republican close to the White House, "that'll push everyone back 10 to 15 feet." And if they don't, Bush can still argue that there are far more dangerous enemies out there than the sharks in our own seas...
...Osama bin Laden says to President Bush, “I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news...
These are rather disturbing, but here in Spain, they are just two of many bin Laden and Twin Tower jokes that have been circulating since Sept. 11. I think that their insensitivity can be attributed to the Spanish sense of humor—they don’t take anything, aside from their food and wine, too seriously. But though the Spanish are probably the most gracious and welcoming people I have come across (besides the Irish), there is also an undercurrent of anti-American sentiment here, as in all of Europe...
...impressed that my Spanish teacher had heard about the time Cheney—on behalf of the oil company Halliburton—held secret discussions with the Taliban about running an oil pipeline through Afghanistan. She also knew that the CIA had trained many of the Taliban and supported bin Laden in the past...