"A1 WBarfieldsr" > wrote in message
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> > >I guess you are right Wayne. There is just too much fight in me for
> freedom. I believe you either live free are you die fighting for that
> freedom. There is no compromise, Semper Fidelis.
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> William Barfieldsr

For a few years I have been paid to show California businesses how to gain
from trading with Mexico. From experience I know the major obstacles and I
illustrate them through examples and experience. To set the stage I show a
series of slides that show a Roman reaching through the window of his home
for a grape, and his son catching a fish with a simple lure, and it's in
winter. This is on the Mediterranean, of course. I then show a series of
slides of a Saxon, a barbarian, hustling and bustling for food and wood,
enough to keep his family fed and warmed during the winter months. I then
explain that in our genes we white folk have the Viking gene which tells us
that we must hurry like heck during the six months of fair weather in order
to stash enough to survive for the six when nothing is there. So time and
projects become our God. To the Romans, it matters not. They can reach out
and feed themselves at any time without the slightest pain.

Well... Mexico is a nation conquered by Mediterranean cultures, from the
Spanish and Portuguese, to the Italians, Greeks and Arabians. These cultures
thrived on a never-ending supply of goodies and slavery.

You have that Viking gene that keeps you moving ahead regardless of the
odds. Mexicans are one of two - they are inheritors of the
Mediterranean/European wealth without an effort, or they are slaves. There
is a middle class which is totally confused and without a prayer. They hate
Americans, but love American products, TV and movies.

It's a wonderful world we live in if we can see it as spectators. And Bill,
I think you are enjoying the hell out of all the attention you are getting
from this newsgroup.

Wayne