Good will towards men (and women) or good P.R. - USM Forum -- Message Board

Date: Dec 7, 2005

Good will towards men (and women) or good P.R.

Date: Dec 7, 2005

Either way, it's a good gesture. Paint for the two damaged rooms in my house cost $100, so it's a gift that will help people a lot.

Date: Dec 7, 2005

LVN wrote:

Either way, it's a good gesture. Paint for the two damaged rooms in my house cost $100, so it's a gift that will help people a lot.

Henry, give the lady a can of Soylant Green. We're overstocked on that color.

Date: Dec 7, 2005

Are you saying it would have been better NOT to give the people that paint? Do you think getting a few gallons of paint is going to swing the tide of public opinion towards Thames?

Date: Dec 7, 2005

LVN wrote:

Are you saying it would have been better NOT to give the people that paint?

Oh No. Not at all. If we can't sell it we should definitely give it away to a worthy cause. The only thing I would have done differently is base it on need rather than on employment status.

Date: Dec 7, 2005

No, I think it is both good will and good PR. And you are right, LVN. All the paint in the world can't cover what these guys have done. We should be thankful that they are helping out.

Date: Dec 7, 2005

USM employees. Don't fall for this.

The paint has been embedded with micro-chips that will record your every move, action, and sound. The recordings will be transmitted 24/7 via satellite through Langley (Trent arranged this) back to Hattiesburg where they will be available on demand to blackmail employees to get on the SFT reappointment bandwagon.

If you should choose to accept the paint, don't paint your bedroom. Also, to faculty members, it is advisable to not paint every room in your house. Leave one room as a safe room where you can be your usual paranoid self.

Broad brushes are also available for faculty use. It is our understanding that this is your standard way of painting anything.

Date: Dec 7, 2005

Excuse me, but faculty computers were looked at after hours, email was intercepted, even a student's email was intercepted and read publicly, staff members were fired for refusing to participate, and good people publicly humiliated. And you think faculty are wrong to be paranoid?
How many USM faculty members use their USM email or telephone for anything but mundane transactions?

Your post was witty, DT's sidekick, and we get the point. It was just sort of ugly.

Date: Dec 7, 2005

Dick Tracy's Sidekick wrote:

USM employees. Don't fall for this. The paint has been embedded with micro-chips that will record your every move, action, and sound. The recordings will be transmitted 24/7 via satellite through Langley (Trent arranged this) back to Hattiesburg where they will be available on demand to blackmail employees to get on the SFT reappointment bandwagon. If you should choose to accept the paint, don't paint your bedroom. Also, to faculty members, it is advisable to not paint every room in your house. Leave one room as a safe room where you can be your usual paranoid self. Broad brushes are also available for faculty use. It is our understanding that this is your standard way of painting anything.

Quick, Henry, the Flit....

Date: Dec 7, 2005

L V N
I guess it was sort of ugly. I apologize.

There are some in our present administration that think that faculty members are paranoid. There are also some SFT backers out there in the general public that have similar beliefs. I am glad that these folks are in the small miniority. But they are out there.

As far as the broad brush comment, I can see it would cause some to bristle.

Date: Dec 7, 2005

DTS said:
There are some in our present administration that think that faculty members are paranoid. There are also some SFT backers out there in the general public that have similar beliefs. I am glad that these folks are in the small miniority. But they are out there.

Interesting isn't it, though, that only with the SFT administration has this so-called "paranoia" been observed. Not with Lucas--not with Fleming. Don't these people make a connection?

Date: Dec 7, 2005

Dick Tracy's Sidekick wrote:

There are some in our present administration that think that faculty members are paranoid. There are also some SFT backers out there in the general public that have similar beliefs.

Yo, Dick, when they lock you out of your office and accuse you of criminal behavior, it isn't paranoia anymore.

Your bugged paint theory reminded me of the (real) issues surrounding the building of the new American embassy in Moscow some years ago. The joke going around was: Q: How do you make Soviet concrete? A: One third cement, one third sand, and one third microphones. I reckon with nanotechnology they should be able to integrate a few dozen mini-mikes into the paint--hell, they may even have a grant from the Pentagon to do this, and they need to test it somehow. My momma always said the walls have ears.

Date: Dec 7, 2005

Retired and happy wrote:

only with the SFT administration has this so-called "paranoia" been observed. Not with Lucas--not with Fleming.

I'll buy the Fleming part, but . . . ...

Date: Dec 7, 2005

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