I’m not quite sure how I feel about this.
That would make two of my former employers swallowed up by Oracle (PeopleSoft and Novell). At first glance, I didn’t like the thought of Larry Ellison having any type of influence in Happy Valley. But as I considered this more and more, I realized that it might be a really good move for Novell employees.
As much as I agree with Zac, I don’t know that the answer is to just send them all back and make them come here legally. As I mentioned in a previous post, I’m not sure I would act any differently given some of their circumstances.
As much respect as I have for the law, in this instance, the law is wrong… or at least not open enough.
But I do agree with Zac that the protestors are going about this all wrong. Mexican flags and chants in Spanish are not a sign of wanting to be American. It’s actually quite devisive. If you are in a country and your protest is all about wanting to stay in that country, then support that country. Show you’re willing to give up a little bit of your nationalism in order to stay in the country.
I was cleaning out my old emails and found the following. It gave me quite the chuckle reading through it again (mostly because my family has been involved in MLM since Amway was still called Amway). So I figured I would share it with others, so here you go:
WardAmerica
by David R. Trottier
My humble plan for the financial salvation and exaltation of every soul who has the sense to sign up.
I have seen a vision. I have become a new man. And boy, am I excited! Not that I was asking for any great blessings, but when your number’s called, hey, you’ve got to go with the flow.
It all began one foggy night on the freeway. I was pondering the difficulties of my stake missionary calling and took a wrong exit. Suddenly I found myself in a dark and dreary suburb. I spotted an iron railing by the sidewalk and followed it right up to a new LDS meetinghouse. On the wall was a sign that read, “WardAmerica. Prosper in the land today!”