[Trteamer]

When the government/korporate power structure controls 50%+ of the money in this country, that is an absurd statement to defend.

So are you telling me that your decisions in life don't affect your success in life? It must be Bush's fault, or is it Halliburton's.

[Nowhere Man]

So are you telling me that your decisions in life don't affect your success in life? It must be Bush's fault, or is it Halliburton's.

I don't place the blame on any one person or entity, but I do believe there is a lot more to the process such as bum luck, beig born into the "right family," Grace of God, and other external factors too. Sometimes even one can make the right decsions and work hard but still fail depending on these and other factors. Many times it is just a crap shoot, other times, it is who you know.

[Mulder]

So are you telling me that your decisions in life don't affect your success in life?

Of course they do, but they are not the sole contributor to success or failure in life.

The decisions of a soviet peasant also affected his life. Does that mean the soviet union was a free country?