Pre-Texting

So, as I read in the papers, it seems that HP has been accused of “pre-texting” – i.e., gathering private information on its critics and the press.

Gosh.

So let me get this straight. We have an enormous, multinational corporation in a Bushite-Reaganoid age when “share holder value” is a religious mantra while “regulation” is a swear word, and its crewed by MBAs who’ve been trained from birth to win at ANY cost, and who believe as God is their witness that “business ethics” means disembowel the other guy before he can get you first . . .

And then it spies on its enemies . . .

And we’re gonna pretend that we’re surprised?