Annie by Jay Maeder and Alan Kupperberg for March 06, 2010

That’s the way of the world, Annie.

The same thing he’s been doing for years. Hiring people and making donations for write offs

Warbucks is the good guy here. Charity that seduces people into losing our self reliance and becoming beggars is not charity.

I agree, “arf!”

JanCinVV - Continuing from yesterday’s thread - I don’t remember them jumping overboard. I thought they were machine gunned.

..watch out for the palin..er..rogue…waves…

He does what is best for his country free enterprise and trade are the ONLY thing that has ever led to long lasting peace Yes sometimes he skirts the letter of the law to see that its spirit it fulfilled and he is an idealized capitalist a philanthropist and even fights corrupt businessmen as often as he does normal criminals, terrorists, spies, and saboteurs Sure he probably should go to the proper authorities but that would be boring and is part of the willing suspension of disbelief of fiction and it’s not like he doesn’t have the skills to get the job done and as a private citizen can do the things the government can’t He is also a self-made man, the name Warbucks as he started as a factory worker in a mutions plant while going to college at night, before working up to foreman where after making the company considerable money gave the employees raises and reinvested in the company instead of just keeping it for himself, yes he a defense contractor so what, greed and patriotism/altruism aren’t mutually exclusive and can actually help each other. The ability to think of future generation when calculating pragmatic utilitarianism is what separates us from the animals. The world is not the way it is because of thugs and psychopaths, corrupt businessmen/politicians (which contrary to fiction are the exception not the rule) but because most people are too stupid to know what is best for them the extreme left and extreme right get caught up in their ideals and refuse to acknowledge brutal facts of reality no real world understanding of the extreme complexities of politics, economics, technological logistics, and how they’re all interconnected in the long run. People want everything right here right now the whole world just handed to them on a silver platter think just by complaining something will happen without a tangible plan. Such a plan will require a lot of long, hard, boring work all day every day for generations.

Re what happened to Asp and Punjab; my recollection is that Warbucks and his sub commander were taken to that disguised freighter by Xaxos’ mercenaries and then the sub was hit by shells from a deck gun. My recollection further is that there was a third person on the sub with Asp and Punjab and they told him to face death with bravery and dignity, then the sub disappeared after being shelled. The old disguised freighter was like the Nazi’s used in WW2 to prey on shipping; make the vessel seem harmless yet have false sides/panels that concealed deck guns and other weapons. Even the Confederates used several of these against the Union navy during the Civil War.

Wow!

Asp, Punjab and Santiago will return - when we least expect them to.

Re Asp & Punjab…. Memory refresher….

http://www.gocomics.com/annie/2008/03/09/

Yep, they could easily have escaped before the shell hit, not only overboard but who knows what kind of mini-sub was aboard the sub.

Morning, Anniephans!

The final story arc in the Annie saga – “Intrigue at Millennium City!”