Of course you remember Haney.
Haney was that sweaty, conniving, opportunistic embodiment of
capitalism in bucolic Hooterville. Cracked of voice and ethics, Haney
never missed an opportunity to make a buck or exploit a relationship. A
true huckster, he always had a trick up his sleeve or some snake oil to
sell you.
I lost track of the Haney until I got involved in Internet Marketing
a few years back. Although Haney, played by Pat Buttram died several
years ago, his legacy lives on - this time in the online world.
Heck, I'd bet a gaggle of geese, an exaltation of larks, a
convocation of eagles, even a wedge of swans that he'd be found
somewhere in InterNUT land pushing PLR, ebooks, pyramid schemes or
worthless scams with a fresh carrot dangling for the next "new and
improved" program in his autoresponder.
It's big business for the hucksters, bad for others attempting to teach ethics in online marketing.
Spend 30 minutes surfing traffic exchanges, and you'll find enticing
copy with the popular idioms; Make money hand over fist, Rags to
Riches, Big Bucks, Made of money, Make a Killing - the list goes on and
on.
America is a rags to riches country. We started in rags, moved to
riches and back to rags over and over again. There has always been the
"elite" or America's illusion of aristocracy and the desire to control
the great "unwashed" keeps the "rags to riches" see saw going.
Haney would have an endless supply of "marks." Ponzi & Madoff would agree.
Gary Bacchetti (The Gentle Mentor)