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DirkGently (6,660 posts)

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PAY ATTENTION: a billionaire opines about the 99%, 'You're the prisoners, we're the guards' [View all]	nashville_brook	Aug 2012	OP
People like himself and Romney	jpbollma	Aug 2012	#1
+1000	Kennah	Aug 2012	#4
he forgets a couple of very important things. perhaps the silicon get to his brain.	roguevalley	Aug 2012	#22
Sadly, I think you're wrong about #4. With what's been happening in Anaheim, for one,	truth2power	Aug 2012	#26
You Are So Right	DallasNE	Aug 2012	#37
couldn't agree more -- we lose any confrontation that's not non-violent. energies focused on...	nashville_brook	Aug 2012	#59
We lose even the non-violent confrontations. My point was	truth2power	Aug 2012	#69
the fact that there's so much to risk in just holding a sign proves that it's effective	nashville_brook	Aug 2012	#72
AGREED. Which, ultimately, makes this a numbers of persons "game" and, unlike Egypt, we already KNOW	patrice	Aug 2012	#77
As far as 6 -- I'm not sure you can blame her for being angry. She is,	truedelphi	Aug 2012	#62
that's b/c the more power one has, the more they must defend it.	nashville_brook	Aug 2012	#68
We should start a campaign to convince	Ilsa	Aug 2012	#2
I always shudder when I see these old rich dudes with the vapid wife..	progressivebydesign	Aug 2012	#19
But they're not big enough! She needs more	Ilsa	Aug 2012	#39
They are just dripping with tackiness.	smirkymonkey	Aug 2012	#64
if tackiness were deadly, they'd be taking long dirt naps	nashville_brook	Aug 2012	#74
I saw her birthday party on video.	silverweb	Aug 2012	#3
Wisdom from a failed Timeshare mogul. THIS is the problem.	DirkGently	Aug 2012	#5
+1	nashville_brook	Aug 2012	#16
the nouveau riche vulgaris are uneducated grifters and this one has a 90,000 sf chip on his shoulder	nashville_brook	Aug 2012	#45
Post of the year	Myrina	Aug 2012	#71
:)	nashville_brook	Aug 2012	#75
Paid time off around the world:	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#6
it's shocking, really. here's another chart...likelihood of US worker to have sick time	nashville_brook	Aug 2012	#13
Yay! Something else where we're #1!	sabrina 1	Aug 2012	#34
They must be counting on liberal opposition to the death penalty ...	Kennah	Aug 2012	#7
This entitled bastard is a failure at business.	Dawson Leery	Aug 2012	#8
Versailles is out of foreclosure, and supposedly, Westgate Resorts is profitable again.	nashville_brook	Aug 2012	#47
This needs to be broadcast around the world.	Zalatix	Aug 2012	#9
Oh, look. They can't feel good about the money unless you envy it.	aquart	Aug 2012	#10
to me, this is at the root of the monied's dysfunctional relationship with the rest of the us...and,	nashville_brook	Aug 2012	#43
No, they are the prisoner and darned lucky they live in America. If they were living a number of	Raine	Aug 2012	#11
MItt: we got your VP candidate here, right here!	rurallib	Aug 2012	#12
the analogy makes no sense	hfojvt	Aug 2012	#14
If your nose or your niece's isn't being rub into the dirt it isn't happening?	lunatica	Aug 2012	#15
That previous post sounded like something we'd hear from the GOP.	Zalatix	Aug 2012	#29
empathy for what?	hfojvt	Aug 2012	#49
whoboy.	nashville_brook	Aug 2012	#17
Guys like this are harbingers of the cancer stage of capitalism.	Snarkoleptic	Aug 2012	#18
My sig line has always said it all.	RagAss	Aug 2012	#20
your sig line rules. I'll go find my knitting needles. I think its sooner rather than later.	roguevalley	Aug 2012	#24
How do you knit a guillotine? /nt	TheMadMonk	Aug 2012	#30
LOL! Wasn't it Madame DeFarge who sat at the foot of the scaffold, knitting? It's been	truth2power	Aug 2012	#40
Good One!	smirkymonkey	Aug 2012	#66
that cat took the bad taste out of my mouth regarding this tool and his boob wife.	roguevalley	Aug 2012	#23
Excellent.	DirkGently	Aug 2012	#44
i agree that Siegel exemplifies what's most malignant about our culture right now, but	nashville_brook	Aug 2012	#50
He thinks he has a right to live like that.	limpyhobbler	Aug 2012	#21
Is this arrogant fuckstick TRYING ...	99Forever	Aug 2012	#25
energy focused on guys like Siegel is not what they fear - they fear organized people	nashville_brook	Aug 2012	#58
Ok.	99Forever	Aug 2012	#60
There's a lot going on at the state and local level everywhere that doesn't get	nashville_brook	Aug 2012	#70
Maybe it's me...	99Forever	Aug 2012	#80
Yes. Mass pressure / direct democracy is a must.	DirkGently	Aug 2012	#81
Fortunately, We Know How to Build the Guillotines!	mckara	Aug 2012	#27
Nah, we have chainsaws now. nt	DocMac	Aug 2012	#78
Louis XIV was living the American dream?	Bolo Boffin	Aug 2012	#28
What is wrong with some people?	eShirl	Aug 2012	#31
Movie trailers	Tx4obama	Aug 2012	#32
we're going to see this tonight, hopefully.	nashville_brook	Aug 2012	#54
I love where he says	LibertyLover	Aug 2012	#63
the stage will allow them to put the FUN in dysfunctional.	nashville_brook	Aug 2012	#65
Maybe the kids will create plays from that stage...	CoffeeCat	Aug 2012	#79
I am nobody's prisoner, Mr. Siegel.	drm604	Aug 2012	#33
Seems like he is his banksters' prisoner nowadays...	Amonester	Aug 2012	#35
One thing she got right "The bankers are like vultures".	smirkymonkey	Aug 2012	#67
Many, many, many are.	woo me with science	Aug 2012	#38
we're seeing the acceleration of this, and I'm afraid that the corporate money in this election will	nashville_brook	Aug 2012	#46
Yep.	woo me with science	Aug 2012	#52
precisely. Griftopia.	nashville_brook	Aug 2012	#53
k&r	Starry Messenger	Aug 2012	#36
this asshole is well on his way to becoming one of 99%	cali	Aug 2012	#41
i agree he's not the point of the OP -- rather that he candidly says what smarter billionaires don't	nashville_brook	Aug 2012	#48
Yes. The vulgarians forget the rhetoric.	DirkGently	Aug 2012	#51
and if you read the entire post at Tiny Revolution, he uses that prison warden power	nashville_brook	Aug 2012	#61
But of course.	DirkGently	Aug 2012	#76
well said. I agree with all that you articulated.	cali	Aug 2012	#55
the american dream is to live in versailles? the american dream is to be a prison guard? i'm	HiPointDem	Aug 2012	#42
They are flesh and blood. People own 50 cal rifles with scopes. They should have some fear.	L0oniX	Aug 2012	#56
these domestic terrorists with 50 caliber rifles are not on our side #templeshooting	nashville_brook	Aug 2012	#73
K&R	woo me with science	Aug 2012	#57
Ick. n/t	Care Acutely	Aug 2012	#82

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