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Mon Jun-27-05 10:42 PM
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| 81. The foundation is a tax break. |
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You cannot separate the personal from the business, in this or any other case. "It's just business." My ass.
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| -ABC News headline: WalMart Heir dies in Small Plane Crash |
muriel_volestrangler |
Jun-27-05 07:08 PM |
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Was the plane made in china.... |
The Straight Story |
Jun-27-05 07:10 PM |
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Gawd! That was my first thought! |
displacedtexan |
Jun-27-05 07:11 PM |
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Maybe he will be re-incarnated as a slave laborer... |
The Straight Story |
Jun-27-05 07:12 PM |
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We may hope that he reincarnates as a slave. |
Matilda |
Jun-27-05 08:52 PM |
#49 |
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If there is any justice |
Greylyn58 |
Jun-28-05 12:19 AM |
#101 |
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he resisted being involved in the WalMart business and only joined the.... |
ElsewheresDaughter |
Jun-28-05 10:00 AM |
#132 |
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It's never the evil |
bitchkitty |
Jun-28-05 11:08 AM |
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kitty |
5thGenDemocrat |
Jun-28-05 05:45 PM |
#156 |
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The trained pilot's job was outsourced |
China_cat |
Jun-27-05 07:11 PM |
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You are so bad, making me laugh at that. lol |
genieroze |
Jun-28-05 01:50 AM |
#105 |
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No, but the fuel was a blue-light special |
despairing optimist |
Jun-28-05 09:10 PM |
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Deleted message |
Name removed |
Jun-27-05 07:11 PM |
#2 |
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Hear hear! |
politicaholic |
Jun-27-05 07:14 PM |
#9 |
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GOP loves WalMart because they are anti-union, anti-worker, |
driver8 |
Jun-27-05 07:25 PM |
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The GOP loves The Waltons because... |
Tandalayo_Scheisskopf |
Jun-27-05 08:33 PM |
#44 |
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John Walton's campaign contributions (complete list) |
President Jesus |
Jun-27-05 11:29 PM |
#96 |
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It did say he was a philanthropist .Wonder if that was about |
anitar1 |
Jun-28-05 03:12 AM |
#110 |
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Was the plane built by a non-union worker with no benefits? |
dbaker41 |
Jun-27-05 10:37 PM |
#77 |
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It is fun and safe, if you know what you're doing and are careful. |
uppityperson |
Jun-27-05 07:11 PM |
#3 |
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If you go the $$, you want the toys! |
napi21 |
Jun-27-05 07:12 PM |
#6 |
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Yep, these people do not get much of my sympaty.. |
waynew706 |
Jun-27-05 07:14 PM |
#8 |
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*walmart jingle* "Smile!.... Put on a happy face!"... |
Endangered Specie |
Jun-27-05 07:22 PM |
#10 |
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Rapture |
malaise |
Jun-28-05 04:26 PM |
#147 |
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I've flown to Alaska and the Bahamas in small Cessna planes.... |
ModRepubinPA |
Jun-27-05 07:25 PM |
#11 |
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Especially not the Silver Star Green Beret Vietnam vet in the family |
St. Jarvitude |
Jun-27-05 07:56 PM |
#28 |
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Actually, all the Waltons are decent people. |
PinkTiger |
Jun-27-05 10:30 PM |
#75 |
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Decent people don't treat their employees like slaves |
dbaker41 |
Jun-27-05 10:39 PM |
#79 |
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But they aren't the COMPANY. |
PinkTiger |
Jun-27-05 10:42 PM |
#80 |
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Are you saying they don't own a BIG CHUNK of the company? |
dbaker41 |
Jun-27-05 10:44 PM |
#82 |
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They have like Zip to do with it all. |
PinkTiger |
Jun-27-05 11:09 PM |
#88 |
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Then I pity them their riches. It must be such a burden. |
dbaker41 |
Jun-27-05 11:15 PM |
#91 |
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Sorry, but they own many shares of the company |
high density |
Jun-27-05 11:45 PM |
#97 |
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"not allowed to divest"? how does that work? |
ima_sinnic |
Jun-28-05 01:45 AM |
#104 |
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The bulk of their fortune is |
JNelson6563 |
Jun-28-05 06:29 AM |
#121 |
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Ignorance,I suppose, is bliss. You don't have a clue. |
PinkTiger |
Jun-28-05 09:40 AM |
#123 |
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Depositing the dividend checks is more than "ceremonial in nature" |
Toucano |
Jun-28-05 08:05 PM |
#160 |
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And where do you get your figures for this? |
PinkTiger |
Jun-28-05 10:22 PM |
#164 |
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The Waltons are scum. |
Algorem |
Jun-27-05 10:52 PM |
#83 |
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Yay!He wins!Richest man in the graveyard. |
Algorem |
Jun-27-05 10:54 PM |
#85 |
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That's the truth, no one beats death, he'll decay like everyone else. nt |
Catfight |
Jun-28-05 05:40 AM |
#117 |
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Wal-Mart is scum. |
PinkTiger |
Jun-27-05 11:14 PM |
#90 |
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The Waltons are scum. |
Algorem |
Jun-27-05 11:20 PM |
#93 |
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When Sam Walton was alive things were different |
auburngrad82 |
Jun-28-05 06:21 AM |
#120 |
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So |
liberalmike27 |
Jun-28-05 09:46 AM |
#126 |
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You are so wrong. |
PinkTiger |
Jun-28-05 02:03 PM |
#144 |
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And how exactly do you know this? |
dbaker41 |
Jun-28-05 04:29 PM |
#148 |
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When someone owns a large amount of stock |
PinkTiger |
Jun-28-05 09:59 PM |
#163 |
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Yeah, they are |
warrens |
Jun-28-05 10:23 AM |
#134 |
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A little about the Walton heirs activities. |
yebrent |
Jun-28-05 06:04 PM |
#157 |
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very good question for traveling, but he was having fun. ARTICLE here: |
truthisfreedom |
Jun-27-05 07:27 PM |
#13 |
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It was an ultra light |
Jacobin |
Jun-27-05 07:30 PM |
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Especially in mountain turbulence. Pay your money; take your chances. |
DemoTex |
Jun-27-05 09:18 PM |
#52 |
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G'night, John Boy |
SoCalDem |
Jun-27-05 07:53 PM |
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"Philanthropist" (???) somehow that |
Piperay |
Jun-27-05 08:01 PM |
#32 |
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that was my first reaction - philanthropist?! |
genevat |
Jun-27-05 09:34 PM |
#59 |
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It's a Wal-Mart press release |
high density |
Jun-27-05 11:48 PM |
#98 |
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With a net worth of $18.2 billion, what will Jesus say |
DainBramaged |
Jun-28-05 01:52 AM |
#106 |
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Diablo did speak to him |
saigon68 |
Jun-28-05 02:48 AM |
#109 |
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With fewer heirs to share the booty they can afford an employee raise. |
Catshrink |
Jun-27-05 07:27 PM |
#14 |
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Fat chance..it'll just be rolled into the surviving heirs |
Roland99 |
Jun-27-05 08:25 PM |
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You guys don't get it, do you???? |
PinkTiger |
Jun-27-05 10:35 PM |
#76 |
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The foundation is a tax break. |
dbaker41 |
Jun-27-05 10:42 PM |
#81 |
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Do you feel the same way about the Kennedys and the Heinz-Kerrys? |
Charlie Brown |
Jun-27-05 10:53 PM |
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And what currently-corrupt businesses do you tie the Kennedys to? |
dbaker41 |
Jun-27-05 11:05 PM |
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Joseph Kennedy most definitely made his fortune from crooked stock trading |
Charlie Brown |
Jun-27-05 11:18 PM |
#92 |
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So are Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al. |
dbaker41 |
Jun-27-05 11:20 PM |
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I thought that Joe Kennedy made his money during prohibition ... |
420inTN |
Jun-28-05 09:57 AM |
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Yeah, I thought Joe was a bootlegger too! |
dbaker41 |
Jun-28-05 04:42 PM |
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I can't speak for the others |
liberalmike27 |
Jun-28-05 09:53 AM |
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Do Soros, Heinz-Kerry, and the Kennedys have too much money? |
420inTN |
Jun-28-05 04:50 PM |
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The simple answer is yes. |
SquireJons |
Jun-28-05 10:52 PM |
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The Foundation has nothing to do with the company. |
PinkTiger |
Jun-27-05 11:11 PM |
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Foundations do have legal obligations. |
daleo |
Jun-28-05 12:02 AM |
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Give Me a break.... |
SquireJons |
Jun-28-05 04:48 AM |
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10% of their annual income to charity |
TX-RAT |
Jun-28-05 04:52 PM |
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Mormons |
SquireJons |
Jun-28-05 09:05 PM |
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Dude |
liberalmike27 |
Jun-28-05 09:57 AM |
#129 |
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Do they own 51% or do they have controlling interest? |
TX-RAT |
Jun-28-05 04:50 PM |
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Are you saying the Waltons have NO influence on Wal-mart's policies? |
0rganism |
Jun-28-05 02:28 PM |
#145 |
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I knew I'd read about that education foundation somewhere before. |
shockra |
Jun-28-05 06:05 AM |
#118 |
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I always wondered |
vanboggie |
Jun-28-05 06:11 AM |
#119 |
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When have the uninformed ever let ignorance get in the way of an opinion? |
420inTN |
Jun-28-05 09:43 AM |
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"You guys don't get it, do you???? |
TX-RAT |
Jun-28-05 04:47 PM |
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ultra-light crashes are remarkably common and in the news this month... |
truthisfreedom |
Jun-27-05 07:28 PM |
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I guess |
laptoprepairguy |
Jun-28-05 12:34 PM |
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This is insensitive, but now that he's dead, do you think they will |
rzemanfl |
Jun-27-05 07:29 PM |
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"Small Plane Crash" |
meganmonkey |
Jun-27-05 07:33 PM |
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NOT a small plane |
Jacobin |
Jun-27-05 07:40 PM |
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A kite with a motor. |
benburch |
Jun-27-05 07:48 PM |
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My thoughts exactly. |
zann725 |
Jun-28-05 02:04 AM |
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I wonder what he had on Bushco... |
rateyes |
Jun-27-05 07:33 PM |
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ummm |
St. Jarvitude |
Jun-27-05 07:54 PM |
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I think you better loosen your tin foil hat. n/t |
RebelOne |
Jun-28-05 06:33 AM |
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one down... |
GTRMAN |
Jun-27-05 07:35 PM |
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Vietnam war hero? Philanthropist? |
Straight Shooter |
Jun-27-05 07:36 PM |
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He's cut from the same cloth |
lwfern |
Jun-27-05 07:57 PM |
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Oh, dear. Just when I was trying to think kind thoughts of the dead. |
Straight Shooter |
Jun-27-05 07:58 PM |
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Just looked at the first page |
PsN2Wind |
Jun-27-05 08:19 PM |
#35 |
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Look! He was into Joementum... |
PassingFair |
Jun-27-05 08:29 PM |
#41 |
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He donated to Joe! |
insane_cratic_gal |
Jun-27-05 09:02 PM |
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I guess Joe likes his bread buttered ... |
Tommymac |
Jun-27-05 09:35 PM |
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Not shedding a tear |
insane_cratic_gal |
Jun-27-05 10:11 PM |
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Ultralight = Easy Darwin Award nomination. There, I've said it. (nt) |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
Jun-27-05 07:52 PM |
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I believe you don't even need a pilot's license |
KC21304 |
Jun-27-05 08:22 PM |
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Nonqualifier for the Darwin. Acknowlged offspring. |
Porcupine |
Jun-27-05 10:24 PM |
#74 |
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RIP |
wicket |
Jun-27-05 07:54 PM |
#26 |
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The last sound he heard? |
RUMMYisFROSTED |
Jun-27-05 08:04 PM |
#33 |
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His plane went "rolling rolling rolling...." (nt) |
The Straight Story |
Jun-27-05 08:21 PM |
#36 |
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Look out below... |
patalicat |
Jun-27-05 07:57 PM |
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I wish that this |
Piperay |
Jun-27-05 08:04 PM |
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Very disheartening to see folks dancing on a man's grave |
Charlie Brown |
Jun-27-05 08:23 PM |
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Would Wal-Mart give a damn if one their employees were killed in.. |
AX10 |
Jun-27-05 08:33 PM |
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So he deserved to die b/c of Wal Mart's business policies? |
Charlie Brown |
Jun-27-05 08:39 PM |
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Well, I guess his time was up. |
amber dog democrat |
Jun-27-05 08:42 PM |
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"deserved to die" was notwhat was said. Why should we care is the point. |
havocmom |
Jun-27-05 09:18 PM |
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what a mom you must be |
antfarm |
Jun-27-05 09:32 PM |
#57 |
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People who know me tend to think highly of me |
havocmom |
Jun-27-05 10:38 PM |
#78 |
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Actually, they might |
lastliberalintexas |
Jun-28-05 10:22 AM |
#133 |
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Thank you.... GREAT post. |
Misunderestimator |
Jun-28-05 04:31 PM |
#149 |
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Wal-Mart is not a person. |
PinkTiger |
Jun-28-05 10:52 PM |
#166 |
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Well, if he had been a better person |
clovis29 |
Jun-27-05 08:43 PM |
#47 |
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what do you know about him to make such a judgment |
onenote |
Jun-27-05 10:20 PM |
#72 |
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Yeah, he was utterly helpless, right? |
lolly |
Jun-28-05 12:22 AM |
#102 |
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Or we could just stifle ourselves. This man's death will do nothing... |
DeepModem Mom |
Jun-27-05 08:49 PM |
#48 |
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some people |
antfarm |
Jun-27-05 09:34 PM |
#58 |
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And some people can't resist being apologists for the rapacious idle rich |
mitchum |
Jun-28-05 04:22 PM |
#146 |
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Have you forgotten the "dead peasant" insurance? |
dansolo |
Jun-27-05 09:30 PM |
#55 |
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What does this have to do with John Walton? |
Charlie Brown |
Jun-27-05 10:59 PM |
#86 |
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perhaps thats the point..... |
Henny Penny |
Jun-28-05 05:31 AM |
#116 |
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He couldn't take all that money with him now could he? |
TheGoldenRule |
Jun-27-05 11:24 PM |
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Recreation off of the backs of the poor. |
sleipnir |
Jun-27-05 08:26 PM |
#40 |
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Philanthropist, man, he must have given away more money... |
pinniped |
Jun-27-05 08:30 PM |
#42 |
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Here's one of his philanthropic recipients. (KIPP) |
barbaraann |
Jun-27-05 09:07 PM |
#51 |
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I can't help putting on my tinfoil hat here!!! |
lovuian |
Jun-27-05 09:28 PM |
#54 |
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'Night, John-Boy... |
americanstranger |
Jun-27-05 09:31 PM |
#56 |
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Son of Wal-Mart founder killed in plane crash |
Javaman |
Jun-27-05 10:01 PM |
#61 |
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husband is not getting ultralight now |
medeak |
Jun-27-05 10:01 PM |
#62 |
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I heard they just went on sale at china-mart ;) |
Javaman |
Jun-27-05 10:01 PM |
#63 |
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Yep...prices for ultra-lights are falling at Wal-mart! |
kanrok |
Jun-27-05 10:01 PM |
#64 |
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That's prices right? ;) lol |
Javaman |
Jun-27-05 10:01 PM |
#67 |
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Remember how they insured their old employees and collected when they died |
Democrats_win |
Jun-27-05 10:01 PM |
#65 |
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I thought that was an urban legend... |
theshadow |
Jun-27-05 10:01 PM |
#68 |
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Weird...ultralights almost have to be persuaded to crash... |
karlrschneider |
Jun-27-05 10:01 PM |
#66 |
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Is some of the life insurance going to the WalMart workers? |
BRLIB |
Jun-27-05 10:01 PM |
#69 |
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I imagine the other heirs are happy tonight |
mitchum |
Jun-27-05 10:01 PM |
#70 |
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OMG! There was just a Dilbert like this... |
hootinholler |
Jun-27-05 10:21 PM |
#73 |
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Ruthless Reviews said it best |
Sandpiper |
Jun-28-05 04:48 AM |
#113 |
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My prayers are with the family. |
deadparrot |
Jun-28-05 12:08 AM |
#100 |
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Dumb rich guys + experimental aircraft |
Demgirl |
Jun-28-05 01:30 AM |
#103 |
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I have seen a lot of fools so this does not surprise me |
nolabels |
Jun-28-05 02:39 AM |
#108 |
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An ultra-light - wasn't that the same type plane... |
ngGale |
Jun-28-05 03:16 AM |
#111 |
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think any of them learned |
TheModernTerrorist |
Jun-28-05 05:02 AM |
#114 |
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You know, for a minute there, I thought this board would be riddled... |
ALiberalSailor |
Jun-28-05 05:13 AM |
#115 |
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Those poor,poor billionaires. |
Algorem |
Jun-28-05 06:45 PM |
#158 |
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RIP n/t |
Politicub |
Jun-28-05 09:45 AM |
#125 |
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Sad, but at least he had some beautiful scenery to look at before he went |
noonwitch |
Jun-28-05 09:54 AM |
#128 |
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was he a Progressive, not warned him to stay out of small planes? |
ElsewheresDaughter |
Jun-28-05 09:57 AM |
#131 |
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Progressive Wall-mart heir? |
SquireJons |
Jun-28-05 12:51 PM |
#140 |
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Who the #$%^&*@ cares???? |
Brooklyn Michael |
Jun-28-05 10:26 AM |
#135 |
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good riddance to bad rubbish. Lookout satan!!!! |
captain jack |
Jun-28-05 12:39 PM |
#138 |
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But what will become of John-Boy and Walton's Mountain? |
RetroLounge |
Jun-28-05 12:45 PM |
#139 |
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Karma??? |
Megahurtz |
Jun-28-05 01:27 PM |
#141 |
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Seems to me Karma would effect everybody equally if not for a few other... |
nolabels |
Jun-28-05 02:00 PM |
#143 |
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Poor poor Luke |
rlc |
Jun-28-05 01:44 PM |
#142 |
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It is sad.Darkness,sadness,all around. |
Algorem |
Jun-28-05 06:49 PM |
#159 |
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Karma is a bitch |
MrScorpio |
Jun-28-05 05:08 PM |
#155 |
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Karma had little to do with it. |
PinkTiger |
Jun-28-05 10:50 PM |
#165 |
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As always, in such situations, my feelings go out to the family |
derbstyron |
Jun-28-05 11:07 PM |
#168 |
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