Reply #82: It doesn't apply to all, you are an obvious exception as are most of the denizens

[Greyhound]

of DU. Hell, I'm one myself. If I were not, I would have gladly sold my soul, gone the family route, and today I would be "living the dream" just as my relatives are.

I would never be here, never talk to you, and never have a real worry in the world. The crash might have reduced my fortune to only a few million dollars, but I would be out buying up real assets for two or three cents on the dollar so that in 10 years I might be a billionaire. Or maybe I'd go into "public service" and really set myself up as so many have done before me (check out your own Senator's financial history since she went into "public service"). That is how the game works and believe me it does work. Only a genuine moron like shrub (who is even dumber than you imagine) can swim in these waters without making a vast fortune.

But I believe that they are wrong, that "regular" people matter, and that "we" (now they) should do better by them. The frustrating thing is that in trying to help people to understand how things are, and what is required to change them, I am met with reactions much like yours.

What is so hard for you to believe? Have you lived in a convent or some similarly cloistered environment your entire life? Have you not read, seen, and heard what has happened over the course of your life? Have you ever once seen a truly powerful person make any effort to make life better for another without any personal benefit to them (writing checks does not count, money is nothing at the level I'm talking about)?

Do you really believe that almost everybody on earth is a lazy, untalented, lout, and if not, how is it that so very few ever get anywhere? How many times do the parasites have to steal your future and kick your teeth in before you realize that they are parasites? Are you at all familiar with how Illinois politics work, and do you really believe that Barack Obama came up in that system without stepping on and screwing lots and lots of other people to get where he was?