Goldstein1984
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Sun Jan-10-10 05:28 PM
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| 58. There are a lot of Texans in Alaska |
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With BP, we used to have a lot of Brits. They went home when throughput started falling.
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| -My Close Encounter With Power |
Goldstein1984 |
Jan-10-10 01:31 AM |
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You are correct. Sadly, Washington is kowtowing to them instead.
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Edweird |
Jan-10-10 01:35 AM |
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It is always nice to be in agreement, Edweird! |
villager |
Jan-10-10 01:54 AM |
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It is. |
Edweird |
Jan-10-10 02:15 AM |
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Only if we choose to be |
tavalon |
Jan-10-10 02:13 AM |
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I am extremely disappointed in the way things are turning out. |
Edweird |
Jan-10-10 02:26 AM |
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Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying "Don't worry, be happy" |
tavalon |
Jan-10-10 02:46 AM |
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No they want us to be ignorant... |
hootinholler |
Jan-10-10 09:58 AM |
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Was it this one? |
LoZoccolo |
Jan-10-10 01:36 AM |
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YES! The website actually makes it look a little friendly. |
Goldstein1984 |
Jan-10-10 01:50 AM |
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Again, we think very differently. |
LoZoccolo |
Jan-10-10 02:07 AM |
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I already do that at work. |
Goldstein1984 |
Jan-10-10 02:21 AM |
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Law #4: Always say less than necessary. |
LoZoccolo |
Jan-10-10 02:40 AM |
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Okay, now you really ARE my hero! |
LearnedHand |
Jan-10-10 09:57 AM |
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I only learned enough |
Goldstein1984 |
Jan-10-10 10:09 PM |
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is this the additive that big ed was pushing? |
mopinko |
Jan-10-10 03:00 PM |
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I don't know what Ed was selling. |
Goldstein1984 |
Jan-10-10 03:25 PM |
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found it |
mopinko |
Jan-10-10 04:19 PM |
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Pretty standard variation on a common theme. |
Goldstein1984 |
Jan-10-10 04:48 PM |
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Brazillian energy crystals |
krispos42 |
Jan-10-10 03:01 PM |
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+1 |
Book Lover |
Jan-10-10 02:39 AM |
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Prices aren't too outlandish for royalty. |
Dr.Phool |
Jan-10-10 04:01 PM |
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I looked at their menu too |
me b zola |
Jan-10-10 09:00 PM |
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The queen would be aghast at this place and would wonder |
ooglymoogly |
Jan-11-10 08:35 PM |
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Yuk. |
tbyg52 |
Jan-10-10 09:14 AM |
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Pretentious, certainly. |
Goldstein1984 |
Jan-10-10 12:57 PM |
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Oh, obvoiusly it's high-level with regard to money and obsequiousness, but |
tbyg52 |
Jan-11-10 05:31 PM |
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The bill of fare is piffel.... |
Aviation Pro |
Jan-10-10 01:01 PM |
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"celebrates just who we are" |
Hissyspit |
Jan-10-10 01:37 PM |
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Holy shit. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jan-10-10 03:53 PM |
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"Reciprocal" private memberships include The Capitol Hill Club, for one... |
Waiting For Everyman |
Jan-10-10 05:48 PM |
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Yuk; speaking of tacky. Just goes to show you money is not a pass |
ooglymoogly |
Jan-10-10 09:21 PM |
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The dining room at my mom's assisted living residence is way classier than |
grace0418 |
Jan-10-10 10:42 PM |
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wow. the menu actually looks extremely reasonable. nt |
inna |
Jan-10-10 09:29 PM |
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Those are the people we're being fed to |
frog92969 |
Jan-10-10 01:44 AM |
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Ruthless pugthugs our government has given too much money to. |
ooglymoogly |
Jan-11-10 10:32 AM |
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revolution |
pansypoo53219 |
Jan-10-10 01:46 AM |
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I say it all the time |
Goldstein1984 |
Jan-10-10 12:59 PM |
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Say it all you want |
ElmoBlatz |
Jan-10-10 07:59 PM |
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Talk is cheap |
Freddie Stubbs |
Jan-11-10 04:04 PM |
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Wonder how many of them are in The Family? eom |
Hello_Kitty |
Jan-10-10 01:46 AM |
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These were EXACTLY those kind of people. |
Goldstein1984 |
Jan-10-10 01:52 AM |
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How do we "bell the cat"? It's thought to be impossible, yet we must. |
Jim Sagle |
Jan-10-10 02:03 AM |
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The cats we need to bell the most are... |
Goldstein1984 |
Jan-10-10 02:06 AM |
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A similar story... |
tango-tee |
Jan-10-10 07:22 AM |
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I've been there, and you've accurately described it. |
TexasObserver |
Jan-10-10 09:43 AM |
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I've heard of the Petroleum Club. |
AspenRose |
Jan-10-10 09:58 AM |
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I assure you those waitstaff were privy to the most |
juno jones |
Jan-10-10 10:46 AM |
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K&R |
Odin2005 |
Jan-10-10 11:08 AM |
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Great story! I know how you felt... |
The_Commonist |
Jan-10-10 11:23 AM |
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"That's about all we can do..." |
Goldstein1984 |
Jan-10-10 01:05 PM |
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While I would certainly like to see... |
The_Commonist |
Jan-10-10 01:16 PM |
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Opting out, if done on a large scale |
Goldstein1984 |
Jan-10-10 01:21 PM |
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We need entrepreneurs who go into the business of showing people how to form Cooperatives. |
patrice |
Jan-10-10 07:55 PM |
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Absolutely right, our only victory is to not work for them, nor buy their products. Cooperatives are |
patrice |
Jan-10-10 07:52 PM |
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To "bell the cat" |
winyanstaz |
Jan-10-10 12:19 PM |
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Petroleum Club, home of the Texas-American Petroleum Mafia |
Raster |
Jan-10-10 01:17 PM |
#34 |
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There are a lot of Texans in Alaska |
Goldstein1984 |
Jan-10-10 05:28 PM |
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Been trying to tell folks that. They don't want to believe it. |
The Doctor. |
Jan-10-10 01:20 PM |
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I believe at least some of them are betting they can buy their way through Global Climate Change and |
patrice |
Jan-10-10 08:04 PM |
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Yep... and to call that short-sighted of them is generous. |
The Doctor. |
Jan-10-10 10:34 PM |
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K&R. |
Vidar |
Jan-10-10 02:04 PM |
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I've always been in favor of the French solution to |
jimshoes |
Jan-10-10 02:16 PM |
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Agree - there is a loophole in capital punishment that needs to be closed. -nt |
scentopine |
Jan-10-10 02:54 PM |
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+1 |
davidwparker |
Jan-10-10 03:54 PM |
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yeah, murder is a great solution. fucking sick. |
cali |
Jan-10-10 05:57 PM |
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Not funny. What goes around comes around. |
patrice |
Jan-10-10 08:08 PM |
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I actually wasn't trying to be funny, |
jimshoes |
Jan-11-10 06:10 AM |
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Strange days indeed |
underpants |
Jan-10-10 02:43 PM |
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I grew up with their children |
proud2BlibKansan |
Jan-10-10 02:54 PM |
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really good post. I wish I could rec it. |
cali |
Jan-10-10 06:19 PM |
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Thank you |
proud2BlibKansan |
Jan-10-10 10:26 PM |
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My first husband used to fix typewriters in the homes in Mission Hills. Old Money and some very nice |
patrice |
Jan-10-10 08:13 PM |
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I freak my classmates out at reunions |
proud2BlibKansan |
Jan-10-10 10:40 PM |
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Aaaaaaaaaaah to be a |
femrap |
Jan-10-10 03:23 PM |
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Mostly white; mostly male; mostly old |
Goldstein1984 |
Jan-10-10 03:40 PM |
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Thanks.... |
femrap |
Jan-10-10 07:11 PM |
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Because being bald and below whatever arbitrary level of hight you've selected |
rockymountaindem |
Jan-11-10 02:05 AM |
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Did I ask you? No. |
femrap |
Jan-11-10 09:18 AM |
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I'm not short and I sure as heck ain't bald |
rockymountaindem |
Jan-11-10 11:17 AM |
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I was talking about |
femrap |
Jan-11-10 03:56 PM |
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The new global aristocracy |
swilton |
Jan-10-10 03:53 PM |
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Thank you for sharing your insights |
varelse |
Jan-10-10 03:54 PM |
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Hope you were able to keep your food down, |
onlyadream |
Jan-10-10 04:43 PM |
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I was overcome with the sense that I didn't belong. |
Goldstein1984 |
Jan-10-10 05:42 PM |
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You are correct. May I add my story? 20 years ago, one of our |
Nay |
Jan-10-10 04:57 PM |
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Saw a Tea Party charter a few weeks ago. It emphasized Property |
patrice |
Jan-10-10 08:28 PM |
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Patrice, if you DON'T have it, property takes on the aura of a divine right. It's something |
bertman |
Jan-10-10 10:13 PM |
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my dad |
lazarus |
Jan-11-10 01:55 AM |
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Based on your observations alone, I don't see what's so onerous. |
nolabear |
Jan-10-10 05:26 PM |
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Let them have their clubs and their superiority, just make them pay |
Cleita |
Jan-10-10 05:53 PM |
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These are the people who send us to War or to die in the gutter. nt |
valerief |
Jan-10-10 06:01 PM |
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I would be surprised to find any of their children among the |
Goldstein1984 |
Jan-10-10 08:38 PM |
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I've been in the place of the wait staff who served you and I find your characterization |
cali |
Jan-10-10 06:07 PM |
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As you wrote... |
Goldstein1984 |
Jan-10-10 07:55 PM |
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Not everything. just some things. |
cali |
Jan-11-10 04:18 AM |
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These are the people Bill and Hillary let take over the party |
Ken Burch |
Jan-10-10 08:52 PM |
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Watched a Bill Moyers program tonight . . . |
defendandprotect |
Jan-10-10 08:59 PM |
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I was a regulator in Alaska during the Exxon-Valdez Spill |
Goldstein1984 |
Jan-10-10 09:28 PM |
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Interesting levels of deception . . . |
defendandprotect |
Jan-10-10 10:10 PM |
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You have seen what most do not, the real boss. |
harun |
Jan-10-10 09:04 PM |
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In college, I worked at a club in Boston for the wives of the . . . |
janet118 |
Jan-10-10 09:11 PM |
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Yes they are different....they have money to cover up |
ooglymoogly |
Jan-10-10 09:43 PM |
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Interesting remembrance . . . |
defendandprotect |
Jan-10-10 10:13 PM |
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Thanks for your post. I've been to such places. It's right on the money |
Better Believe It |
Jan-10-10 09:55 PM |
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In my life I have had the pleasure of meeting some very wealthy people who were good |
bertman |
Jan-10-10 10:29 PM |
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I've met a few good ones in my day, as well. |
Goldstein1984 |
Jan-11-10 12:11 AM |
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You've GOT it! This post should be/start a thread of its own! |
Mind_your_head |
Jan-11-10 01:09 AM |
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I couldn't agree more, Goldstein1984. That sums it up perfectly. nt |
bertman |
Jan-11-10 05:04 PM |
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Two words; Gandhi-esk revolution. |
ooglymoogly |
Jan-11-10 10:41 AM |
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I like that idea a lot |
Goldstein1984 |
Jan-11-10 06:56 PM |
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So Don Henley was not BS'ing in the last Eagles Album "Long Road out of Eden" |
sce56 |
Jan-11-10 01:33 AM |
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Membership Dues are only $60/month |
zaj |
Jan-11-10 01:44 AM |
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Moderate speak dictates you *must* be over stating the matter |
GreenMetalFlake |
Jan-11-10 10:42 AM |
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1984; If I were you I would get this post removed |
ooglymoogly |
Jan-11-10 10:49 AM |
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if he gets screwed there are hundreds waiting to take his place |
dusmcj |
Jan-11-10 07:03 PM |
#114 |
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