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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:45 AM Original message |
A note of appreciation from the rich Let's be honest: you'll never win the lottery. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. FSRP! |
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Po_d Mainiac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Let me hone that edge for ya n/t |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. k&r for the truth, and for its rich irony. n/t |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. oh fuck me, what a bunch of self-pitying ignorant bullshit |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. SOME Wealth really does come from being in the right place at the right time with the right idea, |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. you know I just want fairness |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. And millions with equal talent are purposely kept down by design of the machine. Get real. n/t |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. oh you poor victim. Being kept down and all. |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Did I say I was referring to myself? I wasn't. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
35. I was mean yesterday - |
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Old Time Pagan (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
44. Do you really enjoy talking out your arse? |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-15-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. +10 I knew someone would come up with at least one |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
47. Luck really is the key factor though. nt |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-20-10 05:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
67. What kind of after taste does the kool aide leave on your tongue... |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That machine seems generously greased to create predatory lending systems |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 10:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. "the consumer ultimately drives any single person's wealth" Spoken like the |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 09:05 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. I like the irrelevant ad hominem |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Your showing signs of impatience...... Reply to #3. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 09:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
30. Evil bankers is a different thread. This one was a silly essay. |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. So how does the fact that it is harder to be upwardly mobile in America |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. That type of wealth is not easy to imagine, but it is the driving force and it is |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
34. very good reply |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 01:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Whadda buncha shit. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 07:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Hey Jim..... I agree.... |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 08:30 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. just cause you are paranoid doesn't mean their NOT out to get you! |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. what a completely salient reply |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 10:40 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Hey, I've GOT a decent job. But I can remember when most other folks did too. |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
28. in the past you could work hard get lucky and get "rich"-this piece is about the super rich |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 09:11 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. this piece was also drivel about being kept down |
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alberg (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. The fact that some of us may have been successful |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. There are several principles at work here |
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alberg (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. To "use" the wealth, you first need to "control" the wealth. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Agreed - great response by the way. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-15-10 09:33 AM Response to Reply #40 |
51. Thank you for posting the Economic Bill of Rights... |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-15-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #31 |
52. The beauty of the solution I have for your reaction is that you can think what |
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scentopine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-16-10 02:18 AM Response to Reply #31 |
61. Arrrgh - your smug and pithy remarks are killing my appetite |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-16-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Do I sound arrogant? A greed crisis has left many homeless and jobless, and without health care, |
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scentopine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-16-10 11:33 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. lol! not you - my disdain was directed at sui generis |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
43. "but you do have to have some talent, ability to innovate, luck, and perseverance" |
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Ho Tai (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-15-10 01:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
48. WHAT? |
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scentopine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-16-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #48 |
62. duplicate post removed |
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scentopine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-16-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #48 |
63. Troll population is growing fast and as |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-15-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. I might buy your pablum if you could provide one verifiable example of this ... |
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Onesided_fistfight (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-15-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
60. Fucking goddamn randian |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. Straight up as high noon! |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Thanks. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. So many Americans "slaving away at some miserable job". When I read that I thought about |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Au contraire, when I read this, it actually gives me some hope that those |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. I am sure they are lauging their asses off |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 10:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. That was my exact response to the poster before you. I see this as a message |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
22. Oooh the rich people |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 04:58 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. That is the circle of things..... Time for to widen it a bit, and share... |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 04:36 AM Response to Original message |
23. ttt |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
25. Some reaction about the commission formed this past summer that was |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
33. Excellent post |
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alberg (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
37. K & R. The unspeakable truth has just been spoken. |
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Kweli4Real (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
41. I know this will not be a popular opinion, but ... |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-15-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
57. So true and I for one have no sympathy for the so called |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
45. Enthusiastic kick! Enough of the "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
46. PHOTOS The Greediest People of All Time A look at the despots and robber barons who believed that |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-15-10 09:00 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Yes, but when they call, sobbing, |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-15-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Julie your generosity of spirit is probably the right application here, because |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-15-10 09:00 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Yes, but when they call, sobbing, |
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mrbarber (884 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-15-10 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
54. Having had contact with the "super rich" and seeing how they live... |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-15-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. How lovely..... I myself prize my |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-15-10 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
59. Bankers Without a Clue |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-19-10 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
66. Goldman Sachs bankers 'set for 81% rise in bonuses' |
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