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   Message 16,933 of 18,602   
   Colanth to agamemnon48a@yahoo.com   
   Re: The caricature of the 1%   
   01 Jan 12 13:28:20   
   
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   From: colanth@pern.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:20:43 -0800 (PST), Rich Gariepy   
    wrote:   
      
   >Colanth wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:45:05 -0800, "Wayne"    
   >> wrote:   
   >> >"PrecisionmachinisT"  wrote in message   
   >> >news:J9mdnbL55YmZKmLTnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@scnresearch.com...   
   >>   
   >> >"Wayne"  wrote in message   
   >> >news:jdnpmp$te4$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>   
   >> >> "PrecisionmachinisT"  wrote in message   
   >> >>news:MI-dneBuGLscwmLTnZ2dnUVZ_vidnZ2d@scnresearch.com...   
   >>   
   >> >> "Wayne"  wrote in message   
   >> >>news:jdnku6$1sj$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>   
   >> >>> The fleabaggers like to think of the 1% as all being "coupon clippers"   
   >> >>> who do no work, and inherited their wealth.  Certainly there are those.   
   >> >>> But, the one common characteristic I see in the 1 percenters is that   
   they   
   >> >>> work their asses off.  How many of the fleabaggers are willing to put in   
   >> >>> the nominal minimum 10,000 hours of training required, then work more   
   >> >>> than 100 hours per week, skip holidays, and have a killer travel   
   >> >>> schedule.  All done for a job with perks that they may or may not ever   
   >> >>> get.   
   >>   
   >> >>> Their contribution is to keep companies afloat that would sink.   
   >>   
   >> >> Explains things like Enron and the folks at invesco who fucking stole   
   >> >> ~200k   
   >> >> from my 401K quite well, yup sure does...   
   >> >> *****************   
   >> >> -   
   >> >> You didn't have to invest in Enron and Invesco, did you?   
   >>   
   >> >> ><   
   >> ><--if someone leaves his car in the parking garage and the attendant strips   
   >> >> >> >-   
   >> >Hey, I agree that you got screwed.  But, if you have eggs in a basket,   
   >> >you've got to watch the basket.   
   >>   
   >> The problem is that the owners of the basket keep it covered with a   
   >> black cloth, and Republican administrations help to keep the cloth   
   >> from blowing away.   
   >>   
   >> Does October 29, 1929 ring any bell?  While everyone was "watching the   
   >> basket"?   
   >   
   >I wonder if he's the same Wayne who I saw post the other day repeating   
   >the old lie that circulated amongst Republicans during the Bush days   
   >that the richest Europeans are still worse off than the poorest   
   >Americans?   
   >   
   >Well, it could be true, since doublewide trailers aren't all that   
   >common over there, and trailer parks are used for vacations instead of   
   >permanent habitat like in the USA.   
   >   
   >Talk about drinking propaganda through a freaking fire hose.   
      
   Really!  I'm sure Alekperov is really worrying about where his next   
   tankerful of Iranian caviar is coming from.  And he's not the richest   
   European.   
      
   And the Reich Wingers?  Hoping they can sell enough empty beer cans to   
   make next month's trailer park rent.   
   --   
   "I received your letter of June 10th. I have never talked to a Jesuit   
   priest in my life and I am astonished by the audacity to tell such   
   lies about me. From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course,   
   and have always been an atheist." - Albert Einstein   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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