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   "videonovels"  wrote in message   
   news:1160479876.116391.211700@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...   
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   > Dennis (Icarus) wrote:   
   > > "videonovels"  wrote in message   
   > > news:1160424786.888513.113260@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...   
   > > > During the course of a lifetime, the average American makes 2 to 3   
   > > > million (ages 20 to 70).  JMS is not really doing any better than the   
   > > > rest of us.  The only difference is JMS made his 2-3 million during   
   ~10   
   > > > years of writing Murder She Wrote and Babylon 5, and the other 40 he's   
   > > > basically unemployed.   
   > > >   
   > > > So to look at JMS as "rich" is a mistake.  His lifetime income is no   
   > > > better than the rest of us.   
   > > >   
   > >   
   > > You know he's not dead, and not stopped working, right?   
   > .   
   >   
   > You think he's making big money on the Spiderman Comics?  ;-)  My point   
   > was to dispute the Haters' notion that JMS is akin to Donald Trump or   
   > Bill Gates, in ultra-wealth.  The Haters are trying to make JMS look   
   > like he's a rich, hate-filled bastard, and I'm not going to sit here   
   > and just keep quiet.   
   >   
      
      
   And my point was disputing that he was "basically unemployed" for the other   
   40.   
      
   Dennis   
      
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