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Old 04-07-2008, 10:15 AM
 
Location: Tampa
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and you exist at their whim

Small superclass of people has global influence - 04/06/2008 - MiamiHerald.com (broken link)


sad how much they control, and yet we continue to let them.
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Old 04-07-2008, 10:37 AM
 
Location: Near Manito
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and you exist at their whim

Small superclass of people has global influence - 04/06/2008 - MiamiHerald.com (broken link)


sad how much they control, and yet we continue to let them.
Wow. I've got five out of eight going for me, and I can't even control my appetite -- let alone the world.

I think that article is composed of 50% envy and 50% what you try to avoid stepping on in a horse pasture.
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Old 04-07-2008, 10:56 AM
 
Location: Your mind
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It doesn't bother you at all, the statistic about the richest 1,100 having almost twice as much as the poorest 2.5 billion or so? I guess they just worked so hard that they deserve it.
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Old 04-07-2008, 11:01 AM
 
Location: Near Manito
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It doesn't bother you at all, the statistic about the richest 1,100 having almost twice as much as the poorest 2.5 billion or so? I guess they just worked so hard that they deserve it.
It's obviously unfair, but it doesn't bother me as much as it does you.

I only let important things bother me. You know -- like why Hillary and Barack and Johnny Mack get to run for president, and I don't.
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Old 04-07-2008, 11:02 AM
 
Location: Santa Monica
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It's obviously unfair, but it doesn't bother me as much as it does you.

I only let important things bother me. You know -- like why Hillary and Barack and Johnny Mack get to run for president, and I don't.


You need to find a rich heiress who's interested in being a First Lady, like McCain did!
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Old 04-07-2008, 11:04 AM
 
Location: Near Manito
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You need to find a rich heiress who's interested in being a First Lady, like McCain did!
Love those kitty-cat eyes of hers.

But my heart still belongs to Xena.

And Seven of Nine.
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Old 04-07-2008, 11:10 AM
 
Location: Washington, DC
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I believe this book has been written before - many times. Just google Illuminati - just another conspiracy theory.
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Old 04-07-2008, 11:16 AM
 
Location: PA
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How about this one... the Bankers get richer, the corporations and government more corrupt, and the middle class gets screwed and the poor get more welfare as usual.
Personal Responsiblity, Individual Liberty and Freedom is dead!!! Thanks to Socialism of Bushes and Clintons!!
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Old 04-07-2008, 11:17 AM
 
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Let me get this right, you want to tax the top 10% because the richer get richer?

The people that are listed in the article:

"The group also includes big-time religious leaders, media moguls, a few terrorists, a few criminals, and a bunch of miscellaneous actors, singers, scientists, writers and other cultural icons who not only have an audience but can move it to action."

These people? They make millions of dollars a year. They are NOT doctors, engineers, lawyers, etc. etc. yet America blames the successful and continues to support the Actors with overinflated salaries, media moguls by watching their "commentary" news... The rich this article is talking about are the top 0.1% NOT the top 10%. So you to punish everyone that is successful except the super-rich... if you want to topple the 0.1%, then you CANNOT attack the top 10% which is what America has been doing for some time now.. the poor will NEVER overthrow the top 0.1% but the top 10% can.. your entitlements that you are getting are at the expense of the top 10%... the poor are killing themselves..
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Old 04-07-2008, 11:42 AM
 
Location: DFW, TX
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It doesn't bother you at all, the statistic about the richest 1,100 having almost twice as much as the poorest 2.5 billion or so? I guess they just worked so hard that they deserve it.
If you made $4,000 USD last year, you made more than 85% of the world. Does that statistic bother you?
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