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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 28 2011, 01:05 PM (2,265 Views) | |
| John D'Oh | Oct 28 2011, 08:29 PM Post #51 |
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MAMIL
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You're the one using German words. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Oct 28 2011, 08:42 PM Post #52 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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My point about these two is that I don't think the guy is quite the benevolent philanthropist you're making him out to be. Getting your mansion fixed up doesn't qualify you for being the next Jesus.
I didn't realize you had no problem with creating or distributing wealth via illegal means. If that's the case then there are likely some drug pushers and slave traffickers in your neck of the woods who could help you create wealth for them, since you seem to be implying that it's a virtue in and of itself.
That's fine; we could argue over greed being bad for society but at the end of the day we'll likely just have to agree to disagree. |
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| Larry | Oct 28 2011, 09:05 PM Post #53 |
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
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I have tried to tell you all that this woman is a f*cking idiot. Like most all leftwing fruitcakes, she engages in class envy, and loves to gossip about people she doesn't like, and belittle them. The man made his money legally, who he married is his own business, why she married him is HER own business, you don't know her kids so you don't know if they're happy or not, kids get bags under their eyes from simple things like lack of sleep. To ridicule the man because his wife is pretty and younger than him is disgusting, and stupid. But that's the kind of person Kathy is. This man made his money legally, and he has a right to do what he wants with it. He has chosen to build a very large house, with a ballroom. Perhaps he needs a ballroom - it's not your place to tell him he doesn't need one, or ridicule him for it whether he needs it or not. Building a house like that kept a large number of construction workers busy for quite a while, fed their families, brought business to the merchants selling the materials for it, and so on. He apparently does quite a bit of charity work, and gives large sums of money to charity as well. Any rational person would look at that end of things. Nutjobs like Kathy can only focus on the fact that he has more than she does, and it pisses her off. Twit. |
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Of the Pokatwat Tribe | |
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| garrett2 | Oct 28 2011, 09:09 PM Post #54 |
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Junior Carp
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Jesus? Stalin? I don't think it makes you either of the two. |
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| Aqua Letifer | Oct 28 2011, 09:10 PM Post #55 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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It certainly doesn't. Makes you a guy getting his house fixed up. |
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| garrett2 | Oct 28 2011, 09:16 PM Post #56 |
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Junior Carp
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In all honesty, I don't really care what charity work he has done. I won't ridicule him, but it sounds like the mansion was a bit of a mistake (we all make mistakes, sometimes it's just hard to wrap your head around a 100 million dollar mistake). Additionally, it is kind of hard to feel sorry for him, especially in light of his "I'll rebuild" attitude. |
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| garrett2 | Oct 28 2011, 09:25 PM Post #57 |
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Junior Carp
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I couldn't have said it any better. |
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| Larry | Oct 28 2011, 09:25 PM Post #58 |
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I don't feel sorry for him, either. But to pick him out the way Kathy did and then ridicule him, his wife, and his kids, just because she thinks it's her place to tell the man how to spend his money is just plain stupid. |
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Of the Pokatwat Tribe | |
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| Renauda | Oct 28 2011, 10:08 PM Post #59 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Moronic, inane and imbecilic. |
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| ivorythumper | Oct 28 2011, 10:16 PM Post #60 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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I can't figure out why you would take cheap shots at his family, Kathy. Care to defend that? |
| The dogma lives loudly within me. | |
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| Axtremus | Oct 29 2011, 02:52 AM Post #61 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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More efficient for everybody. |
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| jon-nyc | Oct 29 2011, 03:36 AM Post #62 |
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Cheers
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Right, except most of those people wouldn't have given to that charity otherwise. Fundraising is about social pressure, sometimes subtle sometimes not so. |
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| Jolly | Oct 29 2011, 03:40 AM Post #63 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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Succinct. And correct. |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
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| Copper | Oct 29 2011, 04:38 AM Post #64 |
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Shortstop
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Great point, you should pass it along to the breast cancer people - tell them to trash all the pink stuff and just put the money into the cure. |
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| Luke's Dad | Oct 29 2011, 04:59 AM Post #65 |
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Emperor Pengin
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I will, you have to personalize the enemy. Make the populace see the |
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| John D'Oh | Oct 29 2011, 05:07 AM Post #66 |
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MAMIL
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So, you admit to having read Mein Kampf as well as interspersing your everyday vocabulary with German words! |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| JBryan | Oct 29 2011, 05:45 AM Post #67 |
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I am the grey one
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I am trying to imagine kathy's idea of fettered capitalism and it is a scary thought indeed. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| Larry | Oct 29 2011, 05:47 AM Post #68 |
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Just the thought of her having an idea at all is scary.... |
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| QuantumIvory | Oct 29 2011, 06:08 AM Post #69 |
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Senior Carp
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The Top Ten Greediest People in America |
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"I regard consciousness as fundamental. We cannot get behind consciousness." -Max Planck | |
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| Mikhailoh | Oct 29 2011, 06:38 AM Post #70 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Top 50 Philanthropists 2004-8 Interesting that Soros is Oops. Edited by Mikhailoh, Oct 29 2011, 06:56 AM.
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| JBryan | Oct 29 2011, 06:40 AM Post #71 |
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I am the grey one
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I am not on there either, unfortunately. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| Luke's Dad | Oct 29 2011, 06:41 AM Post #72 |
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Mik, you might want to take a look at #4 and consider an edit. |
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| John D'Oh | Oct 29 2011, 06:44 AM Post #73 |
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MAMIL
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Stop personalising the enemy, you Nazi! Next thing, you'll be marching into bloody Poland and poisoning your dog. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| JBryan | Oct 29 2011, 06:44 AM Post #74 |
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I am the grey one
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I wonder if politically philanthropy should be considered in the same light as the others. It is not really charitable giving as such but, strictly speaking, advocacy. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| JBryan | Oct 29 2011, 06:45 AM Post #75 |
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I am the grey one
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I don't see you on that list either. I looked and no D'oh. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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