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Old 07-12-2011, 01:41 AM
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ClassWars III -- The Revenge of The Rich...
You've been watching that one for a number of years now.
You just haven't realized it yet.

And, NO, I refuse to make any charts.

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Do you like any business association? I can't see why they would not be truthful with their questionaire results. I would think that more positive numbers would be better for their organization. Are you subscribing to the notion that there is a conspiracy not to hire in order to undermine Obama's reelection? I can't understand why some people think of labor union associations as good but business associations as bad. They both just promote their respective causes. Obviously, I think unions restrict freedom whereas commerce associations promote it.
I dislike any organization that tries to impose its views on the elections. The Robert's Court of course has screwed that up, why anyone in their right mind can equate money with speech says a great deal about our educational system. The C of C refused to say where all its funding was from during the midterms. That coupled with the fact thar Donohue is barking mad pretty much covers it.

BTW I think you are confusing 'freedom' with 'license'.
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And I think that most lefties considered it a totally improbable fantasy of greedy supporters of Capitalism.. NOW -- it seems that story is their complete excuse for screwing up... Don't tell me -- I'll figure out the title eventually. Written by John Galt?
John Galt is a fictional character in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.
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So, small business got what they asked for when Obama signed ti bill that extended unemployment and the Bush tax cuts. Agent Orange said this would create jobs - really? then where the hell are they?
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A block party could prove interesting.
LOL!

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BTW: The reason you escort a woman on your RIGHT side in public is to make sure that the Chamberpots land on YOU and not your woman.. But we all knew that.. ((Or is it your Left side?)))
Depends upon which side of the street and your direction. A gentleman always walked on the outside so that if passing vehicles splashed dirty water he took the brunt.
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With the exception of Dave would it not be more like a blockhead party?
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Old 07-12-2011, 09:59 AM
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Hehehe....

Playlist for the party? 'Why can't we be friends?', 'Black and White', 'Everyday People'....



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John Galt is a fictional character in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.
And then there's the other right-wing fictional hero Gordon Gekko. My cousin even named his business after that a-hole. Which demonstrated the difference between this generation of Republicans and the more traditional Republicans.

My Uncle saw that sign and calmly told him;

"Take it down."

"Why?"

"Because that character symbolizes the rotten side of business. The side that doesn't give a damn about people. Take it down."

I miss that generation, and I pretty much despise my own.

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Old 07-12-2011, 11:57 AM
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My neighbor is a small business man, owns a mechanical repair business. One night in a drunken haze, he informed me that he is the "Engine of the Economy". Sunday afternoon I watched him throw another drunken fit with his fat girlfriend because she badgered him out of the recliner and into planting shrubbery. Then promptly sat on her 400lb butt and watched him dig whist stuffing Cheetos and Coca Cola down her gullet. I watched these two slobs have it out from the comfort of my front patio over a cup of pure 100% fresh ground Kauai coffee and listening to "Prairie Home Companion" on NPR.

My greatest concern was that this drunken fool and his bellicose blimp of a girlfriend were going to have heart attacks, or shoot each other. Then as a Red Cross First Responder I would have been obliged to attempt to save them. Something I would do, but stoically, with a well concealed reluctance.

The "Engine" is a obnoxious, drunken ass. I really don't think his problems stem from anything Obama has done. I think it's all a personal issue.

If these people are Americas future. We're screwed.

Dave
"...while listening to Prairie Home Companion"... Dissonance f'er sure. But your observations just might make a good episode for Lake Woebeggone...

I've known "engines of the economy" and he's not an engine. Some kind of caboose maybe..
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