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View Poll Results: Do you support the Wall St. protesters?
Yes 157 51.48%
No 148 48.52%
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Old 10-07-2011, 03:19 PM
 
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Roy, you made the initial statement. I believe it is YOU who has to deliver the proof of your statements.

That particular game you play, of saying something totally outrageous and then asking others to prove you wrong is getting mighty tired and lessens your credibility.

ps..I know, you don't care. There, I said it for you!
We all agree.
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Old 10-07-2011, 03:20 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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I listened to a Glenn Beck show today on the radio. He was spouting the same nonsense, so I am guessing that is where it is coming from.
It's a given that when a certain poster starts a thread, he's just turned someone's radio show off..!
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Old 10-07-2011, 03:21 PM
 
Location: Florida
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Roy, you made the initial statement. I believe it is YOU who has to deliver the proof of your statements.

That particular game you play, of saying something totally outrageous and then asking others to prove you wrong is getting mighty tired and lessens your credibility.

ps..I know, you don't care. There, I said it for you!
Like I said: semper necessitas probandi incumbit ei qui agit = the necessity of proof always lies with the person who lays charges.
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Old 10-07-2011, 03:23 PM
 
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It's a given that when a certain poster starts a thread, he's just turned someone's radio show off..!
Nailed it. I have wondered whether just to put some posters on ignore or just laugh at their posts. It is a close call.
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Old 10-07-2011, 03:23 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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just heard on the radio....

they are calling this....the left wing's Tea Party
So, they'll have to change the name. TEA is Taxed Enough Already. These yahoos will need to call theirs the TODM party, Tax Other Dudes More.
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Old 10-07-2011, 03:40 PM
 
Location: Wasilla, Alaska
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There should be a logical explanation to this puzzling phenomenon.
Indeed there is: Ignorant and naive children.
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Old 10-07-2011, 03:45 PM
 
Location: Long Island
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Timeline of the Rothschild family

Do not automatically assume someone you see with the name Rothschild or any of the names listed above are part of the Rothschild criminal network. Furthermore and most importantly, the majority of Ashkenazi Jews are innocent and not part of this network. Check the facts out for yourself first, this article is designed to inform people who the enemy is, not single out people of a particular race or people with a particular surname, who may have nothing to do with this Rothschild criminal network.
I thought so...wasnt sure till you posted this


its HC everybody...
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Old 10-07-2011, 03:46 PM
 
Location: SWUS
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I've never been able to figure that out myself- people who have the nicest Mac computers and go out all the time, and sip $5 cups of coffee, who have the nicest phones and the most expensive phone plans... complaining that they're poor.

Instead of cutting down they just want things handed to them because they feel that in their short, aproximately 19-25 years of age, that they have worked hard enough to deserve being given stuff.

I'm 21. I live at home, my car is paid for by my parents (I am grateful), my phone (cheapest one, cheap plan) is also paid for by my parents (I am grateful), I attend the local CC because it is cheaper and have the same classes I need. I'm no longer trying to major in a "liberal arts" degree because I think it's worthless now (I'm studying to become a paramedic and eventually a flight medic or get my MD or RN, only time will tell)

These kids marching on Wall Street for absolutely no reason instead of attending their classes or going out looking for a job absolutely don't represent me. I'm not 1% or 99%, I'm part of the "I will look out for myself" group, however big of a percentage THAT happens to be.
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Old 10-07-2011, 03:47 PM
 
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They haven't really figured it out yet. They got bogged down with the dilemma of whether to buy sleeping bags from the evil capitalists or to knit them.
But where would they buy all that yarn?
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Old 10-07-2011, 03:47 PM
 
Location: Texas
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I wish you continued happiness and prosperity but what if.....

Your family member was called off to war that is a war with clouded purpose with a select few prospering from it and your family member was killed for it?

What if your wonderful career was dumped by those in charge of you and out sourced?

What if you then lost your insurance and you or a family member became very sick?

You might stop your vacations, drop the cable bill, decrease your car insurance but the bills pilling up just was too much. Next you go into forclosure. Now you are looking for help for a place to sleep and are strapped with a lifetime debt you could never repay.
Ok, let's play this what if game. What if all of the above happened. That's Wall Streets fault? The Governments fault?

If you're "Called off to war" it's because you enlisted in the military, and being called off to war happens when you're in the military. It's not just playing with guns for a while. Whether or not you like the war isn't part of the deal, you enlist, you fight.

If your career was "dumped" there was a reason. Maybe the union you belong to was asking for too many "benefits" and dues and crazy higher wages so the company needed to move somewhere where they could still make the products or provide the service at a reasonable price to their consumers and the only way to do it was to move away from the union based jobs. Maybe if people didn't think that every job in the world were supposed to make you rich, and stop the crazy wage increases for no-skilled labor, maybe companies would stop needing to move outside of the country to provide inexpensive products and services!

If a family member gets sick and you gather a ton of medical bills... well, that's gonna happen if you have insurance or not. Life happens. It's hard, it's sad, but you can't blame everyone for life happening. You pick yourself up and deal with it. And believe me, I know that this can be done because I've done it, and I've watched/helped others to do it. You don't HAVE to wallow in self pitty because you have medical bills that you can't repay. You do your best with what you have and keep going.

Life happens to everyone. It's not always easy, it's not always pretty, and it's certainly not always fun. That's just the way it is. You deal with it the best you can and go on. You don't sit around waiting for someone else to deal with it and complain that someone else has a better life than you. That does nothing for anyone, especially yourself.
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