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Wake up, Sunshine! You are not part of the wealthy elite and you probably never will be a member of any U.S. elite class. And yes, I posted this here because YOU do not "get it." And yes, when "they can't see their soul[s] in the mirror," they (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I am slightly disappointed that nobody has anything to say about this post. Before Stangl jumps all over me, I am not specifically calling attention to myself as much as the issues I hoped to raise with the original post. Y'all can go right back to (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Part of it is that I'm so disgusted by it that I can't bear to comment, and another reason is that I don't want to invite any lectures me re: "they're only receiving what the market says they should receive." I heard or read somewhere that a (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Simply never saw it. In any case, it speaks for itself, I think. The only way it will really correct itself is by investors looking at the executive pay and figuring that that execs are siphoning off too much money, money that they don't (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<jump, jump> ;-) Froggy, Others may not have the time to visit all the links you post. You posted decent excerpts this time, but even then, some may visit the first link, read it through, and extrapolate that they don't have enough time to finish (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Thomas Stangl writes: <snip> (...) I took it as a wonderful reference to a "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip myself... But then, almost anything can be "Kevin Baconed" back to "Calvin and Hobbes". Dave K (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) How could anti-american agendas like the Patriot Acts I & II be anything but premeditated? I mean, really -- even McCarthyism was a planned thing -- it stank to high heaven but it was someone's specific agenda. Just like the Inquisition and (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ah, but my scorn is targetted to a few specific people, not the whole population ;-) (...) No worries, really. As I'm sure you've seen me post before, I'd be much more fearful of President John Neal than President Frog ;-) -- Tom Stangl (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Thomas Stangl writes: "...President John Neal..." Hmmm... JOHN (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Stangl, stop scaring the children. (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) "Your attention please: is there a "John Neal" in the NG?" You might have to adjust your thinking. I don't know about you, but I work for a living (self-employed), and so if I don't do anything, I don't make any money. I'd like to hang out (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Eeep!! Oh wait. All we like sheep... Dave K (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ahhh...hhh! NOOO...OOO! John, I like you, I really do. But as a President of the US? Ummmmmm, no. -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hey Tom, what if I made you Transportation Secretary? You could push a federally funded 2 lane hiway down the Left Coast (or east coast as it will be for you soon) with a minimum speed limit of 100 mph...;-) Even if you decline, I use this (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Is the latter the cost paid by the US for the first Gulf war only, or the total cost? The first Gulf war, being sactioned by the UN, was not paid exclusively by the US. Far from it, the bill was shared between many countries. The present war (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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