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Holly_Hobby

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4. Yeah, poor things

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 08:39 AM

Feb 2014

Russia is doing business with Iran (oil), Germany is building rails to Russia (oil), Saudi Arabia has less oil than Iran. And China goes without saying.

The dollar value is falling and will continue to fall. Dollars will soon be monopoly money, no wonder they're worred, even if they're able to steal pensions and more middle class housing, the dollar is just about d-o-n-e. When a country collapses, a certain amount of fraud by the ruling class is tolerated.

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5 Signs America�s Super-Rich Are Going Off the Deep End [View all] xchrom Feb 2014 OP

Parasites feeling nervous as more people catch on to their scheme. n/t Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #1

What Were They Thinking? Stainless Feb 2014 #41

They are not the best, the brightest, or the hardest-working. No one believes this anymore. reformist2 Feb 2014 #2

+8,749 Scuba Feb 2014 #13

They got lucky, most of them. Laelth Feb 2014 #23

There's an actual study on this, most were at right place right time and was prepared (link) uponit7771 Feb 2014 #54

Excellent link. Thanks for posting. n/t Laelth Feb 2014 #75

I hope their dreams are full of the sound a guillotine makes. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #3

Yeah, poor things Holly_Hobby Feb 2014 #4

are there limits on pitchforks yet? irisblue Feb 2014 #5

I have considered going into the guillotine business. Laelth Feb 2014 #21

Propane is so dashedly expensive these days. Jackpine Radical Feb 2014 #33

Good - they're paying attention. nt TBF Feb 2014 #6

It is normal and regular for the wealthy to go off the deep end. bemildred Feb 2014 #7

K & R malaise Feb 2014 #8

They've had their "Let them eat cake" moment already berni_mccoy Feb 2014 #9

Strippers at funerals! Brigid Feb 2014 #10

i want those at my funeral, for sure! nt xchrom Feb 2014 #11

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH POOR THINGS! durablend Feb 2014 #12

And they're too stupid to realize that we prepare their food. Scuba Feb 2014 #14

+1. They rely on our good will, whether they know it or not. n/t Laelth Feb 2014 #20

"report that America now has as many private security guards as high school teachers" flobee1 Feb 2014 #46

This message was self-deleted by its author flobee1 Feb 2014 #50

In a post about GOPers going off the deep end is a post suborning the murder of a pubic official. jtuck004 Feb 2014 #60

Just expressing my feelings through song flobee1 Feb 2014 #73

Oh, ok. Like George Zimmerman or the fleabag who shot the father for disrespecting him jtuck004 Feb 2014 #77

Deleted flobee1 Feb 2014 #78

We all choose how we feel. I should point out, however, jtuck004 Feb 2014 #79

That's a thing Maynar Feb 2014 #71

bwahhahahah -- love that clip tomm2thumbs Feb 2014 #68

It's not popular to be selfish nolabels Feb 2014 #30

Don't give them any ideas shanti Feb 2014 #52

Smaug... BanzaiBonnie Feb 2014 #15

'Affluenza' Earth_First Feb 2014 #16

I think this ties into the thread quite nicely. MynameisBlarney Feb 2014 #17

k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Feb 2014 #18

I hear the megarich taste far better then just your ordinary rich person. Rex Feb 2014 #19

Salt or no salt? n/t PowerToThePeople Feb 2014 #22

No salt, they age like veal from what I hear. Rex Feb 2014 #26

They were once very tender and well-marbled, but recently they have been contaminated Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #43

You will know him by his necktie UncleMuscles Feb 2014 #24

Welcome to DU, UncleMuscles! annabanana Feb 2014 #34

hey, some writers say money's the root of all evil and you can't serve both it and God MisterP Feb 2014 #42

It's time to start learning the lyrics to "La Marseillaise" and to sharpen up Mme. Guillotine MrScorpio Feb 2014 #25

Or the Internationale. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #29

I'll go with that too nt MrScorpio Feb 2014 #32

Like this� Jackpine Radical Feb 2014 #35

That was Billy Bragg, wasn't it? socialist_n_TN Feb 2014 #49

Yup. Jackpine Radical Feb 2014 #76

Or this hobbit709 Feb 2014 #36

Some funky folk music MrScorpio Feb 2014 #37

Goodness gracious, great minds and all..... socialist_n_TN Feb 2014 #48

Yes, it is within their power. Fair taxes, support for the government programs for the poor, loosen jwirr Feb 2014 #38

From the OpEd linked in the #2 point ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #27

This deserves a thread of it's own. CrispyQ Feb 2014 #47

Funny you should say that ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #56

That thread needs love! CrispyQ Feb 2014 #57

Yes it does! eom. 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #58

"private security guards"? What for? They've already got the entire U.S. military to protect their WinkyDink Feb 2014 #28

Well, not really... elzenmahn Feb 2014 #62

Heh. It was sarcasm. But it's been centuries, so I don't expect would-be recruits to fall out. WinkyDink Feb 2014 #74

The rich building walls to keep out the poor. As inequality worsens the walls have to get higher. pampango Feb 2014 #31

The French had a highly effective method of treatment. jsr Feb 2014 #39

It's the jobs they were promising ...like food taster ...armored car drivers ...steel workers ...ect L0oniX Feb 2014 #40

Reducing their hoard through taxation is the best way to treat their hoarding disease:) grahamhgreen Feb 2014 #44

Back in the thirties they knew they had to throw some crumbs to the proles, but the current crop? CrispyQ Feb 2014 #45

They weren't so different in the 30s. The ONLY reason they threw .... socialist_n_TN Feb 2014 #51

"Remember power doesn't surrender itself until it's forced to..." elzenmahn Feb 2014 #64

The difference between then an now, however... elzenmahn Feb 2014 #65

You can thank Ayn Rand... elzenmahn Feb 2014 #63

K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2014 #53

K&R! me b zola Feb 2014 #55

They are working on perfecting their gated community to stay safe from the 99%. Jefferson23 Feb 2014 #59

the same Greg Mankiw that writes seemingly all economics textbooks? TheFarseer Feb 2014 #61

I hate to say this... elzenmahn Feb 2014 #66

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/02/18/affluenza-and-life-circumstances-in-sentencing blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #67

Aux Barricades! TygrBright Feb 2014 #69

It seems they are suicidal as well. ErikJ Feb 2014 #70

The more you have, the more you have to worry about. nilesobek Feb 2014 #72