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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 06:47 PM Original message |
The Waltons just gave 900 MILLION dollars to a museum. I suppose when you |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. our new Gilded Age |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. +1 |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Rich people are just too stupid. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. fucking clueless. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Let me guess . . . |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 09:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
49. a museum of what America was before the Waltons helped ruin it? |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. And the local Mafia don gives out turkeys on Thanksgiving |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
35. "Do as I say, and no one gets hurt..." |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. People have always suffered so that the rich could have their museums... |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I love museums! I made a list of museums when I was a kid and have made |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Oh, those dollars represent hungry children all over the world! |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. I read an interesting essay by an art critic recently. |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. most excellent! |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. huh? museums are for everybody and they're of great value, by and large |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 09:55 AM Response to Reply #28 |
51. I don't damn museums...I damn employers who take every penny from the system they can |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #51 |
83. they don't "give" anything. it's a scam. they get to put as much money they want into a tax free |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yeah, who needs museums? |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. If the donor had been someone who earned their money honestly |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Who has walmart robbed exactly? |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. It is like they are saying to their employees: |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. They've robbed the American people |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Small businesses that were ripping off customers and treating their employees crappy. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Their own workers? |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. where have you been? |
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rdking647 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 08:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
41. who does walmart force to work for them or shop at their stores |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
61. That's like saying |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. actually, its not anything like saying that |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Until the gov't supports labor again, |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. turnover at wal mart stores is very high -- some estimates put it at 70 percent |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. I think the high turnover |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #61 |
106. Right.. because I clearly need crap from wal mart as much as I need air |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
66. In many, many parts of the country there is no other shopping choice. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #66 |
76. True, in many rural areas, they are, in all practical purposes, a monopolistic enterprise. nt |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
84. the slave labor those products are made by? the workers in the us they're driving |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #84 |
98. thank you thank you thank you |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. Many people don't count to many in the US. I don't know how long it's |
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Terra Alta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. the Waltons donate almost a billion dollars to a museum |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
13. The profit virus strikes again! |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. btw that is 3x what Trump is worth |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
64. But noooo, Forbe says Trump is worth several billion! |
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Rageneau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. Should they have KEPT the money instead? |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. feeding starving people, buying medicine for the sick is charity |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. Phew. They didn't spend it reforming education. |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. LOL...I guess I didn't look at it that way.... |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Yup. That makes me happy. (nt) |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
96. I think you have spoken too soon |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
25. What pisses my off |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. LOL... |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. That's my hometown you are insulting, sir |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 08:11 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Certainly describes |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #39 |
53. So only cityfolk are allowed to have museums? |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #53 |
73. wow...c'mon fellas... it's not about where...it's about having a billion dollars laying |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 12:51 AM Response to Reply #73 |
78. Building schools |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #78 |
85. sure does...thank you for sharing that. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:14 AM Response to Reply #85 |
94. Keep this in mind |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #78 |
86. Oh, and a Walmart employees children qualify for free breakfast and lunch |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #86 |
91. A few more things |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #91 |
103. It is great that a few square miles of arkansas are benefitting greatly from the waltons |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:04 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. Wal-Mart may have had 15 billion in profit |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #33 |
55. Oh, and the University of Arkansas is right down the road in Fayetteville |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. You know about the UofA being down the road from B'ville? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Hell yeah! I used to go to Berryville, then Eureka Springs, over summer |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Oh, I know about the hippies in Eureka |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #63 |
71. Of course |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #71 |
75. Ah, the Passion Play |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Urban elitism? |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 08:13 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Yeah |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 09:39 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Find $900M and start your own museum. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #47 |
89. I've been to Bentonville. It IS Bum Fuck Arkansas |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:18 AM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Bentonville's on Interstate 540 |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #90 |
99. It's 80 miles up I-540 to Bentonville |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. Have you ever travelled on I-540? |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #99 |
102. Tourist attractions within 20 miles of Bentonville |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #25 |
43. You can't be serious? |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 09:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
44. People in 'Bumfuck Arkansas' shouldn't have access to art? |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #25 |
46. It's so easy to fuck |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #25 |
50. I'm sure millions can find their way to Arkansas to view the works. n/t |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Millions do find their way to Arkansas |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #54 |
69. It's a beautiful state |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #25 |
58. Don't worry |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. With the Waltons involved rest assured it will be the dullest museum in America |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. In a 99 cent plastic frame |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:41 AM Response to Reply #27 |
97. Before you spout off, perhaps you should look at the collection |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
37. wonderful. their own employees can't afford to pay rent, feed their kids, |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #37 |
48. They sure won't be able to afford to buy a ticket for the museum |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
38. That was really nice of them. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
42. How Much Would Offering Health Insurance to ALL of their Employees Cost? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
45. Fat tax right off. Always go with your gut feeling. nt |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
52. And this is why I am completely unexcited by the billionaires' pledge to donate. |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #52 |
67. And how often is the charity any kind of charity the poor would want? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #67 |
74. Yep. |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
59. An attempt to bring the arts to NW Arkansas. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 12:46 AM Response to Reply #59 |
77. We've had the arts in NW Arkansas for a while |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #77 |
79. This one will be spectacular! |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
60. Maybe now they can fork over the rest of their ill-gotten dough. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
72. This is very nice. Ideally, these gifts would match our desired philanthropic goals, but |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
80. I love museums, but what kills me....U.S. population....307,006,550 - Jul 2009 |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:35 AM Response to Reply #80 |
92. Dude(ette), yer maths iz teh phale. n/t |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:04 AM Response to Reply #92 |
93. Translated, that means |
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Philippine expat (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #80 |
104. Sorry |
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LetTimmySmoke (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
81. $900m can employ 18,000 people for 1 year at $50k a year. |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #81 |
88. It likely will - building the museum. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
82. oh those nice philanthropists |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
87. And to think they were only poor farmers during the Depression |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 06:12 AM Response to Reply #87 |
95. Good night, John Boy. |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #95 |
101. +1 |
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