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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:16 PM Original message |
Why do people pick on the rich? |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. There are 2 groups left that it's safe to pick on. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Last I saw on DU it's still good to pick on fat people. |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Note: I said 'safe' to pick on. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 05:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
36. smokers. except for rich ones, like obama. he doesn't stink, for some reason, or have a |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. +1 nt |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. +2 |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Is there an 'intelligent' CEO? |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Well, I separated the two. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Yes, very intelligent of him to steal from brilliant developers |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. See? Instant reaction. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Ditto |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Well a non-answer is better than nothing I suppose. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Who said Im uncomfortable with Bill Gates? |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:02 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. You did. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:05 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Must be Take a Strawman to Work Day |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:06 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Well you would know that better than me. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 05:32 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. ha! (it's always that special day for some...) |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Yeah, and he only got 1590 on the SAT. nt |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:03 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. And? |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:46 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. I didn't say he was a moral person, but he is smart. nt |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #26 |
44. It likely means it was just more convenient than using his intelligence to develop his own ideas |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. "the other is the intelligent" |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:00 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Smart people are always picked on. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 05:33 AM Response to Reply #24 |
38. so are stupid people. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. I gotta better idea |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That would be the compassionate thing to do.. |
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corpseratemedia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 05:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
39. they need the money... |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. Really? This person has never seen an episode of My Super Sweet 16? |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Show some compassion for god's sake, they need it so... |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. "Regular" people pick on the rich b/c they KNOW that the rich make their money |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. What's a 'regular' person? |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. 'me' = poor 'me' |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Apparently! LOL |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
29. 'regular' person = middle class |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:12 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Then they; are 'middle-class'. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:21 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. No. |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:22 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. The appeal to 'English' really doesn't work. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 10:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
45. That would be the ones who are not in the top 1% and who don't own their own congress critters. nt |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. Because the biggest percentage of rich people... |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
46. +1 |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
13. For some reason most non-rich seem to idolize the rich. |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
20. Recced but it's stil at zero. |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
33. Because so few refuse government aid/welfare when many Americans are desperate? |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #33 |
47. That makes it crystal clear. nt |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
35. They need some brie and water crackers with that whine |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:29 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. We must keep them fed, and happy. Serving after them. They are the master race.. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Yes. And, soon, all that prosperity we were promised would trickle down will be reaching us |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
40. "The rich" pick on everyone else through their rapacious greed! |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
42. k&r |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
50. Fuck the rich. |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
51. You have to pick at them -- they're too big to swallow whole. (n/t) |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 01:41 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Great replay... we need cannibalism to be fashionable again... |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
52. K&R |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
53. No candle....................... |
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