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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 12:39 PM Original message |
The Rude Pundit: A Note to Rich People: You Should Probably Be Thinking Ahead Right About Now |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Self preservation |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Correction. Self preservation among CAPITALISTS......... |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. the rude one hits the nail on the fucking nail again. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
36. Every time! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #36 |
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AKDavy (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'd like to see the really rich motherfuckers remain blinded by greed |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. This sounds like the most interesting and emotionally satisfying chapter... |
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AKDavy (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. The problem is, I think, that there isn't a choice |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 07:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
54. Davy I believe you are on to something. |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. They have no further to look back in history here in America |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 07:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. The problem with your argument (and I agree with you but..), |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 06:14 AM Response to Reply #28 |
51. which is the meaning of "in a crisis, money returns to its rightful owners" |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #51 |
70. Ouch. Nominate me for a Darwin... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. no, i didn;t mean anything like that. ? |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. K & R |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. That's probably the only reason the New Deal was allowed. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. It was a common lament among the more leftist unions of the time |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. It's exactly why the New Deal was allowed. By FDR. |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. And if not for FDR's overtures to the communists & socialists |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #19 |
45. +1 They say FDR saved capitalism from itself. Today's capitalists are idiots for forgetting this. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Then they are sadly deluded and will be fully surprised |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
37. Yeah, but what if the couch potato |
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ArcticFox (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:11 AM Response to Reply #37 |
49. That really got them to leave you alone? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
43. Like I say, vote Democratic, but help out with a Socialist Party near ou |
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I-LOVE-PELOSI (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #43 |
72. Screw the socialists. |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. There will always be a small percentage of people who don't want to work. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #73 |
80. Republicans have a nasty habit of seeing everyone else as flawed versions of themselves |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #72 |
79. What, you mean Republicans? |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 07:54 AM Response to Reply #6 |
53. But, those Robber Barons of yore |
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freebrew (478 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #53 |
63. Uh, yes they did. |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. Recommend! |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. Rude my man, they don't think like that. |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. K&R n/t |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
48. Seems the people really cause those who serve them closely to cut their throats |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. THIS American MAJORITY will demand it! |
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lunasun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. When The Working Class & The Poor realize we have more in common with each other, |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. Rudely accurate. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. yeah, people are starting to get restless around here. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. You're really underestimating them, Rude Boy |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Jim Rogers. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Interesting post. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. There is no "away" any more |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. That's why the uprising needs to be and is taking steps |
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lunasun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
40. I agree you really wouldn't get near them and they will just fly to Dubai or elsewhere |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. Love, love, LOVE the Rude Pundit. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
23. Oh they have Rude Pundit! For DECADES! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
25. Love you Rudie! |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
26. LOL k&r n/t |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
33. Great angle, Rudester, |
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Captain_Blue (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Rude Pundit |
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Marie Marie (709 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
34. How Rude!! |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
38. Why would there be any rational reason for the rich to be worried at all? |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Someone mentioned it upthread |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:46 AM Response to Reply #38 |
58. I realize there is wide spread apathy, however.... |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
42. My mama raised me to be POLITE. But, in this case, I'm gonna go with RUDE. |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
44. K&R. nt |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
46. Apparently we only need to tax 400 people 10% of their incoe, and that is enough to pay |
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Iwillnevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
47. Awwww, Rude's mother passed away recently |
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vicarofrevelwood (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
50. How can an addict, |
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MaeScott (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
52. K and R. nt |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
55. The Saudi royals |
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Duck (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
56. Look around |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
57. Greed is a disease and there is no cure. nm |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
59. Problem is the rich class suffer from a class sociopathy. They deeply feel that they are destine to |
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I-LOVE-PELOSI (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
60. There is nothing wrong with being rich! |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #60 |
65. But there is something wrong... |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
61. They didn't uphold their part of the bargain |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
62. Coverage of Wisconsin |
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FlyByNight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
64. The abject greed exhibited by people like the Koch's... |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
66. If Dubai and Jeddah are no longer safe, and they'll pay higher taxes in the EU or UK, then they'll |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
67. Love it. Let the rich break in the storm. fuck em. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
69. eat the rich.... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
71. A poem |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
74. Screw that, when we run out of food, we are gonna EAT THE RICH! n/t |
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jccote (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
75. you write like a child - there IS a better path |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. That's been tried, and it didn't work. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:18 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. LOL! Looks like the truth hurts! |
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Sentath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #75 |
81. Ok, I'll bite |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. Uh, that's why he's called "The Rude Pundit" - if you don't like rude, don't read . . . |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #75 |
83. First Step: knowledge. Second Step: write. Third Step: post. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #75 |
84. Ooh, online performance art |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. lol nt |
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