How the 1% live

I feel richer just being able to see an image of it on my computer.
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Bob DeWoody

Having the money to bid on this

with its $720,000.00 reserve price
and knowing it will sell a lot above the reserve ... and have cash left over to pick up a few more from the show.
http://theautry.org/masters-of-the-american-west-2012/silent-bid

Is this on topic?

ROFL

Good one, Sarge!

Ok, now is the time to cut all the crap. The American political system seems to be set up to protect the contenders more than to get useful information out to the voters.
Now is the time for the big question!
How many of the contenders running in this year’s republican primary have “Gold commodes” in their
homes, and do they have them in their privet airplanes and buses?
I can’t begin to describe what sort of good that could be done if these commodes where turned in for regular ones and the difference in cost be put in to food banks.

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I can’t begin to describe what sort of good that could be done if these commodes where turned in for regular ones and the difference in cost be put in to food banks.

I think you got my point. I don’t believe we all would have to live in tents to insure that every citizen had shelter.
It is just that most people around here would rather do something helpful instead of watching homeless folks freeze to death all in the name of an ideology.
I find it hard to believe in the statements of people who find their diversions to be more important to them than the real life concerns of fellow citizens.
After all these years of living, and traveling around the world I still believe it is better to set up a society that allows for an equitable distribution of the wealth of a country than having to constantly take time out to fix the results of an unfair system. I also believe the tools are already in place to do this in both Canada and the United States.
In the words of a person very dear to me, “How could anyone sleep soundly knowing their neighbours were awake, in pain, and hungry in the house next door?”
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Major, your initial impression was the one i had and, I believe, the one most intended. I say this because, one, I'm not as far from you geographically as I once was. So I am learning a little about culture in a new part of the country. Second, I got that link from a band I have some loose connections with. The singer is either from the US or Canada, but the rest of his bandmates are Mexican.

Socialism is what's unfair since the industrious have to carry the indolent on their backs. Ask the Russians about this.

If you had a homogeneous society that bred people with a proper work ethic then Socialism might work. Handouts otherwise promote a permanent: idle, lazy and criminal lower class.

As Sarah Palin would ask, how is that post communist crony capitalism working out for the Russians now?

Socialism is what's unfair since the industrious have to carry the indolent on their backs. Ask the Russians about this.

As Sarah Palin would ask, how is that post communist crony capitalism working out for the Russians now?

Socialism is what's unfair since the industrious have to carry the indolent on their backs. Ask the Russians about this.

“How could anyone sleep soundly knowing their neighbours were awake, in pain, and hungry in the house next door?”

“How could anyone sleep soundly knowing their neighbours were awake, in pain, and hungry in the house next door?”

I spend $60 a month feeding feral cats.

If I were to instead give this to someone as described in above quote, they would take the $60 bucks and go buy a carton of cigs. Or as many packs as 60 bucks can buy.

The people I've encountered who are down on their luck, before anything else-food or shelter-will make sure they have their cigs.

Frak 'em.

Feed the kitties. Frak the humans.

SleepingSoundlyDullnando