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You make too much sense & those who dislike can not accept reality.
Posted by Hackett]]> Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:48:58 -0500 Arkansas Times
It's OK for Scott Ford to be born into unimaginable wealth. But he cannot turn his back on the poor with the simple observation that their poverty is due to their own lack of character.

No, they're poor because they don't have money. They don't have money because it's tied up in the bank accounts of a few people. And they can't make their own money because they don't have access to the same capital, education and DNA that the people who have the money do.
Posted by I_AM_THE_NRA]]> Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:23:08 -0500 Arkansas Times
It's due to one simple thing: Concentration of wealth. If 10% of the people own 90% of the wealth, then anyone born into the 90% who must split the 10% faces long odds of climbing past that station.

The 10% who own everything own government as well, and they use it to make more money. Thus we see policies like we have now, where the earnings on a billionaire's inherited wealth are taxed at a lower rate than a working family's wages.

Sure, we all know people who were born into poverty and made it. I'm one. But the plural of "anecdote" is not "data."

It's simple mathematics. As fewer and fewer people control more and more of the money, the rest of us have less and less hope of being one of those few.
Posted by I_AM_THE_NRA]]> Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:18:00 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by couldn't be better]]> Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:28:23 -0500 Arkansas Times
Woodward and Bernstein: Nixon far worse than we thought.

"Watergate was far more than that. At its most virulent, Watergate was a brazen and daring assault, led by Nixon himself, against the heart of American democracy: the Constitution, our system of free elections, the rule of law."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/woo…


Posted by Norma Bates]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 23:00:43 -0500 Arkansas Times


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Posted by SalineRepublican]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 22:26:37 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Dennis]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 20:59:49 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Diogenes]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 20:19:28 -0500 Arkansas Times
You previously mentioned that WBW
will be away and how lonely you become and how durango can't be trusted, never mind your mickeying him and dumping him out of the country.

You've toyed with turning over a new leaf, so to speak, I found the site for you dearest, and picked
#10 or #14, just couldn't decide so thought it better leave that choice to you.

Besides, I wasn't sure of where you live in Hillcrest. Be sure to tell us which one you like best.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/27-unexplai…

Posted by eLwood]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 20:02:59 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by SalineRepublican]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 19:56:17 -0500 Arkansas Times
Susan's on W. Sunset. North side of the street. Last breakfast at Susan's I had the fruit plate. Too much for me to eat.

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Posted by eLwood]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 19:13:44 -0500 Arkansas Times
“What do you think Tom Donohue of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce does for a living representing American business? He gets Republicans elected. Business and the Republican party are the same thing.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/08/chri…

Posted by Norma Bates]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 18:57:29 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Nanc]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 18:55:50 -0500 Arkansas Times
.....................Happy Birthday, Max !
Posted by eLwood]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 18:54:49 -0500 Arkansas Times
Posted by eLwood]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 18:48:25 -0500 Arkansas Times
Like Grace Jones, here. 64. Looks identical to when I was a child. Drinks the blood of virgins. Her genius? "Forget the pyrotechs and the dancers and the backup vocals. Go down to the Quid Tree, Freddie, and buy me a hula hoop. We're gonna stop the show."

She did, too. Dressed as a chorus girl from "Avatar" being swallowed by a giant mutant koi. Hula-hooped non-stop nearly five minutes whilst delivering "Slave to the Rhythm."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIicwZrkEhY…

But the best was Tom Jones. Who's somehow becoming Wayne Newton's twin as they age in tandem. Inexplicably wearing a Nehru jacket. Belting an acoustic flamenco guitar version of "Delilah." Best not because if you closed your eyes he sounds the same but because of the cutaways to Harry, the only hunk the royals ever produced.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aps-D9D551k…

The Darlenes want.
Posted by Norma Bates]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 18:24:00 -0500 Arkansas Times