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Scott SoCal said:
Good suggestion. In my new state of mind I can no longer think for myself, so I appreciate your help.

BTW, where should I go? Which State can best provide for me? Which public transportation system would best accomodate me? Which will leave the smallest carbon footprint?

There are so many considerations....

I would suggest moving to a place that has instituted the "we owe nothing to anyone but ourselves" business model since that is your idea of utopia...hmmm.....lets see........Somalia comes to mind. Too bad every other industrialized nation on the planet, you know, the ones that have a populace that can afford those little insurance extras that make you so much money, have even more extensive social programs than do we. But hey, look on the bright side: Your whole family will have health insurance.
 
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In 1970, CEO salary and bonus packages were typically about $700,000 - 25 times the average production worker salary; by 2000, CEO salaries had jumped to almost $2.2 million on average, 90 times the average salary of a worker, according to a 2004 study on CEO pay by Kevin J. Murphy and Jan Zabojnik. Toss in stock options and other benefits, and the salary of a CEO is nearly 500 times the average worker salary, the study says.
Dan Moynihan, principal of Compensation Resources, and expert in CEO salaries, theorizes that the shorter tenures of CEOs today than in years past could be one factor inflating the average salary of a CEO and widening the salary gap.
"I think there's a capitalistic model that says 'get as much as you can while it lasts because you don't know how long it'll last,'" he says. "I don't think CEOs are doing more or less than they were 20 years ago and I don't think line workers are either. Should [the salary gap] be rectified? Yes. Will it be? Probably not."

This is the product of your "system" and is what is transforming America from the country that everyone who came here was looking for into the same thing that they were fleeing.
The doctrine of Me Me Me is transforming us into a class system based second world nation.
 
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Glenn_Wilson said:
I see your catching a bunch aka **** load of heat over this so I am going to make some sugestions.

New York will probably be the best.

Somewhere out in Long Island maybe.

New Jersey would be another option but has to be close to NYC to take advantage of the Public transpo.

Rhode Island may be what your looking for.

Thanks man. I'm not sure how to get across the country without putting a bunch of CO2 into the atmosphere. I could ride my bike, I guess, but I'd have to get a tandem to bring my wife with me.
 
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Thoughtforfood said:
I would suggest moving to a place that has instituted the "we owe nothing to anyone but ourselves" business model since that is your idea of utopia...hmmm.....lets see........Somalia comes to mind. Too bad every other industrialized nation on the planet, you know, the ones that have a populace that can afford those little insurance extras that make you so much money, have even more extensive social programs than do we. But hey, look on the bright side: Your whole family will have health insurance.

Is Somalia near Montana? I've heard Montana is nice... or was it Idaho?
 
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Who here has attacked you for that?

You, and your like minded brethren, have attacked unions, teachers, the unemployed, and anyone else who is not in as powerful position as are you. And then you come in here on a cross writing sh!t like that? Cry me a fu*king river. Sucks for you that you don't like workers banding together to improve their compensation. Before unions, people with your mind set would have sarcastically included in their rant "worst of all, I hire men and pay them 25 cents per week, and require that they also bring their wife and children in to work without pay because the market will bear that...I also kick them all out when the man gets his hand chopped off because, fu*k him, he can't work and I can hire another family...well, hire the man at least, and those kids, I will put them on stools so they can reach their hands into the machinery more easily, so what if one of them gets mangled from time to time, their parents have more children...oh, and I made a profit..."

See, you fail to recognize the abject poverty and oppression present in a system where no corporation is required to recognize that they benefit from government, and therefore owe a debt back. Oh, you thought you made all that money without their help. Ask yourself this insurance guy, how much less money would you make (because you wouldn't have product to sell) if the state said "okay, fu*k it, we will let you keep your money and you can have the roads, make people pay to ride on them or let them deteriorate as they may, we don't care. And all that smoke detector, fire suppression, building codes for houses, yea, fu*k that too." Etc, etc, etc. Then lets move to the FACT that the institution of social programs and protections for workers is the back-bone for the prosperity created in the 20th century (yea, yea, I know, it was actually the John Galt's of the world...). See all that sharing of income created the ability for YOU to have customers you would not have were those programs not in effect, but yea, you are a self made man who derived no benefit at all from having a stable government...:rolleyes: The level of denial and ignorance is astounding in statements such as yours.

So yea, laugh it up about keeping your money from the tax man. You suck resources and benefit from government and then claim no responsibility to them or your fellow man. Its a great joke, huh? See, those other countries I spoke of earlier, you know, the ones that have far more extensive social programs. Part of the reason they are more successful and don't have the problems we have is that there are much fewer people like you who only want benefit from the system without any responsibility to it.

Like I always say, one day, I hope you get the country you are asking for because you will lose all that you currently have and wonder just why you didn't study history a little more.

Yes, I literally giggle every time I kick a homless man lying on the ground.

I think I now know why you are pusrsuing a JD. You have designs on a future in politics. Smart move, smart move.

Don't worry, you'll be exceptional. Your rhetoric is truly world class.

You can count on my vote.
 
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Scott SoCal said:
Yes, I literally giggle every time I kick a homless man lying on the ground.

I think I now know why you are pusrsuing a JD. You have designs on a future in politics. Smart move, smart move.

Don't worry, you'll be exceptional. Your rhetoric is truly world class.

You can count on my vote.

I inhaled, snorted, and dropped enough drugs around enough people to permanently disqualify myself from public office.

But thanks for the compliment!:)

As an attorney, I just want to make enough money to cover my student loans and maybe afford me the ability to go to Europe during the spring and meet you on the Muur.
 
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Thoughtforfood said:
I inhaled, snorted, and dropped enough drugs around enough people to permanently disqualify myself from public office.

But thanks for the compliment!:)

As an attorney, I just want to make enough money to cover my student loans and maybe afford me the ability to go to Europe during the spring and meet you on the Muur.

Hey, don't be discouraged about being DQ'd from politics. Drug use wasn't an issue for BO.

As an attorney, I just want to make enough money to cover my student loans and maybe afford me the ability to go to Europe during the spring and meet you on the Muur

A very noble endeavour.
 
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Hey, don't be discouraged about being DQ'd from politics. Drug use wasn't an issue for BO.




A very noble endeavour.

Sure didn't stop W...probably did more drugs in a day than BO, BC did in a lifetime. but then again..It's that drunk thing that makes him so appealing to scotty. Then there is Cheney.. 5 heart attacks but as many DWIs
 
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Sure didn't stop W...probably did more drugs in a day than BO, BC did in a lifetime. but then again..It's that drunk thing that makes him so appealing to scotty. Then there is Cheney.. 5 heart attacks but as many DWIs

I so look forward to your every post.... So filled with wisdom and intellectual firepower.
 
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Sure didn't stop W...probably did more drugs in a day than BO, BC did in a lifetime. but then again..It's that drunk thing that makes him so appealing to scotty. Then there is Cheney.. 5 heart attacks but as many DWIs

I doubt that President Bush DONE DID more drugs than President Obama. I am surprised YOUR now indirectly linking Scott SoCALL to being a drunk. You should really try not labeling all of you’re fellow Message board members.

I found a show you might want to listen to while you’re getting the usual daily FoxNews updates. http://www.michaelsavage.wnd.com/
From what I listened to,,,, he is RIGHT up you’re ally. THERE is plenty of material for you to quote and take some swings at.
 
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I doubt that President Bush DONE DID more drugs than President Obama. I am surprised YOUR now indirectly linking Scott SoCALL to being a drunk. You should really try not labeling all of you’re fellow Message board members.

I found a show you might want to listen to while you’re getting the usual daily FoxNews updates. http://www.michaelsavage.wnd.com/
From what I listened to,,,, he is RIGHT up you’re ally. THERE is plenty of material for you to quote and take some swings at.

You doubt your (dear leader)president Bush did drugs? More drugs? He was a trust fund baby that did nothing but do drugs and get drunk to an age that would have ruined most people in every way, forever. I doubt that Bush did less drugs than--- ohhhhh Charlie Sheen comes to mind..
 
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You doubt your (dear leader)president Bush did drugs? More drugs? He was a trust fund baby that did nothing but do drugs and get drunk to an age that would have ruined most people in every way, forever. I doubt that Bush did less drugs than--- ohhhhh Charlie Sheen comes to mind..

Another post of stunning quality. Simply amazing.

If I dare, I do have one small criticism. You seem to make light of Charlie Sheen's illness (Alcholism and drug addiction). Many are coping with this disease and I believe you are being slightly insensitive.
 
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redtreviso said:
""They remind us that where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost.""" ----Noam Chomsky????????


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn28oayX31Y

This is a better quote.

"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." —President George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002:D
 
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Glenn_Wilson said:
I love it when someone quotes Noam Chumpski. That is same same when posting quotes from GlennBack and RashLimbum.

How many civilians did Chumpski say would be killed in Afgan? He was wrong as usuall.

The quote was from Reagan you marooon
 
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redtreviso said:
The quote was from Reagan you marooon

:D Now why would you quote Reagan and put Chumpski's name behind it? :D

Shows how much I love Ronald Reagan. I like your marooon comment. classic :D

BTW here at work I can not get the YOUTUBE.
 
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Scott SoCal said:
Another post of stunning quality. Simply amazing.

If I dare, I do have one small criticism. You seem to make light of Charlie Sheen's illness (Alcholism and drug addiction). Many are coping with this disease and I believe you are being slightly insensitive.


I am sympathetic but not admiring..Just because (you) or anyone sees addiction as a kindred spirit commonality with people like Bush or Cheney doesn't mean their ideas and attitudes don't belong more in the bar room than in the public discourse. It is just not funny, admirable or good for anyone. I'd rather my addicts play music or paint pictures.
 
It's singular how the former dependent was in such a mad precipitous rush to send in the marines to save the Iraqi people from a bloody dictator the US previously supported against Iran, without the Mesopotamians taking any initiative upon themselves; but when the people of Libya spontaneously rebel agianst Ghaddafi in the name of liberty, the world watches while the brutal repression carries on.

And now there is a disaster in Japan to provide relief for everyone's embarassment.

This makes Obama's inheritance even more sinister.
 
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redtreviso said:
I am sympathetic but not admiring..Just because (you) or anyone sees addiction as a kindred spirit commonality with people like Bush or Cheney doesn't mean their ideas and attitudes don't belong more in the bar room than in the public discourse. It is just not funny, admirable or good for anyone. I'd rather my addicts play music or paint pictures.

I bet I can drink Scott under the table and yet alcohol consuption has not ruined my brain and turned me conservative. I would suggest that Scott's political bent is reached not because of his appreciation for good beer but in spite of it.:cool:
 
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Another post of stunning quality. Simply amazing.

If I dare, I do have one small criticism. You seem to make light of Charlie Sheen's illness (Alcholism and drug addiction). Many are coping with this disease and I believe you are being slightly insensitive.

Yeah Charlie Sheen takes his condition real seriously. Im sure he would be so offended reading this while he is snorting coke with one of his hundered dollar bills,off of one of his Blonde playmates tits.

What a horrible existance he has.
 
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I am sympathetic but not admiring..Just because (you) or anyone sees addiction as a kindred spirit commonality with people like Bush or Cheney doesn't mean their ideas and attitudes don't belong more in the bar room than in the public discourse. It is just not funny, admirable or good for anyone. I'd rather my addicts play music or paint pictures.

Of W? Man, you can barely tell.

You probably have the same vitriol with breast cancer patients.
 
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Yeah Charlie Sheen takes his condition real seriously. Im sure he would be so offended reading this while he is snorting coke with one of his hundered dollar bills,off of one of his Blonde playmates tits.

What a horrible existance he has.

I recoil in horror, sir.

How dare you bash the infirm. That is neither civilized nor enlightened.

Memo to Rhubroma;

If you would please, in 10 -12 clear and concise paragraphs, please set Mr. BM straight as he clearly is violating rules of greater humanity.

Sincerely,

Scott SoCall
 
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Of W? Man, you can barely tell.

You probably have the same vitriol with breast cancer patients.

I am not sympathetic to W...just addicts in general..It is one thing to indulge when young , but there is a time to recognize the problem and be an adult..After that it might not be a choice to BE and addict but it is to want to BE..To think you are better for it and expect others to feel the same.
 
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Glenn_Wilson said:
:D Now why would you quote Reagan and put Chumpski's name behind it? :D

Shows how much I love Ronald Reagan. I like your marooon comment. classic :D

BTW here at work I can not get the YOUTUBE.

well you know.. sarcasm is lost on a maroon
 
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