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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 10:43 AM
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Personally, the best part is at the end when the girl admits she's suing for rent she never paid either.
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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Vanishing Point
Tens of thousands of lives have died to preserve our freedom, their sacrifice is priceless and not to be confused with "market price".
You believe there is a real dignity to human life that trumps their use beyond one's ability to produce goods and services (and the wealth associated). Marx and Engels would crawl out of their graves and kiss you if they could.

. . . and where's my ?
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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Saki GT
Personally, the best part is at the end when the girl admits she's suing for rent she never paid either.


I also know what he's sayin', but I'm glad he regularly asked to verify that he was being understood.
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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by ChefJ
Originally Posted by WarrenW' timestamp='1312815063' post='20857367
I'm not saying that guy is right for what he did but how is what he did any different than the oil companies getting billions in taxpayer money from the fed. gov't and at the same time charging the American consumer through the nose for gas all the while raking in record profits?
taken right out of the liberal playbook. No thought involved at all. Well copied sir. Care to share a sentence of your own??
So four nonsense aphorisms copied and pasted get a thumbs-up from you, but a simple and logical question garners a rude reply and an accusation the poster does not think for themselves?

If you cannot argue the point, concede it. Applying your own labels to people does not invalidate their points, it only makes you look stupid.
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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 01:49 PM
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We done reached that conclusion.
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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by 8D_In_Trunk
Originally Posted by Vanishing Point' timestamp='1312827386' post='20858044
Tens of thousands of lives have died to preserve our freedom, their sacrifice is priceless and not to be confused with "market price".
You believe there is a real dignity to human life that trumps their use beyond one's ability to produce goods and services (and the wealth associated). Marx and Engels would crawl out of their graves and kiss you if they could.. . . and where's my ?
I think you have your statement backwards. Neither Marx, nor Engles or Mao especially valued human life beyond what could be produced for the common good.
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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by NuncoStr8
Originally Posted by ChefJ' timestamp='1312822848' post='20857792
[quote name='WarrenW' timestamp='1312815063' post='20857367']I'm not saying that guy is right for what he did but how is what he did any different than the oil companies getting billions in taxpayer money from the fed. gov't and at the same time charging the American consumer through the nose for gas all the while raking in record profits?
taken right out of the liberal playbook. No thought involved at all. Well copied sir. Care to share a sentence of your own??
So four nonsense aphorisms copied and pasted get a thumbs-up from you, but a simple and logical question garners a rude reply and an accusation the poster does not think for themselves? If you cannot argue the point, concede it. Applying your own labels to people does not invalidate their points, it only makes you look stupid.
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It's not nonsense, maybe you need to slowly re-read the excerpt again. And if you wish to read more, here is where you can find the whole work.


Dr. Rogers' 1996 work Ten Secrets for a Successful Family (ISBN 978-0891078838).
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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Vanishing Point
Originally Posted by 8D_In_Trunk' timestamp='1312831684' post='20858322
[quote name='Vanishing Point' timestamp='1312827386' post='20858044']Tens of thousands of lives have died to preserve our freedom, their sacrifice is priceless and not to be confused with "market price".
You believe there is a real dignity to human life that trumps their use beyond one's ability to produce goods and services (and the wealth associated). Marx and Engels would crawl out of their graves and kiss you if they could.. . . and where's my ?
I think you have your statement backwards. Neither Marx, nor Engles or Mao especially valued human life beyond what could be produced for the common good.
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I do not have my statements backwards at all. You believe that the good of man trumps the free market.

Now, I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that either you have (at least) a college degree, or are substantially read in any number of topics beyond a conventional high school education. So given that, we have an educated, hard-working individual who's dignity trumps the fundamentals of Capitalism and that the freedom of the free market is in fact, a hoax.

More to that point, your previous statements empower many to seize the country's destiny from it's oppressors (who are staunch Capitalists, especially given the urgency of the last few weeks). If that isn't proletarian incitement 101, I don't know what is.
















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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 05:08 PM
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don't argue with 8D. He'll put the hurt on you.
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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 05:49 PM
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You can have both, dignity and embrace the free market economy. One does not have to give up either, to attain the other. You envision capitalism as necessarily evil, granted there are those that flaunt their excess, but the majority are far from the "evil empire" stereotype.
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