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So, the secret to your wealth is "save money and buy a stock index fund"? Your wealth has nothing to do with the gas or oil under your family ranch?
Uh huh. 
"Saving money" is - for most people- beyond their capacity. I know people who are working two or three part-time jobs, and they still can't meet basic expenses. The "secret" to YOUR wealth seems to be ... have wealth handed to you, and then be a rentier.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
As long as you insist that everything is the Republicans'/ Democrats' fault, then you fail to grasp the REAL problem with American politics.
America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876
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Quote:I didn't inherit the land; I bought the land. I was following the natural gas well example of JC and Milton, the first two engineers I worked with, but I figured I could do 10 times better than they had done.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
So, your wealth has nothing to do with the gas or oil under your family ranch?
Uh huh.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
As long as you insist that everything is the Republicans'/ Democrats' fault, then you fail to grasp the REAL problem with American politics.
America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876
And buying Microsoft stock before Windows 3.1 arrived didn't hurt either. I was not lucky. I invested in what understood. And the obligatory dig at Republican voters: What would they invest in when they understand nothing, nothing at all? Graduating from the school of engineering at the University of Texas at Austin does have some advantages at recognizing good investments.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Funny how the chants were lock her up, and instead we see them getting locked up. Yep, funny.
T 
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Quote:There is some funny stuff going on inside Trump's head:
Originally posted by JJ:
Funny how the chants were lock her up, and instead we see them getting locked up. Yep, funny.
Few could contend with a straight face or a sound mind that Trump’s actions at the recent G-7 meeting and his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have advanced U.S. security interests, as that term has been understood by presidents since the end of World War II.
Trump or his supporters might respond that he is rejecting the old concepts of national security. But if that’s so, let him spell out what new concepts would tout Kim Jong-un and the authoritarian leaders of Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the Philippines as America’s most trustworthy friends, while downgrading the democratic leaders of Britain, France, Germany, and Canada as dishonest swindlers.
It is appalling (there is no gentler word) for an American president to blast Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for simply (and mildly) speaking up in response to Trump’s threat of a trade war—and then, two days later, to laud Kim, the world’s most brutal and insular tyrant, as a man who loves his country and to say it’s an “honor” to be in his presence.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/after-quebec-and-singapore
-its-undeniable-that-trump-is-wrecking-the-world-order.html
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Trump, the only presidential candidate to refer to his penis size during a national debate, wants nothing more than to be seen as powerful and manly, and to align himself with those who project the characteristics he desires. And he’s gotten help—from us. If you’ve ever called Trump “tough” on immigration, note that he just called a dictator “tough” for murdering his citizens. (And “very smart” for staying in power.) That should be a wake-up call to journalists responsible for telling the story of this moment: Stop using the words he routinely chooses to describe himself. And think hard about whether you’re accidentally reinforcing the model of power he’s trying to sell.
There are, after all, other words: Arbitrary. Confused. Crabby. Ignorant.
What a president says usually matters a great deal. But what Trump says usually bears no relation to the truth (or to what his own policies end up being) and is not worth repeating.
Instead, repeat the valuable news that emanates from this White House: Usually, that will involve showing all the ways this president is wrong, weak, and reactive.
And if you’re stumped on finding the words to do that with, look to misogyny. I’m serious.
Just imagine how the past week would have been framed had Trump been a woman—weakness would be the constant subtext. “A shaken Trump tries to shift blame for broken families on nonexistent ‘Democrat bill.’ ” “At Singapore summit, Trump makes nervous joke over weight.” “Trump catty with Trudeau.”
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/trump-wants-to-be-called-t
ough.html
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Quote:
Originally posted by second:Quote:I didn't inherit the land; I bought the land. I was following the natural gas well example of JC and Milton, the first two engineers I worked with, but I figured I could do 10 times better than they had done.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
So, your wealth has nothing to do with the gas or oil under your family ranch?
Uh huh.
-----------
Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
As long as you insist that everything is the Republicans'/ Democrats' fault, then you fail to grasp the REAL problem with American politics.
America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876
And buying Microsoft stock before Windows 3.1 arrived didn't hurt either. I was not lucky. I invested in what understood. And the obligatory dig at Republican voters: What would they invest in when they understand nothing, nothing at all? Graduating from the school of engineering at the University of Texas at Austin does have some advantages at recognizing good investments.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
You invest in what understood?
You is speaking caveman now?
They teach you that at fancy school of engineering University?
srsly dood. Go back to playing fortnight from your mom's basement. Cut her a break though and take out the trash this week before she has to ask you for the 100th time, mkay?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:
Originally posted by second:Quote:There is some funny stuff going on inside Trump's head:
Originally posted by JJ:
Funny how the chants were lock her up, and instead we see them getting locked up. Yep, funny.
Few could contend with a straight face or a sound mind that Trump’s actions at the recent G-7 meeting and his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have advanced U.S. security interests, as that term has been understood by presidents since the end of World War II.
Trump or his supporters might respond that he is rejecting the old concepts of national security. But if that’s so, let him spell out what new concepts would tout Kim Jong-un and the authoritarian leaders of Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the Philippines as America’s most trustworthy friends, while downgrading the democratic leaders of Britain, France, Germany, and Canada as dishonest swindlers.
It is appalling (there is no gentler word) for an American president to blast Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for simply (and mildly) speaking up in response to Trump’s threat of a trade war—and then, two days later, to laud Kim, the world’s most brutal and insular tyrant, as a man who loves his country and to say it’s an “honor” to be in his presence.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/after-quebec-and-singapore
-its-undeniable-that-trump-is-wrecking-the-world-order.html
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly]
Trump says this DOJ report proves there was no collusion with the Russians. One of the charges against his former campaign manager, who by the way was running Trumps campaign for 144 days and not 49 days as Trumps is saying, is conspiracy. In other words, collusion.
T
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lol... whoops.
Seems like Trudeau and Wheadon went to the same school of Feminism?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:
Originally posted by second:Quote:There is some funny stuff going on inside Trump's head:
Originally posted by JJ:
Funny how the chants were lock her up, and instead we see them getting locked up. Yep, funny.
Few could contend with a straight face or a sound mind that Trump’s actions at the recent G-7 meeting and his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have advanced U.S. security interests, as that term has been understood by presidents since the end of World War II.
Trump or his supporters might respond that he is rejecting the old concepts of national security. But if that’s so, let him spell out what new concepts would tout Kim Jong-un and the authoritarian leaders of Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the Philippines as America’s most trustworthy friends, while downgrading the democratic leaders of Britain, France, Germany, and Canada as dishonest swindlers.
It is appalling (there is no gentler word) for an American president to blast Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for simply (and mildly) speaking up in response to Trump’s threat of a trade war—and then, two days later, to laud Kim, the world’s most brutal and insular tyrant, as a man who loves his country and to say it’s an “honor” to be in his presence.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/after-quebec-and-singapore
-its-undeniable-that-trump-is-wrecking-the-world-order.html
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly]
Trump says this DOJ report proves there was no collusion with the Russians. One of the charges against his former campaign manager, who by the way was running Trumps campaign for 144 days and not 49 days as Trumps is saying, is conspiracy. In other words, collusion.
T
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
lol... whoops.
Seems like Trudeau and Wheadon went to the same school of Feminism?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
I can do that too, T.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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