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ER — 4/21/2012 12:31:37 PM (archived)

It's not the elite I worry about. They are predictable, they will do whatever it takes to protect themselves, and will only let the rest of us perish if they feel it is absolutely necessary to cover their ass. They will act in their own best interest, so you can tell what they'll do next.

The ones I'm really concerned about are their sycophants, the wannabees, the ones that were offered a seat on the lifeboat if they played the game and didn't cause any trouble. Haven't you noticed they are the ones doing most of the whining? The real movers and shakers keep a vey low profile.

The lackeys are just now starting to realize what's happening, the ship is sinking and they're locked in second class. They are barely sharp enough to know they've been screwed, but they don't dare admit they've mostly brought it on themselves by voting against their own interests on the basis of a promise of upward social mobility that just couldn't be delivered. They backed the wrong side, and now they have been left behind. And they are pissed, not at those who abandoned them, but at those they are stuck with.

http://dailygazelle.com/images/left_behind.jpg

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National Debt Road Trip, updated - TB - 4/21/2012 5:21:49 AM
- Re: National Debt Road Trip, updated - bowser - 4/21/2012 11:55:12 AM
  - Re: National Debt Road Trip, updated - ER - 4/21/2012 3:26:16 PM
    - The source of this story is a Cuban state newspaper. - TB - 4/21/2012 5:00:14 PM
      - Re: The source of this story is a Cuban state newspaper. - ER - 4/21/2012 6:06:33 PM
        
        I dare you to leave that comment up there. - TB - 4/21/2012 6:11:36 PM
        
        Dare me? - ER - 4/21/2012 8:58:29 PM
        
        Re: Dare me? - Jody - 4/21/2012 9:09:53 PM
        
        Re: Dare me? - TB - 4/21/2012 9:07:15 PM
        
        Re: Dare me? - ER - 4/21/2012 9:14:46 PM
        
        A world where your POV doesn't have to be true at all seems to be comfortable for a lot of people. - TB - 4/22/2012 12:58:36 AM
        
        EDITED: - ER - 4/22/2012 3:23:19 AM
        
        EDITED: I'd be interested in your definition of "Trotskyite," since nobody as yet seems to have developed a consistent or sensible one. - TB - 4/22/2012 4:07:35 AM
        
        Re: EDITED: I'd be interested in your definition of "Trotskyite," since nobody as yet seems to have developed a consistent or sensible one. - ER - 4/22/2012 5:11:19 AM
        
        We're not arguing about how many angels can dance on the end of a pin. - TB - 4/22/2012 5:29:02 AM
        
        Re: We're not arguing about how many angels can dance on the end of a pin. - ER - 4/22/2012 5:41:47 AM
        
        The deficits are a trillion a year. the debt has exceeded GDP. - TB - 4/22/2012 5:51:22 AM
        
        Re: EDITED: I'd be interested in your definition of "Trotskyite," since nobody as yet seems to have developed a consistent or sensible one. - ER - 4/22/2012 5:01:27 AM
        
        And there's the problem:" - TB - 4/22/2012 5:17:01 AM
        
        Re: And there's the problem:" - ER - 4/22/2012 5:32:56 AM
        
        None of that changes anything about the fundamental flaw of "democratic" wealth redistribution. - TB - 4/22/2012 5:44:18 AM
  - Re: National Debt Road Trip, updated - bowser - 4/21/2012 11:55:51 AM
- Re: National Debt Road Trip, updated - ER - 4/21/2012 11:53:49 AM
  - You just need to look at historical spending patterns to know what created these deficits and the debt. - TB - 4/21/2012 5:52:56 PM
    - Re: You just need to look at historical spending patterns to know what created these deficits and the debt. - ER - 4/21/2012 6:20:01 PM
      - What scares me is an intelligent person who will choose belief over facts. - TB - 4/22/2012 4:43:36 AM
        
        Re: What scares me is an intelligent person who will choose belief over facts. - ER - 4/22/2012 2:48:07 PM
        
        Re: What scares me is an intelligent person who will choose belief over facts. - TB - 4/22/2012 6:15:16 PM
- Re: National Debt Road Trip, updated - bowser - 4/21/2012 5:51:22 AM
  - Re: National Debt Road Trip, updated - ER - 4/21/2012 12:31:37 PM

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