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is an idiot. His eyes are too close together. But, by the same token, John Edwards is obviously a profound hypocrite. The Dems still have a long way to go if they really want to represent working people...
posted by
Antipodean
on February 5, 2007 at 7:07 PM
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Thank you, Xenox!
Nice observations. Now I have a question for you: Wal-Mart Johnny is undeniably among the wealthy. Who would you prefer in political power: A multi-millionaire like him, or someone like, presumably, you and me who earns a fraction of what he gets paid?
posted by
WriterofLight
on February 5, 2007 at 6:44 PM
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I looked at the photo here are some conclusions
those woods are about 20 years old or less -- all about the same age -- been clearcut at least within the past 20 - 30 years -- extremely thick, not a virgin forest by any means.
looks like fields interspersed there -- looks like they may have been there before Mr. Edwards had his mansion built.
but this still doesn't exclude the fact that CEO's make hundreds of millions per year when a large portion of our population gets by on less than 50 k -- maybe between 50 and 100 k --
and I guess you haven't traversed the poorer sections of your town. I have mine. I can definitely show you how disparate the lifestyles are between the lowest and the highest.
let's see -- profits go up, wages go down, or barely keep up with inflation, jobs are exported overseas where people are happy to get $2/day, taking jobs that rural america and the lowest on the job scale used to depend on to keep them going (and on welfare [i had welfare clients working at such factories])
actually there are not just two Americas; there is a multitude of Americas. And the America of the corporate elite is totally separated from the rest of our country.
posted by
Xeno-x
on February 3, 2007 at 11:12 AM
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