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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:15 PM Original message |
Magna Carta Sells for $21.3M in New York |
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Traveling_Home (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Crap - I really wanted that!!!! nt |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. and to the carlyle group of all things. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. They need more toilet paper. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. And the Rich and Powerful are Having Orgasms, I'm Sure |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. Carlyle. How awful. |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wonder if David Rubenstein of The Carlyle Group bought the Magna Carta ........... |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. Once again, freedom is undervalued. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. Maybe it's a Christmas present for his King. |
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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. the rich are very, very stupid... |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. it's going to the National Archives |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 09:28 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. i thought |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 10:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Ross Perot owned the one just sold |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. Huh. It sure brought a lot less in Washington |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. It should have been donated to the British Museum |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 12:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Exactly... |
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Traveling_Home (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 12:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. GB Could do that - there are 25 Official - 5 private owners |
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progressive_realist (669 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 12:42 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Why does Dallas have a copy? |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 09:08 AM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Wasn't Texas its own country briefly? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 06:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. The British Library does have older copies than this |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. Whew! |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. To the Carlyle Group, no less. |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
15. Perot started EDS which is the computer company that is used |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
17. It's not the most important document in the world |
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Solar Power (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 08:04 AM Response to Reply #17 |
26. I agree completely ... with Kurth.. |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
19. Time to erase a little history |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 05:03 AM Response to Original message |
20. I think that is a monstrosity |
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lanlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
21. from Wikipedia |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
22. This pretty much crystalizes what Freedom has become in this world. |
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Rockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
24. Carlyle buys democracy. Nice. |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
25. Art and antiquities of this magnatude are |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
27. freedom for sale? n/t |
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jzodda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
28. disgusting |
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captain jack (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
31. How many toilers for freedom could afford that? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
32. Fuck. The world in micrososm. |
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bear425 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
33. Just heard this on my local news and was shocked - |
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davhill (854 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
34. The Constitution and Bill of Rights |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
37. From the British Museum.. |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
38. One sold at auction was a later version..not the one issued in 1215 |
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BadGimp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
39. F%$kYouMoney |
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