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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 06:58 PM Original message |
There's not a thing wrong with being wealthy |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. Too many make their money that way. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. There is nothing wrong with being poor |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. You need to re-read my OP if you think my main objective was to defend wealth |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Re-reading |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. uh...er... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:20 PM Original message |
We have a large Libertarian contingent here who like to play at "democrat", |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm sure you're right. Just so much wealth apology going on here lately |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. We need a moratorium on wealth apologists. |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. "they will hire Indian tradesmen to do it for them" |
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ferrous wheel (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. 99% of those who hate rich people play the lottery. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Do you think they play to become what they hate? |
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ferrous wheel (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. No, I chose my words poorly. Not hilarous/funny...just ironic and hypocritical. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Ironic is when something unexpected happens... |
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ferrous wheel (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Well, duh. Poor people usually do want to free themselves from |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. I think most people play the lottery in the hopes |
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ferrous wheel (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
50. Yeah, quit working and become one of the idle rich. |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #50 |
89. I don't think most people want to become the idle |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Can't Depend On Their Employers To Share An Equitable Percentage of the Wealth They Create |
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ferrous wheel (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. What pray tell is the genetic lottery? |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Born Into Wealth |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. But anyone can be rich |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Bullshit. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Double bullshit. I dreamt about it last night. |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 05:43 AM Response to Reply #36 |
67. Surely you are NOT serious? You are being facetious, right? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #67 |
80. What do you think? |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #80 |
85. Lately who the fuck knows. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #36 |
78. WAKE UP! |
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The Brethren (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. Agree with you. |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. What about inherited wealth that comes from tax-free investing |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Doesn't necessarily make them slime |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. As long as you pay your Fair Share |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Which is an amount to be determined by the wealthy |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Which is about 1/100 of what the Poor Pay |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 08:35 AM Response to Reply #24 |
69. But the percentage goes up with income |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
11. I disagree |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Are you and I regardless of income guilty of letting people in poorer countries die? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I do not have enough capital to sustain my existence perpetually for life, and some left over |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
52. Whether you are liable for the death at law depends on where you |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Oh, so we are talking about law? |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. wow, we totally needed another thread on this! |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Yes, They haven't had enough people carrying their water today. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Actually, we do |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. So what if they make their money "fairly"? |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Hershey's is just as guilty of using Ivory Coast cacao (exploited child labor) and outsourcing |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. I said "Milton Hershey", not today's Hershey's Corp. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
53. Oregone, that is definitely the biggest crock of bullshit I have ever read. Your brain |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. ad hominem |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. I haven't seen any big Milton Hershey bashing activity on DU. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. February must be Wealth Awareness Month |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #37 |
49. I haven't seen any posts of mine which claimed there was Milton Hershey-bashing going on |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
41. "good capitalist" - oxymoron. |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. Some people owe their wealth to the middle and lower class |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. "Standing on the Backs of the Working Class" |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
21. There would be nothing wrong with being wealthy if the rest were treated equally in this country.... |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. Screwing over little people isn't successful, isn't competitive, and isn't cool... |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
31. I have a friend who is wealthy. She did NOTHING to |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. America has the lowest rate of intergenerational mobility in the industrialized world |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
42. I don't care how they got their money. It cannot coexist with poverty. |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
45. yes there is... |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. And don't forget, they have terribly gaudy tastes |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #47 |
77. Most millionaires don't have gold-plated anything. They're cheap. |
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the_chinuk (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
46. You're absolutely right. k/r |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
51. I made my wealth off of the wealthy. |
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the_chinuk (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Your posting brought a smile to my face. You, sir are a mensch. k/r n/t |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #54 |
82. I was nervous until I looked that up. |
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the_chinuk (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Yeah, heh, it's a good thing. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #51 |
63. And they made their wealth off the labor and ideas of the working class. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #63 |
81. That's a good point. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
55. The Marxists would say that to "get rich" the wealthy must always screw the worker over. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. They do not have to actively screw the worker over |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
59. Actually, we would probably need to define what constitutes "wealthy" |
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Fly by night (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
60. Eat ALL the rich. Let God sort 'em out afterwards. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. The rich are gamey from all that time spent at the gym. Better to feed them to the chickens. |
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Fly by night (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 08:43 AM Response to Reply #62 |
72. ,,, or the hogs. |
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madville (743 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
61. Nothing at all wrong with being wealthy |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
64. Well, you've disqualified your own essential statement yes? You make your millions... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
65. Of course there's nothing wrong with it, it's cooler than hell. You can have nicer shit. n/t |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 05:21 AM Response to Original message |
66. Most wealth is acheived through income ... |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #66 |
75. Um, wrong. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
68. All capitalists are 'cheap labor capitalists'. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
70. Hasn't anyone read "the millionaire next door"? |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
71. Premise of "The millionaire next door" |
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snowsman (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
73. I agree wholeheartedly |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
74. Nuttin wrong with paying taxes, either. |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. the wealthy aren't a singular entity |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
79. Interesting statistics about millionaires |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. whoa.. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Huh? |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. no |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. I've done well myself, and I never stop giving luck due credit. |
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