Unlike what the myth says nobody becomes rich from hard work; they become rich by theft.
-- Posted by Freedom Man on Fri, Jul 1, 2011, at 12:18 PM
Freedom Man I agree with a lot of the stuff you post on here, but this is an area I have to take issue with. It borders on class envy. I know some rich people that got that way dishonestly and they are no worse than the poor who are collecting welfare and disability dishonestly.
I also know some people that are wealthy that got that way honestly and by using the brain that they were born with instead of wasting their life.
I do not envy them for being better off than I am, I admire their work ethic and know the risks some took to get there.
Rich or poor some people are honest and some are not.
What I despise is a crook if he is a big one or a little one and I do not see a degree difference. If you are 100% crooked you are 100% crooked... rich or poor. There is no such thing in my book as being just a little bit crooked. Small time crook yeah, but just as dishonest as the ones who steal millions. It's like being a little bit pregnant.
-- Posted by Have_Wheels_Will_Travel on Fri, Jul 1, 2011, at 12:31 PM
Would it make any difference in our opinions if the one making charges was Muslim with not such a pristine history?
-- Posted by Old John on Fri, Jul 1, 2011, at 9:55 PM
Hmmmmm! No international pressure applied here I would bet.....
http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na
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