Kate Middleton Preps For Olympics With Prince William & Prince Harry (PHOTOS)
the royals enjoy an 80% approval rating at the moment
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Clearly the money the Queen spent on public relations' experts after Diana's death was well spent.
My original comment was about how we value work/labor, rewarding some with fortunes for doing 'work' that many of them readily admit they'd do for nothing, while labor that is necessary for the survival of the species (food harvesting, as one example) gets paid peanuts.
Why you are so offended by that observation makes me wonder if you're not Paris Hilton (a trust fund baby) or Princess Michael or Hilda Ogden.
And (OT) no, I'm not an anarchist, and would be very happy if rule of law were restored in the US. This nation was founded on the concept of 'Veil of Ignorance', which applies not only to morality but economic fairness and equality of all citizens. That doesn't happen when great wealth is amassed in few hands and passed down within families upon the amassers' deaths.
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Kate Middleton Preps For Olympics With Prince William & Prince Harry (PHOTOS)
Politically Correct Inquisition. If the statement a person makes is made in a manner in which these members of PCI do not like they will bully and brutalize the other person and even insult their long dead family members to force their own thoughts upon the writer.======================
Like you, with this OT ad hominem attack?:
"Actually, I think you may be one of those who are part of the PCI. Are you one of the officially appointed or are you one of the self-appointed as I have seen in other forums? Its not good to be part of the PCI even if you phrase your critique quite nicely."
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Antonin Scalia Blasts Health Care Reform Decision, Says Supreme Court Is Not 'Political' (VIDEO)
Monday, July 30, 2012
you've a lot more faith in the people than I, for if it's not OJ or some other salacious pop BS, the short attention span of Americans only serve the interest of the elite.
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It's not faith; it's just knowledge of a few truths about the American people. All westerners, really, all people who live in industrialized capitalist nations. It's knowledge that you probably know, as do the establishment elites and politicians: The American people hate losers. The American people will forgive almost anything and anyone, except those who don't fight back.
I think that's the real reason that Jimmy Carter lost his bid for reelection.
And it's why Al Gore lost in 2000.
Both let others get the upper hand, dictate the terms of the campaigns and the elections, and in Al Gore's case, the terms of the outcome. Gore trusted that the rule of law would be the order of the day.
I don't think Gore anticipated or believed that what happened outside of the legal process mattered or would affect the outcome. He picked the wrong man (Warren Christopher) to face off with Jim Baker. While Gore, Christopher and Democrats were playing baseball, Bush, Baker and Republicans were playing football.
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Antonin Scalia Blasts Health Care Reform Decision, Says Supreme Court Is Not 'Political' (VIDEO)
Talk of Democratic politicians having no spines are greatly exaggerated, just like Obama's timidity is myth: He's plenty tough when it comes to standing up to the Democratic base.
Democratic voters have mistakenly believed that Obama and Democrats want what they want. The DLC-controlled DemocraticParty gives lip service to all populist issues (like jobs, civil rights protections, restoring habeas corpus, ending the wars, public healthcare, WallStreet reform, environmental and energy issues, etc.).
If the Bush years taught us anything, it's that anyone can sell anything to Americans, if you're stolid and relentless in your sales pitch and tactics. It's not that Bush and Rove were geniuses and knew something that nobody else knew; Bush and Rove were just more ruthless in doing what politicians and the parties had gone to great lengths to hide from Americans -- If you keep at it, escalate your attacks, don't take 'no' for an answer, never back away, you'll wear the opposition down.
Obama didn't get to be the first black president, vanquish Clinton's machine (to get the nomination) and the oldest, most experienced politicians in US history (including the RoveMachine) by not having mastered these skills. Nor do Democratic politicians (more incumbents than ever, in office longer) not know how to do it. How do you think Democrats managed to keep impeaching BushCheney off the table, have us still reelecting them, not marching on Washington with torches and pitchforks?
Obama and Democrats know how to do it -- They don't want to do it.
The trick for them has been to keep the many different populist groups believing that they really do support our issues, but they're merely inept. And to get us to keep voting for them despite their failure to achieve our alleged shared objectives.
Getting Democratic voters (and Obama's 'most ardent supporters') to understand that Democratic politicians have been taking us all for suckers and patsies is the most immediate problem and the challenge.
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Kate Middleton Preps For Olympics With Prince William & Prince Harry (PHOTOS)
Whatever the Queen and Charles have, it's an entail. The last entail, too; they live off the greatest expense account ever created. Whatever personal money they have (and the Queen's personal worth has been estimated around $500 million), it's not like she (or Charles) made it on her own, from scratch. Wouldn't we all like a deal where just by being born into the Royal family, you get an income for life, all expenses paid, get to live in any number of palaces, wear the crown jewels, have people waiting on you hand and foot and serving you the finest food and wines and organizing your day/life/closets, all paid for by the taxpayer.
Whatever William inherits from Diana's estate, where do you think Diana's money came from? (Hint: The Royal family) Same with Charles' money - It's inherited income, from the Duchy established in the 1300s, to fund the life of the heir to the throne.
The British are paying an awful lot of money to watch other people enjoy the best that life has to offer (if you have all the money in the world).
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Kate Middleton Preps For Olympics With Prince William & Prince Harry (PHOTOS)
If you knew any migrant workers, you'd know that like fishermen, they get paid by the volume or weight of what they're harvesting. And like fishermen who don't get paid hourly and don't get paid for the time they've spent setting lines/nets/traps, repairing the nets, icing the hull, etc., migrants don't get paid for the time they spend tending the crop. And harvests are gambles, particularly in the unsettling weather patterns of the past years.
Out of whatever money they get for harvesting the crop, they get charged by their 'wranglers' for expenses (room, board, transportation, etc.).
Whatever they earn is an annual salary (or bi-annual, if they can land winter crops, and transportation costs), and must be stretched to support them from one harvest to the next harvest.
But as a law-abiding and patriotic American, if you knew any of these diseased, criminal migrants, you'd turn them in, right?
/sarcasm off
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