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Octafish

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12. I can't remember Poppy saying -- let alone doing -- much for anyone, except a son or crony.
Wed Jan 8, 2014, 12:43 PM
Jan 2014

Let us compare the perspectives of two "Elitists."

First, John Fitzgerald Kennedy spoke in his inaugural of a future where humanity could work together in peace to fight "the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself."

Second, George Herbert Walker Bush said in his inaugural address that our nation has "more will than wallet" and shouldn't even try (of course, later, he would find all the money needed to bail out the S&Ls his son Neil and their cronies had looted).

What's even more troubling, we went from a nation that believed every human life has equal value to an empire where, as Poppy's dim noted when he "served" in the Oval Office, "Money trumps peace." That's not just un-American. That's Nazi.

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How the Elite Talk in Code [View all] Octafish Jan 2014 OP
too fat, too skinny, Hellllllllllllllooooooooooo BABY! snooper2 Jan 2014 #1
Interesting what you got out of it, snooper2. Octafish Jan 2014 #3
I familiar with all of the shady shit the bush fuckers have done over the years snooper2 Jan 2014 #4
So why not post about the Bush crime family and their cronies? Octafish Jan 2014 #7
Yet another who made his money the old-fashioned way. QuestForSense Jan 2014 #18
K&R This is the fight that matters. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #2
The Elite can handle volume. Octafish Jan 2014 #5
"...add zero to the real conversation"?!? What are you talkin' about? lastlib Jan 2014 #6
Excellent catch and point. Octafish Jan 2014 #8
I've read the Powell manifesto.... lastlib Jan 2014 #9
I think many/most know this ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2014 #15
Did you ever see Poppy Bush's letter on behalf of Silverado Neil to regulator Ashley before? Octafish Jan 2014 #19
Well. at least for the last couple thousand years. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #22
That doesn't strike me as an "elite" thing. Hosnon Jan 2014 #10
I can't remember Poppy saying -- let alone doing -- much for anyone, except a son or crony. Octafish Jan 2014 #12
I think the point is ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2014 #16
K&R.... daleanime Jan 2014 #11
Why it makes dollars and cents... Octafish Jan 2014 #14
Nice quote.... daleanime Jan 2014 #17
The Bush family got away with so many crimes, it caused me to lose most of my respect Rex Jan 2014 #13
I know what you mean, Rex. Octafish Jan 2014 #20
It's definitely far beyond Neuro Linguistic Programming, isn't it? K&R#50 bobthedrummer Jan 2014 #21
The anti-corruption plain language guide Octafish Jan 2014 #26
Never write if you can speak One_Life_To_Give Jan 2014 #23
The Wink. Octafish Jan 2014 #27
Its a small club, and we ain't in it. bvar22 Jan 2014 #24
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, for slurping lessons... Octafish Jan 2014 #28
Earth killing thieving warmongering bullshitlers are still up to no good and forever more as long as lonestarnot Jan 2014 #25
There aren't enough corrupt cops in the universe to protect them... Octafish Jan 2014 #29
Yes, there is always the hot flame of truth. OMG that link boils my blood! lonestarnot Jan 2014 #30
Here's what else the Elite fear: having to share their loot... Octafish Jan 2014 #31
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