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[Darbex]

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If you can prove that what they say is research really isnt research that is fine but you are making an unfounded statement. And I agree with you that insurance is taking advantage of us I wouldnt say that the drug companies are as much they are in a business they need to make money because no one would do anything if there wasnt a monetary advantage to do so. If you had a job as a construction worker and could get paid $100 a day or $500 a day which job would you take? You like everyone else would take the $500. Are you taking advantage of your employeer by taking the $500 no you are trying to make money and increase your value that you hold. All businesses works on the same premise they will not do anything if they get nothing out of it. I see blogs about my company all of the time how it is such a travesty that a corporation runs Funeral and Cemetery locations. Well we do it because we can do it cheaper and more effecient then the mom & pop shops. If we or the mom & pops couldnt make any money then there would be no funeral or cemeteries.

[Darbex]

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That is the reason communism never worked everyone can not be the same. Doctors dont want to go to school for 10 years to be making the same amount as a construction worker. You need to give the doctor incentives for going to school and using their minds on very complicated situations.

[ImaGuyGeek]

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The headlines I shared here on the box with you all, where written by the good folks at MSN Money: Not me.

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/CompanyFocus/BigOilsBigProblem.aspx

The comment I made in reference to the take over of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac where merely to point to one place that the LOOT could be used for something good like supporting one of this countries oldest financial institutes.

PS...I do make payments to Fannie Mae..

I personally, accept the fact that we (the american public) are being slowly consumed by corporations and governments without any real concern by the majority of those whom are being fed upon. Some of you would like to believe that this nation, bottom line, can do no wrong, well, my friends, your good intentions are well received, but you are fools. You bury your heads on the sands of patriotism and attack those of us who would call alarm to the danger.

So be it, hide your heads in the sand, and let the NWO run your a$$ down.

Here's a headline I was going to post, but I did not see any point at the time..

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/bribery-scandal-rocks-big-oil.aspx

CF

CF, this is interesting and all but if you really believe this mess WHAT exactly are you personally doing about it and what do you suggest others do? Personally, when I see this mess I just hear a bunch of whining. BTW, how is the crying working for ya?

I know I am not burying my head. I work hard, I save and invest and I work the system that I am a part of rather than pissing and moaning about how hard life is. Work hard, follow the rules and make smart informed decisions and prosper. That is what I have found to be MY American way.

As for Fannie Mae. Making your payments is simply following through on your responsibilities. What are you personally doing to help solve their problems that you are not obligated to do. In other words, reach into your own pockets before you start looking to reach into other peoples pockets.

If you want to lead anyone, you need to prove you are willing to lead by example. Nobody (well nobody in their right mind) wants to follow someone because they cry the loudest.

[CichlidFan]

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Imaguygeek,

I can understand your viewpoint, but it isn't about me, it's about us, just because I feel there is a wrong that needs to be righted, so according to you I'm whinning or moaning cause I cant have some loot, you are not seeing the whole picture here my friend, you're just looking at my comments with your eyes, and calling a personal foul, like your the referee of big oil or something.

Just because I posted a article written by MSN here on the box, about how big oil has so much money that they dont' know what to do with it, you can't stand a simple poke at the oil industry can you. That's sad.

Now I don't have a degree, nor do I have the benefit of having family ties to big oil either, but I do have is a social security record going back to the mid seventies where I have already paid in my fair share (which will most likely not be available when I am eligble for it) so don't waste your time trying to make fun of me, I've been out there working the system since you where in diapers sir.

Oh and I did lie about fannie mae....my bad, its' SALLY MAE, I am paying on a educational loan, where I elected to educate myself further to get a better paying job, where now I can afford higher gas prices and drive myself back and forth to work and earn my right to sit here and bs with you.

On another note, I care not to lead anyone, I am a self professed loner, but I have noticed a trend on your part to make me out to be something I am not, and that is also sad.

CF

[Zulaab]

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Please also note that the taxes taken from Exxon-Mobil...just that ONE company...are many times over able to pay for the war.

Over the last three years (2005, 2006, 2007), Exxon Mobil has paid an average of $27 billion annually in taxes. That's $27,000,000,000 per year, a number so large it's hard to comprehend. Here's one way to put Exxon's taxes into perspective.  

According to IRS data for 2004, the most recent year available:
Total number of tax returns: 130 million
Number of Tax Returns for the Bottom 50%: 65 million
Adjusted Gross Income for the Bottom 50%: $922 billion
Total Income Tax Paid by the Bottom 50%: $27.4 billion

Conclusion: In other words, just one corporation (Exxon Mobil) pays as much in taxes ($27 billion) annually as the entire bottom 50% of individual taxpayers, which is 65,000,000 people! Further, the tax rate for the bottom 50% is only 3% of adjusted gross income ($27.4 billion / $922 billion), and the tax rate for Exxon was 41% in 2006 ($67.4 billion in taxable income, $27.9 billion in taxes).

[ImaGuyGeek]

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So you're DOING nothing and playing the role of self appointed Chicken Little?

I'd be willing to bet that I have paid as much if not more into SS and I expect to see none of it. SS is not a plan for future support. and my 23 years of paying into it to Support Baby Boomer's who think someone owes them something more than what they are willing to work for is what is sad.

I don't see how I am making you out to be anything. You do a fine job of making yourself out to be a victim, an alarmist and a person of many words and little action with no help needed from me.

[CichlidFan]

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There you go again, me me me....silly old chicken little steve is crying wolf again.......dude, grow up, it's not about me......besides, the sky is falling.... :)

Or should I say, the housing market, the stock market, the financial institutions, the economy in general.....boy, what does it take to open your eyes.

OH, and thanks for the support there good buddy, in a little over a decade if there is still a planet to stand on, I'll be ejoying your generousity to the fullest.

CF

[ImaGuyGeek]

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Well, unfortunately in the real world, when you cry wolf enough it does become about you and even more so about your creditability. If you truly believe all the nonsense you regurgitate then at some point you have to expect that someone will ask you to prove yourself.

So, you constantly make yourself out to be a poor victim of the man keeping you down with high gas prices and causing you to suffer so. Well as far as I can see you still have your job, you haven't had to sell your gas guzzling V8 truck, you still have both of your girlfriends and your house. You can still go out on the boat on weekends, you can still afford to replace all the fish you kill, and you can still afford to drive all over Houston to visit all the LFS's. "Dude" you're no victim, so clearly you are just a trouble maker.

And you want people to listen to your ranting about the NWO and conspiracy theory? Seriously? If you believed half the stuff you say, you would be able to share with the rest of us poor uninformed souls how you are preparing for the end and give us some guidance. BUT, you aren't doing anything. Again, trouble maker.

Who needs to grow up my friend?

[CichlidFan]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PpMdTmVMpo&feature=related

You're doing just what the NWO puppets do, make fun of the people who threaten to expose them, they mock those who ask questions about what's really going on in our country. Throw insults at and ridicule those who don't dance the same tune as you.

In all your feeble attempts to set the record straight, I have kept my comments about you and your reputation clean, yet you cannot say the same to me.
YOU sir, are constantly labeling me a self proclaimed victim, one who constantly whines about my lot in life, and you are now labeling me a "trouble maker" for speaking my mind. You sound just like a politician slinging mud around, it must be in the air, what the heck are you doing wasting your time in the IT field, you should run for office, you'd fit right in.

You should do yourself a favor and watch a few 911 videos today (911 memorial day) and come back at me at tell me its all BS.

CF

[ImaGuyGeek]

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All of those words and you have still yet to say anything of any relevance. I reject your desperate attempt to be a victim.

I'll ask a third time. Are you all talk or do you really believe the nonsense you constantly spew here. If the latter, what are you personally doing to prepare for the impending doom and how can you guide the rest of us to not fall victim to the NWO and the demise of life as we know it?

[CichlidFan]

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Did you watch the video?

Here are a couple good videos that should be seen at least once by everyone

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8136133221213939183

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=911&emb=0#

CF

[fishlady]

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i will publicly request that further posts from Charles (immaguygeek) not include anything in reference to or about myself (Loretta Mitchell) (fishlady).


thank you
Loretta Mitchell (fishlady)

[ImaGuyGeek]

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    As a very wise man once said... Spit in one hand and wish in the other. See which one fills up first.

But I don't remember where I mentioned or referenced you by name. Maybe you could enlighten us?

[Darbex]

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In case you didnt hear big oil is taking it to use again. Oil prices are down to $94 a barrel even with all platforms and most refiners in the gulf down due to the hurricane. Those evil guys it must be a ploy right?