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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:23 PM Original message |
My rock ribbed Republican friend just came face to face with the free market |
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KatyaR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. "this was different, it was personal." |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. "this was different, it was personal" |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. Typical Republican, your friend. If the law does not work to my |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Yes and they hate taxes unless they personally have something to gain from them. Otherwise, YOYOs: |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. "change it" ... |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. I love it, but he doesn't sound like he'll ever see... |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. Seems like the only time the vagaries of 'capitalism' bother them is when it 'gets personal'. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. the "restaurant" example of taxation can only work in an ideal, closed system |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. Apparently he didn't REALLY want the land. |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. His wife said that he really did want the property but that he just |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. My wife and I made an offer on a house not long after we'd been married. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. best to go in with financing already in place. it gives you a better idea of what to |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. It was that's what was funny about it. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. I don't. |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
45. I get the impression your friend isn't actually a Republican, he's just an idiot. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #45 |
55. Those are generally the same quality, or at least closely correlated. |
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yorgatron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. live and learn. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
57. Well, the "live" part is ongoing |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. Isn't that simply something spelled out in the contract? |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Exactly! But that rule is no good because it didn't work for him. :-) |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. hahaha. Love these "rule of law" folks. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. He's whining, but, in reality, |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. What goes around, comes around. They always seem to have the |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. Why in the world would you have a republican friend? |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. He's married to a very dear friend of mine. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. it's always different when it's them... or someone they know. |
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Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
62. It's true... |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
19. Bwahaha! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
21. Give me a Libertarian and I'll show you a hypocrite. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
22. In my experience ALL republicans have the inabilty to empathize with |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Or a mother who never said, "How would you feel if it was YOU?" |
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Mr Generic Other (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. actually, i believe, its a manifestation of cognitive dissonance. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
24. I hope you sent him a bill for your legal advice. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. That's a problem when you're not reality based |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
26. Tell to go cry to Ron Paul - he'll fix it!!!! |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
27. It works for the healthcare debate too. A repub relative of mine |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. God! What a story. Spread that one around! |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. But there lays the problem, after he gets what he wants he will then declare no one else deserves it |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Exactly right. These issues are only relevant when they apply |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. So what do we do, besides wait for karma to get them? |
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Mr Generic Other (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. a lot of time and energy has been devoted to teaching US citizens to hate the poor. |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Excellent post, and welcome! |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #36 |
59. I wonder whether this is the essential difference between conservatives and liberals |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I think we are hard wired differently for sure. Maybe it does reflect |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. I've known college students like that. One was divorced with kids |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
29. Hypocrisy knows no bounds |
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Quasimodem (259 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
34. To paraphrase Phil Ochs |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
39. What he really meant to say was "This is different, I'm WHITE!" n/t |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
40. I wonder why he thinks the free market is any different over anything "personal?" |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
41. MEism Factor....infected with selfInteres....its all about HIM.....well, he got a shockt |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
42. Where has he been during the real estate bubble that afflicted so many of us? |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
43. Typical libertarian. They live in "la la land". |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
47. A liberal is a libertarian who's been underbid. eom |
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yost69 (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
48. Guess he should not have been so cheap and offered what the property was worth. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
50. Out here in the wild west it's referred to as 'earnest money', post it not... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
51. Is there anything they won't whine about? |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
52. K&R |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
53. Perfect Republican answer |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
54. That's a hoot. When I lived in Missouri--where I was one of very few people |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
56. LOL , thanks for sharing Raven |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
58. He could 'bid' all he wants to, the seller never accepted. |
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liberaltrucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
61. Capitalism 101 |
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