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NewXD40fun · 01-04-2006, 03:40 PM

Yeah, how "proud" can one really be if one does not state what one is proud of?

Tom

one-eyed-fatman · 01-04-2006, 03:44 PM

Whatever.... at least he's being proud when he does it. What do you guys do to be proud?

mgeoffriau · 01-04-2006, 03:45 PM

I make snappy comebacks on internet forums.

**einheit 13** · 01-04-2006, 03:49 PM

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I've wondered myself. Is it a secret?

No its no secret.....

one-eyed-fatman · 01-04-2006, 03:52 PM

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I've wondered myself. Is it a secret?

No its no secret.....

keep em wondering it will drive them crazy... No wait they already are.

NewXD40fun · 01-04-2006, 03:56 PM

It must be one of these:
http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Al...gicCommand.htm

But people who serve in the US Military are usually proud to say they served....except liberals of course.

Tom

**einheit 13** · 01-04-2006, 03:56 PM

Maybe i should translate it for them......baaahhhh, bbbaaaaaahhhhh, baah, bbaahh.........

**einheit 13** · 01-04-2006, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by NewXD40fun

It must be one of these:
http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Al...gicCommand.htm

But people who serve in the US Military are usually proud to say they served....except liberals of course.

Tom

Nope, I was in the Navy............

Waldo · 01-04-2006, 04:08 PM

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The only "classes" are the ones to which we apply convenient labels. Rich, poor, middle class, what-not. What's great about America is that hard work can take you from the lowest economic group to the highest. Why should I envy the rich? I'd rather join them.

Can you give examples of people from the lowest economic groups who have worked hard enough to make it to the highest in the last 10 years?

I keep hearing that as a defense but no one ever actually names any names.

Who are these mythical people that have come from sheer poverty to become self-made billionaires?

What percentage of the population does this on a regular basis?

Bill Gates is the last one that comes to mind but he was certainly not from the lowest "class" of people in this country.

Unless you can prove me wrong I'm going to say that 99% of the ultra rich in this country inherited their wealth. I know it's not their fault, but working from the bottom up ---- please give me a break.

bd

Bernie Marcus, the son of Russian immigrants born in 1929. He couldnt afford to go to medical school so he built cabinets to make his way through pharmacy school. Him and Arthur Blank were fired from Handy Dan Home Improvement Centers. In 1979 they founded a small comany called The Home Depot. The Home Depot has made both of them billionares. He is now one of the Top Philanthropists in the Country.

Not bad for a little jewish-russian kid who grew up in a crappy apartment complex.

Zell Miller, grew up in a single family home in Young Harris GA. Lived with his mother. Former Senator, and Governor of Georgia.

John Harold Johnson was born in 1918, in poverty, in Arkansas City Arkansas. He went on to found Johnson Publishing Company that publishes Ebony and Jet magazines, just to name a few. He was the first ever black person put on Forbes 400 Rich people list. He dies last year with a worth of about $600 million dollars.

Sam Walton was born in 1918 to a small farming family. His father couldnt make ends meet so before the depression he went into the mortage business. In college Walton waited tables in exchange for meals and was an ROTC officer. He went on to own his own variety store, that we know as wal-mart today.

Those are just a few, I could go on all day.

Putting an irrevelant time of "the last 10 years" is a nice trick. Gates didnt make his money in the last 10 years. Also, the personal histories of every person who rose from poverty will show, unless you win the lottery, it take a little more than 10 years to become among the richest in America.

Sorry but if you can't name someone that has succeeded in our generation then it is not irrelevant. In a country of almost 300 million people naming a half dozen people who made it to the top doesn't prove any points.

bd

I posted a list of names, now they must be from our generation, and naming half a dozen doesnt prove a point? Wow, lets make up the rules as we go along bd. You never stated an age group.

"Our" generation? You wont find billionaired of our generation, the youngest on the forbes 400 list are 32, and they got rich because they were able to sell a creation of their mind.

NewXD40fun · 01-04-2006, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by einheit 13

Maybe i should translate it for them......baaahhhh, bbbaaaaaahhhhh, baah, bbaahh.........

C’mon einheit13, be a good soldier, quit teasing us, give us the real meaning of your signature phrase, “Raise your fist and be proud”.

Do you expect us to believe you are proud to be closely associated with sheep or something?

Tom

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NewXD40fun XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: North Olmsted, Ohio Posts: 2,739	It must be one of these: http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Al...gicCommand.htm But people who serve in the US Military are usually proud to say they served....except liberals of course. Tom __________________ Springfield XD-40 Service w/DGR kit, EFK 9mm Taurus PT-140 Mill Pro _ Specialized Roubaix Expert "YOU'VE GOT TO STAND FOR SOMETHING OR YOU'LL FALL FOR ANYTHING" ---Aaron Tippin

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