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Q. Didn’t the rich help make america great, too?.?

didn’t the rich help make america great, too?. in a recent campaign speech, sen. hillary clinton said, “it is not rich people who made america great, it is hardworking americans.” if you are rich, or know someone who is rich, this statement might strike you as extremely odd. when used in the same sentence, the terms “rich” and “hardworking” make for redundant prose. the rich are frequently driven by a relentless work ethic that causes them to toil extremely long hours in their chosen professions. successful entrepreneurs, in fact, are rarely successful retirees, given the certain high they get from working hard. and unless they’re among the small percentage of americans who inherited their wealth, they have become successful — and rich — only because they have solved previously unmet market needs. indeed, contrary to the perception that the rich exploit their way to wealth, the surest path to riches involves fulfilling the desires of the vast majority of people who are not rich. for that alone, the rich are central to what has made america great. if you are in doubt about this fact, why not revisit a little business history. that john d. rockefeller, forever synonymous with the word “rich,” named his company standard oil was no accident. at the time, the kerosene that americans used to light their homes claimed an average of 6,000 deaths per year. but his consolidation of the previously inefficient and unwieldy kerosene industry made for a commodity that was increasingly accessible and safe for all americans to use. safe and efficient became the new standard. and while thomas edison did not invent the light bulb, he created the first commercially viable incandescent bulb for the masses. in founding edison electric, thanks to financing from the very rich j.p. morgan and the affluent vanderbilt family, he made plain that “we will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.” edison’s electricity innovations of course threatened standard oil’s kerosene products with obsolescence, but with henry ford’s founding of his eponymous car company in 1903, there was soon an even greater need for oil byproducts. ford, who died a very rich man, created the model t in 1908 with the average american in mind. and sure enough, the $825 price tag in 1908 fell every year thereafter, thus enabling more and more americans to experience the freedom that comes with motorized transportation. see the progression? one entrepreneurs’ innovation leads to more innovation and more rich entrepreneurs. the story continues . . . with americans increasingly traveling by car, howard johnson created a roadside restaurant chain of the same name in 1925. by 1952 it was the largest restaurant chain in the world — one that included affordable lodging for an american population on the go. recognizing that there was room for more entrants in this space, ray kroc bought the small mcdonald’s chain of restaurants and arguably made it the best-known brand name in the world. then, as america’s middle class grew, consumer needs expanded, opening the door for sam walton who in 1962 founded the first wal-mart in bentonville, arkansas. while walton’s creation made him america’s richest man, he enriched his customer base by offering previously inaccessible goods not only at low prices, but eventually the lowest prices possible. to this day, wal-mart shoppers get a “raise” every time they walk into one of these stores. more modernly, we have our mega-moguls in the technology space. bill gates’s creation of microsoft made computer-operating software available to the masses while enabling both individuals and businesses to become exponentially more efficient. and the fact that computers are increasingly the norm in businesses, classrooms, and homes is in no small part due to michael dell’s innovations with inventory management. dell made hardware that was once unique, ubiquitous. notably, our rich entrepreneurs didn’t stop improving our lives with their commercial genius. from rockefeller to ford to gates, they have established foundations that have and will continue to tackle the problems of education, poverty, and health that vex us to this day. and for tomorrow’s entrepreneurs, the wealth accumulated by our business forebears will serve as capital for new innovations that will continue to make our lives better and more fulfilling. hillary clinton wants to distinguish between the rich and the hardworking. but the two are not mutually exclusive. and while the senator is correct in lauding the efforts of industrious americans, she is unwise to demean the staggering efforts of the vital few rich who have done so much to make america great.

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Q. Reason bush won and only way obama don't win is due to unfairness?

why all the games? only way obama won't win is 'mccain unfairness? hacking democracy.com, a must to see on hbo [1-3-08 at 1pm, tue 11-4-08 at 2am,1pm,4pm,9;30pm and 12;30am;disgrace is what it is; rated tvpg: adult content running time: 81 minutes genre: documentary is american democracy safe in the age of computers? this cautionary film looks at the very real risk of hackers altering vote counts in public elections--and exposes the vulnerability of the computers that count approximately 80% of america's votes in county, state and federal elections. filmed in 2004-2005, this documentary tells the story of bev harris, a seattle publicist/writer whose watchdog group uncovered evidence of mishandled voting records and suspicious voting machine malfunctions. harris's crusade took the group--consisting of computer experts, activists and political candidates from both parties--from her home computer (where she found a computer system blueprint accidentally made public) to tallahassee, fl, for a "mini-election" that proved just how easy it is to hack the vote. (tvpg) (ac)

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Q. Only reason bush won in 1st place,please don't cheat obama?

why all the games? only way obama won't win is 'mccain unfairness? hacking democracy.com, a must to see on hbo [1-3-08 at 1pm, tue 11-4-08 at 2am,1pm,4pm,9;30pm and 12;30am;disgrace is what it is; rated tvpg: adult content running time: 81 minutes genre: documentary is american democracy safe in the age of computers? this cautionary film looks at the very real risk of hackers altering vote counts in public elections--and exposes the vulnerability of the computers that count approximately 80% of america's votes in county, state and federal elections. filmed in 2004-2005, this documentary tells the story of bev harris, a seattle publicist/writer whose watchdog group uncovered evidence of mishandled voting records and suspicious voting machine malfunctions. harris's crusade took the group--consisting of computer experts, activists and political candidates from both parties--from her home computer (where she found a computer system blueprint accidentally made public) to tallahassee, fl, for a "mini-election" that proved just how easy it is to hack the vote. (tvpg) (ac)

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Q. Is america getting lazy?

hmmm. i go into the grocery store today and i noticed at the deli counter you now have to enter your order over a touch screen computer. your number comes out like the dmv to be called in order received. it does not matter whether your order is for 1/2lb of pasta salad, this is how it's done now. what can you not talk to anyone anymore?? as well as i noticed when you go to the check out lanes in the grocery store. the lanes do it for you while you enter your stuff in the computer. what happened to the good old days of cashiers?? i mean yeah they have them, but only 1 or 2. this technology i am against because it puts people out of jobs right?? i mean what do the employees do then ? other positions in the grocery store? i think this eliminates having to hire so many employees now to perform the cashier position because a machine now enables you to do it yourself. what also happened to when you would call your utilities customer service, someone would actually pick up the phone right away?? now everything is automated via phone and seems to be a challenge to get through the directory menu without cursing out the automated voice not understanding you every other word. half of the time you don't even reach anyone to speak to personally. just the freaking machine. now gas stations are starting to put flat panel tv's on top of the gas station pump catching you up on latest sports news etc while you pump gas. this would be understandable in a sports restaurant in the bathroom. seriously, i mean are people that impatient to get home to catch up? there is dvr that is cheap to rent from the cable company where you won't miss a thing now. automatic vacuum cleaners that vacuum for you now. i could go on forever. the list goes on. my question is, is america getting lazy??? or is it america's way to tell us technology is eventually going to take over and we have to do nothing except grow crops out of our back yard in a tent we end up living in because the housing market is raiding our wallets?

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Q. America's best dance crew question

ok, is it only me that feels like the show just isn't as exiting since asiid left? i used to be so exited for the show everyweek but now, it's just like"oh that's on i guess i'll watch", and i will usually watch it while on the computer whereas it used to get my full attention before. am i being biased or do others feel the same way? also did anyone else think soreal cru copied supreme soul with their opening sequence this week? i was quite bothered that they got all this praise and credit for that as if it were original. i am very bothered with the order n which people have gone home this whole season. what do you all think the correct order should have been?

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Q. Cool tip on recovering my web function?

i have put avalon to work to regroup all the radio graphic programs received outside the web connection. freedom has only 24,5 g on the windows disc : crypt has another 80 g, navidad the usb memory has 328 g left to receive and regroup. i may not enter the workspace where avalon does the job, but i also need to get access to the savant project in a netherlands not able to accept life as the web knows it. any more problems ? my digital electric meter, shows in the reports, that the dutch government has taken hold of all the systems>: instead of having to pay for a bill i did not leave unpaid, i should have received my first engagement, with a fat cheque of € 1042,00, and they fought me in illegal court case over € 759,00. if this keeps up where can i ever develope web's speach on philosophy any further? our joint effort shows, that america's home windows, is much more psychology wise, then the original version copies were given in legal building. a government shoould not forget in any way, that homenet, is the mystical streamer of a web in full function i would start an exhibition space. rob in kerkstraat own private network. he has no artast name yet, and he asks me for an upgrade to four. pentium 3 with a higher ram network art production. in the middle of the city a corner shop would be a giant forward, when the magic hourglas als has a meaning for people i suppose. enigma, andromeda, would jump at the chance for a real live exposition. a 25000 starter credit for an official function and freebee is hard to commit into a practical plan. communbity guidelines you are so highly involved in this project, i would not mind some of your programs input in how to hijjack social community back to the proper work? you made very good use of our tiny sub project:" excuse my faulty board. maybe i am strict in sense i cannot make my associate understand, when i feel web in stage it functions at the moment is a gift from a technocrat. our art should be quuite popular i assume. only a shame i cannot give another painting today to the web. the magic hour glass is part of the worlds university projects in our hardware psychology. arnhem does have a higher arts college, but i wonder if in germany another school would be the first to start up hand computer drawing as a means for systems to gain more artists and such. the retrieval of my personal things is rather problematic in this town. there is no way those people in black can continue this way of oppressing people. frome balkenende and his gang no news yesterday. an immediate suspension at the start of the new political year in presence of all the high blokes from universities? he has nothing in his systems network, they all have my signature???? dangerously mad i say. he has killed every possibility for us single web mums on the job, to become independant from welfare. our energy companies do not even pay taxes. that is what the hardest workers have to fork out of their wages, which are too low. anyhow dtc belhuis & internet is a cool web friend of mine. cheaper than the official state, but grey is a secure internet explorer. any function you can think of and not far from my own home. my last change went into this one so i guess i am totally broke for the rest of the month. my grants never were obtainable. while i also am registered in the web as a miljonaires since 1996????? sorry the postcode moneytrain was a scam to pay up for the state's gambling debts.....

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Q. Who here is a 90s kid? (born between 1990 and 1994)?

you're a 90's kid if: you can finish this [ice ice _ _ _ _ ] you remember watching: -doug -ren & stimpy -pinky and the brain -aaaaaaah real monsters! -rockos modern life. you've ever ended a sentence with the word "psyche!" you just cant resist finishing this . . . "iiiiiiin west philidelphia born and raised . . . you remember: -tgif -step by step -family matters -dinosaurs -boy meets world. you remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a saturday to watch cartoons. you got super excited when it was oregon trail day in computer class at school. you remember reading "goosebumps" you took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school. you still get the urge to say "not" after (almost) every sentence . . . not when everyhting was settled by: -rock paper scissors or -bubble gum bubble gum in a dish or -daddy had a donkey inky binky bonky. when cops and robbers was a daily activity. when we played hide and go seek until our legs grew numb. when we used to obey our parents you used to listen to the radio all day long just to record your favorite song of all time. "where in the world is carmen san diego?" was both a game and a tv game show. captain planet. he's a hero. you knew that kimberly, the pink ranger, and tommy, the green ranger, were meant to be together. you remember when super nintendos and sega genisis became popular. you always wanted to send in a tape to america's funniest home videos . . . but never taped anything funny. you remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3 . . . and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders" you remember watching: -the magic school bus -wishbone -reading rainbow on pbs. you remember when yo-yos were cool. you remember those where's waldo books. you remember eating warheads. you remember watching: -the 1st batman -aladdin -ninja turtles -3 ninjas movies. you remember ring pops. you remember drinking surge, and tang. oh, oh, oh! and josta!!! if you remember when every thing was "da bomb!" when they made the new lunchables so that you could make pizza and tacos. you remember boom boxes vs. cd players. making those little paper fortune cookie things, and then predicting your life with them. you played and/or collected "pogs" you had at least one tamagotchi, gigapet, or nano and brought it everywhere. furbies (yes, we hated them then, too). you haven't always had a computer, and it was cool to have the internet. and windows 95 was the best. you watched the original cartoons of rugrats, power rangers, and ninja turtles. michael jordan was a king. yikes pencils and erasers were the stuff! all your school supplies were "lisa frank" brand. you remember when the new beanie babies and talking elmo were always sold out. you collected those beanie babies. carebears gak was the coolest stuff invented. lambchop's song never ended. the old dollar bills. silver dollars, which were cool to have. you remember a time before the wb. you collected all the troll dolls if you even know what an original walkman is. you remember wanting to sit on the orange nickelodeon couch. you've gotten creeped out by "are you afraid of the dark?" you know the macarena by heart. "talk to the hand" . . . enough said you always said, "then why don't you marry it!" you went to mcdonald's to play in the playplace. you remember playing on merry go rounds at the playground. before the myspace frenzy . . . before the internet & text messaging . . . before sidekicks & ipods . . . before mike jones . . . before playstation2 or x-box . . . before spongebob . . . back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night. when light up sneakers were cool. when you rented vhs tapes, not dvds. when gas was $0.95 a gallon & caller id was a new thing. when we recorded stuff on vcrs. when we called the radio station to request songs to hear off of our walkman. when checking out drawing books and that one book about the rainbow fish from the library was the cool thing to do. you had slap braclets! way back. before we realized all this would eventually disappear. who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much!!!!! these were the good ol days hell yea 1992 for me the good old days

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Q. How many of yall out there remember all these things and had a smile when you read this?

you're a 90's kid if: you can finish this [ice ice _ _ _ _ ] you remember watching doug, ren & stimpy, pinky and the brain, bobby's world, felix the cat, the tick... aaaaaaah real monsters! you've ever ended a sentence with the word "psyche!" you just cant resist finishing this . . . "iiiiiiin west philidelphia born and raised . . ." you remember tgif, step by step, family matters, dinosaurs, and boy meets world. you remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a saturday to watch cartoons. you got super excited when it was oregon trail day in computer class at school. you remember reading "goosebumps" you took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school. you still get the urge to say "not" after (almost) every sentence . . . not if you remember seeing hot tub bubbles make bubbly sounds before every music video on vh1. when everyhting was settled by rock paper scissors..or bubble gum bubble gum in a dish...eeny meeny miney mo...and even better daddy had a donkey inky binky bonky. you used to listen to the radio all day long just to record your favorite song of all time. "where in the world is carmen san diego?" was both a game and a tv game show. captain planet. he's a hero. you knew that kimberly, the pink ranger, and tommy, the green ranger, were meant to be together. you remember when super nintendos and sega genisis became popular. you always wanted to send in a tape to america's funniest home videos . . . but never taped anything funny. you remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3 . . . and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders" you remember watching the magic school bus, wishbone, and reading rainbow on pbs. you remember when yo-yos were cool. you remember those where's waldo books. you remember eating warheads. you remember watching the 1st batman, aladin, ninja turtles, and 3 ninjas movies. you remember ring pops. you remember drinking surge, and tang. if you remember when every thing was "da bomb!" when they made the new lunchables so that you could make pizza and tacos. you remember boom boxes vs. cd players. making those little paper fortune cookie things, and then predicting your life with them. you played and/or collected "pogs" you had at least one tamagotchi, gigapet, or nano and brought it everywhere. . . . furbies. saved by the bell was the coolest show ever! you haven't always had a computer, and it was cool to have the internet. and windows 95 was the best. you watched the original cartoons of rugrats, power rangers, and ninja turtles. michael jordan was a king. yikes pencils and erasers were the stuff! all your school supplies were "lisa frank" brand. you remember when the new beanie babies and talking elmo were always sold out. you collected those beanie babies. mortal kombat was awesome--the game and the movie carebears gak was the coolest stuff invented. lambchop's song never ended. the old dollar bills. silver dollars, which were cool to have. you remember a time before the wb. you collected all the troll dolls you had to read weekly reader's in class. if you even know what an original walkman is. you remember wanting to sit on the orange nickelodeon couch. you've gotten creeped out by "are you afraid of the dark?" you know the macarena by heart. "talk to the hand" . . . enough said you always said, "then why don't you marry it!" you remember trying to collect all 150 original pokemon cards but never could and if you did you thought you were all that! you remember highlight's magazine. you know the significance of the number 23. you went to mcdonald's to play in the playplace. you remember playing on merry go rounds at the playground. before the myspace frenzy . . . before the internet & text messaging . . . before sidekicks & ipods . . . before mike jones . . . before playstation2 or x-box . . . before spongebob . . . back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night. when light up sneakers were cool. when you rented vhs tapes, not dvds. when gas was $0.95 a gallon & caller id was a new thing. when we recorded stuff on vcrs. when we called the radio station to request songs to hear off of our walkmans. when gameboy was a brick. you did mash to figure out your future when you weren't cool unless you had a starter jacket. way back. before we realized all this would eventually disappear. who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much!!!!!

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Q. I asked god to send me a message when i slept so what does this dream mean?

things are going badly in my life. i am unemployed, declared bankruptcy and losing my house. i am having no luck finding a job and my marriage has had problems for years. the only great thing are my kids. before going to bed i asked god to send me an answer on what to do. this was the dream. i was in an office with a small woman and she was showing me a computer screen that had a database of videos (that were like the ones shown on america's funniest home videos) and told me that they were free content for a website. i said that is great because i have a website called www.laughingstock.com registered and could use this content to make the site. then i woke up. other points. laughingstock is the name of a humor column i did in college for the school newspaper. i have several website names registered but not laughingstock. lately i have been providing "free content" as a blogger on daddy issues for the detroit news' website. i can't figure out if this is really a message or just subconscious blips coming together. what might it mean?