John Edwards Stakes Claim on Pirate Booty

The rich get richer. This is how you pay for haircuts.

There doesn't seem to be anything untoward in here...he invested in something that paid off.

More power to him.


Still doesn't mean he should be our President though!

When I read the title of this thread I thought you meant the shill psychic who talks to dead people on TV. I couldn't for the life of me figure out why it was in the politics forum.

Isn't it nice the way it takes money to make money? Except for those of us without the money it takes to start making it.

what's the issue here? a capitalist taking advantage of the capitalist system in a capitalist society. seems like someone's just going on a warpath against a certain side of the political spectrum here

Yea, this is more important than children committing suicide in Katrina shelters and Fema Trailer camps. We should mention more about more of John Edward's business deals. Especially since he is at the helm of the administration... Oh wait he isn't. That's the other guys. Nevermind then!

Yea, this is important as essential as the "haircut" Listen to yourself,Rdang. This is all you have and all you ever will have. Because your party terrified the Democratic Party so much they are afraid to even move.

How many dead soldiers this week,Rdang? Your party and the mentality that you hold is signing their death warrant by casting people aside as cowards who want to leave Iraq because you are delusional and myopic when it comes to the issue of Terror.

Originally posted by MRGERBIK
Yea, this is more important than children committing suicide in Katrina shelters and Fema Trailer camps. We should mention more about more of John Edward's business deals. Especially since he is at the helm of the administration... Oh wait he isn't. That's the other guys. Nevermind then!

Yea, this is important as essential as the "haircut" Listen to yourself,Rdang. This is all you have and all you ever will have. Because your party terrified the Democratic Party so much they are afraid to even move.

How many dead soldiers this week,Rdang? Your party and the mentality that you hold is signing their death warrant by casting people aside as cowards who want to leave Iraq because you are delusional and myopic when it comes to the issue of Terror.

Wow,talk about Bush derangement syndrome,calm down.Looks like someone can't go a day with out bashing.Could you explain what this has to do with the topic,that is if you can.

Originally posted by rdang
Wow,talk about Bush derangement syndrome,calm down.Looks like someone can't go a day with out bashing.Could you explain what this has to do with the topic,that is if you can.

it's called attacking the premise of a thread. this thread has no reason to keep going, it's just a shameless attack on someone for sound investment.

Originally posted by MajorMalfunction
When I read the title of this thread I thought you meant the shill psychic who talks to dead people on TV. I couldn't for the life of me figure out why it was in the politics forum.

Isn't it nice the way it takes money to make money? Except for those of us without the money it takes to start making it.

But this IS the John Edwards that talks to dead people. He won a 60 million dollar lawsuit by summoning up the spirit of a dead baby.

www.pittsburghlive.com...

Does anyone ever remember seeing how much the Breck Girl, (John Edwards) gives to charity? My guess is that it isn't much...because most Democrats believe charity is the governments job, not private citizens.

Originally posted by RRconservative
But this IS the John Edwards that talks to dead people. He won a 60 million dollar lawsuit by summoning up the spirit of a dead baby.

www.pittsburghlive.com...

personal attack

Does anyone ever remember seeing how much the Breck Girl, (John Edwards) gives to charity? My guess is that it isn't much...

hooray for a preconceived notion about someone!

because most Democrats believe charity is the governments job, not private citizens.

wait, it's a preconceived notion about ALMOST HALF OF THE COUNTRY.

It is a FACT that John Edwards summoned the spirit of a dead baby in front of a jury to secure a $60 million dollar malpractice suit.

It is also a FACT that Republicans give more to charity than Democrats.

www.commonwealinstitute.org...

Take two people for example. In Brooks' analysis, one goes to church once or twice a week, rejects the idea that government should help equalize incomes through taxes or redistribution, votes Republican and has a large family. The other is secular and strongly supports the separation of church and state, supports taxes on corporations and estates, votes Democratic and is single. Brooks says that just using these variables, the data predict that the first person will be about twice as likely as the second to give money to charities in a given year, and will donate more than 100 times as much money per year – including to non religious causes. And if the first person is working poor or blue collar lower middle class, he/she will give even more on a percentage basis.

Brooks uses tax returns, national surveys, analysis of non profit reports, and interviews to compile his data. His definition of giving includes all donations – political, charitable, blood drives, and volunteering. He tries to be meticulous about defining conservative and liberal, using voting patterns and national survey research data, although this is obviously a somewhat subjective process. His findings are hard to argue with: even when contributions to church’s and religious organizations are taken ou of his data, conservatives still give a higher percentage of their income and volunteer more of their time than liberals. The more religious the conservative is or the more secular the liberal is, the greater the difference. And race and gender do not change the findings.

So this notion was NOT preconceived!

So once again just how much does John Edwards give to charity? Or does he expect Government to be the provider of charity?

Originally posted by RRconservative
It is also a FACT that Republicans give more to charity than Democrats.

it's also a FACT the republicans tend to be in higher income brackets, able to afford to give far more than democrats

maybe if you can find statistics that relate to PERCENTAGE OF INCOME it would matter.

So this notion was NOT preconceived!

yes, it was. you gave reasoning behind why 50% of the population gives less than the other 50% without even looking at income levels.

So once again just how much does John Edwards give to charity?

why don't you look it up yourself?

Originally posted by madnessinmysoul

it's also a FACT the republicans tend to be in higher income brackets, able to afford to give far more than democrats

maybe if you can find statistics that relate to PERCENTAGE OF INCOME it would matter.

I hate having to do this again. It kind of messes up a thread by quoting things twice because someone failed to read the post they are commenting on.

Brooks says that just using these variables, the data predict that the first person will be about twice as likely as the second to give money to charities in a given year, and will donate more than 100 times as much money per year – including to non religious causes. And if the first person is working poor or blue collar lower middle class, he/she will give even more on a percentage basis.

Originally posted by RRconservative

But this IS the John Edwards that talks to dead people. He won a 60 million dollar lawsuit by summoning up the spirit of a dead baby.

Really? LMAO! I was thinking it was the Democratic presidential hopeful.

Now I'm REALLY confused. Oh, well, not for the first time.

RR, you misunderstood. i wanted NUMBERS. you can also take into consider that someone who lives in the $250k+ bracket is able to give more of a percentage of their income than someone who lives in the $30-50k bracket.

and i just want to point out that it was one study.

Originally posted by MajorMalfunction

Originally posted by RRconservative

But this IS the John Edwards that talks to dead people. He won a 60 million dollar lawsuit by summoning up the spirit of a dead baby.

Really? LMAO! I was thinking it was the Democratic presidential hopeful.

Now I'm REALLY confused. Oh, well, not for the first time.

OK It is John Edwards, the Democrat hopeful, that also has dead babies talk through him to win his parents 60 million dollars. AKA "The Breck Girl" or "$400 haircut guy"!

*Huff*

I'm so confused I went to Google and I found my problem. The guy that is the Dead Guy Whisperer:



Is John Edward.

The Breck Girl:



Is John EdwardS.

My apologies for being a dork and cluttering up the thread. It's been a long week.

But hey, at least I'm not confused anymore, and neither will anyone else be, not with my nifty illustrations.

Originally posted by madnessinmysoul
RR, you misunderstood. i wanted NUMBERS. you can also take into consider that someone who lives in the $250k+ bracket is able to give more of a percentage of their income than someone who lives in the $30-50k bracket.

and i just want to point out that it was one study.

I don't get your math?

If someone makes 250K a year and gives 25K a year to charity that is 10% of his income.

If someone makes 50K a year and gives 5K a year to charity that is also 10% of his income.

It's the same percentage! Why would the higher income person be able to give more?

It's been cited twice that lower middle class conservatives give a higher percentage of their income to charity than a higher class liberal would.

The point is if John Edwards cares so deeply about the poor, how much does he personnaly give to charity? What percentage of his $400 haircut should have went to charity?

Originally posted by RRconservative
If someone makes 250K a year and gives 25K a year to charity that is 10% of his income.

leaving them with $225k to live off of

If someone makes 50K a year and gives 5K a year to charity that is also 10% of his income.

leaving them with 45k to live off of... do you see where i'm going?

It's been cited twice that lower middle class conservatives give a higher percentage of their income to charity than a higher class liberal would.

no, that they would tend to. that doesn't mean that every lower middle class conservative gives more than every lower middle class liberal.

Originally posted by rdang

Originally posted by MRGERBIK
Yea, this is more important than children committing suicide in Katrina shelters and Fema Trailer camps. We should mention more about more of John Edward's business deals. Especially since he is at the helm of the administration... Oh wait he isn't. That's the other guys. Nevermind then!

Yea, this is important as essential as the "haircut" Listen to yourself,Rdang. This is all you have and all you ever will have. Because your party terrified the Democratic Party so much they are afraid to even move.

How many dead soldiers this week,Rdang? Your party and the mentality that you hold is signing their death warrant by casting people aside as cowards who want to leave Iraq because you are delusional and myopic when it comes to the issue of Terror.

Wow,talk about Bush derangement syndrome,calm down.Looks like someone can't go a day with out bashing.Could you explain what this has to do with the topic,that is if you can.

It's not bashing if it's true. What does it have to do with this topic? This is a diversion to really have a serious dialogue. And the republicans do it every time. It's a criticism, don't you get that? How the hell is criticism bashing? Stop with the talking points. This "bush bashing" b.s. was /engineered/manufactured in the R.N.C. boiler rooms.


Why don't you look and see what Edwards has done with his life and what he's spent it on and then try your hardest to find your "dear leader" what he has done for this country. All he has done is taxbreaks for the wealthy. That's it. You bought the persona that the Republican Party sold you of Edwards. How much money has this administration made for themselves and spent their time in office? We can't have that discussion. I will never see that thread and that's wht it's intellectually dishonest. You pick a meaningless hollow pointless talking point and you really do think this is important.

Have you ever made a thread on Limbaugh?
That's what i thought

Have you ever made a thread on Richard Melon Scaife?
That's what I thought

Have you ever made a thread on Dick Cheneys salary from Haliburton
?
Probably not

Have you ever made a thread about how much Guilani made on 9/11?

This is why no one can have a honest discussion with you because you are so politically polarized to the right. I can tell you when Democrats have spent outrageous amounts and corruption and I abhore it. But that's usually because they are D.L.C. democrats. Corporatist disciples who die for the companies sigils (brand/logo/insignia) But the Republicans can't because their whole party is corrupted. Look at the leadership. And you are myopic,my friend. If you can't see the damage this administration has done. You need to sit back and CRITICALLY think for godsake. Who is really making the *BLOOD* money.

Originally posted by rdang
The rich get richer. This is how you pay for haircuts.

I was going to say that!

Originally posted by MRGERBIK
Yea, this is more important than children committing suicide in Katrina shelters and Fema Trailer camps.

OH PLEASE! There is time enough to discuss EVERYTHING about these people. Everything from their economic platform to their bank accounts. It's called VETTING them.