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To: Rambi who wrote (23711)	7/11/2006 8:43:25 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 541326

ditto

To: Rambi who wrote (23711)	7/12/2006 10:13:34 AM
From: Suma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541326

Euterpe: I think you have to get on my case.,not JimS. I posted the article and thought it was a good read and worthy of a film... because it is so unbelievable... The sad thing is the way he views the world and I concur with your post... but an aspect of that message I do understand with all of the houses that his family had taken away from him I think it drove him to commit this horrible act.Desperation....?

To: Rambi who wrote (23711)	7/12/2006 12:00:28 PM
From: Jim S	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541326

"...exactly what he was-- a bitter, angry, paranoid, sad man. And it isn't just his wife who describes him negatively, but his coworkers, his officemates." I haven't read anything from others who describe him, so I'll take your word for that. From his own words, though, he was angry and bitter for a reason, perhaps his own fault, but you can't deny his life was a hard row and he pulled himself up by his own bootstraps. The divorce, as it often is, was the final straw. "Community property is just that- she gets HALF." Is NY a community property state? I don't think so. closingadvisor.com As I understand it, his building, or at least the money to buy it, was an inheritance from his father. Even in a community property state, that is separate property. The reason he didn't keep it as separate is a matter of speculation; maybe he didn't know any better, or maybe his wife, in anticipation, lobbied for a joint tenancy ownership. Regardless, he thought of it as his, and was more than a little angry at being ordered to give half of it to his undeserving wife. SHE clearly didn't believe in the "community property" concept for her own property, only HIS fell into that category. I've seen quite a bit of that attitude, "what's mine is mine, and what's yours is ours." "After he attacked FDR, Cindy Sheehan, the justice system, and everyone he's ever worked with, it would never occur to me to award much credibility to his political views at all." To the contrary, his views reflect those of someone who started with almost nothing, and through his own efforts made a success of himself through hard work. I share those opinions. The fact that you disapprove has nothing to do with it. You will also note that he advocated marital assets being divvied up based on each person's contribution. What would be unfair about that?