To: tejek who wrote (49662 ) 7/28/2006 4:07:18 PM From: Lazarus_Long Read Replies (2) | Respond to "Yeah. The poor and middle class are really a lot worse off in this country than they were a hundred years ago, aren't they, dumb***?" "Spread between classes DO NOT indicate a class is in worse shape than it was at some previous time." "Or is that too difficult a concept for your rather limited brainpower? If the poor and middle class are in such bad shape in this country, why is it so many people are trying to get in here?" Lawrence was raised in a two-bedroom apartment on the South Side of Chicago. Until he was twelve years old he did not know that he was adopted. His great uncle and adoptive father had lost his real estate business in the Great Depression and made a modest living as an auditor for the public housing authority. As a boy, Larry Ellison showed an independent, rebellious streak and often clashed with his adoptive father. He showed a strong aptitude for math and science, and was named science student of the year at the University of Illinois. During the final exams in his second year, Ellison's adoptive mother die, and he dropped out of school. He enrolled at the University of Chicago the following fall, but dropped out after the first semester. his father was now convinced he would never make anything of himself, but Ellison had learned the rudiments of computer programming in Chicago and took this skill with him to Berkeley, California, arriving with just enough money for fast food and a few tanks of gas. achievement.org Jerry was kind of Hollywood, even though he grew up in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, raised by his paternal grandparents. He was once attacked and beaten by a street gang that left him so covered with blood that a priest was called in to administer the last rites, but Jerry recovered. changethatsrightnow.com imdb.com There are other myths as well........the GOP is fiscally conservative and they are better at war than the Dems. Sadly, both are just more GOP spin as we all have found out these past six years. It amazes me with all the screwups you all have pulled that you are not asking for our forgiveness. Instead, you are as pompous and stupid sounding as you all were 6 years ago. A deficiency in the genes? Yeah, I think so.
