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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (2581)	9/22/2011 11:14:50 AM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

There's Nobody in This Country Who Got Rich on His Own, Says Elizabeth Warren 49 comments By scarce DOWNLOADS: (159) PLAYS: (3621) Embed This short clip is from part of Warren's speaking tour in Andover, Massachusetts. Impressed, Greg Sargent at the Washington Post had this to say about it: Republicans are planning to paint Warren as a liberal Harvard elitist — they’re already referring to her as “Professor Warren” — because they believe that she will have trouble winning over the kind of blue collar whites from places like South Boston that helped power Scott Brown’s upset victory. But as this video shows, Warren is very good at making the case for progressive economics in simple, down-to-earth terms. Despite her professorial background, she sounds like she’s telling a story. She came across as unapologetic and authorative, without a hint of the sort of defensiveness you hear so often from other Democrats when they talk about issues involving taxation and economic fairness. This is exactly what national Dems like about Warren. Transcript via rumproast. I hear all this, you know, “Well, this is class warfare, this is whatever.”—No! There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there—good for you! But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for. You didn’t have to worry that maurauding bands would come and seize everything at your factory, and hire someone to protect against this, because of the work the rest of us did. Now look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific, or a great idea—God bless. Keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (2581)	9/22/2011 11:18:56 AM
From: Sdgla	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

What I believe is your penchant for tossing a lot of data on the wall and then crying the sky is falling doesnt stand up in the light of day... so to speak. So... give me a few bullet points on how this great industrialized economy needs to be changed to prevent what you know is going to happen. Cant be that difficult that you need a projector and the internet... Just... fill in the blanks : 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (2581)	9/22/2011 11:55:38 AM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Respond to of 85487

Handcuffs might be more appropriate. h/t joseffy Michelle Obama dazzles in New York, wearing diamond bangles by H-Town's Katie Decker By Shelby Hodge 09.21.11 http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/09-21-11-09-26-michelle-obama-dazzles-wearing-diamond-bangles-by-h-towns-katie-decker-23/ The First Lady wore Katie's Lotus cuff priced at $15,000 with 2.9 carats of diamonds, her Gothic cuff at $15,350 with 2.17 carats in diamonds and the Quatrefoil bracelet at $11,800 with 1.73 carats in diamonds. The tackiest couple in the White House ever? Obama doesn’t look comfortable kissing the Mooshell. Solyndra money? People can’t find work and she is wearing a year’s salary on each arm. That was no ordinary bling on the wrist of First Lady Michelle Obama at the DNC fundraiser in New York Tuesday night. Those fancy diamond cuffs were the creation of 23-year-old Katie Decker, whose namesake jewelry line has been making a serious splash since her graduation from Texas A&M two years ago. The native Houstonian is over the moon with the fab pub that photos of the first lady in Katie Decker are already providing. Michelle Obama's stylist picked up the bracelets at Katie's showroom in Fragments in Soho. You can see more photos of the Obamas from the evening here by checking out the Gotham Hall event. If you've been saving your nickels and dimes, the cuffs are available locally at Judith Ann Jewels. The First Lady wore Katie's Lotus cuff priced at $15,000 with 2.9 carats of diamonds, her Gothic cuff at $15,350 with 2.17 carats in diamonds and the Quatrefoil bracelet at $11,800 with 1.73 carats in diamonds. As Katie continues her rise in the ranks of jewelry design she has participated in Couture, the trade show for jewelery designers, in Las Vegas and has now been accepted for the Centurion Jewelry Show in Scottsdale, Ariz. static.culturemap.com