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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (98180)	1/22/2013 4:19:31 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217977

Without the bump, we'd have to live like turtles - sitting in the sun wondering what to do next. Going nowhere. Hoping for the best. Every moment is a blessing and every struggle a gift. One should treasure friendship and good cheer more than all the riches in the world. All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue. Plato Quotes from G.K. Chesterton better than gold... "If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it...The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason." "No society can survive the socialist fallacy that there is an absolutely unlimited number of inspired officials and an absolutely unlimited amount of money to pay them." "Government has become ungovernable; that is, it cannot leave off governing. Law has become lawless; that is, it cannot see where laws should stop. The chief feature of our time is the meekness of the mob and the madness of the government." "There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less." "Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously." "We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man's terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God." "Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all." "For children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy."

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (98180)	1/22/2013 4:25:08 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Respond to of 217977

sitting in the sun wondering what to do next.... LOL sounds like Club Med... I warrant there be many bipedal turtles :O)

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (98180)	1/22/2013 4:30:09 PM
From: bart13	Respond to of 217977

Cassandras über alles? -g-

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (98180)	1/22/2013 5:03:40 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217977

am wondering if nicholas saw it coming while the red vs white wine universal suffrage democracy in france may or may not work better than the coke n pepsi electioneering in the usa, but france, with its large and totally segregated / self-segregated moslem population (7% nationwide and 10% in paris), and its coming test by fire in the n.african land war, is certainly more entertaining at least until when paris burns whether it be because of 90% vs 10% or 99% vs 1%. if nicholas is astute he would follow depardieu to russia, closer to the source of good caviar. given his former geopolitical grandstanding, iran is out of the question. had he not played the role in tee-ing up libya, he could now instead opt for warm weather in tripoli and claim one of the roman ruins as retirement home. dailymail.co.uk Sarkozy's plans 'to dodge new 75% French tax rate by moving to London with wife Carla and setting up £1bn private equity fund' Fraud police found details of move and business plan in raid on home Sarkozy is under investigation for corruption in France He will be latest Frenchman to escape potential top French tax rate of 75%Couple would become London's most high profile Gallic celebritiesSarkozy would hope for fund support from French entrepreneur Alain Minc By Peter Allen In Paris PUBLISHED: 10:15 GMT, 22 January 2013 \| UPDATED: 11:58 GMT, 22 January 2013 Plans for Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni's move were unearthed in a raid by fraud police Nicolas Sarkozy is preparing to move to London to set up a billion pounds plus investment fund, it was claimed today. If the move goes ahead, the controversial Frenchman will become the latest to escape a potential top tax rate of 75 per cent in his home country. He and his former supermodel third wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy would be likely to settle in an affluent district like South Kensington – so becoming the most high profile Gallic celebrity couple in the city. But the former president is under investigation for corruption in France, and if he does cross the Channel there will be outrage. Details of the planned move were uncovered during a raid by fraud police on Sarkozy’s Paris mansion last June. It came within weeks of Mr Sarkozy losing his immunity against prosecution after being defeated by Socialist rival Francois Hollande in the May presidential election. Now the hugely respected investigative news site Mediapart reports that the ‘first draft’ of Mr Sarkozy’s London project was found by detectives examining his computer files. A judge has since made Sarkozy an assisted witness in the so-called Bettencourt Affair, in which he is accused of using illegal cash from France’s richest woman to fund his 2007 election campaign. Mr Sarkozy is said to have taken the money from Liliane Bettencourt, the I’ Oreal heiress – a claim the politician denies, but for which he could still receive a prison sentence. He is also being investigated over numerous other funding scandals, including one linked to arms sales to Pakistan, and another in which he is said to have used millions in taxpayers’ money to pay friends to produce opinion polls while he was in office. Mediapart suggests that the planned London move would create a ‘conflict of interest’ – not only because Sarkozy is being investigated, but because a former French president should not choose the UK as a base to make his fortune. If the move goes ahead, the controversial Frenchman (left) and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (right) will become the latest to escape a potential top tax rate of 75 per cent in their home country Sarkozy (left) and his former supermodel third wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (right) would be likely to settle in an affluent district like South Kensington – so becoming the most high profile Gallic celebrity couple in the city Bernard Arnault, the luxury goods magnate and France’s richest man who owns property in London, and Hollywood star Gerard Depardieu are among Frenchmen who have come under intense criticism for trying to escape Mr Hollande’s new tax regime. The socialist is introducing a top tax rate of 75 per cent on anyone earning more than 1 million euros a year because he disapproves of the kind of vast profits made by speculators in places like the City of London. Mr Sarkozy, however, is a committed capitalist, whose close friends include former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who has himself earned millions since leaving office. The former president is under investigation for corruption in France, and if he does cross the Channel there will be outrage The French former president’s new private equity fund would aim to raise 1 billion euros – something he hopes to achieve with the help of French entrepreneur and political advisor Alain Minc. Mr Sarkozy has recently had meetings with numerous movers and shakers in the world of high finance during high-profile trips to places like Qatar and London. But today Mr Sarkozy played down the Mediapart reports through his aides, with one saying that they were the result of ‘intellectual constructs’. Like Mr Blair, the former head of state has always been extremely secretive about his financial dealings, and would be unlikely to discuss a wealth fund in public. The French former president¿s new private equity fund would aim to raise 1 billion euros ¿ something he hopes to achieve with the help of French entrepreneur and political advisor Alain Minc