Economy still sucks, unemployment is still high, yet the rich just keep getting richer.

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I guess you must be right then.

What have YOU contributed to our country?
You're the kind of guy that's gotten WAY more from the government than you've paid in.

Fucking ridiculous response.
You can't even take care of your own grandmother.
That's what we've learned in this conversation.

We are all engines of karma

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Fucking ridiculous response.
You can't even take care of your own grandmother.
That's what we've learned in this conversation.

No sir. What we've learned is what makes the Tragedy of the Commons.

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The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[StreetScooby 5]

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What we've learned is what makes the Tragedy of the Commons.

Go get a real job.
The size of the pie is not a constant.
Stop spending all of your day on dz.com.
Take care of your grandmother.

We are all engines of karma

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. . . and you explain why you have the tread on me rattlesnake under your name... a question you continue to avoid...

I'm sorry, had you previously asked that question and I didn't answer it? Sorry if that's the case. No, I've NEVER avoided the question. NEVER.

I happen to have the rattlesnake from the Gadsden Flag as my avatar here for a completely different reason than the Tea Party. I've used it as such for about six years now -- WELL before the Tea Party was ever thought of.

When I first started using it, most people thought it was either;
1) A generic rattlesnake you'd get for a tattoo.
2) Me trying to look like a badass.
3) Me identifying too much with the Death Eaters from Harry Potter.

However, only one or two individuals on the entire web site ever connected it to the Gadsden Flag.

For the record, I was looking for a character name for a game. I kind of liked the idea of it being somebody from the Revolutionary War. The fact Gadsden also had a cool looking symbol was, in my mind a bonus, so I decided to use it generically on the web several places, this being one of them.

It DISGUSTS ME, that the Tea Party has co-opted the Gadsden Flag. He had NOTHING to do with their cause.

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I'm sorry, had you previously asked that question and I didn't answer it?

Yup, sent ya several PMs... and I still have them... though for some reason I only have one response, I thought you had said more... guess not.

“It is in fact the rattlesnake from the "Don't Tread on Me" or "Gadsden Flag".

I've used this as my icon in various places for at least 5 years, pre-dating the ridiculous "Tea Party" movement by quite a bit.”


You confirmed the symbol, however, you didn’t respond any further when I asked why and asked about what you found ridiculous with the Tea Party.

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It DISGUSTS ME, that the Tea Party has co-opted the Gadsden Flag. He had NOTHING to do with their cause.

Why do you think they use/co-opted it?

Would you agree...?

That without Benjamin Franklin... the Gadsden Flag would not have a Rattlesnake on it... Right?

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>Stop spending all of your day on dz.com.

Sez a guy with over 4000 posts.

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who put the teeth in the credit re investment act...
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=550868