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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 02:13 PM Original message |
Capitalism Saved the Miners - WSJ |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Capitalism my hairy ass. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. capitalism trapped them in the mine |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Instructions: 1) Bang head against brick wall. 2) Repeat step 1. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. lol.... weird |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Maybe...but it also put them there in the first place. (nt) |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. omg |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. Do they really mean to say it wasn't Chayssuss? |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. WSJ would have simply poured money down the hole |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I'm fairly certain the WSJ would simply say "The miners were adults who knew the risks" |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. Was making a profit on invested money the motivation for rescue? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. Shoddy safety conditions in a privately owned mine trapped them. |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Well, technically, it wasn't the government of Chile that rescued them. |
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howaboutme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. Who owned the mine? |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 01:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Actually, the burden would be on you to convince anyone |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. Fear of public disdain, investigations, lawsuits and outrage saved them. |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Actually, no. It was compassion, determination, and know-how that saved them. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. News flash: you are both right. Relax. nt |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. So Hall and Fisher went to work out of fear of lawsuits, |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. You're missing the point entirely. |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Frankly, I don't think you actually have a point. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. My reply is based upon the history of capitalism. |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. So your point is a perfectly abstract one, |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Get back to me when you're rational. |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Ok. How about now? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Is that what TO said? Or I? Methinks you are looking for offense where |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Why thank you. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Good, then enjoy spinning your own Spanxx! You are trying so very hard, and I do hope you succeed |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. By the way, that was an excellent rejoinder. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. I saw that yesterday--I thought it was from the Onion. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
14. Yesterday it was science. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. lol. right, because the rescuers were all doing it for a profit. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. lol -- what a crock |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
19. Churlish, Danny, DO YA THINK? Must I give props for self-excusation If it |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
22. Saving them was a miracle. nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
23. Wsj whatbdid you expect? |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
28. Right. All the miners were Commies |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
37. Funny, the Economist says different: |
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