Webb for President

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  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    hippiemom wrote:
    I'm certain I would find $21 million and not having to go to work every day to be quite rewarding.
    yea I know, your a hippie. you could live off $21.00
  • The Illinoisemakers
    The Illinoisemakers Posts: 461
    jlew24asu wrote:
    yea I know, your a hippie. you could live off $21.00

    And a few grilled cheese.
  • trappedinmyradio
    trappedinmyradio Posts: 1,189
    El_Kabong wrote:
    did he actually write it? i thought he was just given what to say? could be wrong

    http://forums.pearljam.com/showpost.php?p=4089414&postcount=2

    Webb was given a speech to read by the Democratic leadership. He threw it out and wrote his own. As a well-regarded novelist, Webb has a sense of narrative and human drama. He apparently felt that the boots his son wore in Iraq, which he used to great effect during his successful Senate campaign against Sen. George Allen, might be a bit hokey. So instead, he showed a picture of his father during the Berlin airlift. He then went on to describe taking the picture to bed every night and his family's long record of military service.

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16779514/site/newsweek/
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  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    jlew24asu wrote:
    yea I know, your a hippie. you could live off $21.00
    A comfortable home, a modest means of transportation, high quality organic food, medical coverage, education for my kids, books and music, Pearl Jam tickets ... all that stuff costs money, and I want all that stuff, so $21.00 isn't going to cut it. But $21 million would be more than adequate. What I have now is adequate, I'm more interested in the "not going to work every day" part of the equation. Time is worth much more than money.
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    hippiemom wrote:
    A comfortable home, a modest means of transportation, high quality organic food, medical coverage, education for my kids, books and music, Pearl Jam tickets ... all that stuff costs money, and I want all that stuff, so $21.00 isn't going to cut it. But $21 million would be more than adequate. What I have now is adequate, I'm more interested in the "not going to work every day" part of the equation. Time is worth much more than money.
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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,898
    hippiemom wrote:
    I'm certain I would find $21 million and not having to go to work every day to be quite rewarding.


    Ok, just to add a bit of reality to the situation...

    Yep, those golden parachutes are very nice...but to be fair, when being fired from a CEO position, the company you are leaving wants to make sure you don't share any of your info about them with another company, so it's in their best interest that they provide you a large sum of $ so you don't have to work anymore...and yes, I'm sure cashing out stock options has something to do with the total sum.

    Oh...and anyone that wants Webb for president based off of 1 prepared 10 minutes speech should have their voting rights revoked.
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  • callen
    callen Posts: 6,388
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Ok, just to add a bit of reality to the situation...

    Yep, those golden parachutes are very nice...but to be fair, when being fired from a CEO position, the company you are leaving wants to make sure you don't share any of your info about them with another company, so it's in their best interest that they provide you a large sum of $ so you don't have to work anymore...and yes, I'm sure cashing out stock options has something to do with the total sum.

    Oh...and anyone that wants Webb for president based off of 1 prepared 10 minutes speech should have their voting rights revoked.

    that would be me....well I didn't vote for Jr....so I'm thinking I'll keep my voting rights...now for those that voted for Jr....and twice..well they're candidates to turn in the ole voter registration card. Seriously though....its more than just this speach. Course the balls to blast Jr was just grand....I'm luving it.
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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,898
    America...home of the knee jerk reactions!!!

    Go Obama!!!! No, I mean Go Webb!!!! Er...Go W!!!!! No, Go Rudy!!!!!

    Only thing thatmatters is who gets the knee jerk approval in November '08. ;)
    hippiemom = goodness
  • callen
    callen Posts: 6,388
    cincybearcat wrote:
    America...home of the knee jerk reactions!!!

    Go Obama!!!! No, I mean Go Webb!!!! Er...Go W!!!!! No, Go Rudy!!!!!

    Only thing thatmatters is who gets the knee jerk approval in November '08. ;)

    course you know I didn't really mean it when I said Webb for pres...its just a saying....just his rebuttle was really great..and refreshing. Course anyone that says go W.....eeeiiiick. (-:
    10-18-2000 Houston, 04-06-2003 Houston, 6-25-2003 Toronto, 10-8-2004 Kissimmee, 9-4-2005 Calgary, 12-3-05 Sao Paulo, 7-2-2006 Denver, 7-22-06 Gorge, 7-23-2006 Gorge, 9-13-2006 Bern, 6-22-2008 DC, 6-24-2008 MSG, 6-25-2008 MSG
  • trappedinmyradio
    trappedinmyradio Posts: 1,189
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Ok, just to add a bit of reality to the situation...

    Yep, those golden parachutes are very nice...but to be fair, when being fired from a CEO position, the company you are leaving wants to make sure you don't share any of your info about them with another company, so it's in their best interest that they provide you a large sum of $ so you don't have to work anymore...and yes, I'm sure cashing out stock options has something to do with the total sum.

    Oh...and anyone that wants Webb for president based off of 1 prepared 10 minutes speech should have their voting rights revoked.

    i'm sorry, that's ridiculous...there is such a thing called trade secrets and non-compete agreements...and then breach of that leads to easy lawsuits...
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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,898
    trappedinmyradio wrote:
    i'm sorry, that's ridiculous...there is such a thing called trade secrets and non-compete agreements...and then breach of that leads to easy lawsuits...

    It happens all the time, even with salespeople...they offer you additional severence to sign some paperwork that protects them more.

    Certainly you are correct with 'trade secrets'.
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  • trappedinmyradio
    trappedinmyradio Posts: 1,189
    cincybearcat wrote:
    It happens all the time, even with salespeople...they offer you additional severence to sign some paperwork that protects them more.

    Certainly you are correct with 'trade secrets'.

    the initial agreements are usually pretty failsafe...it's sad that people have to offer up this and that to get people to keep their word...
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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,898
    trappedinmyradio wrote:
    the initial agreements are usually pretty failsafe...it's sad that people have to offer up this and that to get people to keep their word...

    It is sad, but it is true. The outgoing person would also be giving up any right to sue the company in the agreement as well.

    I'm not saying this is always the case, but that it certainly is from time to time and for many different positions, etc.
    hippiemom = goodness
  • american
    american Posts: 55
    Again, a Democrat only points out the "problems" with this administrations policies but offers up no solutions. Not one idea in Webb's speech on how to fix any of these "problems". Just more liberal hot air. You leftists just get all worked up when someone opposes Bush referring to anyone who does so as a genius. Does substance not matter to you people?
  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    american wrote:
    Again, a Democrat only points out the "problems" with this administrations policies but offers up no solutions. Not one idea in Webb's speech on how to fix any of these "problems". Just more liberal hot air. You leftists just get all worked up when someone opposes Bush referring to anyone who does so as a genius. Does substance not matter to you people?

    Not that I think Webb is a genius or anything but how much can you possible say in an 8 minute speech. He even mentioned at the beginning of his speech that he is not going to go into all the details just an over view. Lastly Webb is far from a liberal.
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  • american
    american Posts: 55
    mammasan wrote:
    Not that I think Webb is a genius or anything but how much can you possible say in an 8 minute speech. He even mentioned at the beginning of his speech that he is not going to go into all the details just an over view. Lastly Webb is far from a liberal.
    You can give ideas in an 8 minute speech. He avoids the details of important issues but manages to sqeeze in his family history involving some picture. I'm pretty sure he had plenty of time to offer up some new ideas. Democrats only give overveiws of this adminisrations problems. Never any ideas on how anything should be handled. Webb may not be a liberal but he sure sounded like one last night.
  • Skitch Patterson
    Skitch Patterson Posts: 642
    So the Democrats entire presidential hopes ride on...

    2 Good Speechs and a Fortunate Marriage?
  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    american wrote:
    You can give ideas in an 8 minute speech. He avoids the details of important issues but manages to sqeeze in his family history involving some picture. I'm pretty sure he had plenty of time to offer up some new ideas. Democrats only give overveiws of this adminisrations problems. Never any ideas on how anything should be handled. Webb may not be a liberal but he sure sounded like one last night.

    To correct you Obama actually made some comments about how we should go ahead in Iraq in an interview following the address. Biden has been putting forth ideas on how to best handle Iraq for about a year now. I also guess that the Republicans, former military and current military personnal are also just blowing liberal hot air when they state their oppostion to the president's plan. It's understandable if you still support this president, I see nothing wrong with that, but it's a bit narrow-minded to believe that only he has the right answers and anyone who doesn't agree is either a liberal or doesn't know what they are talking about. We had a discussion about this I provided fact on top of fact, yet you simply brushed them off as mere opinion. So I guess it doesn't really matter what proof or plan someone presents, if it doesn't gel with your notion of what is correct you can just simply brush it off as garbage.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    american wrote:
    You can give ideas in an 8 minute speech. He avoids the details of important issues but manages to sqeeze in his family history involving some picture. I'm pretty sure he had plenty of time to offer up some new ideas. Democrats only give overveiws of this adminisrations problems. Never any ideas on how anything should be handled. Webb may not be a liberal but he sure sounded like one last night.

    I just re-read the transcript of the speech and he does mention an alternative to the president's plan for Iraq.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • american
    american Posts: 55
    mammasan wrote:
    I just re-read the transcript of the speech and he does mention an alternative to the president's plan for Iraq.
    No he doesn't. Maybe you should re-re-read it.

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