I've started wearing my "eat the rich" pin again.......and

[MsUSA]

some stupid people have to ask me what it means. I have a crossed knife and fork pin under the eat the rich one, and one woman says "I don't get it, what does it mean." I just shrugged and walked away. She's a lock step repub and I can't ever talk to her about this administration, and she's bit of an air head anyway.

[FormerRepublican]

1. Can we learn from Bush and torture them first before we eat them?

:rofl:

[ptolle]

9. Nope

First- I, and IMO we all ought to object to torture in all ways as a matter of principle and secondly that much stress puts all sorts of bad biochemicals in the bloodstream and might ruin the meat.

[mikelewis]

14. What about softening the meat like we do with veal?

We can put their children in little boxes so the sun doesn't ruin the meat. That's not torture is it?

[motocicleta]

2. while I agree with the frustration

I think it should be clear that it is not the richness that is the problem, but the evil. I personally know a wonderful 88 year old woman in that tax category who spends as much of her time and money giving back as she can, and it doesn't seem so great to broad brush her along with the vile rich types. I also know enough of the "poor" who deserve the same fate as the "rich", in terms of their support for evil.

All I'm saying is, we need to use the knives and forks on the bad guys, not necessarily all the "rich". This "hate the rich" trope comes up enough that I think we should be careful about its use. It smacks of the rise of violent leftist movements bad enough to be compared to the evil right wing movements we fear.

[CAcyclist]

3. When the rich give back their tax cuts

then I'll feel sympathy for them.

[motocicleta]

6. I'm asking for accuracy, not sympathy

Evil is evil; rich isn't necessarily synonymous. We can expect a higher standard of proof for evil than income.

You really want rich people to give back money to this government?

[MsUSA]

11. This is exactly why I wear this pin:

(This has been posted elsewhere on DU)

A Cancer Drug Shows Promise, at a Price That Many Can't Pay
By ALEX BERENSON
Published: February 15, 2006
Doctors are excited about the prospect of Avastin, a drug already widely used for colon cancer, as a crucial new treatment for breast and lung cancer, too. But doctors are cringing at the price the maker, Genentech, plans to charge for it: about $100,000 a year.

(snip)
Until now, drug makers have typically defended high prices by noting the cost of developing new medicines. But executives at Genentech and its majority owner, Roche, are now using a separate argument — citing the inherent value of life-sustaining therapies.If society wants the benefits, they say, it must be ready to spend more for treatments like Avastin and another of the company's cancer drugs, Herceptin, which sells for $40,000 a year.

"As we look at Avastin and Herceptin pricing, right now the health economics hold up, and therefore I don't see any reason to be touching them," said William M. Burns, the chief executive of Roche's pharmaceutical division and a member of Genentech's board. "The pressure on society to use strong and good products is there.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/15/business/15drug.html?_r=2&th=&adxnnl=1&oref=login&emc=th&adxnnlx=1140028175-YXDwM0rLfwiNkycPeVeHnA&oref=slogin


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=429661&mesg_id=429661

[motocicleta]

13. I don't see the relevance of a disgusting pharma company

and the government that supports it to my 88 year old wealthy friend.

[tridim]

4. Reminds me of this "Rushmore" quote:

"Now, for some of you, It doesn't matter. You were born rich, and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember: They can buy anything, but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget that. Thank you." -Herman Blume

[lectrobyte]

5. They can buy anything but backbone. Kind of sums up the last five years

quite succinctly. Thanks for posting that quote, great movie.

[Talismom]

7. LOL! I want one of those! n/t

[zbdent]

8. too much fat

they're off the Atkins menu . . .

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. Maybe she isn't hungry enough yet? Or is she rich?

[Katherine Brengle]

12. my fave pin is my "war is terrorism" one--but "poverty is a weapon of mass

destruction" is a close, close second.