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Originally Posted by Robbie
As for your political leanings?
You sound a lot like a faux liberal to me. In other words a Democrat. And like most folks who are sheep to the 2 ruling parties, you seem scared to death of a third party that stands for individual freedom.
ADG, you were born to be a follower.
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Me? Scared of the empty "individual freedom" sloganeering from the ineffectual and totally fringe/kook led Libertarian Party that you are so enamored of lately?!?
Why is it that after being a political party for 40 years, the Libertarian Party has virtually no elected officials on any level, and can barely draw 1% of the vote?
Well, if you say so, then I must be a real follower Robbie.
At 17, I left home and joined the Navy, where I served 6 years, most of which I spent on a Staff Command in Japan, rising to the rank of Petty Officer (Sergeant). Since leaving home at 17, I have never received a dime from a relative in my life.
Following that I spent 6 years in college, where I was one of the main political forces on campus (elected VP of the Student Government, Exec Asst to the President, Forums and Lectures Chairperson, and I ran the largest political activist group on campus called Students for Peace).
After that I ended up working in corporate sales for over a decade, progressively being promoted to Branch, Regional, and eventually National Sales Manager, for computer and wide area networking companies in Silicon Valley.
Almost 15 years ago, I ventured out and started two of my own businesses, which I continue to operate to this day (a graphic design firm that has generated $200,000-$300,000 annually, with only two employees), and my adult businesses, of which I am the only full-time employee. Based upon income, I am in the top 5% of income earners in America.
Not sure how you figure that makes me a follower (remember, you were the one that voted for Obama, not me)...
I didn't inherit my Dad's company like Minte and Romney, so I guess I just have a somewhat different perspective than people like him too, since I am a real independent self-made man:
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(redacted Minte's biz) is a multigenerational family affair. In 1967, (Minte's Dad) started a tool and die shop in his (redacted) garage. Soon, he bought a small building in town. The founder died in 1998, but the skilled machinist tradition lives on.
?The strength, the nucleus of our metals business is due to the fact that we all started our careers as tool and die makers,? said (Minte), (redacted)?s son. He is a journeyman toolmaker. So is his brother (redacted), who heads engineering, and (redacted)'s brother-in-law (redacted), vice president of the metals division.
In the early 1980s, (redacted) began making fabricated molds, picking up rotomolding customers. (Minte) became general manager in 1995 when his father retired, and then became president and CEO when (Minte's father) died.
Before the founder passed away, company officials had already decided to build a larger facility, reasoning that 30,000 square feet of space was plenty for the growing molds and metalworking business.
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As for you Robbie, since you want to hurl insults, you seem extremely naive and ignorant when it comes to politics (you bitch and moan a lot, and we know what you are against, but there is little constructive or positive in what you have to say, and precious few solutions provided), and while I genuinely respect your independence from the large corporate/pirate adult sites, I am happy to say that I have never had to pimp my wife out for money (nor would I ever consider it).
No gifs for you (the silver spoon is Minte's).
ADG