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MORFORD: You and your puny salary
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 5/9/8 | Mark Morford

Posted on 05/09/2008 8:07:51 AM PDT by SmithL

You think a $100K salary is a lot? $500K? Please. The truly wealthy scoff at your paltry breadcrumbs.

Then it came to pass that I stumbled across this story from Forbes magazine, which is officially called "Forbes" but is actually called "Forbes oh my God we worship ruthless CEOs like shiny meth in the summertime," and among the glittering ads for luxury intergalactic travel and sleek private jets and $50K Rolexes and big phallic yachts and surreal 20-page ad inserts for Abu Dhabi megadevelopments, there was an article about the new home being built in Mumbai right now for Mukesh Ambani, the fifth wealthiest man in the world.

Behold, you and your puny little life and your miniscule little salary and tiny little human skeleton are mere scraps, crumbs, dust mites on a dog when compared to this giant petrochemical stud. Forbes estimates Ambani's net worth at about $43 billion, below Bill Gates and Warren Buffett but above God and Shiva and most of the major planetary constellations, and his wealth is almost enough to power the entire Iraq war for a month. So you know it's a lot.

Of course it's all from petrochemicals. Of course it's all in Mumbai. Of course you've never heard of him or his company, Reliance Industries, because it's one of those nefarious megapower supercorporations that block out all life and own entire governments and hold presidents in their pockets and yank the levers that make the world spin and tilt and groan. Therefore plebes like us know as much about its true weight and influence as an army ant knows about a whirlpool galaxy.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ambanis; classenvy; classwarfare; india; mandatorybarfalert; mba; morfordite; sandinvagina; sanfranciscovalues
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Morfordite Alert

You have been warned!
1 posted on 05/09/2008 8:16:01 AM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL

Moford’s class envy is only overshadowed by his penis envy.


2 posted on 05/09/2008 8:21:48 AM PDT by y6162
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To: SmithL

Another screed to remind us that Morford will never get over his tiny apendage ...


3 posted on 05/09/2008 8:21:51 AM PDT by tx_eggman (Privatizing profits and socializing losses is no way to run an economy)
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To: SmithL

I know the originis of the Ambanis.I was still in India when the patriarch of the family, Dhirubhai Ambani, started Reliance Industries and grew it into a very successful corporation against all odds - incl. socialist bureaucratic nightmares sponsored by the Govt. of India.

Fact - the Ambanis started from very humble origins barely 30 years ago. Their story is proof that optimism, determination, hardwork, and other such qualities are still essential ingredients for success.

Morford should be celebrating their ascent from a poor family to one of the world’s richest in the course of a generation instead of using tired class warfare arguments.


4 posted on 05/09/2008 8:24:18 AM PDT by indcons
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To: SmithL

I think Morford has CLASS ENVY! Of course, he is a SOCIALIST, so what else is new to those people.


5 posted on 05/09/2008 8:29:36 AM PDT by EagleandLiberty (El Rushbo Tribal name -- RinoHunter Vote Conservatives '08)
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To: indcons
Morford should be celebrating their ascent from a poor family to one of the world’s richest in the course of a generation instead of using tired class warfare arguments.

Then (s)he wouldn't have anything to offer the SF Chron...

6 posted on 05/09/2008 8:31:51 AM PDT by JRios1968 ("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"--Ronald Reagan)
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To: SmithL

Well, I’d LOVE to own a big phallic yacht. One with a helicopter.

Meanwhile, Mr. Morford needs a little xanax. My word, this man is angry about everything.

He is a PITA.


7 posted on 05/09/2008 8:34:12 AM PDT by RexBeach
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To: SmithL

I promise to forgo the diamond-encrusted toilet seats, then. Ouch!


8 posted on 05/09/2008 8:36:14 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Who Would Montgomery Brewster Choose?)
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To: SmithL
the new home being built in Mumbai right now for Mukesh Ambani, the fifth wealthiest man in the world.

In insane liberal world it is an absolute immorality to do whatever you want with your own private property. You are not allowed to satisfy your own personal desires. Instead, it is a moral imperative to give up your wealth to satisfy the desires of others.

9 posted on 05/09/2008 8:38:58 AM PDT by mjp (Live & let live. I don't want to live in Mexico, Marxico, or Muslimico. Statism & high taxes suck)
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To: SmithL

This excuse for a “man” is unhinged. He isn’t readable.


10 posted on 05/09/2008 8:40:25 AM PDT by subterfuge (Homophobic and proud of it!)
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To: SmithL

Didn’t Morford’s boyfriend leave him on the alter and he’s never been the same since?


11 posted on 05/09/2008 8:43:33 AM PDT by avacado
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To: SmithL

Notice the hermorphodite makes no mention of the Hollywood idiots, many of whom own private jets, (one a 707 jet), not to mention their resource-hogging lifestyles often equivalent to usage of people populating a medium sized town. But hey, the glitterati is special folks.


12 posted on 05/09/2008 8:45:24 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot ((Hallmarks of Liberalism: Ingratitude and Envy))
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Didn’t Morford’s boyfriend leave him on the alter and he’s never been the same since?

Jilted at the altar?

That goes against the homosexual creed: Never leave your friend's behind.

13 posted on 05/09/2008 8:45:24 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat; but they know what's best for us)
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To: NonValueAdded

Mark Morford lives for our praise! LOL!

He’s hardly one to evaluate others’ lifestyles and choices!

He would call it bigotry if someone denounced the fudge packing lifestyle...

He would call it homophobia if someone else disagreed with sword swallowing....

LOL!

Yours truly,
The Woim


14 posted on 05/09/2008 8:46:12 AM PDT by The Woim (Either abolish the Army and the Air Force or reassign them to protect American borders!)
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To: SmithL

Whatever they’re paying this twit to write, it’s too much.


15 posted on 05/09/2008 8:46:52 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: SmithL

Morford needs a Midol.


16 posted on 05/09/2008 8:46:57 AM PDT by steve-b (The "intelligent design" hoax is not merely anti-science; it is anti-civilization. --John Derbyshire)
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To: mjp

Morford is too stupid to realize that the huge home being built by capitalistic means is redistribution of wealth. Does he think the architects, construction company, materials suppliers, and workers are doing it for free? Socialists are morons.


17 posted on 05/09/2008 8:47:41 AM PDT by avacado
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To: N. Theknow

LOL!!!


18 posted on 05/09/2008 8:48:09 AM PDT by avacado
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To: SmithL

I don’t know which this freak is in love with more, himself or the word “and”. The queen of the run-on sentences.


19 posted on 05/09/2008 8:48:51 AM PDT by cspackler (There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.)
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To: indcons

Isn’t that the problem with class envy? You aren’t upset at people, but at what they become. (THE YOU HERE IS NOT A PERSONAL “YOU”)

So you can band with the others of your class to attack the wealthy “class”. But if one of your buddies makes it in the world, they are now the targets of your scorn.

You all WANT to be rich, but if any of you make it, you are the enemy.

It’s like a hoard of people stuck in a ditch. You work together to climb out, but whenever someone reaches the top, you pull them back to the bottom.


20 posted on 05/09/2008 9:16:48 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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