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Take Pity on Ted Turner
Pajamas Media ^ | Oct. 24 | Lori Byrd

Posted on 10/24/2009 4:11:00 PM PDT by AJKauf

Every day we hear more news about the sad state of the U.S. economy. I know things are really bad, having read about the millions of people looking for work and personally knowing some who have been laid off over the past year. Last week I learned just how terrible it truly is in human terms, though, when Ted Turner revealed he is down to his last billion, or two, dropping to number 196 on the most recent Forbes 400 list.

There are thousands of stories across the country about Americans suffering the effects of layoffs, extended unemployment, and foreclosure. Recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show double-digit unemployment for many groups including teenagers and men over the age of twenty. The situation is bleak. It has to be if even billionaires are whining about their circumstances.

In an interview last week with Bloomberg News, Ted Turner, one of the richest men in America, echoed the mood of the country by saying he is really bummed that he has a mere “couple billion” dollars left. He discussed the pain of losing his job at Time Warner and control of the cable channel he founded, as well as losing his wife Jane Fonda and about $7 billion of his fortune. Turner said, “It was like having my heart ripped out.”...

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


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bum; democrap; loon; scumbag

1 posted on 10/24/2009 4:11:00 PM PDT by AJKauf
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To: AJKauf

Why???


2 posted on 10/24/2009 4:11:37 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: SandRat
Why???

He was married to this...?

3 posted on 10/24/2009 4:13:25 PM PDT by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: AJKauf

As our pastor said on Sunday, if money is what you need to make you happy, there is no such thing as enough....


4 posted on 10/24/2009 4:14:30 PM PDT by aberaussie
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To: AJKauf
Take Pity on Ted Turner

no.

prisoner6

5 posted on 10/24/2009 4:14:32 PM PDT by prisoner6 (ACORN is nuts!)
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To: AJKauf

I have nothing against Mr Turner. He earned his fortune. The only problem I have with him is his piss poor judgement in marrying a traitor.


6 posted on 10/24/2009 4:15:59 PM PDT by taillightchaser (When a democrat says "The American people" you know the next words out of his mouth will be lies.)
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To: AJKauf

Ted should stick to growing Buffalo for Ted’s Montana Grilles.


7 posted on 10/24/2009 4:16:30 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Snurple

Poor TH-ang.

They deserve each other.


8 posted on 10/24/2009 4:18:08 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: AJKauf
When I read his ramble about "Captain Planet and the Planeteers" needing to be on TV more I realized just how mentally ill he is.

Years ago, he was one of the business people I looked up to most.

9 posted on 10/24/2009 4:18:21 PM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: Snurple
No...this

And this

prisoner6

10 posted on 10/24/2009 4:20:34 PM PDT by prisoner6 (ACORN is nuts!)
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To: prisoner6

Jane Fondle has always been a moron.


11 posted on 10/24/2009 4:22:17 PM PDT by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: taillightchaser

He’s been a traitor globalist himself more devastatingly than she.


12 posted on 10/24/2009 4:27:34 PM PDT by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: Quix

He an alien Quix :)


13 posted on 10/24/2009 4:29:10 PM PDT by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: AJKauf

14 posted on 10/24/2009 4:59:48 PM PDT by Enterprise (When they come for your guns and ammo, give them the ammo first.)
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To: AJKauf

Darn it! That’s the SECOND time this year I have been ordered to feel sorry for a liberal Dirtbag named TEDDY!

NOPE.


15 posted on 10/24/2009 5:06:58 PM PDT by left that other site (Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
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To: AJKauf

I doubt seriously this is true. Crooks are crooks.


16 posted on 10/24/2009 5:12:37 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Snurple

I wouldn’t have minded being married to that for a few weeks.


17 posted on 10/24/2009 5:33:50 PM PDT by PLMerite (Speak Truth to Stupid.)
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To: PLMerite
I wouldn’t have minded being married to that for a few weeks.

Great bod.

But I'd prefer a third party to share a cigarette with and have a conversation...

18 posted on 10/24/2009 5:44:50 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: AJKauf
Hey TED! Your restaurant BLOWS! Worst food and service EVER!!!!!
19 posted on 10/24/2009 6:05:25 PM PDT by LeonardFMason
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