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Powerball Winner Robbed Again and Again
fox ^ | 3/11/04

Posted on 03/11/2004 4:57:22 PM PST by knak

Edited on 04/22/2004 12:39:13 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

WINFIELD, W.Va.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: chronicfcukup
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1 posted on 03/11/2004 4:57:22 PM PST by knak
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To: knak
What an absolute moron. $500,000 in a briefcase at a nudie bar? Only in WV...
2 posted on 03/11/2004 4:59:31 PM PST by bigpete_53
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To: bigpete_53
this guy is trying to get around paying taxes for gift $$$ by letting his friends/in-laws/family members 'steal' it
4 posted on 03/11/2004 5:01:42 PM PST by InvisibleChurch (Bush in a romp.)
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To: knak
The bible says that money easily gained will just as easily be lost.
5 posted on 03/11/2004 5:02:32 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: GreatEconomy
i reckon
7 posted on 03/11/2004 5:03:21 PM PST by InvisibleChurch (Bush in a romp.)
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To: bigpete_53; mountaineer
What an absolute moron. $500,000 in a briefcase at a nudie bar? Only in WV...

..Ahh, Freeper Mountaineer has already apologized for his ...habits

8 posted on 03/11/2004 5:03:57 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :)
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To: bigpete_53
Hey, it's hard to get $500,000 in WVA.
9 posted on 03/11/2004 5:05:01 PM PST by breakem
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To: InvisibleChurch
I like it, gubmint already got it's cut a couple times on that cash. ;-)
10 posted on 03/11/2004 5:05:35 PM PST by StriperSniper (Manuel Miranda - Whistleblower)
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To: knak
Boortz has always said that the lottery is a tax on the stupid.

This guy certainly adds credibility to that opinion.

11 posted on 03/11/2004 5:08:58 PM PST by Michael.SF. ('After all, Jesus was born to a homeless couple' - Hillary Clinton (paraphrased))
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To: skinkinthegrass
They ain't no biznesses in West by gosh Virginia enny more but nudie bars and gamblin' parlors. Whut's a feller ta do? Pore ol' Jack shudda took up golfin' er sumpin'. Needs a hobby.
12 posted on 03/11/2004 5:10:34 PM PST by mountaineer
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To: bigpete_53
After winning 500+ million dollars one can afford to carry 500K around. Even after taxes the dude is still left with a good amount of cash. Right now i would praise God so much if i got 500K, goodness, even enough to pay off my tuition bills would be a Godsend. Hence to me 500K is a lot of cash, for now.

However once a person has millions upon millions in the bank, then 500K becomes chump change.

13 posted on 03/11/2004 5:12:08 PM PST by spetznaz (Nuclear missiles: The ultimate Phallic symbol.)
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To: mountaineer
Can't this guy just card American Express like the rest of us?
14 posted on 03/11/2004 5:13:09 PM PST by Hillary's Lovely Legs (I am trying to stop an outbreak here and you are driving the monkey to the airport!)
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To: knak
Police said the business office of Jack Whittaker (search), who hit the $314.9 million Powerball jackpot on Christmas 2002, was broken into Tuesday and $2,000 was taken.

What do you bet that whatever is left of this 314 mil is gone in five years or less. You either have the knack to make this kind of money and manage it or you don't. He don't. And luck has nothing to do with it.

15 posted on 03/11/2004 5:15:09 PM PST by Euro-American Scum (A poverty-stricken middle class must be a disarmed middle class)
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To: knak
Another thread, same topic (poor ol' Jack).
16 posted on 03/11/2004 5:15:52 PM PST by mountaineer
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To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
Apparently not :)
17 posted on 03/11/2004 5:16:05 PM PST by cyborg (In die begin het God die hemel en die aarde geskape.)
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To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
They must not take American Express at the joints frequented by Mr. Whittaker - cash only, preferably stuck into the g-string a bill at a time or into the video poker machine a quarter at a time.
18 posted on 03/11/2004 5:32:58 PM PST by mountaineer
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To: spetznaz
$314 million Powerball jackpot is about $155 million if you take it all up front, then take half of that away for state and federal taxes...he probably got about $78 million. Still, not too bad. :)
19 posted on 03/11/2004 5:35:48 PM PST by July 4th (You need to click "Abstimmen")
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To: mountaineer; BlueOneGolf; RonPaulLives; Republican Wildcat
Hmm...WELLL...Have him come to Kentucky (Bluegrass State), The Land of Slow Bourbon Whiskey and Fast Women...or is it???...Fast Bourbon Whiskey and slower women...around Derby Time. :))
20 posted on 03/11/2004 5:36:16 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :)
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