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A Sad but True Texas Lottery Winner Story ....
http://www.lottoreport.com/TXWinnerSuicide.htm
| Nov 24, 2004
Posted on 11/27/2004 4:07:31 AM PST by DirtyHarryY2K
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What a waste. Just Damn.
To: DirtyHarryY2K
All over the world, dishonest governments are using the lottery (the big prize) to finance the budget.
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posted on
11/27/2004 4:12:45 AM PST
by
Truth666
(http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Proof+that+at+least+one+of+two%22)
To: DirtyHarryY2K
The lottery is nothing but a tax on those who cannot comprehend Probability and Statistics
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posted on
11/27/2004 4:15:49 AM PST
by
Knute
(The PEOPLE have spoken!)
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To: DirtyHarryY2K
First thing I'd do is put half of the money where I can't touch it.
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posted on
11/27/2004 4:19:23 AM PST
by
The Raven
To: DirtyHarryY2K
Could this story be less complete? It might as well say "Once apon a time." Where's the rest of it?
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posted on
11/27/2004 4:20:12 AM PST
by
Gigantor
(Reelecting Bush and defeating Daschle is like finding Osama's phone number in Saddam's pocket.)
To: Truth666
BTW, I'm curious if you know how such dishonest governments as the german and french steal the jackpot ...
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posted on
11/27/2004 4:20:24 AM PST
by
Truth666
(http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Proof+that+at+least+one+of+two%22)
To: DirtyHarryY2K
Shortly before his death, Harrell confided to a financial adviser: "Winning the lottery is the worst thing that ever happened to me." No, late Mr. Harrell, winning the lottery was NOT the worst thing that ever happened to you. Your own weakness in letting yourself be bankrupted by fake-o sob stories from every con artist and new "friend" that came down the pike was the worst thing that ever happened to you.
Idiot.
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posted on
11/27/2004 4:20:30 AM PST
by
asgardshill
(November 2004 - The Month That Just Kept On Giving)
To: Knute
The lottery is nothing but a tax on those who cannot comprehend Probability and Statistics Otherwise known as the Tax on the Stoopid.
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posted on
11/27/2004 4:21:51 AM PST
by
woofer
To: DirtyHarryY2K
Make one reflect about what to do upon such fortune. I think I would join a monastery for a year just to escape the public and whatever family members think. Then I'd continue to live a sort of hermit life that I already have.
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posted on
11/27/2004 4:22:41 AM PST
by
SaltyJoe
1. Think about how many people scrape together a few dollars that could be used to better their family's condition. Kind of like Evita the musical. The lottery: A voluntary tax on the mathematically challenged.
2. Just because a relative or neighbor becomes wealthy does not allow us to put a claim on that wealth. What sort of man asks for help unless he is starving? I can see how a peer acquiring great wealth could put a strain on the relationship, but I wonder about the people who surrounded this man. I see no pleasure in spending another man's money.
To: DirtyHarryY2K
The guy simply couldn't manage his life ... period. He didn't have it bad before or after winning the lottery.
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posted on
11/27/2004 4:23:29 AM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(George W. Bush is our president ... Get over it!)
To: DirtyHarryY2K
"Money does not buy happiness"
Now that being said...
They have yet to find a country where the wretched poor run around with big smiles on their faces.
To: DirtyHarryY2K
"But everyone, it seemed -- family, friends, fellow worshipers and strangers -- was putting the touch on him. "Well, he sure showed THEM! That'll teach'em!
If this ever happened to me, I'd have no problem telling family and total stranger deadbeats and sponges to go pi$$ up a rope.
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posted on
11/27/2004 4:23:58 AM PST
by
Slump Tester
(John Kerry - When even your best still isn't good enough)
To: Gigantor; Truth666
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posted on
11/27/2004 4:25:00 AM PST
by
DirtyHarryY2K
(Perversion is not a civil right.)
To: Knute
Exactly! Here in NC, stupid govenor Easley keeps trying to jam it down the people's throats, but we keep puking it back up (like we should).
Lotterys are nothing but legalized theft from the poor and ignorant.
To: DirtyHarryY2K; 4ConservativeJustices
The fed just needs to hold their own lottery worldwide with winnings in the billions....
AND QUIT TAXING US 'RICH FOLKS'!!!
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posted on
11/27/2004 4:25:55 AM PST
by
Ff--150
(III John 2)
To: DirtyHarryY2K
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posted on
11/27/2004 4:25:57 AM PST
by
Truth666
(http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Proof+that+at+least+one+of+two%22)
To: BunnySlippers
The guy simply couldn't manage his life True. This guy had very severe mental problems. Most people would have just realized that "the problem" was that they were too easy giving out money to people and just made simple adjustments to curb that "problem" behavior/problem.
To: SaltyJoe
Agreed, Don't try to live like Donald Trump. Just live a lot better the way you are. IOW pretend like nothing happened and keep mouth shut. :^x
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posted on
11/27/2004 4:29:51 AM PST
by
DirtyHarryY2K
(Perversion is not a civil right.)
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