Posted on 08/08/2006 7:11:51 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
He succeeds breathtakingly at tapping into legitimate disgust with laziness, secularism, and contempt for the military, and quick as a flash he's got his red, white and blue palm in your back-pocket, fishing around for your wallet.
Multi-level marketing? A really smart SNAKE...!
And thousands of lefties are just hanging on your every word, just waiting for you to say something that they can lie and twist into racistsexisthomofobeislamofobe and sue your xxx off.
They won't have to work. They can be lazy. They can covet your money.
Doesn't seem like very many people read the article or got past some minor criticism of Bush.
Otherwise we'd see them cheering for a proponent of a hard work ethic who despises phoniness.
Instead we have whiners harping about Sunday School lessons and taste in TV programs.
Some days it is just embarrassing to see what 'freepers' write in replies!
"It's not fair. I think the government should confiscate money from ambitious, hard-working rich people and give it over to lazy poor people." - - typical Democrat
Where is that in the article? I missed it.
I did see this however:
"Another word that begins with "L" is "loser." Over the years, I've met many losers who pray to God to give them gold. They'll never get it that way because, as the Sunday school I went to taught me, God helps those who help themselves. Again, the conquistadors may have been killers and thieves, but at least they knew how to help themselves."
True. It won't work without a certain type of extroverted (and IMO, unpleasant) personality.
I don't know if levering up to the gills and getting lucky in a bull market is what I would consider to be "hard work."
I'd also say that, if in fact this gentleman is heavily invested in residential property today, and has borrowed extensively to do so, as he implies, I bet he's getting a little nervous. Maybe that's why he wrote this nasty venal little screed.
Dittos with your observations on the utter stupidity of most of the posters on this thread.
Nothing irks me more than some moose twit making blanket statements without any authority of proof. As if this wonton is anybody who knows anything about anyone or anything.
The author says that laziness is not the road to prosperity and you wish to disagree with him?
Ok.......
That wasn't me, it was the person who posted the picture of Moore-on.
"Kiyosaki makes much of his Marine background—at least when he’s not claiming to be an anti-war protestor. The Marine Corps, to their discredit, bragged about him on their official Web site, apparently without checking out what he told them."
"How do you get to be a Marine? On cable TV, I learned that you have to go through Marine Corps boot camp culminating in a multi-day test called “The Crucible.” If you successfully complete it, you are awarded the right to wear the coveted “eagle, globe, and anchor” badge of the Marine Corps."
"Did Kiyosaki go through Marine boot camp? Nope."
"He did go through the U.S, Merchant Marine Academy plebe year which is arguably harder and longer. But that makes you a Merchant Marine Academy cadet, not a Marine."
"Marine officers generally do not go through boot camp. That’s for enlisted men. Officers typically graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy—the one that rejected Kiyosaki for not being smart enough. Or they graduate from a college ROTC program. The Merchant Marine Academy probably had that. But even then, I believe you have to go through something called Marine Platoon Leader Class after college. I would expect that they may not wear the “eagle, globe, and anchor” badge until they successfully complete that Marine training."
"Did Kiyosaki go through Marine Platoon Leader School? Nope."
"So how did he get to be a Marine?"
"He was a Navy officer in helicopter school. The Vietnam war was winding down, so the Navy decided they had too many pilots and decided to stop training Kiyosaki and his fight-school classmates to save money. The Marines, on the other hand, still wanted more helicopter pilots. By letting Kiyosaki and his helicopter classmates make a lateral transfer to the Marine Corps, the Marines could save the amount of money the Navy had already spent training them. In other words, to the Marine Corps, Kiyosaki was a pilot trainee who was “on sale” for half price or “overstock.”
"In World War II, officers who graduated from Officer Candidate School were called “90-day wonders.” By that standard, Kiyosaki is a “zero-day wonder” in terms of Marine training—an instant Marine. He passed no “crucible” or its predecessor tests. He just filled out some paperwork and made a wardrobe change."
"Did he serve in the Marine Corps? Yes."
"I have no problem with him claiming he served in the Marine Corps. But in his interview on the Marine Corps Web site and elsewhere, he has laid on the “Marine Corps made me what I am today” stuff pretty thick for a guy who came through the Marine Corps’ “back door,” skipping the notoriously difficult training that virtually all other Marines had to complete successfully before they could “claim the title of United States Marines.” (a line from the U.S. Corps Marine Corps Hymn)"
"If any military training made Kiyosaki what he is today, it is the Merchant Marine Academy, not the Marine Corps. The U.S. Marine Corps has a magnificent reputation. Unlike a relatively unknown institution like the Merchant Marine Academy, they do not need the likes of Kiyosaki to add to their name recognition. The Marine Corps should be eager to make sure that the Merchant Marine Academy gets all the “credit” for making Kiyosaki what he is today." - link
Got it, sorry.
Actually my argument was with the idea that anyone could be rich, if they weren't lazy. Which was the real jist of post 1.
First of all, I'm an entrepreneur. I've been starting companies since I was a kid. I never wanted to be an employee -- I always wanted to be in control.Anyone have a list of the companies he has started?
When you've got God as a friend, you're never alone.
I have no problem with money making after an honest fashion. I agree that a lot of immigrants come here and make a bundle while many native Americans do not. It is simply that the pursuit of happiness is not necessarily the same as the pursuit of money.
I completely agree. Lazy people do not get rich (unless they inherit or win the Lotto). That said, there are conservatives who subordinate All Things to a Free Market Ideal which is a product of Classical Liberalism and Conservatives who subordinate All Things to their Faith. This can play out quite differently in the end...
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