WannaBeGeekGirl's Journal: How Do These People Sleep At Night?

This is the article where I was stunned to read about this massive contract first. I also watched the news on the tele tonight because of the wild fire coverage and heard it mentioned there too. I suppose when you hear about anyone making this much money in the midst of so much negativity it makes them sound greedy.

Why yes Virginia, you're the one that is out of touch here with reality and not the parties involved...

I know that $400 million or whatever the figure is wouldn't help my insomnia--the tossing and and turning that keeps me up each night. I've never had anything close to that amount of money. In the way you know these things about yourself, I just know that having that much money would make it worse for me. I'm already taking 20mg of ambien a night too...

Maybe Limbaugh shares his pills?

[Shadow Wrought]

Just asking.

He's just an actor.

[SatanicPuppy]

He may peddle a loathsome ideology, but the real problem is that people buy it, and buy it wholesale. If there was no market, he'd be selling something else.

Though, admittedly, I'd love to see him get caught in some act the right would find loathsome and unforgivable (gay sex, whatever) just to see them squirm. I can't believe they passed on the drug thing, but you can't underestimate their blindness toward their own.

2016

[Captain Splendid]

Obviously it means they're expecting at least 3 terms of Democratic presidents. Bread and butter.

You have something they don't

[tqft]

... a conscience

Same with the hedge fund people - search the news for Greg Coffey and what he turned down.

Some of those on obscene amounts may even approximate earning some of it and then give lots away. I don't need that anywhere near that much to retire comfortably on. And damn it I will.

I don't need a job for my self esteem or to keep me amused.

I don't like money for the sake of $ - only for the joy I get with playing with it to buy neat things for my wife and I and family.