COMMENT 289988
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2012-06-21 08:35 AM |
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feeling pretty flush myself. might buy the 91 octane today. yes indeedy.
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COMMENT 289995P
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2012-06-21 08:52 AM |
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Ripping off people does pay after all, in the short term.
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ROGER DODGER
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2012-06-21 09:05 AM |
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I used to live in a cardboard box, look at me now!
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COMMENT 290006
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2012-06-21 09:07 AM |
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I got my other half ,so I'm doing pretty dog gone good!
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COMMENT 290011
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2012-06-21 09:11 AM |
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So do us SB locals get a nice rate if we go vacation there? Come Larry, don't turn your back on the hood!
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COMMENT 290014
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2012-06-21 09:12 AM |
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Now all he has to do is build the underground lair and shave off all his hair.
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COMMENT 290018
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2012-06-21 09:15 AM |
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This man is a successful entrepreneur, employs loads of people, pays tons of taxes. Why the snark?
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COMMENT 290024
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2012-06-21 09:22 AM |
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SB's favorite inside sport: stick it to the Man. Beats working to create one's own personal wealth. Class envy has now replaced upward mobility as the work ethic for at least a generation. The generation sitting around waiting to harvest mommy and daddy's accumulated wealth, while slacking off their own lives.
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COMMENT 290028
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2012-06-21 09:24 AM |
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I'll just come out and admit it. I'm envious.
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COMMENT 290029
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2012-06-21 09:25 AM |
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If he doesn't ruin it with some stupid golf course, I guess I don't have a problem with it. Should still belong to the Hawaiian people though.
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ROGER DODGER
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2012-06-21 09:41 AM |
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024@ Lead us great master.
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COMMENT 290043
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2012-06-21 09:42 AM |
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Thanks for admitting what most don't DOGMOM...and without a snarky comment.
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COMMENT 290056
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2012-06-21 10:08 AM |
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I have nothing against someone who wants to build great personal fortune, and a successful company. Something about this purchase seems a little wrong to me however. Lanai is such a special place, it should almost be a national park. I suppose it depends on what he actually does with it. If he closes the island and makes it his own personal yacht club, that seems really wrong. If the island remains open than all is well. But buying such a large part of one US state seems askew. Let's see what he does with the island.
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COMMENT 290064
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2012-06-21 10:22 AM |
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He was tired of being the one percent
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COMMENT 290068
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2012-06-21 10:29 AM |
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That island was mostly a pineapple and sugar cane plantation in the days before those crops started to lose money. That's why it's never been a big tourist destination because it isn't very interesting to see old plantation fields and refineries. Last time I looked there was only 1 or 2 hotels there. No good beaches that I know of.
Maybe he will turn out to be a good steward of the land and rehabilitate it into the tropical paradise that it was before they plowed it under. Niihau is also privately owned and has never been developed because of it. It is one of the few places where the Hawaiian language and culture has survived. Almost no place else in the islands is that true. I was shocked a few years ago when I went to Tahiti and heard Tahitian being spoken- I had never heard Hawaiian spoken in public when I lived in the islands.
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COMMENT 289988
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2012-06-21 10:44 AM |
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if you want relatively unscathed polynesia, head further south to samoa... the samoans hold tight to their culture...and the beaches and lagoons are still unspoilt. cant get upset with larry. he's bringing the america's cup races to esseff.
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COMMENT 290081
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2012-06-21 10:55 AM |
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God gave those islands to the Hawaiin people. To buy & sell them is wrong.
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COMMENT 289995P
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2012-06-21 11:08 AM |
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018, because I don't like his products.
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SANYSIDRO
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2012-06-21 11:55 AM |
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Back when I first moved to Santa Barbara, and I was completely flat broke, I heard of Oracle and read that I should buy stock. Sucks to be flat broke with a hot tip. :-) Can we buy stock in the island, do you think? Maybe that would be a better investment than my kids' paltry college savings account... As for the snarky comments - I think it's just really hard for anyone who can't afford to buy their own island to swallow that someone is out there buying their own island. It's like instant mid-life crisis material.
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COMMENT 290109
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2012-06-21 12:06 PM |
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Wouldn't it be great if he would buy Naples as a gift to his city and put it in a land trust then go enjoy his new island?
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COMMENT 290116P
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2012-06-21 12:25 PM |
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As one who is usually seated at the Snark Table here, I just want to say that I wish him well, as I do the "Peoples" of Hawaii (all flavors including white), and all who are able to cast an eye on Lanai from local residents to Google Earthers. Nature bats last.
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COMMENT 290006
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2012-06-21 12:43 PM |
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Those humane society commercials rip my heart out. I think a list of his charitable conributions would be nice. I know, off topic.
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COMMENT 290134
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2012-06-21 01:19 PM |
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The man comes from less than humble beginnings as a foster child. He gathered his entrepeneurial spirit and his best internal resources to reach success. Power to him.
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SHAKEY
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2012-06-21 01:50 PM |
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Then we could all go to Naples and crap on that town like we did in Santa Barbara.
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COMMENT 290277
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2012-06-21 06:40 PM |
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Why not the same "down with the deal" position to those who sold him the private land. Why no comment on their "greedyness?" A lot of liberals are actually fairly conservative. Who among us have the multi skills that it takes to do what this guy did. I could not get any neighbor to invest 1000 bucks into a venture, but others can. Why so much negativity? Plus people clamor (obviously) for his products. The pose is.............looking down at your cell phone. Well some people make money off that. Sorry, but he is to be congratulated. Plus from what I have read, not a bad guy, not using his position to cover for his friends like Obama for Holder. That's sick and the obvious demise of a second term. Weird the disconnect.
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COMMENT 290291
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2012-06-21 07:03 PM |
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I am so sorry you couldn't afford to buy the hole thing.
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SBJULES
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2012-06-21 07:30 PM |
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I didn't know he lived here. I too hope he will be a wise steward of his island.
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COMMENT 290315P
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2012-06-21 10:10 PM |
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290277 - this has nothing to do with Obama and Holder, and it is obvious very little is known about Fast and Furious. F &F was started by GWB and stopped by Holder. Obama has exerted executive privilege to protect confidential documents that by law must not be disclosed - much like client/attorney. Read about GWB's SIX executive privileges here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_privilege
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COMMENT 290324P
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2012-06-21 11:22 PM |
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These teabagger geniuses can blame *anything* on Obama, with incredible feats of mental gymnastics, endangering very few synapses. Coming soon to Cirque du Soleil.
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