Comments on: Most definitely not…

By: raf

raf — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:30:15 +0000

No further proof of the basic malevolence of the universe is needed than this: that people like this win big lotteries and proceed to ruin their lives whereas I, who could handle it, do not.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:35:16 +0000

If I were the judge, which is where this is probably going to end up, I’d ask her to show me the winning ticket.

Once I had it in hand, I’d then ask her to show me the tickets that she purchased for the group.

I doubt that there would be a need to go any further after that.

By: J.J. formerly Jimmy J.

J.J. formerly Jimmy J. — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:37:51 +0000

Sudden riches are not a blessing for most people.
It seems very much so for Mirlande. Sigh.

By: Marine's Mom

Marine's Mom — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:23:07 +0000

Having spent a few weeks in Haiti, a couple of things do not surprise me. One, that she would try to claim all of the money. Two, that she will possibly get death threats from her fellow workers. Haitians frequently threaten to kill each other and often do. There are many wonderful and sweet people in Haiti, but don’t trust anyone for even one minute.

By: rickl

rickl — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:49:05 +0000

it’s generally not that healthy for most people to have it just dropped upon them… wealth does, really, need to be earned.

That's the key, I think. The same phenomenon can be seen with people who use their own money to buy a house or rent an apartment vs. those who use Section 8 vouchers. The latter are much more likely to trash the place.

By: IGotBupkis, Legally Defined Cyberbully in All 57 States

IGotBupkis, Legally Defined Cyberbully in All 57 States — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:42:48 +0000

>>> I foresee no good will come to her from this.

There’s more than a few people for whom a lotto win produces this, even without such a greed-based start.

Even if she’s fully correct, that these tickets were “her own”, that’s the kind of thing you need to have the brains to spell out ahead of time — such and so tickets are to be purchased, any other tickets the provenance of the individual, with numbers cited ahead of time or set for agreement on a reliable basis so there’s no question which, if any, tickets won. NOT having done so shows the kind of economic foolishness that leads to economic woes later on for the “winner”, even if she isn’t just being a greedy bitch from Hell.

The real problem lies in the fact that wealth is not merely power, but a burden, despite all the beliefs to the contrary, and it’s generally not that healthy for most people to have it just dropped upon them… wealth does, really, need to be earned.

By: Wolla Dalbo

Wolla Dalbo — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:37:44 +0000

Here is why things like this story, “American Idol,” Celebrity X’s new face-lift, divorce, rehab, etc. and “Treyvon” will preoccupy the MSM for the foreseeable future until the election, just as, a few weeks ago Rush’s “slut” remark did. i.e. as the chart shows, it would take a net of 15 million new jobs to bring the ratio of workers to the population back to the ratio that prevailed in 2007 before Obama & Co. took over (see http://blog.american.com/2012/04/the-obama-jobs-gap-is-up-to-15-million-missing-jobs/) .

By: Wolla Dalbo

Wolla Dalbo — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:29:33 +0000

P.S.–I see I forgot to mention the couple of “winners” who people tried to kill or did actually kill, to get control of their winnings.

By: Bob from Virginia

Bob from Virginia — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:08:38 +0000

Tomorrow’s Headline:

“Mutilated Body Identified as Mega-Lottery Winner”

By: gcotharn

gcotharn — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:26:00 +0000

Human nature, in florescent colors. Garden of Eden. Cain and Abel.