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In the history of television advertising, has any private citizen ever ponyed up $50 million-plus for the greater good of the American people, with no strings attached?
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There is no justification on earth for such an indulgence of self. We see it all the time though, even in the not so well heeled. When is enough ever enough? I must be the greatest, the smartest, the best this or the best that and everyone must know it. Living life to the fullest is now measured in dollars and cents and celebrity -- by some anyway. The house is beautiful I am sure, and the setting is probably majestic and breathtaking, but it is not worth 50 million -- to me. Value it is said, is subjective.
Just some food for thought I considered recently. Real feudal lords had self sustaining castles that provided communal protection in wartime, food, fuel, and even spiritual and artistic content, and earned them to some extent by fighting at personal risk for the communal defense. That is actual wealth as opposed to silly opulence in a foreign land to which you have no meaningful connection whatever.
...one things for sure: that widow and her descendants have got it made in perpetuity, yo. I would've chosen the money, easily. And she must have been some tough cookie to hold out that long.
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Interesting politicization here: Russian billionaires are "oligarchs." Rupert Murdoch is not?
Who the hell wants a house like that ? I don't want to walk a block to the bathroom and a 1/2 mile to the kitchen and 75 steps to the 2nd floor. Oh......................I get it ! With that kind of dough, someone else is doing the walking. OK................forget what I just said.
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