God of Money

[PyroChamber]

Do we as Americans care so much about money that we almost worship it as if it were a false god?

 

[Prognosticator]

There's no "almost" about it. And the media treats celebrities like gods too, therefore manipulating the general public to view them as such.

 

[sinewave]

i worship "gamblor", the god of gambling.

 

[blind_fury]

Most people worship money but few will ever admit it.

You only need a certain amount of wealth to have security and to never have to worry about food, clothes or shelter. Beyond that it's greed which is a deadly sin. But you'll never hear Pat Robertson or George Bush say that.

Wonder why they don't teach that in sunday school?

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Why do you specify "Americans" as if the Russians, the Japanese, the British, the Mexicans, The French, etc. don't worship money?

 

[blind_fury]

i worship "gamblor", the god of gambling.

All Hail Gamblor!!!

Oh mighty Gamblor, please assure Georgetowns victory in the tournament...

I shall adorn your shrine with gold and women. t:

 

[POWdER-man]

Why do you specify "Americans" as if the Russians, the Japanese, the British, the Mexicans, The French, etc. don't worship money?

It's an unfair justification but 5 of the 10 richest people in the world are from the states......

 

[blind_fury]

Why do you specify "Americans" as if the Russians, the Japanese, the British, the Mexicans, The French, etc. don't worship money?

Our streets are paved with gold?

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Just because we are the most prosperous country doesn't mean we are the most greedy.
In fact I'd imagine that greed is far more rampant in a jealous poverty-stricken country, where need is greater.

Japan is the place where kids commit suicide if they can't get into an elite school because the school would've been the stepping stone to a prestigious job. Believe me, it's a HUMAN condition. All God's children love to consume and live in comfort....except....in Tibet.

 

[Mee]

"I'm proud to be an AmeriCAN! Where at least wa-ter is FREE!"


*except bottled

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

Most people worship money but few will ever admit it.
Beyond that it's greed which is a deadly sin. But you'll never hear Pat Robertson or George Bush say that.

Wonder why they don't teach that in sunday school?

If they do not worship it,they hold it in high reguard.Captialism did come from the USA,i do belive the Americans worship their currency.Greed has,or started to consume them,for the most part.

 

[jaguarr]

If they do not worship it,they hold it in high reguard.Captialism did come from the USA,i do belive the Americans worship their currency.Greed has,or started to consume them,for the most part.

Ugh. Don't be a dolt. Capitalism has it's modern day roots in 16th Century Europe.

jag

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Did he really just say that Capitalism came from America?
Or is he, playing the role of a ****** for a performance piece or something?
Hard to tell.

 

[jaguarr]

Did he really just say that Capitalism came from America?
Or is he, playing the role of a ****** for a performance piece or something?
Hard to tell.

It could be a savant thing, but I'm inclined to think not.

jag

 

[Hades]

New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think I'll buy me a football team

 

[Caliber]

Do we as Americans care so much about money that we almost worship it as if it were a false god?

Money is a god and so is the american flag. All gods are false.

 

[SoulManX]

[FONT='Times New Roman',serif]I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay
Aint it sad
And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me
Thats too bad
In my dreams I have a plan
If I got me a wealthy man
I wouldnt have to work at all, Id fool around and have a ball...

Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich mans world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich mans world
Aha-ahaaa
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
Its a rich mans world

A man like that is hard to find but I cant get him off my mind
Aint it sad
And if he happens to be free I bet he wouldnt fancy me
Thats too bad
So I must leave, Ill have to go
To las vegas or monaco
And win a fortune in a game, my life will never be the same...

Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich mans world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich mans world
Aha-ahaaa
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
Its a rich mans world

Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich mans world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich mans world
Aha-ahaaa
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
Its a rich mans world

Its a rich mans world[/FONT]

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[SoulManX]

The best things in life are free
But you can give them to the birds and bees
I want money

(That's what I want)
That's what I want
(That's what I want)
That's what I want
(That's what I want)
That's what I want
(That's what I want)

You love gives me such a thrill
But your love won't pay my bills
I want money

(That's what I want)
That's what I want
(That's what I want)
That's what I want
(That's what I want)
That's what I want
(That's what I want)

Money don't get everything it's true
But what it don't get I can't use
I want money

(That's what I want)
That's what I want
(That's what I want)
That's what I want
(That's what I want)
That's what I want
(That's what I want)

I want money
I want lots of money
In fact I want so much money
Give me your money
Just give me money

 

[SoulManX]

Cash cold that's what I need
These bill collectors they ring my phone
They bother me when I'm not at home
Ain't go no time to be fooling round
Feetl touch the floors and I get on down, you see

Chorus:
I want money lots and lots of money
I want the pie in the sky
I want money lots and lots of money
So don't be asking me why

I wanna be rich oh
I wanna be rich
I wanna be rich oh
I wanna be rich

I want my cake wanna eat it too
I want the stars and the silver moon
I spend my money on lottery
My favourite number is 1 2 3, you see

Chorus

Every way rich
Love peace and happiness
I want all the things that lovers do
A pocketfull of dreams come true
Everything you can not find
Want you by my side?

That'll keep you satisfied and rich
Here is what your gonna do
Say oh I say uh uh
Got to be baby
I just wanna be rich
I just wanna be, just wanna be
Cause baby

Chorus

Be rich I wanna be rich
I know what I mean baby
Everyday and everyway
Play baby there is lots for everyone
Copyright © TSRocks

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Stop wasting my time
You know what I want
You know what I need
Or maybe you don't
Do I have to come right
Flat out and tell you everything?
Gimme some money
Gimme sone money
I'm nobody's fool
I'm nobody's clown
I'm treating you cool
I'm putting you down
But baby I don't intend to leave empty handed
Gimme some money
Gimme some money
Don't get me wrong
Try getting me right
Your face is ok but your purse is too tight
I'm looking for pound notes
Loose change
Bad checks, anything
Gimme some money
Gimme some money

 

[Sun_Down]

The whole world worships money. In fact, the whole galaxy worships it. When we find the little green men driving Escalades on Mars, you'll know what I mean.

 

[Grizzly Mac&Cheese]

Idk about "worship" but we're definately madly in love with it.

 

[SoulManX]

When you accept money as payment for our effort, you do so only on the conviction that you will exchange it for the product of the effort of others. It is not the moochers or the looters who give value to money. Not an ocean of tears nor all the guns in the world can transform those pieces of paper in your wallet into the bread you will need to survive tomorrow. Those pieces of paper, which should have been gold, are a token of honor — your claim upon the energy of the men who produce. Your wallet is your statement of hope that somewhere in the world around you there are men who will not default on that moral principle which is the root of money. Is this what you consider evil?

--------by Ayn Rand

 

[SoulManX]

The point is, ladies and gentleman, that 'greed' -- for lack of a better word -- is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms -- greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge -- has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed -- you mark my words -- will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA.

"The richest one percent of this country owns half our country's wealth, five trillion dollars. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons and what I do, stock and real estate speculation. It's bull****. You got ninety percent of the American public out there with little or no net worth. I create nothing. I own."

"And I'm not talking about some four-hundred thousand dollar a year, working Wall Street stiff, flying first-class, being comfortable, I'm talking about liquid. Rich enough to buy your own jet, rich enough not to waste time. Fifty, a hundred-million dollars Buddy, a player.

---Gordon Gecko

 

[Abaddon]

Left a good job in the city,
Workin for the man evry night and day,
And I never lost one minute of sleepin,
Worryin bout the way things might have been.

Chorus:
Big wheel keep on turnin,
Proud mary keep on burnin,
Rollin, rollin, rollin on the river.

Cleaned a lot of plates in memphis,
Pumped a lot of pain down in new orleans,
But I never saw the good side of the city,
til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen.

Chorus

Rollin, rollin, rollin on the river.

If you come down to the river,
Bet you gonna find some people who live.
You dont have to worry cause you have no money,
People on the river are happy to give.

Chorus

Rollin, rollin, rollin on the river.
Rollin, rollin, rollin on the river.
Rollin, rollin, rollin on the river.