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bobbolink

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Mon Sep-18-06 07:36 PM
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35. Thank you so very much for this! I appreciate the support, and

telling people in no uncertain terms that poverty in the US isn't a picnic compared to other countries!!

I hear that so much, and it gets so very old. People here are DYING in poverty, and hearing that it's worse somewhere else doesn't bring them back to life!

Please give Margaret a hug for me, and I wish I could meet her. I'm sorry that she is suffering so much, after working so hard to have a decent life. She clearly has real integrity, and a heart for others.

I will be thinking of her, and you, and hoping that things do manage to get better for her!

Thanks again! :pals:

for both of you!

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-On Poverty: I Have A Somalian Friend ...	mntleo2	Sep-18-06 10:07 AM	#0
- Years ago, here in America, anyone testing positive for	Cleita	Sep-18-06 10:14 AM	#1
- I find this hard to believe...	skooooo	Sep-18-06 10:16 AM	#2
- Actually, they don't	Warpy	Sep-18-06 10:24 AM	#4
- Thanks to the budget cuts, NO NEW MEDICAID PATIENTS BEING	bobbolink	Sep-18-06 07:42 PM	#38
- I Am Not Making This Up ...	mntleo2	Sep-18-06 11:07 AM	#9
- Thanks, Cat! HOmeless people get TB at a rate 11 times that of	bobbolink	Sep-18-06 07:46 PM	#40
- baloney. You don't get a TB test free. You have to have symptoms	elehhhhna	Sep-18-06 12:46 PM	#12
- If you really believe this, you are simply not paying attention.	greyhound1966	Sep-18-06 04:04 PM	#15
- Well having worked EMS on a border town	nadinbrzezinski	Sep-18-06 05:13 PM	#23
- Excellent point. Very sad, indeed.	bobbolink	Sep-18-06 08:19 PM	#48
- Always someone who feels a need to post something to cast doubt	bobbolink	Sep-18-06 07:39 PM	#37
- Guess you are so well off you never need to worry about homelessness?	lonestarnot	Sep-18-06 10:45 PM	#69
- Thank you!	Warpy	Sep-18-06 10:20 AM	#3
- The op has a good point	lumberjack_jeff	Sep-18-06 10:27 AM	#7
- Yeah Poverty Is A Bitch	mntleo2	Sep-18-06 12:17 PM	#10
- I am a poor person myself...	BlueStorm	Sep-18-06 09:02 PM	#62
- The problem with us living off the land is that the wildlife is	Cleita	Sep-18-06 05:34 PM	#25
- Excellent ideas, Cleita! I'll gladly vote for you when you run for office	bobbolink	Sep-18-06 08:21 PM	#49
- THanks, Warpy! I love NM, but the poverty is heartwrenching.	bobbolink	Sep-18-06 08:06 PM	#46
- Warpy the poorest among us give and share more than any other	lonestarnot	Sep-18-06 10:51 PM	#70
- You are so right! Almost without exception, those who reach out	bobbolink	Sep-19-06 01:58 PM	#98
- Well I HAD to recommend this.	Kali	Sep-18-06 10:26 AM	#5
- I'm glad you posted this, Cat.	Quakerfriend	Sep-18-06 10:26 AM	#6
- I don't find it hard to believe at all.	acmejack	Sep-18-06 10:34 AM	#8
- K&R!	yellerpup	Sep-18-06 12:44 PM	#11
- Recommended!	cat_girl25	Sep-18-06 03:07 PM	#13
- another difference between US poor vs. Somalia poor is	Bacchus39	Sep-18-06 03:25 PM	#14
- I see you put "poor" in quotes, which shows that you don't	Lydia Leftcoast	Sep-18-06 04:19 PM	#16
- they certainly are not starving for sure	Bacchus39	Sep-18-06 04:33 PM	#20
- Your ignorance and hate, yes hate, is ever so charming.	bobbolink	Sep-18-06 08:04 PM	#44
- sorry, poverty in the US is not like poverty	Bacchus39	Sep-19-06 01:50 PM	#91
- Your assumptions are legion, and so is your hate.	bobbolink	Sep-19-06 01:53 PM	#94
- who is arguing?	Bacchus39	Sep-19-06 01:54 PM	#95
- take a trip to louisiana or rural east texas	datasuspect	Sep-19-06 03:41 PM	#108
- yeah us poor poor americans	Bacchus39	Sep-19-06 03:46 PM	#110
- don't quite get the gist of what you are saying	datasuspect	Sep-19-06 03:49 PM	#111
- THANK you, and	Bluerthanblue	Sep-18-06 05:05 PM	#21
- I'm lucky, in that I'm single, with a reasonable income, and living near	Lydia Leftcoast	Sep-18-06 05:58 PM	#30
- Sometimes Obesity = Poverty	mntleo2	Sep-18-06 06:36 PM	#31
- You're excellent with the facts!	bobbolink	Sep-18-06 08:25 PM	#50
- peas, rice and beans are very cheap	Bacchus39	Sep-19-06 01:51 PM	#92
- most of the developing world subsists mainly on rice	datasuspect	Sep-19-06 03:44 PM	#109
- I'm pretty amazed how how large Somalian families are here...	AtLiberty	Sep-18-06 04:21 PM	#17
- It's common among first-generation immigrants	Lydia Leftcoast	Sep-18-06 04:31 PM	#19
- from my experience, it is also	Bluerthanblue	Sep-18-06 05:11 PM	#22
- All Of The Above	mntleo2	Sep-18-06 07:37 PM	#36
- k&r and, I know	Bluerthanblue	Sep-18-06 04:30 PM	#18
- thanks for your post. There is poor...	QuestionAll...	Sep-18-06 05:19 PM	#24
- There is something about this post that doesn't quite ring right...	Iowa	Sep-18-06 05:35 PM	#26
- This strikes a a chord with me . . .	DollyM	Sep-18-06 05:49 PM	#29
- Hi DollyM. Yes, many simply cannot afford to save.	Iowa	Sep-18-06 11:17 PM	#76
- Have you thought about substitute teaching?	suziedemocrat	Sep-19-06 05:07 PM	#112
- Average Of 2 Years To Get SSD ~ IF At All	mntleo2	Sep-18-06 07:01 PM	#33
- There is no safety net for people waiting for benefits...	Iowa	Sep-19-06 02:49 AM	#85
- How many people die in that process?	bobbolink	Sep-19-06 01:55 PM	#96
- um....	Bluerthanblue	Sep-18-06 07:35 PM	#34
- Thank you for your "rant" -- which it's not, just the honest truth	bobbolink	Sep-18-06 08:31 PM	#52
- I see no response from Question All	lonestarnot	Sep-18-06 11:07 PM	#71
- Hi Bluerthanblue...	Iowa	Sep-19-06 02:12 AM	#83
- I think the point of the OP post is that there are more "must haves" here.	suziedemocrat	Sep-19-06 07:11 AM	#88
- Another one who chooses to dis poor folk! Two, yes two, in one thread!	bobbolink	Sep-18-06 08:27 PM	#51
- Our Social Safety Net is Extensive. Why, it was positively excessive	Leopolds Ghost	Sep-18-06 10:33 PM	#67
- Yeah. Like Paying Rent Does Not Include Taxes, LOL	mntleo2	Sep-19-06 12:21 AM	#81
- Great point! Would you be willing to go through those "hidden"	bobbolink	Sep-19-06 01:57 PM	#97
- Sure	mntleo2	Sep-20-06 09:47 AM	#115
- I'm sure glad you put up that "sarcasm" smilie, cuz what you said is said	bobbolink	Sep-19-06 01:51 PM	#93
- Actually, the hunter-gatherer lifestyle	KnaveRupe	Sep-19-06 06:42 AM	#87
- i have never seen a homeless somali woman in seattle	maxsolomon	Sep-18-06 05:45 PM	#27
- Check Out LIHI ~ You Will Find	mntleo2	Sep-18-06 06:42 PM	#32
- i live about 5 blocks from that housing	maxsolomon	Sep-18-06 07:48 PM	#41
- Yeah The Somali Homeless Do Not Go Downtown	mntleo2	Sep-18-06 08:59 PM	#60
- The "stereotypical transient male" "Muslim-styled... in a POS vehicle"	Leopolds Ghost	Sep-18-06 10:20 PM	#66
- blah blah blah. You expect us to believe that you know every	lonestarnot	Sep-18-06 11:10 PM	#72
- mntleo2, thank you so much for posting this, and thanks to Margaret, too!	Sapphire Blue	Sep-18-06 05:49 PM	#28
- Thank you so very much for this! I appreciate the support, and	bobbolink	Sep-18-06 07:36 PM	#35
- She Saw This And Says,	mntleo2	Sep-18-06 08:05 PM	#45
- Yes america has criminalized poverty...	sweetheart	Sep-18-06 07:42 PM	#39
- Lessons from Katrina	Jcrowley	Sep-18-06 07:59 PM	#43
- But, who is listening to those lessons? Sure ain't Dems and "liberals"	bobbolink	Sep-18-06 08:14 PM	#47
- Land reform	sweetheart	Sep-18-06 08:45 PM	#56
- Deleted message	Name removed	Sep-18-06 08:51 PM	#57
- I'm no longer a "willing participant" in blaming myself...	bobbolink	Sep-18-06 09:01 PM	#61
- I read something very similar	sweetheart	Sep-18-06 08:53 PM	#58
- Damn straight America has criminalized poverty!	lonestarnot	Sep-18-06 11:13 PM	#73
- Excellent Post	Jcrowley	Sep-18-06 07:54 PM	#42
- And if you're homeless, you can't help but be hungry and ill, both.	bobbolink	Sep-18-06 08:33 PM	#54
- bobbolink, have you contacted habitat for humanity?	lonestarnot	Sep-18-06 11:14 PM	#74
- For what??? They don't serve homeless people, they don't serve	bobbolink	Sep-19-06 01:59 PM	#100
- That is an interesting thought about living off the land	treestar	Sep-18-06 08:32 PM	#53
- Deleted message	Name removed	Sep-18-06 08:58 PM	#59
- never mind bootstraps	kineneb	Sep-18-06 09:44 PM	#64
- :)	Solly Mack	Sep-19-06 03:08 AM	#86
- More criminalization of homelessness and poverty.	lonestarnot	Sep-18-06 11:15 PM	#75
- Question for Margaret:	bobbolink	Sep-18-06 08:39 PM	#55
- I'm not Margaret, but I'll throw down.	lonestarnot	Sep-18-06 11:25 PM	#77
- education is a personal solution, not a social one	hfojvt	Sep-19-06 02:38 PM	#106
- Answer: "Stop The War For One ..."	mntleo2	Sep-18-06 11:45 PM	#78
- You got my hot-button issue. What do we do in the meantime, just	bobbolink	Sep-19-06 02:09 PM	#101
- In my mind, urban planning is the magic bullet.	bezdomny	Sep-19-06 02:49 AM	#84
- I certainly agree with you about subsidized housing -- why isn't	bobbolink	Sep-19-06 02:13 PM	#102
- the poverty of the disabled in the US	kineneb	Sep-18-06 09:42 PM	#63
- kick n/t	Leopolds Ghost	Sep-18-06 10:09 PM	#65
- Damn... what a post! Fanfreakingtastic look at poverty!	lonestarnot	Sep-18-06 10:36 PM	#68
- Great Post! About this thread, TB, poverty, etc. --	NurseLefty	Sep-18-06 11:58 PM	#79
- Thank you so much! I"m saving your post, to try to educate those	bobbolink	Sep-19-06 02:24 PM	#103
- All the more reason why we need HEALTH CARE FOR ALL!!!	calimary	Sep-19-06 12:17 AM	#80
- And Perhaps It Would Curb The Spread of Diseases Like TB	mntleo2	Sep-19-06 12:38 AM	#82
- Of course! But, I contend, you still can't be healthy if you have NO HOME	bobbolink	Sep-19-06 02:26 PM	#104
- We are in very dire financial straits.	BleedingHeartPatriot	Sep-19-06 07:22 AM	#89
- 'most married women in the US are 1 paycheck away from poverty'	bobbieinok	Sep-19-06 01:48 PM	#90
- Thanks for shining the light on the very real situation of the poor here!	countryjake	Sep-19-06 01:59 PM	#99
- THanks!! YES!! I'm trying to get action taken right now on homelessness	bobbolink	Sep-19-06 02:33 PM	#105
- Up here, undocumented workers are teaching many how to get by...	countryjake	Sep-19-06 03:36 PM	#107
- Fascinating! Is anyone writing about this? Sounds like the iceberg tip	bobbolink	Sep-19-06 06:45 PM	#113
- Thanks	Jcrowley	Sep-19-06 10:33 PM	#114

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