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Mon Jul-12-10 07:38 PM
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| 4. I can still afford food and rent |
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energy, transportation, and medical treatment are out of my range, but I guess life is good.
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| -On a scale of 1 (hell on earth) to 10 (these are the good old days), how do you rate |
branders seine |
Jul-12-10 07:33 PM |
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people seriously believe this point in time merits a 9 or 10? |
branders seine |
Jul-12-10 07:36 PM |
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That depends on how you want to read the question. |
RC |
Jul-12-10 07:41 PM |
#9 |
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Maybe some of them |
ProSense |
Jul-12-10 07:42 PM |
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Us old folks will tell you that the downhill journey began around |
rzemanfl |
Jul-12-10 08:13 PM |
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I'm pretty "old folks" |
branders seine |
Jul-12-10 08:37 PM |
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I'm thinking that term started to be used back during Nixon. |
rzemanfl |
Jul-12-10 09:27 PM |
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I feel guilty of having committed the crime of wordiness. |
branders seine |
Jul-13-10 05:04 PM |
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In another thread last night someone called me "asswipe." I |
rzemanfl |
Jul-13-10 05:45 PM |
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What in the world do you consider hell on earth - use your imagination! |
stray cat |
Jul-12-10 08:15 PM |
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dead oceans, |
branders seine |
Jul-13-10 06:26 PM |
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In the course of human events |
wtmusic |
Jul-12-10 07:36 PM |
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I sure hope you are wrong. nt |
Curmudgeoness |
Jul-12-10 07:38 PM |
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That's a scary thought, but very perceptive. |
RKP5637 |
Jul-12-10 07:39 PM |
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25% underemployment (with no sign of improving) |
branders seine |
Jul-12-10 07:39 PM |
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There is certainly room for improvement |
wtmusic |
Jul-12-10 07:44 PM |
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your subject line made me smiledespite my own cynical self. |
branders seine |
Jul-12-10 07:46 PM |
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Heh, yes that wouldn't be something I'd have said |
wtmusic |
Jul-12-10 07:51 PM |
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Anyone who think this is as bad as it gets |
pscot |
Jul-12-10 07:54 PM |
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I do worry about us being in a position and being so passive as a society that we will or could |
corpseratemedia |
Jul-12-10 08:27 PM |
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Voted 5 because on a personal level, things are still ok for me--- |
Curmudgeoness |
Jul-12-10 07:38 PM |
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I can still afford food and rent |
mdmc |
Jul-12-10 07:38 PM |
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This is a 9 or 10 |
tnlurker |
Jul-12-10 07:38 PM |
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+1 nt |
Lost4words |
Jul-12-10 07:44 PM |
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I voted a 3 because the three of us here are on the brink of losing everything |
EFerrari |
Jul-12-10 07:42 PM |
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I've lost everything twice now |
branders seine |
Jul-12-10 07:44 PM |
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That's right. Stay together. Laugh when you can. |
EFerrari |
Jul-12-10 07:51 PM |
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Well, if we don't change our ways we are headed to a Hell on Earth future and |
NC_Nurse |
Jul-12-10 07:43 PM |
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It only looks terrible because of what we've lost |
Warpy |
Jul-12-10 07:43 PM |
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I know you've struggled in your life, Warpy. |
EFerrari |
Jul-12-10 08:01 PM |
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Anyone who has escaped it doesn't want to repeat it |
Warpy |
Jul-12-10 10:17 PM |
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I can afford the basics |
sandnsea |
Jul-12-10 07:43 PM |
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If you are rich and politically connected |
howaboutme |
Jul-12-10 07:44 PM |
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I gave it a 6 for right now. I'm just keeping my head above water, treading away. It could |
RKP5637 |
Jul-12-10 07:45 PM |
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hard to say.. |
FirstLight |
Jul-12-10 07:48 PM |
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I can't tell you it gets better |
sandnsea |
Jul-12-10 07:54 PM |
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thanks |
FirstLight |
Jul-12-10 08:02 PM |
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god bless the usa |
branders seine |
Jul-12-10 08:03 PM |
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Did you know that stupid welfare rule? |
FirstLight |
Jul-12-10 08:11 PM |
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best of luck to you. |
branders seine |
Jul-12-10 08:18 PM |
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not in CA |
FirstLight |
Jul-12-10 08:26 PM |
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If you asked someone from a country that has an average salary... |
Turborama |
Jul-12-10 07:55 PM |
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Not really. We have people here from those places and they know |
EFerrari |
Jul-12-10 07:59 PM |
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To clarify: When I said "from a country" I meant living outside the US in those countries. n/t |
Turborama |
Jul-12-10 08:02 PM |
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We have NAFTA refugees here. They come from hunger. |
EFerrari |
Jul-12-10 08:07 PM |
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So your saying that the US is now a 3rd world country? |
Turborama |
Jul-12-10 08:13 PM |
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You know what, for some people, it definitely is. |
EFerrari |
Jul-12-10 08:15 PM |
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Well, at least you have got electricity, drinking water on tap and don't have open sewers |
Turborama |
Jul-12-10 08:25 PM |
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You assume a lot. |
EFerrari |
Jul-12-10 08:41 PM |
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even with utilities, our grid is circa-1960's, |
branders seine |
Jul-12-10 08:44 PM |
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I didn't mean you as in you personally |
Turborama |
Jul-12-10 08:52 PM |
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I've lived in El Salvador and not in the upper class cages, either. n/t |
EFerrari |
Jul-13-10 01:05 PM |
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10. Might as well be happy because it isn't going to get any better. |
Democrats_win |
Jul-12-10 08:12 PM |
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so on a scale of getting stoned by your family, rotting in a SA jail dying of TB with maggots |
stray cat |
Jul-12-10 08:13 PM |
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Might have gone with nine but today was a good day so I voted "Ten". |
NYC_SKP |
Jul-12-10 08:19 PM |
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feels 5 ish to me now |
Morning Dew |
Jul-12-10 08:31 PM |
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10PM Eastern, 70% of DUers (Democratic base, que no?) |
branders seine |
Jul-12-10 08:58 PM |
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Extremists of either party are NEVER happy.... ever. Else, they wouldn't be extremists. |
scheming daemons |
Jul-12-10 09:32 PM |
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I live in the most privileged country on earth |
Radical Activist |
Jul-12-10 09:08 PM |
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'more people have more freedoms today than at any time in American history' |
branders seine |
Jul-12-10 09:30 PM |
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Name the decade when we had more freedoms. |
Radical Activist |
Jul-12-10 10:02 PM |
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So, hell on earth is like Somalia, right? A 2 is like medieval Europe? |
Orangepeel |
Jul-12-10 09:37 PM |
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You're doing it wrong. |
Starbucks Anarchist |
Jul-12-10 09:47 PM |
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I gave it a 4 even though I'm unemployed and facing foreclosure. |
Skip Intro |
Jul-12-10 10:20 PM |
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Three |
lpbk2713 |
Jul-12-10 11:07 PM |
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This is a 10. I have a roof over my head, food to eat, my husband is |
DevonRex |
Jul-13-10 01:19 PM |
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7. Very very good, going on great, but still room for improvement. |
old mark |
Jul-13-10 01:24 PM |
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Even a runaway train creates a nice breeze for someone. n/t |
blueworld |
Jul-13-10 02:42 PM |
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I voted 7 because I know... |
SkyDaddy7 |
Jul-13-10 05:17 PM |
#65 |
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