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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-25-10 07:06 PM
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13. I changed the channel!
It was just too depressing to watch.

:-(
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  -I'm watching Dateline about hunger in the US, and these stories are heartbreaking. Curmudgeoness  Jul-25-10 06:44 PM   #0 
  - I am watching. It is heartbreaking.  CBR   Jul-25-10 06:49 PM   #1 
  - That lady is not proud of anything, its just a catchy tune  ThomWV   Jul-25-10 06:49 PM   #2 
  - I don't understand how people can go out and by yachts, multiple  Bitwit1234   Jul-25-10 06:54 PM   #3 
  - the love of money is the root of all evil  Axle_techie   Jul-25-10 06:58 PM   #5 
  - St. Timothy  Ruby the Liberal   Jul-25-10 06:58 PM   #7 
  - That person was Paul of Tarsus (Apostle Paul).  NutmegYankee   Jul-25-10 07:05 PM   #12 
  - The Bible is unequivocally against greed/blind consumerism  Kievan Rus   Jul-25-10 08:03 PM   #26 
  - Good stuff.  McDiggy   Jul-25-10 06:54 PM   #4 
  - Give to one's local food bank or other provider of food to the needy.  Ilsa   Jul-25-10 06:58 PM   #6 
  - I agree. Food banks are so vital to many people who are lost in the system.  Curmudgeoness   Jul-25-10 07:02 PM   #10 
  - This is the America that the wealthy in Congress want. This is what  MichiganVote   Jul-25-10 07:00 PM   #8 
  - But heaven forbid we have abortion. Don't worry about the children born.  Curmudgeoness   Jul-25-10 07:04 PM   #11 
  - Its a favorite tactic of the wealthy or the morbidly religious to judge the choices of  MichiganVote   Jul-25-10 07:41 PM   #22 
  - And this is why everybody opposed to the corporatist agenda needs to vote in November  Kievan Rus   Jul-25-10 08:13 PM   #28 
  - Paper Plates !...Cool Idea !!....nt  Oceansaway   Jul-25-10 07:00 PM   #9 
  - I changed the channel!  IndianaGreen   Jul-25-10 07:06 PM   #13 
  - I for one am fed up with the "better than others" in this country  Stargazer99   Jul-25-10 07:07 PM   #14 
  - I am so sorry for your loss of your daughter. Not acceptable.  Curmudgeoness   Jul-25-10 07:15 PM   #17 
  - The United States is the embarassment of the Western world, IMHO  Kievan Rus   Jul-25-10 08:15 PM   #29 
  - I guess I'll go to work tomorrow.  Sisaruus   Jul-25-10 07:12 PM   #15 
  - Thank you for the vital work that you do  prolesunited   Jul-25-10 07:15 PM   #18 
  - Here's a link to the show  prolesunited   Jul-25-10 07:14 PM   #16 
  - Oh god, I am shocked by some of those comments.  Curmudgeoness   Jul-25-10 07:26 PM   #19 
     - "Almost" acceptable to be prejudiced against poor people?  bobbolink   Jul-25-10 07:31 PM   #21 
     - I think part of it is fear, masked as hatred  prolesunited   Jul-25-10 07:45 PM   #23 
     - Yes, I think that's part of it.  Foo Fighter   Jul-25-10 09:30 PM   #34 
     - Prejudice against the poor is oftentimes a front for racism  Kievan Rus   Jul-25-10 08:20 PM   #30 
        - Possibly, but this particular program was focussed on whites. nt  Curmudgeoness   Jul-25-10 08:24 PM   #31 
        - I know. But anti-poor rhetoric as a whole is often racist  Kievan Rus   Jul-25-10 08:29 PM   #33 
        - Why Americans Hate Welfare sort of explores this. NT  SocialistLez   Jul-25-10 08:28 PM   #32 
  - Bottom line: Capitalism doesn't work all that well.  reformist2   Jul-25-10 07:27 PM   #20 
  - Bottom line: Capitalism doesn't work all that well.  Grabo   Jul-25-10 07:56 PM   #24 
     - I don't think so. Before the French Revolution, Medieval serfdoms,  Curmudgeoness   Jul-25-10 08:03 PM   #25 
  - It's an old story  TomClash   Jul-25-10 08:09 PM   #27 
  - Today I received an email from my brother who lives in the USA  riverbendviewgal   Jul-25-10 09:39 PM   #35 
     - You have so much important to say here...you should post this  Curmudgeoness   Jul-26-10 05:58 PM   #36 
 

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