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nadine_mn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:09 PM Original message |
The truth about poverty |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thank you |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's a goddamn shame that people need to have those things explained to them. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
55. ditto |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
181. It sure is. |
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stravu9 (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. very true! |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. Are you talking to someone here on DU? |
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nadine_mn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Not all DUers agree w/ me and I will leave it at that |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Ain't that the truth. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. The poor are always with us |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. "welfare queens" |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
132. The great Raygun myth. One of his non-existent scapegoats that convinced the sheep |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. You know what sickens me the most |
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nadine_mn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I wish it were just trolls or repukes |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. You know, that touches on ANOTHER thing |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
45. There are a lot of yuppie Democrats who think that the Democratic Party is |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #45 |
81. Typical DLCers |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #45 |
124. ........ |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #45 |
182. And the party is only shifting to the Right. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
136. Everything you say resonates with me |
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UALRBSofL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
10. What A Great Post ! ! ! |
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hermetic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. My first ever K&R |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. My observation in a building with young adults attending Adult Ed. |
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nadine_mn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Ok I had to laugh because what you said hit home |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Patience always serves you well |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 08:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Another anecdote from New Haven: A company there who was a customer of mine was owned |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. It's called "job readiness training" |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Yup. Not the kids' fault, nor necessarily their parents' fault, either. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Absolutely. |
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nadine_mn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
40. It goes to life skills - balancing a checkbook, creating a budget |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #40 |
101. I learned that in high school |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
46. When I lived in New Haven in the 1970s (yes, the 1970s) |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #46 |
97. The service workers union at Yale University has been trying to unionize |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
95. Several years back, when welfare reform was enacted, Shaw's opened a |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
79. I've seen the MMPI profiles of about a million people similar to this. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #79 |
98. I don't think anyone modeled negotiation skills for these young people. |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
15. Thank you |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
16. Learned helplessness = depression |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. I am sooo there |
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unapatriciated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. That is it in a nutshell for most poor or disabled |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #48 |
71. I'll go you even further: |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #71 |
148. Nice of them to let her mail it |
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wellstone dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. Thank you |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. There is a most wonderful irony, a most wonderful poetic justice |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
85. Your post exemplifies my problem with religion |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #85 |
135. Well, there is unfortunately a very heavy truth in what you say. It is one |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #85 |
144. Read this (Kevin Rudd is a good Catholic spalpeen!): |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #85 |
145. Kevin Rudd, the Aussie PM is a good Catholic spalpeen! Read this: |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
103. too bad |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #103 |
134. Well, at least it's intersting to discover that an atheist feels the same certainty as I do, |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 05:02 AM Response to Reply #134 |
159. the worst part of organized religion |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #159 |
168. Well, it will come. And you only see part of the problem, over-riding |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #168 |
170. I agree with the comment about |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #170 |
175. Feel abolutely free. Nothing and certainly no person will shake my |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #170 |
177. Your thoughts/wishes have a very ancient and honourable precedent. Here are |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #177 |
179. If only |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #179 |
183. Of the three, unsurprisingly, I suppose, given the natures of the respective |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #183 |
184. he is protecting a house of cards |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
138. By the end of his life, Tolstoy had no use for |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #138 |
143. Yes, Tolstoy must have been a wonderful person. An interesting quote, too. It's right on the nail. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
172. The great Scottish theologian and teacher, William Barclay, expressed it |
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Hidden Stillness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. Brilliant Post; a Couple of Points |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
22. Excellent post. nt |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
23. Great post! |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
25. K&R. I wish I could recommend it 20 times!!! |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
28. k&r |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
29. Even though this was directed at me |
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nadine_mn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Actually it wasn't directed at you |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. I think it was directed more at the guy we were all |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
30. "how dare you look down on others and say that poor people shouldn't have children..." |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. And now that you've said it |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. It is an ugly statement |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. why do they need to see 18 years into the future? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:45 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Nobody expects to be pushed down and held down forever |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #49 |
73. sometimes the truth is cruel. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #73 |
92. Platitudes allow comfortable people to be dismissive |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #92 |
115. that wouldn't include me, as i'm not "comfortable"... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #73 |
100. I had my first child when I was way too young and ignorant about the real world. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #100 |
112. you were lucky- but you had that safety net. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #112 |
130. Two things. I had no idea that I had a safety net. And I really thought my |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #130 |
142. one thing you say there is very key to a big part of the problem- |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #142 |
146. Thank you for the kind words. |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #73 |
108. here is some truth |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #108 |
113. no truth there- neither is true. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #113 |
126. Deleted message |
dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #126 |
141. where did i EVER say that i don't want to pay taxes? |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #43 |
106. what values do you teach your children? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #106 |
111. you obviously understand very little about the united states and it's politics... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #111 |
125. Deleted message |
CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #125 |
133. Calling someone on a thread a "putain" doesn't seem to be helpful in the discussion. |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 04:47 AM Response to Reply #133 |
157. putain |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:31 AM Response to Reply #157 |
160. Ah yes, idiomatic usage, as I suspected...n/t |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #160 |
171. seeing as this |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #171 |
173. Well, as a former ESOL tutor I am interested in idiomatic usage. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #125 |
140. so rather than stay and fight for social justice in the country you grew up in and were educated by- |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 04:46 AM Response to Reply #140 |
156. either myself |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 04:55 AM Response to Reply #111 |
158. how much more clear can one be |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #158 |
162. i didn't say that people shouldn't have kids who are poor- |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #162 |
169. I comprehend things |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #169 |
176. not very well, unfortunately... |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #176 |
180. what does living in France have to do with anything? |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #43 |
137. Because shit happens and things can change |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. how is it ugly? |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:26 AM Response to Reply #41 |
53. That's not usually how it happens. |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Besides which... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #58 |
109. Deleted message |
dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #53 |
72. no...it usually IS how it happens. |
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Extend a Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #72 |
94. maybe |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #94 |
153. Yep! Sex is a risk to the poor only |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #72 |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #110 |
118. you really ought to learn to post by the rules... |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
90. I think that if everyone worried less about getting "theirs" |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Self Delete |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. for the poor, it is often not a choice |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. i'm only speaking about those for whom it IS a choice. |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:19 AM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Choice? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #52 |
74. "poverty is a choice"? |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #42 |
86. And who would that be? |
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nadine_mn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
44. Can you tell me the winning lottery numbers as well? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #44 |
76. i'm not talking about people's future problems. |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #76 |
114. are you a Thatcherite??? |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #30 |
61. You're right |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Basic human instincts |
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balantz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #61 |
91. That's an easy statement. |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #61 |
116. NO NOT AT ALL |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
84. And how are you going to enforce that, Big Brother? |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
104. fuck you |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
105. WTF? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
127. Why Not Just Say... "Poor People Should Just Die Off" |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
152. Educated people tent to have less children, why sterilize the poor |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #30 |
155. My mother died... |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
32. Thank you |
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unapatriciated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
47. Honest and from the heart |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
50. Poverty is the worst prejudice that we have in this country. |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
51. poverty,responsibility and power |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
54. Excellent post! |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:12 AM Response to Original message |
56. Any advice for those who are giving up? |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I'm not going to lie to you |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #57 |
80. Society teaches us that our value is ONLY in how much we work |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #57 |
120. I agree with you |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:09 PM Response to Reply #57 |
150. Thanks. I appreciate the candor. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
83. what keeps me going |
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trashcanistanista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #83 |
102. I was just about to say it. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
59. It's amazing how many view the less fortunate in this way |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
60. Lack of education indeed directly leads to poverty |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #60 |
82. Yeah, that kid I went to high school with who |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
62. Thank you for saying what needed to be said |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
63. outstanding OP |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
64. One of the very best personal outlooks on "poverty" I have ever read. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
66. Where Do People Go to Unlearn Helplessness? Ain't the Fed |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #66 |
122. FDR |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #122 |
128. lol I'm sure those thousands of people in the Tennessee Valley never thanked FDR |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #66 |
147. Here ya go. I'd like to thank LBJ for my success as an adult. |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
67. Thank you Nadine |
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justanaveragedude (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
68. Let's be honest... |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #68 |
87. Your life experience is anecdotal. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
69. Well, I've no intention of starting a flame war |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. I agree. The people we feed every Saturday are mostly caucasian. |
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jjr5 (317 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
75. So true, so obvious. |
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balantz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
77. Thanks for educating those who may not know what's going on for many. |
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toadzilla (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
78. k&r! |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
88. K & R |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
89. K&R Excellent post! Thank you. |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
93. Wow. What an excellent post. |
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trashcanistanista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
96. Best post on poverty. Ever. |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
99. Nadine, this is an excellent journal entry. |
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teacher gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
107. Great journal |
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Flatulo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
117. Most of the time it is just shitty luck. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
119. When you are hungry... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
121. You have eloquently framed the issue. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
123. So Well Said, and Thank You from the Bottom of my Heart |
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McHatin (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
129. I'm not sure I agree with this |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #129 |
131. In absolute numbers this is absolutely true. The overwhelming majority |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #129 |
139. Welcom to DU. |
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McHatin (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #139 |
149. Thanks for the welcome |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:14 PM Response to Reply #129 |
151. I thought the Obama campaign was patently wrong to chant |
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McHatin (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #151 |
163. It only matters |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #163 |
164. I agree in general, and understand and agree that "race" |
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Brewman_Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #129 |
165. Discrimination as logical? |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
154. Thank you, excellent post, my story... |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
161. Kick. Sadly, even on DU 1/3 to 1/2 of people voted to eliminate public housing |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
166. Myth #4 |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #166 |
174. How is that unfair? Poor people are born two inches from home plate too! |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #174 |
178. I think in that analogy poor people are more akin to the bat boys |
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Hidden Stillness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
167. A Few More Points, About Phony "Personality" Issue |
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