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Bettie (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 11:53 AM Original message |
"The Poor in the US don't know what real poverty is" |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's clear to me that stupidity doesn't differentiate by gender. |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Bravo! |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Definitely Bravo! |
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Ship of Fools (899 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. I stared my conservative Repub stepdaughter in the eye and said |
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LonePirate (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. In this wealthy country, no American should ever need to know first hand what poverty is. |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. +1 |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. 100 percent agreement |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. There's a family of five living in a Buick down the block. They disagree. n/t |
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PETRUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. First of all |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. Well, come ON! Unless you eat cockroaches and live in a mud hovel, you're livin' the life of RILEY! |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. +1 |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. 98% of the 99 have refrigerators. Those food chilling, ungrateful bastards. |
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Doc_Technical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. "Lucky Duckies" |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. Just knowing that there are people who have it worse off than you doesn't |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. Us against them |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. My son's US History book told of the "Social Gospel movement" in the late 1800s |
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nobodyspecial (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
47. And I'm sure the pastor assured her |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:10 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. My aunt is a firm believer of prosperity doctrine. |
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Lilyhoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
16. I had to leave the Mom forum I was involved with. |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Do you know if her family ever attempted to pay back the aid? |
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Lilyhoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. I don't know if there was any financial restitution. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. that's the thing. somehow it's different when it's YOU. None of us can do it alone. |
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Lilyhoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. I hear you loud and clear. |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. You should have. |
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Lilyhoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I am sure she would have rationalized the help by saying |
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Bettie (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. I'm stubborn, they can't chase me out |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
56. I have a theory on why those forums would be dominated by wing-nuts. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'm responding in one of two ways: |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. +100000000000000000000 and so on |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. ... |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Back atcha, Sister |
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Bettie (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. That is AWESOME! |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Replying with "I'm tired of the stupid" works, too!!! |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. Ignorant comment such as that is why the 1% |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
22. There are some who do. We have a lot of homeless people, and many who are |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. People who make statements like that are clueless about the real world. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
26. Dare them to feed their families for a week on $50 a week or to live on what an |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. How could they without moving out of their house on the first day? n/t |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
27. In the richest country in the world, they shouldn't. n/t |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
33. I remember a time here on DU members were stating that |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. It wasn't so long ago, IIRC. |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. I hope so. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
36. The counter is... "Too lazy? They all had jobs before Bush took office" |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
37. Religion tends to train people to accept and swallow stuff that doesn't make any sense. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
41. As you did it unto the least of these, so also you did it unto me. |
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icymist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
42. Only rich people talk like that. n/t |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
43. It's always the victims' fault for being a victim |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
44. 400 American families control $1.53 trillion (yes, trillion). Meanwhile, |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
45. This reminds me of something Thurgood Marshall once said ... |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
46. Christians in America are the classic "US" vs "THEM" |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
48. You might remind the "Christians" on that board . . . |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
50. Bring them by my small town. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 07:56 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Where is your town? |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
51. when you are hungry |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
52. I'm sure Jesus told his disciples to check to be sure the people were really hungry... |
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yoyossarian (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
55. The RICH in the US don't know what poverty is!!! |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
57. How is it that "the poor in the US don't know what real poverty is", |
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1StrongBlackMan (171 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
58. I frequently post comments .... |
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