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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:43 AM Original message |
Cities Deal With a Surge in Shanty Towns |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. This country is wealthy? |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yes. It's wealthy. And now, apparently, it's becoming shockingly poor. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. We should call this "Living in the Bushes" rather than Hoovervilles. God help us all. nt |
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griz2008 (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:07 AM Response to Original message |
4. AND the TeaBaggers think |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:17 AM Response to Original message |
5. modern "Hoovervilles" == Bushvilles |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Hoover didn't really deserve the epithet. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. That was a good account, thanks for posting it. eom |
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newfie11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
6. Looks like we are rushing right into being a 3rd world country. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
8. Intensities in Tent Cities |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Incontinent in continent |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
9. Bush's real legacy. |
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Veruca Salt (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Let's see there was........ |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. . |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
10. You Republicans should be proud |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I think some Repubs would be shocked however |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
11. can we call them Bushvilles? Shruburbs? |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. "Shruburbs" - perfect! n/t |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. classic! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Shruburbs... |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
17. "shantytowns" my ass! We need to call them what they truly are....Bushtowns/villes |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Perhaps, "Bushboroughs?" |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
18. In the meantime, the IRS offers clemency for wealthy American tax cheats...(nt) |
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