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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:04 PM Original message |
Why aren't we talking about resistant TB w/ homeless? |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Kick. nt |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
68. Outside of medical professionals, 99% of people do not know what MRSA is. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:53 AM Response to Reply #68 |
132. I don't agree; all those hand-sanitizers aren't bought for no reason. MRSA is the reason. 100,000 |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not having a single payer health care system is going to kill us all. |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Yeppers and when it begins to kill thousands well ... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Shoving people into over-crowded shelters has STARTED this! |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. We have been constantly warned by people like bobbolink and others who understand the reality of |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I am experiencing a lot of rage towards Americans at the moment |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. I hear ya, you have an excellent point, but the longer people live in denial, in their fantasy world |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. Not Sure Where You Want Us To Go With This |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Most of us are "peace and love" people we are just mad |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
65. DEMENTED 4 yrs olds . |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #65 |
140. Demented 4 Year Olds with Uzis |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. OK this is mean but ... |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I don't find that mean at all, in fact, maybe it would open up his closed mind. And if not, maybe |
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999998th word (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
59. Could we include the Koch clan as well |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #59 |
66. We need to make it affect them all, those gated communities |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. Not if they hire servants, and not if they ever venture out at all. |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #66 |
103. LOL! n/t |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
142. Where ARE All These Abandoned Buildings? |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
64. That is what the rich bastards want, to be rid of us useless eaters |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
133. Unfortunately this is the kind of problem Medicare and Medicaid suck at solving also (nt) |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. Working class people living on the edge don't like to talk about homelessness |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yeah a man on Kos is talking about that right now ... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Then they best not complain when it happens to them. |
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felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. Kick for public health issue. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. We are now. Thanks for bringing it up. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. K&R. It feels at times as if we are descending into (a form of) fascism. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. As far as this one goes, people *can't* wake up until they know the facts. |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
67. The 'sane' folks will not wake up til the Ovens start |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:25 AM Response to Reply #67 |
93. Good gosh. I'm glad you had the weapon. nt |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #67 |
107. OMG! .. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. Such a scary thought. I was already worried about MRSA, and now this. |
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999998th word (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:43 AM Response to Reply #12 |
60. They dont like to even diagnose MRSA |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
13. It always amazes me what gets the attention around here and what seems to get very little attention. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. We are the Lepers of Today, and "progressives" can't admit that they have a bias |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Don't they see, those who are suffering in poverty are us and we are them. They can shove their |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. If what you say is true, then what happens when we all become "Lepers" to the millionaires and |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. Hospital iso rooms need negative air pressure |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. So, it is better to look for "solutions" for hospitals and cures for TB *rather* than to stop |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. nope! not saying that at all |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. I'm glad that wasn't what you were intending to say. "treatment of disease and risk mitigation is |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. jesus |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Jesus fought for poor people. He didn't give up and say "That's all we got now". |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 11:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. so what have you done |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Bobbie has been a tireless advocate for homeless |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Bobbie IS one of the few who speaks for many ... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. It is against the rules to make things personal, which you have done, so STOP. NOW. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #42 |
57. She does a ton on this issue. Probably more than anyone here on DU. |
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999998th word (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:54 AM Response to Reply #37 |
62. It should be.It wouldnt take much of a shove for many |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #37 |
63. If he had wanted |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Maybe we are supposed to learn to love "the other"? |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. If you try to use Jesus as an example |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. So, its like charity today.... just hand out a few goodies to a few people, that help for a day or |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:27 PM Response to Reply #77 |
85. Uh, no...it's not like charity today |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. I got from all your posts to me (why are you following me around?) that it is all silly to you. |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #63 |
100. The problem is not what Jesus said, it is his followers who ignore it |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. We Still Need to Do Something for the People Who Already Have Resistant TB |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Yes and they are too busy spending it all on wars instead |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
19. Because we're not talking about the homeless. & when we do it's in moralizing tones of individualism |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Sadly I think you are right |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. You are right! The "Personal Problem" rather than "The Societal Problem"! |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. I've been talking about TB and other communicable |
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GameOn (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. I was in a liquor store a while few wks back and the lady that worked their had on a mask. For some |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 01:02 AM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Big PhRMA are nothing more than a bunch of crooks. |
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raouldukelives (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
27. k&r |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
30. Allen Grayson said it very succinctly, they want certain people to "die quickly" those that they |
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GameOn (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
32. This has always been a fear of mine. But Bradley Manning has been forced to sleep naked. NT |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. So, that's the excuse now? |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #33 |
49. Of COURSE it's the excuse as is ... |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #32 |
53. I realize that there may be some sarcasm |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #53 |
71. I have come to the point because of the IGNORING of poverty and homelessness |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #71 |
83. It is Perilous to Draw Conclusions about "What Progressives Are" Based on Responses to Posts on DU |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. So, are you keeping a log then of how often homelessness is talked about on "progressive" radio, or |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 06:56 AM Response to Reply #71 |
91. Stick with it Bobbie. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #91 |
97. Thank you, dotymed. I appreciate that more than you know. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #91 |
98. For the UMPTEENTH time I am listening to the Barber speech which Sapphire Blue posted here from time |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #91 |
101. A-MEN Dotymed, sing it with us one more time now! |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:46 AM Response to Reply #101 |
131. Get this. In TN, the Food Stamp program |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:56 AM Response to Reply #131 |
134. Because there is money in the administering. |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 08:37 AM Response to Reply #134 |
135. Billions I am sure. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:48 AM Response to Reply #32 |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
34. Thank you for posting this. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
72. Thank you, Javaman. It is time for ACTION! |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. k&r |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
41. Mistaking Despair for Apathy |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 11:23 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Oh Hon ... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
47. Maybe because funding the fight against it is often bundled with money for family planning which |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Goddess forbid, oh NO, can't have that |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
51. k&r |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Kick |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
55. K & R |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #55 |
75. Repeat K & R ...cause this is really a major problem that could kill us all. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
58. Superbacteria have been brewing for a while. No one cares until it's NIMBY. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
74. Politicians and public officials know that |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. I no longer give a flying fuck what politicians want or value. What is important is that once |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. If you think our current crop of politicians |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. You're right. We poor people need to off ourselves and just get the fuck out of the way for the |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. You've got your knickers in such a twist |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:39 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. I got your point loud and clear, It is all foreordained, and the UNpoor aren't going to be bothered |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #78 |
89. Push for it How? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #89 |
95. How do you push for things you consider a priority? |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #95 |
143. Same Stuff as Most Here |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
76. Holy shit. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
79. Los Angeles transitional shelters require TB test for entering residents. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. Yes, you would think so. |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #79 |
111. So what do they do with the ones who have it? Leper time? |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
90. Because people are small minded, shortsighted, cold hearted, and dimwitted. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
92. This is something I've never known about |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
94. some nasty shit- wife had tb |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #94 |
99. So sad, dembotoz. Thank you for sharing that... it must be hard. |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #94 |
114. No words, just ... |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
96. Cases of TB among the homeless are on the decline.in my area |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #96 |
102. This is good news ...and you are in my area ... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 06:59 PM Response to Reply #102 |
104. I want to know the methods, too. It sounds like good news, but I have seen too much slight-of-hand |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #96 |
118. Declining rates here too. I'm in the western suburbs of Chicago, volunteering at the local women's |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
105. First, we would have to discuss the homeless, that not |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #105 |
108. If they were homeless teachers or something maybe... |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #108 |
115. Many Homeless ARE quite well educated. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. Says you have to log in to read it. :( |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #115 |
121. Guess she should have been a public employee |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:53 AM Response to Reply #121 |
127. You are not being a jerk,. just telling the truth n/t |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #105 |
110. Exactly the point of this OP, tnlefty! |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #110 |
119. No, my statement was the we'd have to at least talk |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
106. The homeless are usually poor. The poor don't have a party that represents them |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #106 |
109. You are right, and I will add... we don't have ANYTHING that represents us. We don't have an NAACP, |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #109 |
112. PLUS it is not illegal to discriminate because you are poor |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #112 |
113. Deny access to a library, deny the right to sit down and rest, deny the right to even use a restroom |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #109 |
123. Of course not! YOU'RE POOR! You have nothing to offer them. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #123 |
124. I know you are using humor, but those words hurt.. it is too close to home. It is exactly |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #124 |
125. I am poor too my friend. It wasn't humor (as you know) it's reality. |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:19 AM Response to Reply #125 |
130. Sing it Brotha ! |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #125 |
136. Fine to say "Fuck you" to TPTB, and stone-hearted "progressives", but |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:25 PM Response to Reply #109 |
126. Yup, poverty issues are spread over Planned Parenthood, Rainbow Coalition |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:58 AM Response to Reply #126 |
128. These entities PROFIT off the poor and they aren't democratic |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #128 |
137. Damn the Dems then, and President Obama for fighting to fund Planned Parenthood! |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #137 |
139. I am speaking about large nons |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:27 PM Response to Reply #139 |
141. You are the one making broad brush statements. My shelter DID actually have a pretty posh |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #141 |
144. I think you've put your finger on the problem |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #144 |
146. I've been both a receiver and (now) a giver. I know whereof I speak. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #141 |
145. I, also, hesitated about responding to *your* angry words. There are so many "false bottoms" in |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #145 |
147. Deleted message |
L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
116. K & R |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
120. Has been widely discussed/tracked in pulbic health circles |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #120 |
122. If you read many of the replies, you will find that a lot of people don't KNOW about it. |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:02 AM Response to Reply #122 |
129. Exactly ...hatred of the poor and "solutions" that make it worse n/t |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
138. kick |
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