if for no other reason than that his voice sounds like his balls never dropped the very root of my article right there. Did you guys REALLY expect a male GYMNAST to be the picture of masculinity? C'mon, that's as silly as thinking Brian Boitano's STRAIGHT!
Brad, Good article. The people highlighted in the linked story all appeared to have mental illness symptoms from the little information given. Poverty takes on many faces. We'd like to think it's just the mentally ill and/or the leeches, but many good, honest, hardworking people experience poverty from time to time. While it's not "society's fault", or "the government's fault", but rather circumstance, there are rather simple ways we
I think in order for anything at all to change, the first thing would have to be people's perception of the poor. And people's denial that there is legitimate need. Exactly. We've been fed so much false information for years that we need to begin to see the real face of poverty to make a difference.</
Janders, Well, with winter coming on I can tell you exactly what to do in the middle of winter... Jes' a leetle bit of water...it'll sink to the bottom of the tank and freeze up in the lines. Upper Midwest winters have to be good for something, right?
Yes, poverty is a reflection on our society. If everyone pitched in, just a little, nobody would be in need. Exactly. We have the resources to individually deal with poverty in our country.
Do you guys like working? If you're an ordinary person, you don't, and thus, socialism is perfect for you. With our technology today, one man can produce sufficient clothing for 10,000 people, think about the implications of that And therein lies a big part of the problem. If the people in a socialis
WF, Gerry's been posting a few articles from time to time; he's back. As for madpoet, when you speak to him, give him my best (and you're welcome to give him my email addy if he would like it).
As we look for solutions to the problem of poverty, we are doing wrong in looking to the government to solve those problems. Proposals such as socialism do not eliminate poverty; if anything they only serve to widen the pool of poverty. I believe the answer lies in encouraging civic responsibility. It has always amazed me that most parents believe in
Deaniac, I disagree. I think the "smart vote" is the one you make with your conscience. Personally, I find both the Democrats and the Republicans to be equally repugnant. As I stated elsewhere, I would analogize being forced to choose between the Democrats and Republicans to being forced to choose between eating moose shit and elk shit...neither one appeals to me. So what's a guy like me to do? One of three things: a)stay home b) turn
I pulled some interesting statistics off of the association of gospel resuce missions ( www.agrm.org ) website, and here are some facts (in a year's time): · Served 33 million meals (the approximate population of California). · Distributed more than 24 million pieces of clothing. · Provided 12 million nights of lodgin
*just a note . . . I have nothing against big people . . . I'm not teeny tiny myself . . . I'm just in favor of dressing to impress is all* As a "big people", I have always said that, if the rule, "if you got it, flaunt it" applies, so does the rule, "If you ain't, don't". I have successfully c
Tom Joad got out of the old McAlester Pen There he got his parole After four long years on a man killing charge Tom Joad come a walking down the road, poor boy Tom Joad come a walking down the road Tom Joad he met a truck driving man There he caught him a ride He said: "I just got loose from McAlester's Pen On a charge called Homicid
or a charitable organization such as Ronald McDonald House, Just for the record, Ronald McDonald House (which is an EXCELLENT organization, by the way) helps with housing families of children in hospitals, not with the medical expenses themselves.
My personal belief is that we should give a dollar for dollar tax credit for everything an employer contributes to employee wages and benefits. That would be a better system to get coverage that is closer to universal, in my opinion.
dharma, Sorry, I meant to quote it, but basically it was his normal diatribe about how the poor choose to be poor and are ignorant and lazy...that kind of thing...
Texas, Well, he's gone now...lol. His major offense, really, was promoting his hate filled blog on my site. The fact that he is even remotely serious concerns me.
Marvin, I am tired of your ill-informed bigoted diatribes and blatant disregard of scripture that you claim to cherish. For that reason, you are blacklisted from my site, and your reply will be deleted as soon as my access stops messing up and blocking me from doing so. You are JosUser's answer to Fred Phelps.
This is a repost of one of my articles from Gideon's Trumpet (http://gideon-macleish.joeuser.com), sharing part of my experience as Miner #43 in American Borate Company's Billie Mine in Death Valley, California: I know many on joeuser think I'm a walking enigma. And I don't blame them. Many of my thoughts and ideals are seemingly contradictory until you under
Actually, I believe the individual states chose the design for their quarters, not the US mint. I remember a discussion about that in Wisconsin.
I did a little more digging on statistics on poverty in America, and will detail my findings here. For those who wish to do so, you can take a short quiz on poverty in America at: http://www.nccbuscc.org/cchd/povertyusa/povquiz.htm The statistics in the two following categories are taken from: http://www.heartsandminds.org/articles/childpov.htm Po
Tex, Our thoughts and prayers are with you as well. I hope the two of you make the most of the time while he is home with you.
Beebles, I am open to all ideas. If you can come up with cool tshirt designs and such, go for it! Anything you can do to help will be greatly appreciated. Wreckless, By all means, keep going! I haven't been able to reply much the last couple days, which is a good thing, because it means I've been working, but I will discuss your idea with others.
One thing about being Homeless, once you get there its hard to get out. Yes, joe. It's harder in the city, though. I just did a piece on what many don't understand about the poor; you might want to give it a look. The observations on child sexual abuse are, admittedly, not hard stats, but empirical obse
did you call me?
Jay, That's ok, I understand why you might not want to read them. Frankly, I'm glad that you have a candidate you feel you can back; I would never encourage someone who solidly believed in either Kerry or Bush to vote for Badnarik, I simply want to inform people that there ARE other choices out there and they shouldn't let others browbeat them into voting for a candidate they cannot support.
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