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9472. concerned - 10/1/2012 8:22:05 PM I believe poverty is different in the US than in some parts of the world. For instance, where the average standard of living is much closer to subsistence level, having a roof over one's head and something to eat on a regular basis is still a big deal for a lot of the population, so Socialist redistribution naturally more attractive in such societies.
However, in the US, more than 90% of people below the poverty level not only have food and shelter, they also have heat and private transportation (a car).
Not only that these 90%+ of people have conveniences and even luxuries that I (solidly middle class in the '60's - '80's never had). Air conditioning, cell phones, microwaves, big screen TV's and better health care than I had through most of my life (and I'm NOT referring to 0bamacare).
So, by today's US standards, I grew up in extreme poverty, which dilutes the one-size-fits-all argument regarding poverty. For most people in the US, poverty is more of a status issue than a survival issue. In fact, I would submit that, except for those who are marginally competent mentally or emotionally, most of the homeless are people who are out of a job and out of resources in this Democrat economy and trying to gain employment. To minimize real poverty in the US, what is needed is not more taxes and handouts, but a healthier private sector that is not oppressed by excessive taxation and overregulaion and that will put more people to work. 9473. concerned - 10/1/2012 8:34:26 PM What I mean by 'overregulation' is typically excessive and redundant paperwork, bureaucratic delay, and requirements for marginal studies (such as the one for syphilis wrt NY State fracking) that will have no impact on how safe or clean the final product or installation is but will send expenses and delays through the roof. My impression is that most of what we think is 'regulation' falls into this category and has nothing to do with actual improvements in the safety, reliability of cleanliness of what is regulated.
Btw, in my last, I didn't proofread at all, so some syntax is garbled. 9474. concerned - 10/2/2012 10:16:27 AM Obama waives sanctions on countries that use child soldiers
Of course, 0bama tries to snow it over with some good sounding rhetoric, but he is supporting 'trafficking in persons' in several countries as defined by the State Department. 9475. concerned - 10/2/2012 9:30:09 PM House committee: security requests denied in Libya
Ruh Roh! Darrell Issa is at it again. First Fast and Furious and now Libyagate.
9476. concerned - 11/24/2012 5:43:41 AM The evil results of 0bama's misbegotten foreign policy keep piling up: Egypt's Morsi proclaims himself dictator 9477. concerned - 11/24/2012 5:45:37 AM Looking more and more like 'One man, One vote, Once' as a result of the 'Arab Spring' in Egypt. 9478. concerned - 11/26/2012 9:44:48 AM tweet from US embassy in Cairo today as riots occurring after Mohamed Morsi's assumption of dictatorial powers:
US Embassy Cairo ✔@USEmbassyCairo .@Sandmonkey We believe that the Egyptian revolution was an incredibly positive step forward and we want to see its aspirations fulfilled
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The Left's delusional tendencies, as well as their stupidity, know no limits. 9479. RickNelson - 11/27/2012 6:08:13 PM US Embassy Cairo@USEmbassyCairo
The Egyptian people made clear in the January 25th revolution that they have had enough of dictatorship #tahrir
Amazing how narrow minded you are (un)concerned 9480. RickNelson - 11/27/2012 6:10:56 PM Limbaugh is not the source of truth or anything akin to reality. Beck is and admitted liar.
FOX is a useless tool of propaganda.
MSNBC isn't far from FOX, but misinformation doesn't appear propagated by policy, as it is on FOX. 9481. RickNelson - 11/27/2012 6:14:23 PM Did Obama do well during his S.E.A. tour? First POTUS to visit Myanmar! Did you see Aung tilt away as he kissed her? Too forward for her, and I don't recall kisses as a greeting in S.E.A. 9482. judithathome - 11/27/2012 6:25:14 PM A tweet from someone calling themselves "Sandmonkey", Conn'd? Your sources continue to amaze. 9483. RickNelson - 11/27/2012 6:30:19 PM It's the real tweet, but the context isn't real. Defining it to equate "left" attitude toward Morsi is preposterous. 9484. judithathome - 11/27/2012 9:45:22 PM You've been away for awile, Rick...stick around and you'll see plenty of preposterous. 9485. Wombat - 11/27/2012 9:58:34 PM Preposterous is putting mildly, sometimes. Welcome back, Rick! 9486. concerned - 11/28/2012 9:44:02 PM Re. 9479 -
Rick Nelson -
I'm more open minded than any Lefty I can think of.
Btw, if all you can are willing to do in the future is to fling lying, gratuitous insults like the one in 9479 at me, why don't you just stop it right now? I don't want to be provoked into pissing contests by intellectual gutter dwellers. 9487. concerned - 11/28/2012 9:46:32 PM Re. 9483 -
Trying to create a straw man here, I see. 9488. concerned - 11/28/2012 9:48:36 PM Typical Left Wing tactic. 9489. concerned - 11/28/2012 9:50:13 PM Re. 9483 -
Please do give us the 'real context' - that is if you have any idea what it is. Otherwise, don't bother with baseless speculation. 9490. concerned - 11/28/2012 9:53:29 PM And don't try to bully me any more with your insults. 9491. concerned - 11/28/2012 11:19:29 PM
Obama Must Side With The Egyptian People, Not Morsi
Let's see what 0bama's made of (as if we really didn't know already). If he sits this one out and doesn't try to put the brakes on Morsi's power grab, 0bama will have proved himself just as deceitful, incompetent corrupt, uncaring and as much an all-around POS as I always knew he was.
Remember, Lefties, as the smartest woman in the world (your description) once said: "Dissent is good." I'm good with that.
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