...I'm really getting fed up.... - Page 4

Michelle · #31 06-25-2006, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by mdk5623

.....Michelle, are you a nice person too?....I bet Laura is....no, I know Laura is....

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Originally Posted by SuperGreg

You KNOW Laura is????????

Inquiring minds want to know!!

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Michelle · #32 06-25-2006, 02:01 PM

P.S. Marko--when you are feeling down in the dumps, read this. It makes me crack up even during the crappiest of days!

HamannE53 · #33 06-25-2006, 02:21 PM

i always said...poverty isnt just a poor persons problem it can become a middle classed or a rich persons problem, they dont do it for fun they problably do it because its the only way they know..."live by the gun - die by the gun"..just think of the gas as charity

....have you seen the price of gas lately?...which poor person can afford those prices. 1 galon of gas is three items on a dollar menu, including tax.

Michelle · #34 06-25-2006, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by HamannE53

just think of the gas as charity

Yeah, well, I like the kind of charities you can write off on!

cmyX6go · #35 06-25-2006, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by mdk5623

.....Michelle, are you a nice person too?....I bet Laura is....no, I know Laura is....

Me

Marko
Me

Marko wishes
Me

Marko wishes some more

Jeez, talk nice to a guy and try to brighten his day and this is the thanks I get.

Don't make me come out there and kick your ass!

Michelle · #36 06-25-2006, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by cmyX5go

Don't make me come out there and kick your ass!

Ummm, I think that would be a punishment he would welcome!

SuperGreg · #37 06-25-2006, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by cmyX5go

Me

Marko
Me

Marko wishes
Me

Marko wishes some more

Jeez, talk nice to a guy and try to brighten his day and this is the thanks I get.

Don't make me come out there and kick your ass!

Give em' an inch and they take a mile

cmyX6go · #38 06-25-2006, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by SuperGreg

Give em' an inch and they take a mile

2800 something miles is more like it.That would be one hell of a stretch

Payback is a bitch...See what happens the next time he needs some encouragement.

j/k..

He's my bud! Deserves a slap, but he's still my bud!

Eric5273 · #39 06-25-2006, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by PersonaNonGrata

I would say that in general, there is a total lack of personal responsibility in our society. People have been fed a steady diet of a sense of entitlement and they have gobbled it up. People just don't seem to feel that they should answer for their actions and there is always someone or something to blame for their misdeeds and/or lot in life. There are countless examples. I won't even get into things like blaming KFC for failing to warn consumers that deep fried chicken will make them fat.

Take the theft of your gasoline as an example. I'm sure the person(s) who stole it thought they were entitled to because gas costs so much now and you can better afford it than they can. The people who do things like that are the ones who have little to no regard for the rights, property, and dignity of others. That's stating the obvious but it all comes back to the fact that we live in a "gimme society".

Here's a real life example: A guy I work with gets a call from his alarm company that his home alarm went off. He goes home and as he walks in the front door, he discovers a scumbag burglar standing in the hallway, pockets stuffed with his wife's jewelry. The lowlife runs and luckily, some coppers had just arrived and caught him after a short foot pursuit. When asked, the degenerate tells the homeowner that he did it because he didn't have much and just got out of prison (of course!) and that the homeowner has more stuff than he does.

Personally, I think that dude got off easy. If it was my house I would have gone in with my pistol in hand.

I know you are trying to make a connection between entitlements and crime, but then how do you explain that the United States has much higher crime rates than all of Europe and Eastern Asia where they have socialist countries with many more entitlement programs?

I think you can make a case of exactly the opposite. Take a look at Russia and most of Eastern Europe as examples. Since those countries changed their economies from socialism to capitalism in the last 15 years, crime rates have gone way up. Entitlement programs have decreased during that time period as would be expected by changing from socialism to capitalism. Russia now has the second highest percentage of their people locked behind bars of any country in the world. Do you know how is first? Yes, the United States is.

I think you can make a better case of saying that there is a connection between poverty and crime.

jaba · #40 06-25-2006, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Michelle

P.S. Marko--when you are feeling down in the dumps, read this. It makes me crack up even during the crappiest of days!

I totally missed out on that one!! AUGHHH

Maybe I was on vacation during that week but reading through it did make me laugh.

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