rob

i don't know why anybody should feel personally guilty about something somebody else did, but I guess we're a pretty strange species. It seems to me that guilt is usually felt when, you know, you're guilty? I don't remember ever bringing smallpox to any natives. Aren't those somebody else's crimes? I don't know why I'm supposed to feel guilty when I discuss it. I dunno, it all seems so catholic.

Then that's your choice. I'm pro-choice.

FTFY

Prole, don't you have any real friends on your FB or is it all just old HS people plus your mom?

I guess we could always draft the poor? Oh wait, I guess we're already doing that.

Out of a fraction of our unreasonably massive defense budget.

I can say for sure that id like to see increased funding for emergency shelters, particularly family shelters, as well as more public housing. These areas are woefully underfunded and there are a surprising number of homeless families in the Seattle school district. It's very sad.

So anyway, what's the solution to this problem? It's a fair criticism that we need a better way to measure the effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of assistance programs. I mean, assume we have a perfect safety net, but someone's income is still zero (but they're taken care of). Is that still poverty? Assuming a blank check, how do you fix this? Education? Renewed U.S. industry?

"He'll also be sure to claim his targets lack humor when asked to keep it clean." But sometimes it's true.

And also sometimes just to make fun of people who act uptight, even if you agree with them.

I used to get a tremendous amount of Ron Paul ads.

Steal your face right off your head [video:youtube]

You mean, just like that other overhyped fad "television?"?

the IRS sure knows me

In 3,000 years those bolts will be artifacts. Then it will be OK.

Wrong. Raindawg's getting grief for being Raindawg. His profession seems to just be something he's sensitive about, so people just push that button. I don't know the guy, personally, but he sure seems uptight. Archaeology is cool, though, I'm pretty sure nobody is actually giving him grief just because of that.

I wouldn't take it all so seriously, Raindawg. Diggin' up mummies and shit, that's pretty cool. I'm sure everyone thinks so. It's worth noting that it was the original poster who first lamented the fact that all the spray had been removed from his own thread. There was some funny stuff there. Apparently less funny from your perspective though.

If you really felt guilty, you'd kill yourself

My kids and I went down to the shelter and ate cheeseburgers in front of all the poor children. it was awesome.

can somebody please lock this thread?

I don't remember anybody saying any of those things. Are you having an imaginary conversation?

we should spend more $$ on education. It's not surprising that the most impoverished tend to be poorly educated.

I think the argument was that they aren't *as* poor, but you know, whatever

Oh, are we talking about homeless highway panhandlers? I thought we were talking about families with children surviving below the poverty line. You must be losing the argument. Unless you're saying that most impoverished children belong to the urban homeless (not true, btw, most impoverished children live in rural areas)

You know, I was impoverished with children, once. I had a wife and two kids and we lived on about 15-20k a year for about 3 years.