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Yep, Mel sure is purdy...................
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TA, I think it's very nice to suggest you take in a refugee family. Lets see ya put your money where your big ole mouth is and take in one of these families. They need a home, along with clothes, food and support in finding a job. Surely you have guest room?
I sure hope you aren't all talk, my friend.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.." Theodore Roosevelt Exposure 101
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Posted again for our folks:
First Baptist Church
290 E South St
Longview, Texas
903-758-0681
and put your name on the list to "adopt" a family. Or you can call:
Maude Cobb Center in Longview. That number is (866) 438-4636 [about a 100 refugees and growing daily]
They need money, clothes, blankets, towels, washcloths, pillows, etc.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.." Theodore Roosevelt Exposure 101
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TA, I think it's very nice to suggest you take in a refugee family. Lets see ya put your money where your big ole mouth is and take in one of these families. They need a home, along with clothes, food and support in finding a job. Surely you have guest room?
I sure hope you aren't all talk, my friend.
I have 2 guest bedrooms which I have been in and out of 4x with the WS problems. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
I wanted to have an Exchange student come stay with us but the WS said NO.
I would NOT have a family stay in my house anyways. I would rather donate money and let them get an apartment of their own so they can have privacy also.
I'm not talking about housing at this point.
[b]How about we just get these people Food, Water, and Portable toilets to start.
My ignorant WW said "they're all just a bunch of Stupid * anyways." <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />
Man did she tick me off. I said how would you like if you were stuck there and had no food, water, shelter, protection, etc...
She said "I'm not Stupid, I would have left before the storm came."
Absolutely NO compassion at all. Sometimes I wonder why I even care for her. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />
How fast she is to make comments while living in Luxury on Lake Michigan because of MY hard work.
She can't even afford a cheap apartment on her salary.
I said the "FACT" is they are there so they need help now before they die.
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Melody: I didn't quite catch that contact info for adopting a crawdad-refugee. Could you post that again. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> ROTFLMAO! Wealthy White Republican complaining about Wealthy White Republicans..."Hello pot, this is kettle"... Mr. Wondering
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I would NOT have a family stay in my house anyways. I would rather donate money and let them get an apartment of their own so they can have privacy also. In other words, you won't do a damn thing except sit on here and bltch and whine about others not doing enough. How very "compassionate" you are. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> As we say in Texas: money talks and bullshi** walks....... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />
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Anderson Cooper is on CNN right now and he is very ticked off at the politicians.
He's spewing venom.
He said the Politicians make him sick.
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Wealthy White Republican complaining about Wealthy White Republicans..."Hello pot, this is kettle"...
Mr. Wondering **snort** <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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In other words, you won't do a damn thing except sit on here and bltch and whine about others not doing enough. How very "compassionate" you are. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> As we say in Texas: money talks and bullshi** walks....... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />
I'm not talking about the Private sector, that can come later.
Are you listening?
The Federal Govt, the local State and Municipal agencies are the ones responsible to help these stranded people.
The private sector can do very little at this point to help.
The Govt is in charge, not we the people.
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TA, You voted Republican? Guess you fell for that "Compassionate Conservatism" load of ****. You do realize it is not "prestigious" to vote Republican, don't ya? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> Mr. Wondering
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The Federal Govt, the local State and Municipal agencies are the ones responsible to help these stranded people. TA, *YOU* don't seem to get it. ALL AMERICANS are "responsible." If you aren't willing to take one of these families in, as many of us are, then please shut the heII up because it is apparent that your "compassion" is FAKE. You are in NO POSITION to sanctimoniously lecture anyone if you aren't willing to help yourself. If you have guestrooms, you should be taking in a family. Put your money where your mouth is, TA. PROVE your "compassion."
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There are a lot of things that "W" does that ticks me off.
He is 10x better than that phony Kerry and Theresa Heinz biatch (Hillary clone).
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A link that explains it all... YOU GET WHAT YOU VOTE FOR...Mr. Wondering
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TA, *YOU* don't seem to get it. ALL AMERICANS are "responsible." If you aren't willing to take one of these families in, as many of us are, then please shut the ****** up because it is apparent that your "compassion" is FAKE. Oh please Melody, give it up already.
So, the only way I can help is to have one of these families live in my home? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
By the time N.O. is rebuilt and all these people are taken care of it will cost ME plenty. I'm in the Highest Tax Bracket in the country.
You are in NO POSITION to sanctimoniously lecture anyone if you aren't willing to help yourself. If you have guestrooms, you should be taking in a family. I guess I should stop sending money to that womens shelter by my home and quit giving money to my church because the ONLY way to truly help these people is to allow them to live in my famiy's home. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> Put your money where your mouth is, TA. PROVE your "compassion." I PROVE it every year to the IRS on my tax return.
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We're in Michigan too. But we aren't talking about Michigan. We're talking about LA, MS, and AL. They, my friend, are red.
How many votes do ya think the Republicans are losing in NO right now? Wait until you see how efficiently they line up the tax breaks for the corporations next spring.
BTW, can we count on seeing you at the Michigan Militia "revival" in Davison. Ha Ha
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I guess I should stop sending money to that womens shelter by my home and quit giving money to my church because the ONLY way to truly help these people is to allow them to live in my famiy's home.[/b] <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> Put up or shut up, TA.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9163091/By Bob Faw Correspondent NBC News *** once again, copyrighted content edited out ***
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I have to wonder just how influenced we [that's a casual we btw..I'm sure at least some people here have a better source of specific information] are by what we are being shown [round the clock] on TV.
I was sitting outside at work today and overheard some conversation about the aftermath. People were laughing and making jokes like "Uh..you aren't a part of our country anymore"..they were upset about potential gas price increases and completely callous to the suffering that is actually occuring.
I'm sure that there were plenty of people who stayed when they could have left. I saw an interview with a woman prior to landfall who flat out said she could have left but was staying to be with her family. I remember feeling irritated with her and [talking out loud to the tv all by myself of course] saying does she realize she is going to consume very limited resources?! Could I have left my own family behind though if I were in a position of forced choice? Could I say...well..sons and daughters and assorted other people I care about but can not sustain..I sure do hope you all don't die..I'm bailing though..try to catch up to you on the flip side.
This is a catastrophic event. I don't think political agendas or even ethical judgements have a place at the very least until the bodies aren't floating down the streets any longer. For every idiot who found a gun and a lack of police to spank then for using it there are probably 5 children who are hungry and tired and frightened and I'd be willing to bet that the volunteers haven't seen much in the way of meals and toilets either. There are a lot of people who are providing aid that stayed and risked while being fully aware that it could be the last decision they ever made..they stayed for those in denial who went to a class 5 hurricane with a book and a diet coke expecting to be home the next day.
It's a big cross section..the common element is that whatever caused them to be there..there they are and it is truly unpleasant in a way that even we [who think we know a little something about pain] can't probably really comprehend.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once ~Shakespeare
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TA...
Okay, perhaps a reasonable, factual article. But if this cause concerns you so, and you are so very passionate about it as well as being so socially concious of it, then why are you still voting Republican??? Oh Yeah, that's right, the $$$$...Odd that you seem to argue so vehemently for a bleeding heart liberal social issue, and care you may, but not as much as you do for the "almighty dollar", eh?
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