Tag: poverty
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November 18, 2007 01:39 AM EST --
A common lament among conservative groups is that liberal fiscal policy is nothing more than redistribution of wealth. However, if you think about it, so is Capitalism.
Jim told me . . . more
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July 28, 2008 11:46 AM EDT --
My friend, Lyn, who has been homeless for a few months called me yesterday from West Virginia. She's been living in a tent up in the hills, hiding in the forest. Her parents died in a car accident . . . more
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March 01, 2008 08:07 AM EST --
You pass me by on a crowded street
Without blinking an eye
And my days, they pass so swiftly now
I've no worries of how time flies
If I had been good enough . . . more
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July 27, 2008 07:33 PM EDT --
With an empty stomach
eating his own hunger pangs
He complains not
broods not,
His silence speaks
when the riches are stone deaf
He may enters the gate of heaven
attain . . . more
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September 13, 2007 05:12 PM EDT --
I will never forget the site of this woman. She begged for a living. She sat everyday in the corner by the "farmacia." She picked and groomed her long witch-like . . . more
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August 05, 2008 10:15 AM EDT --
Don't Let Them Spend Our Money!
by Marilyn Mackenzie
I got a message from GOPUSA today that deserves some attention. The information provided was also a part of the EXPOSEOBAMA.com . . . more
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August 17, 2007 10:46 AM EDT --
For some unknown reason, my Grandma Alice dubbed me “Keeper of Family History.” She then proceeded to give me books, papers, pictures and other ephemera with snippets of family stories. For . . . more
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December 31, 2007 08:10 AM EST --
Promise at the end of the rainbow
Golden yellow brick road
Emerald blarney kiss
Deludes direction on a gilded path
Listen to my sapphire eyes
. . . more
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December 28, 2006 05:43 PM EST --
SADNESS, PAIN, AND POVERTY
It is warm and toasty in my house today. I feel so chilly on the inside though. A chill I cannot shake. I suffer the familiar chill when melancholy taps into my soul. . . . more
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July 07, 2006 03:34 PM EDT --
As one can imagine, growing up poor meant living in places that were not
for the weak or tender-hearted. You had to be tough to grow up in a slum. Life was hard and you had to roll with the punches. My . . . more
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September 01, 2007 03:32 PM EDT --
Apparently, according to unemployment, it's much preferable to do nothing rather than to go back to school. Because Aus is going back to school, when he filed for unemployment last week (they make . . . more
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October 30, 2007 03:44 PM EDT --
The real Dracula would not tolerate poverty. He therefore, invited all the poor of the town to come to his castle to eat and feast. There were about 1500 people there. He left . . . more
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August 18, 2008 06:07 PM EDT --
On Saturday night, Rick Warren, pastor and bestselling author of The Purpose Driven Life , sat down with Barak Obama and John McCain at his megachurch in California and asked them some tough questions. . . . more
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December 04, 2006 10:36 AM EST --
I made a new friend the other day.
I had walked to the drugstore. I always walk, if I can avoid driving. I don't like to give my money to the oil companies and I can use the exercise. . . . more
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February 10, 2007 03:39 PM EST --
The poor in America would be considered rich in many other areas of this world. If not rich, then certainly stable. Poverty has its own American definition. Poverty in America still means money, food, . . . more
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November 06, 2007 08:03 PM EST --
With the influx of people clambering to claim their little slice of paradise next to the waters edge, with the increase of development, it is hard to
find that special place, without paying . . . more
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January 02, 2008 11:52 AM EST --
washingtonpost.com
Remember This: 350 Parts Per Million
By Bill McKibben
Friday, December 28, 2007; Page A21
This month may have been . . . more
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January 11, 2008 11:08 PM EST --
Life is filled with trials. Each of us have our own kind of trial and each of up think that out trials are worse than anyone else's. For me, when I work with families of all ages, I see the trials . . . more
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May 23, 2008 12:27 AM EDT --
Anyone from the east coast will raise their eyebrows slightly when I mention where I was born, so if asked I generally say, "New England". If they continue to press, I answer, "Connecticut", . . . more
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May 26, 2008 10:15 PM EDT --
A few months ago, I posted an article bringing attention to the Free Rice Word Game.
By Ashleigh Patterson, CTV.ca News: The United Nations says millions of online wordsmiths have translated their . . . more
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