What is the definition of "POOR" in America?

* Overwhelmed & Intimidated * * Time for a nap....

But my ideas, morals and values are better than yours.....mine are the ideas, morals and values of the majority and the Founding Fathers....mine work and comport with human nature....mine are consistent with the Declaration and Constitution......mine make society work and prosper.....mine promote the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people......mine make it possible for yours to exist...... Originally Posted by Marshall

This sums you up quite nicely.

.....mine promote the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people

I am an objectivist....there is only one truth...... Originally Posted by Marshall

That sounds like Commie talk to me!

...........mine make it possible for yours to exist......

...... Originally Posted by Marshall

I would say my gun makes it possible for my views to exist, not your gun, your gun makes it possible for your views to exist.

Quit patting yourself on the back so damn much , you're going to break your angel wings.

* Overwhelmed & Intimidated * * Time for a nap.... Originally Posted by MrGiz

Don't sleep to long , or slackers may over run your lot in life

But my ideas, morals and values are better than yours.....mine are the ideas, morals and values of the majority and the Founding Fathers....mine work and comport with human nature....mine are consistent with the Declaration and Constitution......mine make society work and prosper.....mine promote the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people......mine make it possible for yours to exist......

I am an objectivist....there is only one truth...... Originally Posted by Marshall

John Bull, now you see why I can't join up with the Tea Folks!

It is a great concept untill you look around and see who you have joined up with

I think you're confusing "deemed ridiculous" for "over your head".



. Originally Posted by Doove

Blind squirrel. Originally Posted by Doove

That explains his nuttiness

What I said is not as funny as Doove falling into my trap.....I actually expected him to accuse me of being in a mental hospital and had a response ready, but he's dumber than I thought and didn't even think of insulting the hospital I'm in! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! Originally Posted by Marshall

You first say i fell into your trap, then in the very next breath you say i was too dumb to do what you expected me to do.

By the way, DFW, wouldn't you say Marshall is just being an instigator?

Quit patting youself on the back so damn much and join the real world. Originally Posted by WTF

Marshall telling us how great he is is like FOX News telling us how fair and balanced they are all the time, or people built like the Pillsbury Dough-boy telling everyone at the party how they work out all the time - it's because they have to, since nobody would be able to tell otherwise.

Don’t the preachers expose from their pulpits that if you are a good person, if you tive (sp), if you follow in the steps of Jesus, you’ll be rewarded with worldly success. In other words if you’re a sinner, your punishment is poverty. Originally Posted by OliviaHoward

OH--I don't think you can paint all preachers with the same brush...just like hobbyists (I'm sure you have your favorites and ones you wouldn't see again). Please Google "name it claim it" theology. That's what you're talking about and there are a minority of preachers who espouse this theology, although desperate people attach themselves to the theology quite readily, and therein lies it's viciousness.

As the Bible says, "the rain falls on the just and the unjust." Whether or not you are rich and whether or not you are successful has nothing to do with how Godly you are. There are extremely evil people who are quite successful. There are extremely Godly people who are poor as church mice.

Most preachers, I think, would not trace wealth or poverty to Godliness.

I thought you would walk forward into the trap, but you backed into it....my trap had a back-up plan......HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! Originally Posted by Marshall

Marshall quit dreaming, this is a hetro-sexual board.

By the way, DFW, wouldn't you say Marshall is just being an instigator?


. Originally Posted by Doove

If he thought Marshall was an instigator, he would then have to think that he was an instigator, blowing his instigator theory outta the water....


I think what DFW does not care for is a comedic instigator. Lord knows those two haven't been funny on purpose ever!

I guess I should believe you when you say you can go both ways politically....... Originally Posted by Marshall

Yea, I think we get fuc'd equally by both parties butt especially hard by the GOP for the last thirty years.

comedic instigator? Who's that? Originally Posted by Marshall

Nothing to worry your pretty lil head over sugar britches. You're just an instigator. We will let ya know when you accidently say something funny.

Originally Posted by Sa_artman

. . . but it also takes three or more pair of these to have a true circle jerk.

You don't go stand in a long line at a great restaurant and expect to get in for the next seating. But when your time comes, you will. If admission to the restaurant was purely random or dictated by an external force (e.g., government), you would have little motivation to stand in line.

Equality occurs over time -- not necessarily in one generation. That's the American story -- make a better life for your kids. Most of us were the children or grandchildren of immigrants. Each generation works to better their life and give their children the opportunity to move further up the ladder. That is a powerful motivator. Originally Posted by pjorourke

I agree..

Of course they don't. They're like a guy at the end of a 3 mile race, huffing and puffing, puking their guts out, who think they're hot shit because they finished 3 feet ahead of the other guy.....nevermind the fact that they had a 2 mile head start.

Is there "opportunity" for everyone? Of course. But some people have 100 ping pong balls in the bin, and some people have 1 ping pong ball in the bin. That's just a fact. But i don't expect the MrGiz's of the world to accept that fact, since that would blow a hole in their feel-good-about-themselves theory that they're simply better and more deserving. [/size][/font]
Originally Posted by Doove

all of this is no difrent than having a "imaginary friend in the sky". Can someone please get more specific about who is the "ping pong" people and I dont want to hear "the poor"!!LOL!! Is it strickly a dollar value??If were strickly talking dollar value than ISIS is the only one that has come up with a baseline figure, kinda.. If we cant specifically identify who you want to help than , how the hell can they be helped?who specificly are we suppose to target with help ?How can you throw out a blanket statement about people having a "head start" you have no clue of how I was raised and under what economic situation as well as any others here.

And i can only wonder how many people out there, right this very moment, people making half of what you're making, who aren't able to sit at a computer all day posting on a hooker board because they're actually working. Originally Posted by Doove

I love this post!!LOL!! Id love to find out just how many ARE getting paid to be on here cause they ARE doing it under their employers time..?I pay all the bills to be here..