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Forum: US Politics Topic: The Town That Turned Poverty Into a Prison Sentence |
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 11:56 am
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| As for moi, my lot in life is an enigma. I have a genetic heritage as far up as an Earl,my absentee grandfather was a CEO due to his name, another ,a great grandfather was a man who ran a small town on the Italian Riviera. And yet I, was brought up in a now destroyed government housing project. To ... |
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Forum: US Politics Topic: The Town That Turned Poverty Into a Prison Sentence |
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 11:47 am
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| And yet that quote does have a ring of truth. i have reading disorders. but this is borderline trolling. I posted this; How come 'poor people' never blame themselves for their lot in life??? Yet they have no problem screaming/whining for 'society' to make it all better for them! I find this appalli... |
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Forum: US Politics Topic: The Town That Turned Poverty Into a Prison Sentence |
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 11:21 am
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| I was born into poverty, was passed from pillar to post when I was a kid. What Yogi spoke about is pulling one's self out of poverty by having a desire to do so. Some do, some do not. The "do not's" are the one's he's talking about. Unless you yourself have ever been in that position, the... |
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Forum: US Politics Topic: The Town That Turned Poverty Into a Prison Sentence |
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 10:29 am
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| See 'Bold'. As to your very last statement, I call BULLSHIT! I wasn't raised with a silver spoon in my mouth. I worked my ass off to get where I wanted to be. I fully expect all other ABLE BODIED people to do the same! go reread my post and see where I actually deny that able bodied people shouldn'... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: BBC bans Jesus from Radio 2 |
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 10:20 am
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| flash drive 1 033.wmv We are not amused. Lets just say for a moment that Jesus Christ did live and taught a message of love and turning the other cheek and the politics of the time had him crucified. Lets say further that the Romans had a history of sorts and that this was knowledge in the hands of... |
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Forum: US Politics Topic: The Town That Turned Poverty Into a Prison Sentence |
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 10:09 am
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| How come 'poor people' never blame themselves for their lot in life??? Yet they have no problem screaming/whining for 'society' to make it all better for them! I find this appalling. There is a plethora of reasons for being poor or at the very least down on your luck. The only instance your post co... |
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Forum: US Politics Topic: The Town That Turned Poverty Into a Prison Sentence |
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:54 am
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| As per the Dali Lama. I'm pretty sure he was getting at non attachment. The attachment to this world is for the Buddha total suffering. the four noble truths are solely about suffering. from; http://www.buddhamind.info/leftside/under/buddha/4truths.htm 1. Noble Truth of Suffering Chasing after the d... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Accused pimp says teen girls were willing sex partners |
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 11:52 am
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| It's pretty disgusting what a cesspool CKA has become. i am not commenting on anything other this. admitting to being the major floater in the shitter this is worth weeks of being a noob here to actually read. I need to work this into a signature. it's better than William Blake . god i love this pl... |
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Forum: Entertainment Topic: British Gangster Films |
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 11:47 am
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Guy_Fawkes Guy_Fawkes: If you have netflix there is one on there I watched on a lark called Cockney's vs Zombies. It's tongue and cheek, and a good movie to watch if you're bored.
HA!
i will keep it in mind.
lot of zombie movies as of late. |
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Forum: Canadian Politics Topic: Reflections On Quebec Separatism And Related Issues |
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 11:44 am
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| Also, Quebec's strategy is clear. The Charter of Secular Values, the language police, the anti-immigrant tones, etc. Its to cause a mass emigration of Anglophones and Allophones to the ROC before the referendum so old stock 40+ Francophones can siphon out their razor thin majority. sigh…again with ... |
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Forum: Canadian Politics Topic: Reflections On Quebec Separatism And Related Issues |
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 11:43 am
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| It can't happen and it won't happen. The ROC (Rest of Canada) is fed up with Quebec, and rightly so. The prevailing attitude among Anglophones is "let them go if they want to leave so badly; and take your share of the national debt too!".. i have to stop you here. The ROC as you put it ,i... |
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Forum: Entertainment Topic: British Gangster Films |
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 11:34 am
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| I love a lot of British Cinema and Television movies like Layer Cake, Revolver, Lock Stock, Snatch, Moving Target ect are some of my favorates. Watched layer cake last night as a matter of fact. the ending .well..you know .. also watched Gangster no.1 last night. The violence upset the wife, and th... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Accused pimp says teen girls were willing sex partners |
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 11:22 am
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He lost me when he said
$1: He testified that while they may have voluntarily taken date-rape drug GHB
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Forum: Entertainment Topic: British Gangster Films |
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 11:17 am
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| I've been working my way through these over the past few months. i use a torrent. http://www.britflicks.co.uk/blog.aspx?blogid=309 It's an interesting form of gangster movie other than hollywood. Like coronation street , one gets a very real feel to the stories and characters. th... |
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Forum: Canadian Politics Topic: Reflections On Quebec Separatism And Related Issues |
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 10:13 am
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| My own reflections include a piece I saw over the weekend on question Period CTV. Gilles Duceppe talked about using Canadian currency. He said any one can use Canadian currency. Which really hit me in the reality check zone. We get all patriotic and sovereign towards our currency and think of it as ... |
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