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Anonymous Coward User ID: 5065662 United States 06/24/2014 09:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Many of these young people are also victims of an unjust society. The libs set the trap out there many years ago to snare as many as possible into the prison system. Prison is an industry and needs to feed off of youth. Why do we have the culture and the drugs thrown at them? So they will bite. Keeping your mind and hate on those that fell for it keeps you from looking at those that planned and implemented this insidious scam. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 50964872 It's usually the right that is 'tough on crime'. Libs usually just want "programs" to "rehabilitate". |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 31019192 United States 06/24/2014 09:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Many of these young people are also victims of an unjust society. The libs set the trap out there many years ago to snare as many as possible into the prison system. Prison is an industry and needs to feed off of youth. Why do we have the culture and the drugs thrown at them? So they will bite. Keeping your mind and hate on those that fell for it keeps you from looking at those that planned and implemented this insidious scam. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 50964872 It's usually the right that is 'tough on crime'. Libs usually just want "programs" to "rehabilitate". This is not just about government, though - it's about corporations, the medical and insurance industry, the media, and the entertainment industry. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 17961555 United States 06/24/2014 09:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We are no longer a moral and religious people. "We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. . . . Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams Signer of the Declaration of Independence and Second President of the United States [link to www.wallbuilders.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 17961555 United States 06/24/2014 10:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | These are the times we live in. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 31019192 United States 06/24/2014 10:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | According to the most recent Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress, in 2013 there were about 610,000 homeless individuals in the United States, 215,344 of them living unsheltered. Nearly one-quarter of all homeless people were children. One in 45 U.S. children experience homelessness each year. Many cities--primarily those in California, New York, Texas and Florida--have actually seen a recent increase in child homelessness. But the Obama Administration has not addressed this issue. Rather, it has been almost entirely focused on acting in the best interest of the migrants in the U.S. illegally. Almost all of the facilities where the Obama Administration will house minors apprehended at the border are located near metro areas with significant homeless problems. In San Antonio, for instance, hundreds of immigrant children are being provided with comfort and benefits at the Lackland Airforce Base. Children and teens brought to Lackland will be provided with education, foster care programs, and "behavioral treatment centers." The projected cost of such programs, as well as the cost of the housing, has not been disclosed to U.S. taxpayers. Meanwhile, there are almost 3,000 homeless people in San Antonio every day, according to the charity Haven for Hope. The average homeless child in the city is just six years old. Similarly, a Baltimore-based Social Security office building could soon be used to house hundreds more of the border children. But on any given night there are 3,000 Baltimore citizens who experience homelessness. In March 2013, a homeless "community" underneath the Jones Falls Expressway was bulldozed, leaving many without any housing options. In early June, a facility that can hold 600 of the migrants opened at Port Hueneme in California. Port Hueneme is located in Ventura County, where there are about 1,700 homeless adults and children, according the Ventura County 2013 Homeless Count and Subpopulation Survey. As thousands of illegal immigrants are provided with taxpayer-funded food--some of which was reportedly thrown in the trash--hunger among U.S. citizens also remains an issue in some areas of the U.S. According to Feeding America, the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity, 49.0 million Americans, including 15.9 million children, lived in food insecure households in 2012. The Obama Administration has made it very clear that it will use any resources available to do "what's in the best interest" of each migrant child. |
dschis1000 User ID: 47839898 United States 06/24/2014 10:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Many of these young people are also victims of an unjust society. The libs set the trap out there many years ago to snare as many as possible into the prison system. Prison is an industry and needs to feed off of youth. Why do we have the culture and the drugs thrown at them? So they will bite. Keeping your mind and hate on those that fell for it keeps you from looking at those that planned and implemented this insidious scam. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 50964872 Your post has zilch to do with this thread. I am NOT talking about anyone in the prison system or drug addicts and thugs who are victims of ghetto environments and all that - if you want to talk about that, start your own thread. But I am FED UP - and I know what I'm talking about personally - with this country treating good people like garbage . . . from the damned government to corporations to attorneys to the media to the entertainment industry. And I am FED UP with those same entities treating WILLFUL crooks, criminals, thugs, slackasses, cheaters, liars, schemers, con artists, lowlifes, immoral bastards, and unethical slugs as though they deserve consideration, deserve a fair shake, deserve a defense and representation, deserve a fan club, deserve publicity, deserve a tv show or book deal - they deserve NOTHING. We live in a nation wherein SOME entity will literally pay a known criminal or a fat-ass Honey Boo-Boo or a piece of Kardashian garbage MILLIONS of dollars to be the trash that they are . . . and for every one of them, there are hundreds of thousands of decent, legal, honest people who are hurting in some way . . . maybe they've lost their job, maybe they are sick and have no insurance, maybe they've been wronged by their employers and cannot get an attorney to give a damn, maybe they have been victimized in some way on some level and ALL they want is someone to give a damn and help them. Instead, they are thrown to the fringes. Because the American sheeple are too damned busy supporting reality tv trash and overpaid athletes, corporations are too busy cooking the books, the government is too busy funding terrorists and escorting illegal aliens across the border, and the media is too busy promulgating all the lies and deception. And no one gives a damn about the good people in America. Our time is coming. Have faith and don't play their game |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 31019192 United States 06/24/2014 10:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | An American worker, male or female, mundane job, 5 days a week, 40 hours per week. They have bills and expenses, some have spouses and children, many have medical needs, and assorted other financial obligations. They live on a budget as best they can and they worry every single day. They don't get a new car every year, they don't travel the world, they don't buy a new wardrobe every season, many have no savings for the future. They just show up for work every day, on time, and they work hard, get few to no benefits, are allowed maybe two breaks per day and typically 30 minutes for a meal. And they are treated as though they don't count, they don't matter, their hard work is seldom rewarded, no one applauds them or gives them a standing ovation, they are not pampered or catered to, they are not idolized or worshipped by the public, no one writes stories and articles about them, no one offers them more and more opportunities to make more and more money. Two examples of pay: $10 per hour x 40 hours = $400 per week minus taxes (approx) $80 = take home pay: $320 per week Monthly pay: $1,280 $20 per hour x 40 hours = $800 per week minus taxes (approx) $160 = take home pay: $640 per week Monthly pay: $2,560 Now . . . Here's who REALLY matters in America . . . don't you know, these people really do the hard and meaningful work in America, they provide valuable services, they make this nation better because they are so talented and moral and ethical and such good role models . . . 2013 salaries of just a few "celebrities": Lady Gaga 80 million Miley Cyrus 76.5 million Justin Bieber 55 million Taylor Swift 55 million Ellen DeGeneres 56 million Jennifer Lopez 45 million Rihanna 45 million Tiger Woods 78 million LeBron James 60 million Leonardo DiCaprio 39 million Ryan Seacrest 61 million Tom Cruise 35 million Glenn Beck 90 million Rush Limbaugh 66 million Angelina Jolie 33 million Howard Stern 95 million Carrie Underwood 31 million Kenny Chesney 53 million Ashton Kutcher 24 million Mila Kunis 11 million Kanye West 20 million Charlie Sheen 10 million Sean Hannity 30 million Kristen Stewart 22 million Oprah Winfrey 77 million Tyler Perry 78 million Justin Timberlake 63 million Beyonce 57 million Sandra Bullock 63 million Matthew McConaughey 19 million Daniel Radcliffe 17 million George Lopez 12 million Charlize Theron 15 million |
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FlashBuzzkill User ID: 26255514 United States 06/25/2014 12:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Capitalism when unbridled by any sense of morality and loss of religious character has led to an "anything goes" ethos that says winning means getting the most money. It doesn't matter how you do it, just that you do. People who are honest are taken advantage of by nearly everyone, often even by friends and family. Good traits are beaten out of many who have never been taught any sense of ethics. Any inherent desire to help their fellow human is ridiculed and derided as weakness. Despite religion losing ground and laissez-faire capitalism in full bloom some goodness remains and grows. We can only hope it's enough to overcome the overwhelming tide of evil being unleashed around us. Gen. John B Gordon and Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest were the finest citizen-soldiers birthed in America. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 39602482 United States 06/25/2014 01:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ya OP,you've recognized the problem and worded it out well. I don't know how to get around that.But I have a better understanding now. Quoting: Anonymous Doug TY I believe more and more good people are acknowledging the problems - and it is confounding, to be sure. America has truly become a place where the bad guys outnumber the good guys, where nothing seems to make sense. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 39602482 United States 06/25/2014 01:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Capitalism when unbridled by any sense of morality and loss of religious character has led to an "anything goes" ethos that says winning means getting the most money. It doesn't matter how you do it, just that you do. Quoting: FlashBuzzkill People who are honest are taken advantage of by nearly everyone, often even by friends and family. Good traits are beaten out of many who have never been taught any sense of ethics. Any inherent desire to help their fellow human is ridiculed and derided as weakness. Despite religion losing ground and laissez-faire capitalism in full bloom some goodness remains and grows. We can only hope it's enough to overcome the overwhelming tide of evil being unleashed around us. TY for your thoughts on this. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 43117361 United States 06/25/2014 01:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ya OP,you've recognized the problem and worded it out well. I don't know how to get around that.But I have a better understanding now. Quoting: Anonymous Doug TY I believe more and more good people are acknowledging the problems - and it is confounding, to be sure. America has truly become a place where the bad guys outnumber the good guys, where nothing seems to make sense. Agreed , but the haters will receive their reward |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 39602482 United States 06/25/2014 01:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This world likes to pour salt on wounds , we must never give up Quoting: Anonymous Coward 43117361 We must never surrender , forward March Well, it's always been said that "there is power in numbers" - Unfortunately, good people have ignored that philosophy, while the bad guys and special interest groups with counter-productive agendas have taken it and are running wild. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 43117361 United States 06/25/2014 01:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This world likes to pour salt on wounds , we must never give up Quoting: Anonymous Coward 43117361 We must never surrender , forward March Well, it's always been said that "there is power in numbers" - Unfortunately, good people have ignored that philosophy, while the bad guys and special interest groups with counter-productive agendas have taken it and are running wild. Their is power in the truth , their is tremendous power in standing up for what's right Numbers have never impressed me The righteous are as bold as a lion but the wicked flee with out cause |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 39602482 United States 06/25/2014 01:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This world likes to pour salt on wounds , we must never give up Quoting: Anonymous Coward 43117361 We must never surrender , forward March Well, it's always been said that "there is power in numbers" - Unfortunately, good people have ignored that philosophy, while the bad guys and special interest groups with counter-productive agendas have taken it and are running wild. Their is power in the truth , their is tremendous power in standing up for what's right Numbers have never impressed me The righteous are as bold as a lion but the wicked flee with out cause I absolutely believe that too, about power in truth and standing up for what is right . . . but American society is now "structured" to place more emphasis on numbers, it's all about "quantity over quality". That's proven in a starkly practical way via the MSM and by social media - look at how things like FB and Twitter are being used by the worst of the worst - from the ignorant sheeple to terrorist groups. Those are powerful platforms now for organizing criminal activities, recruitment, support of worthless ideas, or just rallying for trashy celebs or some "dreamy" convicted felon. And then too often the MSM steps in and only furthers the agendas. Of course, in some rare cases, social media is used for the good, but overall,the media and social media are very powerful and dangerous tools that are being used by some very powerful and dangerous people and entities. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 43117361 United States 06/25/2014 01:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This world likes to pour salt on wounds , we must never give up Quoting: Anonymous Coward 43117361 We must never surrender , forward March Well, it's always been said that "there is power in numbers" - Unfortunately, good people have ignored that philosophy, while the bad guys and special interest groups with counter-productive agendas have taken it and are running wild. Their is power in the truth , their is tremendous power in standing up for what's right Numbers have never impressed me The righteous are as bold as a lion but the wicked flee with out cause I absolutely believe that too, about power in truth and standing up for what is right . . . but American society is now "structured" to place more emphasis on numbers, it's all about "quantity over quality". That's proven in a starkly practical way via the MSM and by social media - look at how things like FB and Twitter are being used by the worst of the worst - from the ignorant sheeple to terrorist groups. Those are powerful platforms now for organizing criminal activities, recruitment, support of worthless ideas, or just rallying for trashy celebs or some "dreamy" convicted felon. And then too often the MSM steps in and only furthers the agendas. Of course, in some rare cases, social media is used for the good, but overall,the media and social media are very powerful and dangerous tools that are being used by some very powerful and dangerous people and entities. Of course , just read the threads , people became vain A vain people are easily controlled and lead to a slaughter The only wild card left is the rapidly awakening youth Time will tell , people could put their foot down at 8:00 Am today You just never know , I'll always be ready for a miracle |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 39602482 United States 06/25/2014 02:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 39602482 Well, it's always been said that "there is power in numbers" - Unfortunately, good people have ignored that philosophy, while the bad guys and special interest groups with counter-productive agendas have taken it and are running wild. Their is power in the truth , their is tremendous power in standing up for what's right Numbers have never impressed me The righteous are as bold as a lion but the wicked flee with out cause I absolutely believe that too, about power in truth and standing up for what is right . . . but American society is now "structured" to place more emphasis on numbers, it's all about "quantity over quality". That's proven in a starkly practical way via the MSM and by social media - look at how things like FB and Twitter are being used by the worst of the worst - from the ignorant sheeple to terrorist groups. Those are powerful platforms now for organizing criminal activities, recruitment, support of worthless ideas, or just rallying for trashy celebs or some "dreamy" convicted felon. And then too often the MSM steps in and only furthers the agendas. Of course, in some rare cases, social media is used for the good, but overall,the media and social media are very powerful and dangerous tools that are being used by some very powerful and dangerous people and entities. Of course , just read the threads , people became vain A vain people are easily controlled and lead to a slaughter The only wild card left is the rapidly awakening youth Time will tell , people could put their foot down at 8:00 Am today You just never know , I'll always be ready for a miracle I don't know, I frankly don't have much faith in today's youth. Of course there are exceptions, but the 20-30 crowd seems abundantly self-absorbed and apathetic, and everyone under 20 is so inundated with technology that they're like programmed robots, with little to no understanding of how to interact as productive citizens. As much as I want to believe that things in America can be turned around and "we" can step up and take back our country, I think it's more reasonable to accept that it's all too out-of-control. And I maintain that the MSM and social media are the primary facilitators of bad, evil, and destruction. |
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