[wizkid]

"You see, sir, rich people and theorists -- who are usually rich people -- think of poverty in the negative, as the lack of riches -- as disease might be called the lack of health. But it isn't, sir. Poverty is not the lack of anything, but a positive plague, virulent in itself, contagious as cholera, with filth, criminality, vice and despair as only a few of its symptoms. It is to be stayed away from, even for purposes of study. It is to be shunned."

-from the movie, Sullivan's Travels (1942)

[Talisker]

During the 1990's, this is exactly what happened.

The Clintons, the gift that keeps on giving.

Thanks, wizkid - great post (great quote, too!)

[WolfgangVonKrieg]

This man and his comrades are socialist scum who must be eliminated from our body politic. They are a danger to individual freedom regardless of their skin color or ethnic/racial background. We must, peacefully, drive these people from our nation’s political stage or we will see the end of freedom in our land.

[wizkid]

***NOTICE***

This JohnQuincy post has been deleted due to concerns about comments that appear to advocate violent action.

While it opened with some hyperbole, the heart of the post was to raise awareness of a serious issue concerning the working class. For the most part, the working class people impacted were members of minority groups. The post did not attack them or the defenseless poor. It did question some federal policies which adversely impacted these groups. The JohnQuincy post that was deleted contained such a notice at the beginning of the post. Past the opening paragraph, readers were treated to some compelling data plus a serious discussion of this issue and its devastating impact on many communities.

It saddens me that a post that took an entire weekend to prepare had to be deleted. It also saddens me to have to self censor my work. I used to make fun of the media for the same self censorship but have learned a hard lesson.

I may repost a seriously reedited (censored) version in the future or may just simply give up the whole venture. One hesitates to post anything but the most lukewarm criticism if it endangers the individuals mentioned.

[dfwgator]

WTF is the “Working Class” anyway.....we all work. Sounds like a commie code word.