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1 posted on 02/01/2014 4:41:41 PM PST by servo1969
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To: servo1969

Brutal, honest, and true. If I post this on Facebook for my Liberal friends to see, they’d probably have an aneurysm trying to respond that we haven’t thrown enough money at it yet, or some such nonsense. A few might try to respond intelligently, but all I’d have to do is say that Africa is still a bad place to be right now.


2 posted on 02/01/2014 4:56:26 PM PST by wastedyears (The Ender's Game movie was a stupendous, colossal, galactic failure to me.)
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To: servo1969

I had read an extraordinary study, conducted at least 10 years ago, on the “sweat shops” in east Asian countries.

Making less than a dollar a day, which was a dollar more than before, these folks learned a skill. They figured out better ways to manufacture their products that led to advancements both individually and for the whole.

Cubans know how to keep their 57’ Chevy’s running out of necessity.

Human ingenuity trumps central planning every time.


3 posted on 02/01/2014 5:00:33 PM PST by Zeneta
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To: servo1969

Exactly true. Is the NAACP going to disband now that a self proclaimed black man has achieved the highest elected office in the nation? Is Moveon.org ever going to move on? Nope.


4 posted on 02/01/2014 5:12:28 PM PST by Organic Panic
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To: servo1969
Catholic Charities had been around a LONG time. They have been so faithful and honest with that task that AMERICAN foreign aid is distributed through Catholic Charities.

How can you beat it? Catholic volunteers donating time, effort, money and goods FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. That kind of love and loyalty CANNOT be bought.

6 posted on 02/01/2014 5:18:14 PM PST by cloudmountain
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7 posted on 02/01/2014 5:19:03 PM PST by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
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To: servo1969
No one can fix Detroit except the people who live there.

Here's a news clip with lots of curse words but I think it's worth a look...people are getting sick of things.

Melinda Brown Duncan EXPLODES To News Reporter. "I'll Show You How To Run The City Of Detroit"

8 posted on 02/01/2014 5:19:18 PM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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To: servo1969

When you hand out “free” food in a stricken area, you put the local food producers out of business.
The best solution, of course, is buy the food from the local producers before shipping in more (if necessary). Or to provide the locals with the means of obtaining their own food.
But that doesn’t actually get them the power they’re looking for...


9 posted on 02/01/2014 5:23:17 PM PST by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: servo1969

I used to think people needed to fix the problems of their own countries. But now look at us. We have been hobbled by government policies and have not been able to overturn them. We were successful because America rewarded ingenuity, hard work, and everyone working at self-reliance. We will fail and become another third world country because that is now being punished.


11 posted on 02/01/2014 5:31:16 PM PST by informavoracious (Open your eyes, people!)
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To: servo1969
"No one can fix Detroit except the people who live there."

Ellen Ripley could fix it.

12 posted on 02/01/2014 5:57:36 PM PST by Edward Teach
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To: servo1969

I agree with the whole premise of this article, and have witnessed it first hand in third world countries, but I think the author needs to get into exact detail regarding the follwoing paragragh:

“Instead they wear suits, coordinate with community organizers and clamor for more money for broken inner city neighborhoods so they can siphon it off”

To be effective, we need to be able to explain “how” they “siphon” it off. This is the biggest problem with hyperbole, such as “those politicians just passed law “x” so they could “line their pockets”.

Specifics count. Otherwise, it’s just another accusation out of 10,000 accustations, some without merit, so no punishment ever evolves.


17 posted on 02/01/2014 7:14:36 PM PST by Greenpees (Coulda Shoulda Woulda)
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To: servo1969

Bttt.


18 posted on 02/01/2014 7:15:01 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (NRA)
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To: servo1969

if you really want to help someone, help someone you already know and have a relationship with, that trusts you, and that you k now has a good head on their shoulders, they just need a break from someone at the right time.

none of us are tasked to save the whole world. but we can make a difference to those who are doing well, and maybe need someone to bet on them.


19 posted on 02/01/2014 7:26:46 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: servo1969

Save the world? Why would I want to do that? They hate us.


20 posted on 02/01/2014 7:55:54 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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