[InvisibleChurch]

[Cicero]

They don't call it the boob tube for nothing.

[RockinRight]

So...the poor are often poor because of their own bad judgement??

Whoda thunkit?

[Thrusher]

The definition of "poor" should exclude people who have cash to buy computers or big-screen TVs.

[since1868]

That is why they are poor.

[atomicpossum]

Our poor have the expectation of 'right here, right now.' There's no planning for the future, only short-term gratification. Which, predictably, is why they remain poor.

[Izzy Dunne]

More than 34 percent of poor own two color TVs compared with 33 percent of the rich

Divide? What divide?

[teenyelliott]

Poor people are poor for a reason, you know.

And it IS NOT the man keeping them down.

[Viet Vet in Augusta GA]

Not only that, but they probably watch Jim Lehrer...

[TheBigB]

But, but, but...how else can you really enjoy Jerry Springer?

[Neanderthal]

Someone needs to explain to the poor that they can play cool computer ganes on PC's.

[fizziwig]

Jesus said "you will always have the poor." But it is pretty hard to see someone as poor who owns a big screen tv and gets cable.

[cripplecreek]

There used to be one of those motivational millionaires who was always on TV hawking his how to make a million seminar. I think his name was Anthony Roberts.

The smartest thing I ever heard came out of that guys mouth. He said "watch what poor people do and don't do it."

[cyborg]

When I had a little, penny annny job, I bought myself another laptop. I scrape enough money together for cable modem fees. I'm a poor person with priorities :o)

[thoughtomator]

If someone can afford to buy a big-screen TV, they are not poor.

[Incorrigible]

Coulda' swore the official flower of the trailer park was the Satellite Dish.

[Spok]

These are the same people the liberals want us to believe are starving to death.

[Neoliberalnot]

I miss the drive-ins. We have to drive 60 miles to see one.

I am not poor by any means, but I don't have a big-screen TV, cable or satellite dish. We have a 25 inch screen and get 4 local channels. On the other hand, our house is wired with CAT-5 cable to every room, we have DSL and 3 computers on-line and conduct business using them. I don't work from home but my wife does. I don't need the big-screen or cable to waste any more time. I base most of my decisions on whether it will benefit my family.

[bmwcyle]

Then they watch PBS, NBC, ABC, and CBS. It is not the TV. It is the programming.

[texas_mrs]

ELECTRONIC BLING

[TChris]

Lesson for today: Most poor people are poor for a reason. If they will only learn and change their habits, they will become as wealthy as those new habits cause.