[Luke Skyfreeper]

Aaaaand once again at Free Republic, the chorus of insults against those of us who are doing our best, and still literally struggling to barely survive, reaches a frenzied pitch.

Tell ya what, if you're looking for compassionate conservatism, ya better contact the White House, 'cause it's frequently in short supply around here.

I say all this while agreeing that the people who were raking in $250,000 were unbelievably foolish not to save it while they had it.

In my case, that was never the case.

All I can say is, I believe there's justice in the world. If you believe in kicking the crap out of others while they're down, well... we'll see. It may well be that your time is coming, someday, to understand what it's like.

[mountaineer]

Nobody's kicking the crap out of anyone. The people profiled in the story don't deserve our sympathy, though. They seem to have frittered their money away, and do not appear willing to do whatever it takes to support themselves, whether it's menial labor or working two jobs. Most of us aren't quite so arrogant or prideful. If we have to clean toilets to support our families, we will.

[Desert88]

Tell ya what, if you're looking for compassionate conservatism, ya better contact the White House, 'cause it's frequently in short supply around here.

Just because a few choose to behave like a$$holes, please don't ascribe their behavior to all conservatives.

[Hot Tabasco]

It may well be that your time is coming, someday, to understand what it's like.

I understand your comment and I agree with you. It is going to happen to me in the not so distant future, either by my employer's hands or my own. My only regret is not expanding my horizons but rather learning my company specific task better than any college educated individual could ever hope to achieve in school.....

I for one can not stand in judgment of anyone who loses their job for anything other than misconduct....

When I observe what is now happening with my company, a tier one supplier to the Big 3 and owned by a German Steel conglomerate, I have to question where the economic recovery is actually occuring......

[ETERNAL WARMING]

All I can say is, I believe there's justice in the world. If you believe in kicking the crap out of others while they're down, well... we'll see. It may well be that your time is coming, someday, to understand what it's like.

Yeah...I can hardly wait for their turn. It will come if they keep their heads in the sand. I remember when the Techies were just like them..sneering, condescending AHs who put down the factory workers. Then it was their turn...They don't laugh anymore.

[Euro-American Scum]

All I can say is, I believe there's justice in the world. If you believe in kicking the crap out of others while they're down, well... we'll see. It may well be that your time is coming, someday, to understand what it's like.

It's called payback. And these hardcase types will squeal like stuck pigs when it comes back on them.