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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:03 PM Original message |
Poverty Goes Straight to the Brain |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thanks for that. |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. Every citizen should have the opportunity to make a decent living wage. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. that isn't possible when less than 2% loots over 80% of the wealth, an the media spreads that |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. The reign of terror by the wealthy will soon end when the masses........ |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. is that why there is all the talk about restricting guns..?? i never got the story in straight talk. |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. The Second Amendment is secure; the founders put it there for a damn good reason. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. i'm more worried right now about the junkies down the street.. |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. The junkies aren't going to wipe out our entire nation, as well as others. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. the nation is gone ..belly up, we're screwed, they wont do what is required, when |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Couch potato americans don't have a clue of what is to come, you are absolutely right. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. How about less parent-child interaction because of an increased need to work? |
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geiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. From growing up in poverty, but not extreme, I can relate to this myself |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. from the department of no shit... |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. This was really brought home to me while listing to the excellent Radiolab |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. i love Radiolab. thanks for this link -- haven't heard this one. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. i grew up poor. rats, fleas, Free Holiness Pentecostals, a drunken father that beat me daily, i was |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Yeah, that's what I find myself saying, |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. If you are 5 years old, and know better than to ask for food |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. many times we only had white bread and cheap margarine, or elbow macaroni some veggie oil and salt, |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. the question is this: |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
14. Thom Hartmann has done seem really good interviews on this topic. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. K&R n/t |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. other stressors associated with poverty: addiction, mental illness, neglect and abuse |
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santamargarita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
20. I just came from Wired and read the entire article... |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
22. I think stories like this go against something we find deeply American. |
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