tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270198873320954678.post135320179735194464..comments2023-08-03T06:22:36.308-07:00Comments on My Journey: Politically Speaking This Is Menew#3http://www.blogger.com/profile/08502107324722814488noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270198873320954678.post-22220234157740476102012-11-29T17:53:12.887-08:002012-11-29T17:53:12.887-08:00Anonymous you probably are unaware that the "...Anonymous you probably are unaware that the "free phone" program was actually instituted by George W. Bush in 2008.new#3https://www.blogger.com/profile/08502107324722814488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270198873320954678.post-47998479460722461242012-11-28T18:34:15.943-08:002012-11-28T18:34:15.943-08:00The government forcefully taking from some to give...The government forcefully taking from some to give to others is called stealing. The rich pay most of the taxes and provide jobs, yet they are called evil by the democrats. The people getting welfare, free phones etc, pay nothing back and vote for democrats who keep the goodies coming. The result is $16 trillion in debt that will enslave future generations. All of this is considered "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270198873320954678.post-80051472655821868392012-01-20T19:26:36.164-08:002012-01-20T19:26:36.164-08:00Love to you O&W, and new#3, my catholic educat...Love to you O&W, and new#3, my catholic education was grade 1-12 and some of college. Most was taught by Jesuits, the most fiercely logical in the church. I loved the latin and the ritual, take that away and it wasn't special anymore. We were given propositions to think about and then support our positions with appropriate references or data. Really we were taught to think. We were Border Colliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14707164450793550636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270198873320954678.post-58767457793195736192012-01-20T08:19:19.395-08:002012-01-20T08:19:19.395-08:00I guess we three have a common thread--I, too, am ...I guess we three have a common thread--I, too, am a "lapsed Catholic." I was not raised Catholic, though all of my relatives on my father's side were Catholic.<br /><br />I was actually afraid of the Catholic Church as a child. My grandparents attended a church that had a HUGE lifelike crucifix, blood and all. It terrified me. Not to mention that Mass was in Latin, and grandma wouldOlder and Weiserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00201486776769991800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270198873320954678.post-7892127460079851912012-01-19T14:04:10.167-08:002012-01-19T14:04:10.167-08:00New3, we seem to be in the exact same religious po...New3, we seem to be in the exact same religious position.<br /><br />Older and Weiser, I thought I did distinguish clearly between the working poor and the professional poor. I guess not, and I won't try again. I have no abundance of anything, and I have helped others who sincerely wanted to change. It cost me a lot of time and money, but my two cases of intense help were ultimately Border Colliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14707164450793550636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270198873320954678.post-75383687683110788582012-01-19T07:01:14.610-08:002012-01-19T07:01:14.610-08:00No problem Older and Weiser, I enjoy lively debate...No problem Older and Weiser, I enjoy lively debate and I'm pretty sure BC does too.<br /><br />I forgot to answer the religion question BC asked. I consider myself a Christian. I was raised Roman Catholic but are what is generally called a "fallen away Catholic." i.e. I don't go to Church often and disagree with the man made policies of the Church frequently. There is a post in new#3https://www.blogger.com/profile/08502107324722814488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270198873320954678.post-68076401710488956062012-01-18T21:16:37.740-08:002012-01-18T21:16:37.740-08:00BC, I was not asking that you "take back"...BC, I was not asking that you "take back" what you said; I only implied that not everyone who is poor should be lumped into the blanket statement, "one problem with the poor is..."<br /><br /><br />It is a very humbling experience for someone who has always been too proud to ask for any kind of help to find themselves getting food from a church pantry because they lost their Older and Weiserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00201486776769991800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270198873320954678.post-46208518420188999422012-01-18T02:19:39.620-08:002012-01-18T02:19:39.620-08:00@Older and Weiser, this old dog takes nothing back...@Older and Weiser, this old dog takes nothing back. I did not know we were speaking of the working poor versus the professional poor. The working poor are doing the first thing to success, working. They are not paying income tax and very well may be getting money back that they never paid in. That's a bonus to encourage them. They may be eligible for other services. They have the right Border Colliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14707164450793550636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270198873320954678.post-67669009288928374662012-01-17T14:12:38.487-08:002012-01-17T14:12:38.487-08:00I think I'll just let you two duke it out lol....I think I'll just let you two duke it out lol..yes, politics and religion are sensitive subjects. My problem generally speaking is that I can see both sides, but it infuriates me when politicians start talking about welfare and medicare and other so called entitlements...even health insurance. They don't pay in to theirs at all unlike most people. I watched a show about the amount of foodnew#3https://www.blogger.com/profile/08502107324722814488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270198873320954678.post-78319818151963229932012-01-16T22:41:31.064-08:002012-01-16T22:41:31.064-08:00The bible's "poor among us" seem to ...The bible's "poor among us" seem to me to be those afflicted with really dreadful disease or mental illness or vagaries of nature like natural disasters or old age or orphans. I could not find many who would not want to help those people. But the money which should go to the truly needy is drained off by the tens of millions in this country who, when welfare runs out, run to Border Colliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14707164450793550636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270198873320954678.post-16031058035004817502012-01-16T19:40:37.865-08:002012-01-16T19:40:37.865-08:00I admire you for sharing your thoughts, New#3. Pol...I admire you for sharing your thoughts, New#3. Politics and religion are two areas I amost never talk about, because inevitably, there will be a heated discussion. Why? Because we all are wonderful, individual creatures. Like snowflakes, no two are alike.<br /><br />I don't think Border Collie meant to sound insensitive about poor people ("One problem with the poor is that they won'tOlder and Weiserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00201486776769991800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270198873320954678.post-2545108221896857662012-01-16T01:27:32.934-08:002012-01-16T01:27:32.934-08:00One problem with the poor is that they won't c...One problem with the poor is that they won't change and become productive if you don't expect anything of them. Your church will feed you when ill and pray with you but aren't in a position to put you and all your relatives up in separate paid housing, which many want. The taxpayers do. If you give a government "entitlement" the recipients feel less and less need to do a Border Colliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14707164450793550636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270198873320954678.post-16125792221349630162012-01-15T21:37:49.502-08:002012-01-15T21:37:49.502-08:00This post deserves many comments. It is a mix of ...This post deserves many comments. It is a mix of political affiliation and religious belief. You are a liberal democrat and a what....Mormon, christian, what? Your post seems to imply that fundamentalist christians and I guess mormons are very prejudicial towards those with whom they disagree politically, but are generous toward the poor. Christian fundamentalists I know are pretty poor Border Colliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14707164450793550636noreply@blogger.com