[Cog]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shaved Monkey', 'o')r poor education standards has led them to their self destructive lifestyles politically and physically

[Shaved Monkey]

Chicken and the egg

Privilege is like bad breath everyone can smell it except the people who have it.

[Cog]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shaved Monkey', 'C')hicken and the egg

Privilege is like bad breath everyone can smell it except the people who have it.

[AgentR11]

I like my privilege; I have plenty of it. Just being born within the borders of the US yields immense amounts of privilege regardless of race; and I undoubtedly have plenty of it even on top of that.

There is nothing to apologize for. I am grateful, not apologetic, not embarrassed in the slightest.

I intend to, and have used it for every last inch of profit I can acquire.
And I intend to leverage it for every single advantage I can acquire for my kid.

The bottleneck will not be more gentle with you and yours simply because you had a liberal moment professing your rejection of privilege.

[Newfie]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shaved Monkey', 'C')hicken and the egg

Privilege is like bad breath everyone can smell it except the people who have it.

[Cog]

Those old guys were not crying foul because there were rich people in the world. Most of them were men of education and some degree of wealth. They wanted a country where the rule of law was supreme and the citizenry was left alone to pursue life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness on their own terms. The whining I see now is from the left who want to engage in confiscation of wealth and some sort of redistribution to the poor. That is nothing like what the Founders had in mind.

[Newfie]

Then what was the Boston Tea Party about?

You know what makes "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" a reality?

Dough, moola, cash.

It's ALL about money, and sex.

[PrestonSturges]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'T')hose old guys were not crying foul because there were rich people in the world. Most of them were men of education and some degree of wealth. They wanted a country where the rule of law was supreme and the citizenry was left alone to pursue life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness on their own terms. The whining I see now is from the left who want to engage in confiscation of wealth and some sort of redistribution to the poor. That is nothing like what the Founders had in mind.

[Shaved Monkey]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shaved Monkey', 'C')hicken and the egg

Privilege is like bad breath everyone can smell it except the people who have it.

[Shaved Monkey]

Its not just the US
The poor in the UK can live 20 years less than the rich

'Shocking' inequality levels in Britain must be addressed, says John Major

Former Conservative prime minister wants to see greater concentration on people failed by the system
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')“Policymakers must understand how hard it is to escape from such circumstances.
It is not inertia that keeps the unemployed immobile: it is simply that, without help, they are trapped.”

Turning to the role of the benefits system, he said: “Let us cast aside a common misconception. Everyone out of work is not an idler.

“Everyone in receipt of benefits is not a scrounger.
Of course idlers and scroungers exist – and governments are entirely right to root out the cheats who rip off the taxpayer.
But the focus must not be only on those who abuse the system; we need equal concentration on those who are failed by the system.”

[Cog]

Maybe it is the British cuisine that is killing them. But more than likely that like the US poor people abuse tobacco and alcohol more than their more well off counterparts.

Bad life decisions kill people more than any government neglect.

[Newfie]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrestonSturges', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'T')hose old guys were not crying foul because there were rich people in the world. Most of them were men of education and some degree of wealth. They wanted a country where the rule of law was supreme and the citizenry was left alone to pursue life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness on their own terms. The whining I see now is from the left who want to engage in confiscation of wealth and some sort of redistribution to the poor. That is nothing like what the Founders had in mind.

[Cog]

The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. Maybe you skipped that day when they covered that point in high school civics. It does explain why you don't understand the 2nd Amendment though from our previous discussions about that topic.

[Lore]

I understand the second amendment was made when people carried around a single shot musket. Times change, laws change accordingly. That's why the Constitution is open to amendment.

[Plantagenet]

Annual drug deaths in US now outnumber shooting deaths or car accident victims

dea-drug-overdoses-kill-more-americans-car-crashes-or-firearms

Something needs to be done about the rapidly rising numbers of drug deaths.

Maybe we could set up a "drug registry" and require people who buy drugs to pass a federal review like we do for gun purchases.

[Pops]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AgentR11', 'I') like my privilege; I have plenty of it. Just being born within the borders of the US yields immense amounts of privilege regardless of race; and I undoubtedly have plenty of it even on top of that.

There is nothing to apologize for. I am grateful, not apologetic, not embarrassed in the slightest.

[Newfie]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'T')he Constitution is the supreme law of the land. Maybe you skipped that day when they covered that point in high school civics. It does explain why you don't understand the 2nd Amendment though from our previous discussions about that topic.

[Cog]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lore', 'I') understand the second amendment was made when people carried around a single shot musket. Times change, laws change accordingly. That's why the Constitution is open to amendment.

[Cog]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'T')he Constitution is the supreme law of the land. Maybe you skipped that day when they covered that point in high school civics. It does explain why you don't understand the 2nd Amendment though from our previous discussions about that topic.

[Lore]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lore', 'I') understand the second amendment was made when people carried around a single shot musket. Times change, laws change accordingly. That's why the Constitution is open to amendment.