[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rangerone314', 'O')ne could argue the whole purpose for "civilization" as opposed to hunter-gatherers (who generally seemed to be able to support themselves at a lower population level) is to create a huge labor force of human beast-of-burdens to labor to keep a tiny portion of elites in material comfort.

[rangerone314]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', 'A')s much as BAU may be disfunctional, people in the 1st world do much too much complaining about their status in life. That we don't have our own personal yachts the way the "banksters" do doesn't change the fact that in many respects even the lower class in the 1st world have more comfort today than the kings of old.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pup55', 't')here is nothing to stop the moms (it is, the moms, isn't it?}

[IgnoranceIsBliss]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pup55', 't')here is nothing to stop the moms (it is, the moms, isn't it?}

[IgnoranceIsBliss]

You would be surprised by the average % of kids receiving free or reduced lunch for each state. Many states in the South average around 50%.

My county in Georgia is at 55%, and the Superindendent recently said that even the most affluent school here is at 33% free/ reduced. The percentages have jumped in recent years for sure.

I still think the average person has no idea how deeply impoverished some areas in the US are, often right on the other side of town. If you took people on a tour, they would first act shocked and upset (gasp - I had no idea people were living like this!), but then it would become clear that they really don't care.

[Roy]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'Y')ou would be surprised by the average % of kids receiving free or reduced lunch for each state. Many states in the South average around 50%. My county in Georgia is at 55%

[pup55]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')hy do we always bash the "welfare queens" but not the kings? Grrrr

[rangerone314]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pup55', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')hy do we always bash the "welfare queens" but not the kings? Grrrr

[sittinguy]

I completely agree with some of the last few posts. I comend PUP for saying what alot of people think.

My 21 year old sister brought home some new freid the other night that I met and she has 3 kids from 3 different guys, She pretty much does not have to work for the rest of her life.

[Cloud9]

Looks like the price of food may be going up.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/170794- ... ?source=hp

[careinke]

Sterilization for dead beat dads? I like it! After that becomes acceptable, I would add a few more crimes individual should be sterilized for Rape, is an obvious choice, then all convicted felons, crack addicts....

Then we may want to entertain sterilization for anyone needing public assistance. After all, we all know that once people go on the dole, they tend to stay on the dole for generations. Why not break the pattern.

Then there is the problem with all those people that are born with a genetic disease like downs syndrome. Sterilization would help remove that scourge from the earth.

Finally we could go after all those ugly people..........Wait! That's me!!!

I guess you have to figure out where to draw the line.

[rangerone314]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('careinke', 'S')terilization for dead beat dads? I like it! After that becomes acceptable, I would add a few more crimes individual should be sterilized for Rape, is an obvious choice, then all convicted felons, crack addicts....

Then we may want to entertain sterilization for anyone needing public assistance. After all, we all know that once people go on the dole, they tend to stay on the dole for generations. Why not break the pattern.

Then there is the problem with all those people that are born with a genetic disease like downs syndrome. Sterilization would help remove that scourge from the earth.

Finally we could go after all those ugly people..........Wait! That's me!!!

I guess you have to figure out where to draw the line.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('careinke', '
')I guess you have to figure out where to draw the line.

[pup55]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')terilization for dead beat dads? I like it! After that becomes acceptable, I would add a few more crimes individual should be sterilized for Rape, is an obvious choice, then all convicted felons, crack addicts....

[beamofthewave]

For the banksters the government tit seems to be infinite, by comparison the rest of us seem to be getting some other fluid from somewhere other than a mammary gland.

I have to agree though that Gaia shall take care of the population problem. why doesnt the .gov just offer people a shotgun for sterilization. Works in India, bet it would work here too.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('beamofthewave', 'F')or the banksters the government tit seems to be infinite, by comparison the rest of us seem to be getting some other fluid from somewhere other than a mammary gland.

[eXpat]

Looks like something out of a dystopian film
As The Billionaires Plunder Alabama, U.S. Troops Occupy Towns…Illegally
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'E')ditor’s Note: The shocking transfer of public wealth to Wall Street’s pockets is illustrated vividly in Mark Ames’ article below, which covers some very disturbing recent events in Alabama, where billionaires and banks are squeezing the locals so hard that they’re literally going bankrupt just for flushing their toilets, where violence and the threat of violence are reaching a boiling point and where even the Posse Comitatus Act is under threat.

One of this year’s more disturbing stories that were ignored was the illegal Army occupation of Samson, Alab., in March following a shooting spree that raged across two towns by a disgruntled worker, leaving 11 people dead.

As I wrote at the time, Michael McLendon, 27, went on a killing rampage following years of relentless corporate exploitation and harassment against him, his mother (whom he mercy-killed), and the entire rural Alabama region, which suffered like so many parts of rural America at the hands of billionaire goons like chicken oligarch Bo Pilgrim of Pilgrim’s Pride notoriety.

One of the creepiest details to emerge in the shooting rampage were reports that troops from nearby Fort Rucker were brought into Samson and other surrounding areas to patrol the streets. This is a clear violation of the Posse Comitatus Act, every freedom-loving American’s worst nightmare.

And now, finally, the Army officially agrees that its occupation of the Alabama streets was illegal, according to an internal report the Associated Press got a hold of, following a Freedom of Information Act filing:
...
In its 190-year history, Jefferson County, Ala., has endured a cholera epidemic, a pounding in the Civil War, gunslingers, labor riots and terrorism by the Ku Klux Klan. Now this namesake of Thomas Jefferson, anchored by Birmingham, is staring at what one local politician calls financial “Armageddon.”

The spectacle — a tax struck down, about 1,000 county employees furloughed, a politician indicted over $3 billion in sewer debt that may lead to the largest municipal bankruptcy in history — has elbowed its way up the ladder of county lore.

“People want to kill somebody, but they don’t know who to shoot at,” says Russell Cunningham, past president of the Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Jefferson County’s debacle is a parable for billions of dollars lost by state and local governments from Florida to California in transactions done behind closed doors. Selling debt without requiring competition made public officials vulnerable to bankers’ sales pitches, leaving taxpayers to foot the bill for borrowing gone awry.

[T]he county bet on interest-rate swaps, agreements that a representative of New York-based JPMorgan Chase & Co. told commissioners could reduce their interest costs. Instead, the swaps — covering more than $5 billion in all — blew up during the credit crisis after ratings for the county’s bond insurers fell.

[mos6507]

I love the spin of that article that seems to glorify the guy who went on a shooting rampage.

I know some people are hardwired these days to see everything that plays out in anti-authoritarian terms, but in the meantime, innocent people are dying, and the dipshits going postal are the ones who should be blamed, not TPTB.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eXpat', '
')“People want to kill somebody, but they don’t know who to shoot at,” says Russell Cunningham, past president of the Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce.

[pup55]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he spectacle — a tax struck down, about 1,000 county employees furloughed, a politician indicted over $3 billion in sewer debt that may lead to the largest municipal bankruptcy in history — has elbowed its way up the ladder of county lore