[snakeoil]

"How come it's not news when a homeless person dies of exposure but it is news when the stock market loses two points."

[snakeoil]

I'm not a giant fan of Obama but that statement got me thinking.

[Grog]

Because, as conservatives know, poor and homeless people are poor and homeless because they want to be poor and homeless. They like being hungry and cold.



Marco

[RealJustme]

"How come it's not news when a homeless person dies of exposure but it is news when the stock market loses two points."

If a homeless person were to die in my town, it would be in local news but not United States wide. Stock changes effect the whole United States therefor it's sent United States wide. Hope that explains it for you.

[BilboBagend]

It's all about WHO cares. The top 1% or the rest of us.

[sillydaddy]

Let's all put a dollar in Bilbo's tin cup. Maybe that will make us feel better about ourselves.

[RealJustme]

If a homeless person were to die in my town, it would be in local news but not United States wide. Stock changes effect the whole United States therefor it's sent United States wide. Hope that explains it for you.

That's to much for a liberal to follow.

[johnforbes]

Those who purport to burn with compassion for the less fortunate of this world can't even summon up a tiny amount of courtesy when confronting the fact that reasonable people differ on politics.

Instead, Grog and Bilbo -- and their ilk -- spew venom.

[Clownkicker]

Clowns like johnforbes can't understand why someone would be upset with those that would abandon their fellow man and eliminate food stamps and welfare for the poor and needy.

He considers this just "a difference of political opinion" that some value their fellow man and want to provide help for the needy while others don't value their fellow man and want to eliminate assistance.
Then he wonders why compassionate people don't just 'compromise' with him and eliminate the aid.

Instead, johnforbes -- and his ilk -- yawn and say "Let them eat cake."

[johnforbes]

The notion that, absent a welfare state, there is little compassion for fellow humans, well, that sort of moronic statement merely illustrates the low level of modern political discussion.

Obama and Biden purported to burn with compassion for their fellow man, but I've read their financial disclosures and neither of them gave anything of consequence to charity until they attained national office.

Welfare projects generally trap recipients in a cycle just a hair above poverty, and we have entire generations with the welfare mentality to prove that.

[BilboBagend]

The notion that, absent a welfare state, there is little compassion for fellow humans, well, that sort of moronic statement merely illustrates the low level of modern political discussion.

empty headed purely political false rhetoric.

Just what we expect from ... .

Boring.

[johnforbes]

Unless all of America agrees with my political views, they are racist and hate poor people.

See how stupid that sounds?

But that's the sort of ignorant drivel Bilbo is peddling.

[Clownkicker]

"The notion that, absent a welfare state, there is little compassion for fellow humans, well, that sort of moronic statement merely illustrates the low level of modern political discussion."-johnforbes

johnnjy hits the nail on the head. Now his version of the similar sweeping statement:

"Those who purport to burn with compassion for the less fortunate of this world can't even summon up a tiny amount of courtesy when confronting the fact that reasonable people differ on politics."-johnforbes

See, when johnforbes makes some sweeping statement that overlooks a crucial, salient fact, he has no problem with it.
When I do the same thing, he says it illustrates the "low level of modern political discussion."
johnforbes can't get it through his thick skull that his discussion is not "reasonable" but merely repetitious and jaded.
I have tried to reason with johnny in the past and 100% of the time he simply copy-and-pasted his previous comment and failed to elaborate or restate his silly gibberish with a reasoned argument.
Truisms and pap is all that emanates from his keyboard.

When you show signs of being reasonable, johnforbes, then the rest of us can start to talk to you as if you were actually some sort of reasonable person.

[snakeoil]

I realize that this statement is very flawed but...just think of the market that is out there if we would only raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour as the protestors today are asking for. I don't think we have the people to service that new market.

[BilboBagend]

the little wannabe faux is certainly a hypocrite. But what can one expect from a shallow liar.

[johnforbes]

Obama, who grew up puffing pot at a private school in Hawaii, never did a minute of manual labor in his life.

Obama lives today in a taxpayer-funded mansion and uses limos.

The notion that, absent a welfare state, there is little compassion for fellow humans, well, that sort of moronic statement merely illustrates the low level of modern political discussion.

Obama and Biden purported to burn with compassion for their fellow man, but I've read their financial disclosures and neither of them gave anything of consequence to charity until they attained national office.

Welfare projects generally trap recipients in a cycle just a hair above poverty, and we have entire generations with the welfare mentality to prove that.

[elklindo69]

If a homeless person were to die in my town, it would be in local news but not United States wide. Stock changes effect the whole United States therefor it's sent United States wide. Hope that explains it for you.

That's to much for a liberal to follow.

So your stock portfolio made 52 bucks...

Whoop dee doo dah

[RealJustme]

So your stock portfolio made 52 bucks...

Dude, accept it or not that would be more interesting news to me than some homeless person somewhere in the United States dying. Every day approximately 3,000 Americans die, does Obama really want all the information on those deaths to be in every news source, or was he just playing to brain dead Obamabots with his homeless verses stock statement? You dudes are stupid :lol: