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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:46 AM Original message |
Thank you Bob Herbert for explaining the PLIGHT of many black fathers. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. You know condoms are less expensive than a baby. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Keeping it in your pants is free. |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Give them condoms in lieu of jobs? Please read the article and try to understand it. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I did read the article. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. 50 years ago the economy was not all that bad. Also many were in |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. To quote the article... |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Here's the deal as I see it |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Fine, but then the article is even more wrong. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Well |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Statistics among black families weren't kept as well |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. It's hard to believe the response |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. My thoughts exactly n/t |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. There's a reason poor people have lots of babies |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. People who live with high infant mortality rates have more babies. |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. No they shouldn't have kids... and honestly the woman need to stop dating deadbeats. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. 50 years ago, poor black families weren't rewarded for being |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Not if you can dodge child support |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. nice excuse making for people who can't stop having sex nt |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. "...people who can't stop having sex"??? Did you really SAY that? I think you've wandered into the |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Wow |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
3. Rather than offer them employment |
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Spock_is_Skeptical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
7. yeah, some grains of truth but still |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Easy access to birth control is not true: both planned parenthood and |
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Spock_is_Skeptical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. sure they do, but not all areas in the US have easy access |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Yes but most Urban black areas do. |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
15. How do fathers trapped in an 'unjustice judical system' support their children? |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Thank you for those supporting details. Some "liberals" around here are making my head |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. What soes this have to do with marrying the mother of your children. |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Reading the ENTIRE article indicates it about whether fathers should care for their children. nt |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
20. I think he has cause and effect mixed up. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. He may. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. No, you have cause and effect mixed up. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
28. he's right about the economics, but no way do we ever achieve full employment. |
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