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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:02 AM Original message |
S.C. man starves to death after losing job. |
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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. I wonder what those who insist |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Unemployment compensation? Food stamps? Soup kitchens? |
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Craftsman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I was asking the same question? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:31 AM Original message |
Maybe he didn't have a car. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
53. I'm sure he could have walked right over there., |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. No address, no services |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. How do you know he didn't have an address? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. How many tents sport mailboxes? |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #24 |
39. Does that mean that when I go camping I'm homeless? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #39 |
50. Is that your primary residence? |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. I don't see anything that indicates that either of your assertions are true. |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #52 |
75. He died partly of pneumonia. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #75 |
101. Judging by the descriptions we've seen, it appears he had clinical depression... |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:41 AM Response to Reply #75 |
116. Just because he had pneumonia doesn't mean he was homeless. 60,000 people die every year from |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #116 |
118. Were you sleeping in a tent at the time? |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #52 |
83. What? You again? |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #83 |
102. I object to people hijacking the death of a human being for their personal political beliefs. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #102 |
113. Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses? |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
97. It doesn't think. It makes noise. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. I think s/he just desperately wants to be off the hook |
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watrwefitinfor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Yes there are soup kitchens. In my part of South Carolina |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:42 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. That's the case in much of the country |
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rbrnmw (789 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
86. I live in Columbia |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #86 |
94. Thanks for the reality check |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #86 |
103. Do they also ration punctuation? n/t |
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ArbustoBuster (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:57 AM Response to Reply #103 |
114. You have just proven yourself to be a complete troll. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. many of those soup kitchens are running out of funds |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Yes, here in america there is a soup kitchen on very corner |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. When the Month is Longer Than the Money |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #17 |
34. No, he didn't starve because of lack of access to food. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
55. Well gee whiz, I wonder what he was depressed about? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
56. I know this may be hard for you to grasp |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. I'm guessing anyone who thinks that has never been to Appalachia. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. I've never been to Apalachia |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
112. Do you understand that depression itself makes it difficult, almost impossible, to |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. I think the pneumonia was probably the killing factor |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #18 |
33. Of course |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
30. And mental health care |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
43. That's a bit of a broad statement... |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Please cite one instance in recent times... |
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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
46. I didn't read whether or not Mr. Condon had a wife/partner or children. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. From what I've gathered reading various different sources... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
62. I imagine that should... |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
66. It's called depression. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
110. Niether article said he starved to death |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I know some of those kinda people |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
31. I'm guessing many factors were at play here, most likely |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
100. Yes, some people DO starve to death in the US for a lack of money |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #100 |
120. Not really |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. But we're the GREATEST country in the world |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
6. A 39 year old man, dying of starvation? |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
7. Possibly mentally handicapped or suicidally depressed? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
95. That was my thought, and the pneumonia would have worsened |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
9. "At least we can say that nobody has starved" -Herbert Hoover |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
10. 39 years old, lost his job, undoubtedly depressed.... |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
32. While every night, millionaire celebrities and politicians |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:45 AM Response to Reply #32 |
41. Correction. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
65. and when single men of his age, do apply for "services", they are usually turned away |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #65 |
91. "...but depression and pride may have kept him from asking..." |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
13. Medical history of seizures and depression |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
14. More information |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. If he got depressed enough, |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
35. The comments on this article say it all. |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
109. He had health problems |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
15. It says he died from pneumonia - easy to catch while homeless. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
16. Many with dementia suffer a similar fate as they forget to eat or forget how |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
19. rural areas dont have access to urban soup kitchens |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Anderson, SC isn't rural |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:48 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. It's not flat ground for miles around. |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
70. Yep. I agree with that. But, it's not "rural" in the sense that |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
119. And a lot of *urban* areas are trying to shut them down |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
21. This tragedy happened on The Love Gov's watch |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
36. He was overruled on that. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:03 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. It's only relevant because our "dear leader" |
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rbrnmw (789 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #37 |
87. I totally agree with that |
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jeremyfive (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
27. I Am Reminded of Ronald Reagan |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
28. This was probably due to mental illness. He disappeared |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
38. A deadly combination: |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
40. Speaking as someone unemployed and depressed |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #40 |
49. I have a friend here in SC with those exact same symptoms. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
42. It would be technically incorrect to say he starved to death - |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I was thinking the same thing. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. No telling how long that sauce had been there, |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Have you ever been really, really hungry? |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. Malnourishment contributed to his death. This is not simply lack of healthcare. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. he died for lack of a job. |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:20 AM Response to Reply #51 |
115. Sorry, I happen to disagree. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #42 |
60. Also, fever makes you not hungry. He probably was dehydrated and |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #42 |
61. I had it...couldn't walk three steps |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
54. "Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?" |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
57. Shortly? He must have been starving while working. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. He had been missing since Aug 1st. |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
67. Hunger Fact Sheet |
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generous ginger (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
69. I haven't read the article, so perhaps I am missing something here: |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. "You cannot starve to death in America." You must be joking |
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generous ginger (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #72 |
78. I said 'starve to death.' Those children could be obese; malnourishment |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. Yes you can and people do |
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generous ginger (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. Well, I imagine that someone in very far-flung areas may be at slight risk |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. You do not have to be far flung |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #79 |
96. Far flung? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. I agree with you that there was probably mental illness, possibly severe depression. |
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generous ginger (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #77 |
82. Well, you are correct, but I took the gist of the OP to mean |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
71. I used to work at the Anderson Independent Mail. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. It was the most in depth article I could find. |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
73. I want to invite any of you to meet me in NE SC, |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #73 |
80. Trust me some of us do understand |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #80 |
85. I know some people do understand. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #73 |
89. Meet me in Appalachia, |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. I've been through there. |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
84. I wonder if Gov. Sanford will read this story |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. He's too busy running around the state |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #88 |
93. Yeah, |
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rbrnmw (789 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #84 |
99. Come to Columbia go try to get all the resources you seem to think are available |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #99 |
107. Same thing going on in Charleston. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
92. Rugged individualism |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
104. Not 100% sure, but sounds like he went off someplace to die. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #104 |
105. agreed. Plenty of places to get food. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
106. In America, being poor is a crime punishable by death. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
108. This is what happens when survival is entirely tethered to gainful employment. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
111. Oh come on. Even our poorest have HDTV, cable TV, and two cars. |
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liberalla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
117. So sad... |
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