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Sun Sep-11-11 07:04 PM
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"Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it is." |
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Sun Sep-11-11 07:11 PM
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1. My father grew up very poor in Western Kansas |
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He was from an Irish railroad family. He told me that he never really realized how poor he was until he was in his late teens. Once he did, he said he was quite proud of it.
For the record, now he's a hardcore libertarian republican.
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Sun Sep-11-11 07:12 PM
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2. Our Wealthiest American thus far!!!!!!! |
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Started Everything ,Invented Everything ,and was cool to boot ,almost got lynched for sedition trying to quell concerns of revolution at the same moment REAL teabaggers were at work.
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Sun Sep-11-11 07:18 PM
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3. "There's no shame in being poor...but it's no great honor, either." - Tevye, "Fiddler on the Roof" |
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Sun Sep-11-11 07:47 PM
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4. An Old Cockney Lament............ |
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It's the same the whole world over, It's the poor what gets the blame, It's the RICH what gets the pleasures, Ain't it all a bleedin' SHAME?!
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