MJ2.0
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Aug 12, 2015 8:27:29 GMT -5
Post by MJ2.0 on Aug 12, 2015 8:27:29 GMT -5
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happyhoix
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Aug 13, 2015 7:13:18 GMT -5
Post by happyhoix on Aug 13, 2015 7:13:18 GMT -5
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GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl
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"How you win matters." Ender, Ender's Game
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Aug 13, 2015 8:42:36 GMT -5
How many young soldiers died on some dusty road in some rural province in Aghanistan yesterday?
How many children died of starvation yesterday in the Sudan while we first-worlders threw out enough food to feed them all for a year?
How many women were raped and murdered yesterday while scouring the scorched earth for bits of brush for their cooking fires in Darfur?
How many teenagers decided to drop out of high school yesterday because the unemployment rate in their city is too high to give them hope of ever being able to climb out of abject poverty?
How many young people shot up that fatal hit of heroin and died in a park yesterday because we don't have any real answers to the drug addiction problems in our country?
THAT is news.
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sarcasticgirl
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Aug 13, 2015 9:10:32 GMT -5
Post by sarcasticgirl on Aug 13, 2015 9:10:32 GMT -5
True story.
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whoisjohngalt
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Aug 13, 2015 9:19:04 GMT -5
Post by whoisjohngalt on Aug 13, 2015 9:19:04 GMT -5
How many young soldiers died on some dusty road in some rural province in Aghanistan yesterday? How many children died of starvation yesterday in the Sudan while we first-worlders threw out enough food to feed them all for a year? How many women were raped and murdered yesterday while scouring the scorched earth for bits of brush for their cooking fires in Darfur? How many teenagers decided to drop out of high school yesterday because the unemployment rate in their city is too high to give them hope of ever being able to climb out of abject poverty? How many young people shot up that fatal hit of heroin and died in a park yesterday because we don't have any real answers to the drug addiction problems in our country? THAT is news. Not any more.....
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MJ2.0
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Post by MJ2.0 on Aug 13, 2015 9:22:29 GMT -5
now I know that we like to see some lighter news, but surely we can find other people to talk about... preferably people with actual talents and redeeming qualities.
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thyme4change
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Aug 13, 2015 10:01:50 GMT -5
Post by thyme4change on Aug 13, 2015 10:01:50 GMT -5
How many young soldiers died on some dusty road in some rural province in Aghanistan yesterday? How many children died of starvation yesterday in the Sudan while we first-worlders threw out enough food to feed them all for a year? How many women were raped and murdered yesterday while scouring the scorched earth for bits of brush for their cooking fires in Darfur? How many teenagers decided to drop out of high school yesterday because the unemployment rate in their city is too high to give them hope of ever being able to climb out of abject poverty? How many young people shot up that fatal hit of heroin and died in a park yesterday because we don't have any real answers to the drug addiction problems in our country? THAT is news. Actually, most of those sound just as sensationalist ratings grab as the Jodi Arias trial. The things that will actually effect our lives is what bills are going through congress, what is the federal reserve really doing, and what are the real details of foreign policy are. Not the one sentence summary that says very little, but the real meat of what it all means.
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happyhoix
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Aug 13, 2015 11:17:51 GMT -5
Post by happyhoix on Aug 13, 2015 11:17:51 GMT -5
now I know that we like to see some lighter news, but surely we can find other people to talk about... preferably people with actual talents and redeeming qualities. I have zero interest or knowledge of this this whole clan, so I have to ask - do any of them DO anything? In flipping through the news the other day I heard one of them described as a 'socialite.' Is that a job now?
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happyhoix
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Aug 13, 2015 11:22:06 GMT -5
Post by happyhoix on Aug 13, 2015 11:22:06 GMT -5
Along these lines, my co-worker told me the other day that he heard on some radio show (don't know which one) that when asked what they wanted to be as adults, a poll of teenagers had 60% picking "famous." Not famous sports stars, or famous singers. Just 'famous.' I guess we have the Kardasians to blame for this? I really hope this was a bogus poll. He has three small kids, I told him I raised an industrial engineer, he better make sure his kids all obtain 'real' jobs.
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