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11-17-2009, 09:14 AM
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Hmmm....major events that took place in the last 10 years? Tom got banned from greekchat. (I'm kidding) 
Just the whole "war on terror" thing which will be a never ending thing, because it's more like we're fighting an ideal if anything. How can anyone win that kind of a war?
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11-17-2009, 02:32 PM
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Just the whole "war on terror" thing which will be a never ending thing, because it's more like we're fighting an ideal if anything. How can anyone win that kind of a war?
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Like the war on poverty?
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11-17-2009, 02:35 PM
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Like the war on poverty?
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And the war on drugs.
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11-17-2009, 04:16 PM
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Like the war on poverty?
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I never knew there was a war on poverty. I always thought that's what the government wants in this country. Rich or poor. Of course there's always the lazy, trashy people who couldn't care less. They actually enjoy poverty and all the freebies that come along with it. (and before anyone ask, no I'm not madmax) I'm sorry, but I agree with madmax, but I'm not him/her.
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11-17-2009, 04:32 PM
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I never knew there was a war on poverty. I always thought that's what the government wants in this country. Rich or poor. Of course there's always the lazy, trashy people who couldn't care less. They actually enjoy poverty and all the freebies that come along with it. (and before anyone ask, no I'm not madmax) I'm sorry, but I agree with madmax, but I'm not him/her.
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=1589660
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Overall, though, it's the bigness of the car that counts the most. Because when something bad happens in a really big car – accidentally speeding through the middle of a gang of unruly young people who have been taunting you in a drive-in restaurant, for instance – it happens very far away – way out at the end of your fenders. It's like a civil war in Africa; you know, it doesn't really concern you too much. - P.J. O'Rourke
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11-17-2009, 04:40 PM
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I never knew there was a war on poverty.
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or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_poverty
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11-17-2009, 04:46 PM
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Thanks guys. I just learned something new. 
I think it should be more of declaring a war on laziness if anything. As long as there are lazy people, that war can't be won.
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11-17-2009, 04:57 PM
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I never knew there was a war on poverty. I always thought that's what the government wants in this country. Rich or poor. Of course there's always the lazy, trashy people who couldn't care less. They actually enjoy poverty and all the freebies that come along with it. (and before anyone ask, no I'm not madmax) I'm sorry, but I agree with madmax, but I'm not him/her.
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Please say you're being sarcastic.
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11-17-2009, 05:02 PM
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No, I wasn't. I mean, I don't agree with everything madmax says, just the part about people relying on the freebies that I and others have to pay for. DrPhil, I understand some people are less fortunate than others and it's not always their fault. I just have a problem with people who are lazy, disrespectful to others, and/or depend on the tax payer to take care of them and all of their kids. Stop having kids if you can't afford them.
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11-17-2009, 05:08 PM
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I want to know what we are going to CALL this decade.
I was born in the sixties ('60s), graduated college in the eighties ('80s)...
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11-17-2009, 05:13 PM
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I want to know what we are going to CALL this decade.
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Well, there's the Aughties, the Noughties, the Naughty Aughties, the Haughty Aughties . . . . 
And no, I didn't make any of these up.
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11-17-2009, 05:15 PM
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and what do we call next year ... "twenty - ten" or "two thousand ten"??
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11-17-2009, 05:18 PM
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I want to know what we are going to CALL this decade.
I was born in the sixties ('60s), graduated college in the eighties ('80s)...
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The turn of the millenium or the turn of the century would be appropriate.
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11-17-2009, 05:17 PM
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I'm talking about when you said:
"I never knew there was a war on poverty. I always thought that's what the government wants in this country."
Versions of capitalism require some level of haves and have nots, so that is neither here nor there. But, had you seriously never heard of the initiatives under the war on poverty? I'm just trying to understand.
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Oh, that part. Yes, that part was my sarcasm about the rich or poor comment. But the war on poverty, I seriously didn't know about. 
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11-17-2009, 05:30 PM
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Okay.
Sidebar that has very little to do with cheerfulgreek: I think not knowing about some of the initiatives under previous administrations is why people are so excited about everything Obama is proposing. What? You wanna do away with the slums? No one has EVER tried that before!!! (ORLY?!)
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I love this. This seriously makes so much sense.
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