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The Straight Story
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:15 PM Original message |
Buying McDonalds For A Hungry Person |
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maxpower
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. This divisive culture in our country |
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timeforpeace
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. What was the point in writing this except to say "I'm a saint!". Fine, lesson learned, don't blab |
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blondeatlast
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. What's the point in your response other than, once again, pissing on another's parade? |
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Fri Aug-28-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
54. I completely disagree - you have missed the entire point of the story. |
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Quantess
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Fri Aug-28-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
55. As always, I disagree with you. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
67. The story makes no sense without the part about her buying the food. |
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demwing
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
98. Wow! You're an ass! |
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Jim Sagle
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Fri Aug-28-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #98 |
132. Here's what he should use instead: |
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Th1onein
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Fri Aug-28-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
113. You know, that's just bullshit. |
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Ecumenist
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Fri Aug-28-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
122. You ought to be ashamed of yourself... |
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BOG PERSON
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Fri Aug-28-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
142. My thoughts exactly. n/t |
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LanternWaste
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Fri Aug-28-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
153. They are also ruined by... |
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musicblind
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:13 AM Response to Reply #31 |
162. Perhaps you are resentful because you don't have such kindness in your heart |
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Sat Aug-29-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
183. Totally agree. |
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WillyT
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
193. You're Are SO Full Of Shit |
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tsuki
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
203. Wow. Are you sure that you didn't take a wrong turn on the internet? nt |
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Bonobo
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
214. Holy crap, what an asshole you are! Take off that Lennon avatar right fucking now! nt |
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Sat Aug-29-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
221. not a very peaceful response. |
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Dappleganger
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Sat Aug-29-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
234. Wow |
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Doctor_J
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Fri Aug-28-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
60. Yep. Dollars to donuts Omar is a Limbecile |
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Javaman
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Empathy is a learned trait. |
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omega minimo
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Empathy emerges from spirit. The experience of needing empathy can provide the lesson. |
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Enrique
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. any empathy for Omar? |
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Javaman
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. I don't know how to empathize with an ignorant prick. |
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Enrique
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. i see from your profile your hobby is "pissing people off" |
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Javaman
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. oh sigh. jesus the world isn't about you, I was refering to omar. |
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Cha
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Sat Aug-29-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
219. LOL! omar doesn't need empathy.. |
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rustydog
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
70. My guess is Omar is a born-again Christian |
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northzax
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
84. sure, I'll do it |
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asdjrocky
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #84 |
198. Have you thought about trying to do something about it? |
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northzax
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Sun Aug-30-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #198 |
235. What do you mean by 'do something about it'? |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Sat Aug-29-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
175. My theory about working class people who despise the poor: |
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JitterbugPerfume
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #175 |
199. these are words of true wisdom |
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Enrique
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Sat Aug-29-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #175 |
218. boy those working class folks sure are simple |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Sat Aug-29-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #218 |
232. It's not from a distance |
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Barack_America
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Um, if I were Omar, I'd be pissed too. |
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Javaman
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. True, but what of people who give anonymous donations? |
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Lorien
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Fri Aug-28-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
147. Oh please. Most women don't want to hand donations to homeless men |
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JitterbugPerfume
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #147 |
200. I have handed food to homeless men |
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timeforpeace
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Never waste an opportunity for a partisan shot. I love it. |
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tabasco
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Fri Aug-28-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
52. Better than your bullshit |
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blondeatlast
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Fri Aug-28-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #52 |
104. Glad to know someone else is aware of it. |
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Ikonoklast
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Sat Aug-29-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #52 |
186. This one is transparent. |
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Javaman
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Sun Aug-30-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #32 |
236. Huh, last time I checked this was Democratic Underground. |
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Gwendolyn
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Fri Aug-28-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
118. No, it isn't. Empathy is an instinct and even animals show signs of it. |
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omega minimo
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. It can help IMHO |
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Ocracoker16
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. yes, why did this person not give it to the homeless man himself? |
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omega minimo
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. The poster seemed hesitant, which is why I made the suggestion |
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liberal N proud
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. Omar probably was told to kick the homeless off the lawn so to speak |
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rustydog
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
71. My job requires me to remove "unwanted" people from our facility |
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vadawg
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. and sometimes that dosent work, or its the 100th time for the same person |
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rustydog
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. You still treat them like a HUMAN BEING, what does it hurt? |
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vadawg
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. yup you treat them as a human being, but that dosent preclude using choice words |
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rustydog
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. I don't have to use abusive words to achieve my goal... |
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vadawg
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. well obviously you havent been out in the real world long |
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rustydog
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #87 |
91. Actually, real world 55 plus years |
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vadawg
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. okay if thats your belief and it works go ahead, not everybody is like you though |
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rustydog
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #94 |
97. And gets you punched in the face, or stabbed..but hey! you showed him huh? |
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Fri Aug-28-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #94 |
105. Fer God;s sake; if you are that cruel--just spell it the FUCK out! |
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musicblind
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:20 AM Response to Reply #94 |
163. Actually no it doesn't. You catch more flies with honey than vingear. Most of DU would agree |
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LanternWaste
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Fri Aug-28-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #87 |
155. I've found out that civility and dignity |
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musicblind
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:22 AM Response to Reply #155 |
164. His comments make it clear he has not LEARNED from the "real world" |
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Fri Aug-28-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #81 |
126. May you someday walk in those shoes. |
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vadawg
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Sat Aug-29-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #126 |
216. and if i was tresspassing on private property i would expect getting told to get to feck as well |
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Sat Aug-29-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #216 |
222. May you someday walk in those shoes. |
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vadawg
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Sat Aug-29-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #222 |
227. may you someday walk in the shoes of a business owner who keeps having people trespassed due to |
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Fri Aug-28-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
125. Damn! That says it all! I get prejudice on a regular basis, and it HURTS. |
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Dora
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. I bought rib dinners for a homeless man I saw picking out of the dumpster. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Jesus Christ what's wrong with people. nt |
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
74. Wow. This attitude is scary. Why would she even mind that you had purchased a meal for him? |
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rustydog
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
85. My son and Daughter-in-law and I ate quite well at a restaurant |
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
99. I once took a homeless guy into an italian restaraunt w/ me. |
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rustydog
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Fri Aug-28-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #99 |
107. Thank you for that...I want to be that kind too |
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bobbolink
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Fri Aug-28-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
128. I've experienced that a lot. People being "nice" to me...then they find out I'm homeless, and they |
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #128 |
213. people are jerks including homeless people too, im sure there are a lot of stories |
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Sat Aug-29-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #213 |
223. May you someday walk in those shoes. |
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vadawg
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Sat Aug-29-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #223 |
226. lol is that your standard answer, you think that people who have been poor |
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Barack_America
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. WTF? Why was this person "hesitant" to give food to the guy his/herself? |
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Lorien
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Fri Aug-28-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
148. I'm guessing that you are male |
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Barack_America
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Fri Aug-28-09 11:39 PM Response to Reply #148 |
158. Try again. nt |
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HopeOverFear
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Sat Aug-29-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
180. THANK YOU!!!! Why the hell couldn't she hand it to him herself? |
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #180 |
215. Would you take food from a stranger!? It could be poisoned. Duh. |
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Enrique
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. there's probably some history there |
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vadawg
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. yup, through experience with the homeless and interactions with businesses |
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Gman2
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. Why do you feel embarrassed? That is the problem with liberals |
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The Straight Story
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I would agree (nt) |
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Enrique
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. ah, yes, get the McD's worker fired |
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Omar behaved badly |
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Fri Aug-28-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
159. uh... the worker was a rude asshole who was publicly berating a customer |
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Chulanowa
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. No, Omar was not wrong... |
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Gman2
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. I could give a flying FUCK what the management of a fast food rest thinks. |
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vadawg
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. internet tough guy or what, you have serious issues that go way beyond what omar has |
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Gman2
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. No, I am a tough guy., I stand for the weak. |
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vadawg
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. okay links etc etc thanks |
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Gman2
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. If you were truly interested. I could give you references, documentation. |
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vadawg
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. i asked for the links didnt i, im sure as hell not going to beg |
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Gman2
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Dude, very little of real life is linkeable. I have documentation, not links. |
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Pangolin2
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Fri Aug-28-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. A birth certificate? |
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vadawg
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Fri Aug-28-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. lol you owe me a dry cleaned uniform, funny as feck |
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #46 |
166. You're being a bully. You can stop now. |
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Pangolin2
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Fri Aug-28-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
59. But can you leap tall buildings in a single bound? |
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Gman2
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #59 |
68. If you are crooked, and my security is threatened, if history is any indication |
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Gman2
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. If you are crooked, and my security is threatened, if history is any indication |
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Pangolin2
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Fri Aug-28-09 08:43 PM Response to Reply #69 |
130. Is screweed similar to seaweed? |
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Sat Aug-29-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #41 |
177. Deleted message |
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. The irony of you threatening violence... |
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vadawg
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. rofl, as much as i always disagree with you, well played |
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Gman2
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Exactly. Letting yourself be stepped on, is not enlightenment. |
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Gman2
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Also, I really do know how to spell it. Mistake. My screename in another |
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. "You have every right to ask anything you want of a cashier" |
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Gman2
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #48 |
72. If I choose to, yes. If you choose to be rude, all bets are off. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
76. "If you touch me, or him, I will stain the concrete." |
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. Is he a squid? |
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petronius
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #80 |
89. I take it back - looks like there's three ways! :-) (nt) |
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Gman2
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Fri Aug-28-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #80 |
102. Just a quite passive person. I garden, visit the zoo. Survive. |
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Sun Aug-30-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #80 |
237. LMAO LMAO This is the funniest fight sub-thread... |
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vadawg
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #76 |
83. rofl i totally missed that, well done, it makes more sense now |
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Gman2
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #76 |
93. I did actually pee, while I kicked the fuck outta a bully, in little league |
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vadawg
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. your my hero, seruslllly i actually worry about you.. |
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Gman2
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #95 |
100. I do too. And I know who you are. I am serious. You are a good cop. And |
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rustydog
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Fri Aug-28-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #76 |
108. Incontinent! more than just a location on the planet! |
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rustydog
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
88. WHAAATTTTT? Chill pill dude really... |
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Gman2
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #88 |
96. I know, status quo, Republicans arent lying, threatening, spreading fear, and about |
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Fri Aug-28-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
119. Way to show that peon behind the register his place |
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Codeine
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Sat Aug-29-09 12:02 AM Response to Reply #119 |
160. Liberals treat the working class |
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asdjrocky
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Fri Aug-28-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
137. I can feed whoever I want to feed. |
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Chulanowa
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Sat Aug-29-09 04:43 AM Response to Reply #137 |
171. Yep, you may. |
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asdjrocky
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
202. Is that a picture of Gandhi? |
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Cessna Invesco Palin
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Fri Aug-28-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
53. I thought the objective was to give the homeless guy food, not fuck up the McDonald's employees. |
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Gman2
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Fri Aug-28-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #53 |
101. What your intentions are, aint necessarilly, what the right thing to do is! |
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Sat Aug-29-09 12:03 AM Response to Reply #101 |
161. Someday you'll evolve, tough guy. nt |
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Cessna Invesco Palin
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Sat Aug-29-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #101 |
228. Ass. n/t |
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Pangolin2
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Fri Aug-28-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
57. The poster was not the person in the story...it was copied from someone's blog. |
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rustydog
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Fri Aug-28-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
117. Make a scene if you have to? 2 wrongs make a right? |
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Turbineguy
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. There, but for the grace of God... |
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Iwillnevergiveup
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. Here's a K/R, Straight |
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Omar probably isn't cruel |
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. I received a lecture from the police. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
136. "their kind". Alien? |
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. Another day in Paradise. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
92. I love that. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. i guess fighting healthcare keeps the churchs so busy they don't have time |
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. WTF has mcdonalds to do with the churches, you need to hit downtown anywhere USA |
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
45. That's quite unfair |
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
21. Paid for 2 gallons of gas for a couple out of gas. As I paid the station cashier he kept saying |
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Fri Aug-28-09 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. Sounds like Omar's problem, |
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Fri Aug-28-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
33. "Omar" has a career in Politics |
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Fri Aug-28-09 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
50. So you would rather omar lost his job |
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Fri Aug-28-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #50 |
63. If Omar had been named Steve or Deion the outrage would have been minimal |
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Fri Aug-28-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #63 |
114. You haven't been around here long, have you? |
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Fri Aug-28-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #63 |
120. No, it would have been much worse. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
51. Rule #1 of this kind of charity is: Do not get other people involved in your charity. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Agree. Also, I'd like to know (but didn't see in the article) what led her to believe |
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:47 AM Response to Reply #51 |
168. I'm old enough, lived long enough to echo your advice which is very sound. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
62. Rich people. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. I hate rich people too. That's why I buy lottery tickets. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #64 |
103. Never have, never will. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #62 |
112. You're right. Rich people all work at fast food joints. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #112 |
121. Nope. That's not it at all. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. You obviously have no family that grew up in a tiny village, somewhere. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #123 |
133. I have learned, and I do know |
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Fri Aug-28-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #133 |
139. I don't defend rich people, or anyone. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #139 |
140. Cute. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #140 |
144. Cute? |
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Fri Aug-28-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #144 |
149. I didn't say you were cute- |
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Fri Aug-28-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #149 |
150. I know you didn't say I was cute... |
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Fri Aug-28-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #150 |
154. And peace to you. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #121 |
129. Very true, well said |
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Fri Aug-28-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #129 |
134. Absolutely rustydog. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 10:38 PM Response to Reply #62 |
145. i would say the person working at McDonalds most likely wasn't Rich |
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Sat Aug-29-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #145 |
172. Would you please read back a bit. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
65. I think next time you might want to speak to the store manager... |
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #65 |
78. It wasn't me :) I just posted the news item (nt) |
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Oh.... |
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Fri Aug-28-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #65 |
111. With all due respect Pipi, that isn't the same thing at all. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
66. I wonder what reason Omar gave for not delivering the food to the guy? |
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
73. Buying McDonald's for a hungry person.... |
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. lol if your hungry you dont care what you eat, never in my life when i feel my stomach walls |
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #77 |
204. Exactly nt |
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Fri Aug-28-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #73 |
109. Oh, brother....... |
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #109 |
205. Uhh, I didn't berate the guy or anyone... |
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Fri Aug-28-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #73 |
124. I'm pleasantly surprised it took 73 posts for this kind of inane response to show up (nt) |
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #124 |
206. If you think it's inane... |
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Fri Aug-28-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #73 |
138. I think it's funny how the three people who consecutively pissed on your... |
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #138 |
197. You're making implications about the elitism of posters..... |
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #138 |
209. I'm glad someone understood my post! |
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Fri Aug-28-09 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
90. WTF. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
106. If the clerk was that mean I would have stuffed my happy meal where the sun dont shine. n/t |
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Fri Aug-28-09 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
110. Once when I was in college... |
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Fri Aug-28-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #110 |
116. Your experience is akin to the people we see outside sports stadiums |
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Fri Aug-28-09 09:14 PM Response to Reply #110 |
135. I've had my spare change thrown back at me in downtown DC. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #110 |
141. A few months ago I was driving home from the food pantry |
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Fri Aug-28-09 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
115. If you want to give someone a meal, you do it yourself. It is not the worker's job to deliver meals |
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Fri Aug-28-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #115 |
127. Ya, I don't get that part either. n/t |
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Fri Aug-28-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #115 |
131. I was wondering how long it would take DUers to get judgmental. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #131 |
143. well, it is a good question, why didn't he just give the meal to the homeless guy |
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Fri Aug-28-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #143 |
151. It was a she not a he |
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Fri Aug-28-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #151 |
152. so you think it was because she was afraid as a woman what |
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Fri Aug-28-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #152 |
156. Just pointing that out because a few thought it was me :) (nt) |
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #151 |
167. If the homeless guy was "scary," then that just |
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:24 AM Response to Reply #131 |
165. Huh? |
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Sat Aug-29-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #165 |
224. Thank you for proving my point. |
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:54 AM Response to Reply #131 |
170. DU authoritarians untie! |
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #131 |
208. Pot, meet the kettle. Lambasting people for being insensitive to the homeless is your trademark |
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Sat Aug-29-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #208 |
220. Of course. Being insensitive to homeless people is a VIRTUE. |
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Sat Aug-29-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #220 |
225. Ah there you go. Back to old form. Instead of accusing someone of being judgemental you can do ... |
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Sat Aug-29-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #225 |
229. You're right... I'm remiss in reminding people to care for those they see as beneath them. |
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Fri Aug-28-09 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
146. Viciousness and selfishness is very trendy now |
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Fri Aug-28-09 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
157. Somebody with a good heart |
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Sat Aug-29-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #157 |
189. the irony! |
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Sat Aug-29-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #189 |
191. Uh-huh |
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #191 |
195. Oh, so I guess your OP was sarcasm |
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #195 |
211. No, I was serious - |
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Sat Aug-29-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #211 |
230. Oh, I see..... |
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #191 |
196. now it's called critical thinking? |
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #196 |
212. C'mere, you cute little sockpuppet - |
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Sat Aug-29-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #212 |
231. back at ya, porkchop |
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
169. Interesting read. Sign of our times. |
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Sat Aug-29-09 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
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Sat Aug-29-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #173 |
174. Have no idea about Omar (Author at link was not real clear) |
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Sat Aug-29-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #174 |
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Sat Aug-29-09 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
176. I recently lost my 8 year old son to cancer |
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Sat Aug-29-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #176 |
184. Sincere condolences on your loss. I hope the |
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #176 |
210. Did he like the Sushi? |
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Sat Aug-29-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #210 |
233. He Loved the Sushi |
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Mon Aug-31-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #233 |
238. What a brave and wonderfully mischievous smile. |
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Sat Aug-29-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
179. What was his reasoning? |
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Sat Aug-29-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #179 |
181. I'm guessing there are two reasons |
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Sat Aug-29-09 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
182. A friend's daughter took a job at the local Border's bookstore cafe. |
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Sat Aug-29-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #182 |
185. They would probably see it as a liability issue - fear of attorneys is greater than compassion |
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Sat Aug-29-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #185 |
187. It's a shame. I once read that a restaurant in the |
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Sat Aug-29-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #185 |
188. It's more likely they don't want a "food for your friends" deal |
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Sat Aug-29-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #188 |
190. If someone is reduced to waiting by a dumpster for |
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #190 |
192. You must not know teenagers too well |
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Sat Aug-29-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #192 |
217. I have a teenager, but she's nothing like the ones you are |
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #182 |
207. okay i take it you are okay with giving legal protections to businesses that give food to homeless |
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
194. Thank you for sharing your experience and lesson learned... |
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Sat Aug-29-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
201. Easy fix. |
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