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To: redstates4ever

Maya: I think I'll write a poem about poverty.

Oprah: I think I'll do a show about poverty.

Both: I feel better about myself.


2 posted on 08/09/2006 9:09:24 AM PDT by GreenAccord (I just spell-checked MOONBAT. Shouldn't that be in the FR lexicon as a valid word?)
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To: GreenAccord

"Maya: I think I'll write a poem about poverty.

Oprah: I think I'll do a show about poverty.

Both: I feel better about myself."

Now that's just eerie. It's like you're reading their minds.


9 posted on 08/09/2006 9:13:03 AM PDT by L98Fiero (I'm worth a million in prizes.)
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To: GreenAccord

Excellent.


11 posted on 08/09/2006 9:13:11 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: GreenAccord
The private Greensboro,N.C. school for black women sold all 300 tickets available Monday Aug. 7, 2006, bringing in more than $100,000 for the Oct. 20 event

"I think I'll spend $400 to attend a seminar on poverty -- yeah, that'll help..."

25 posted on 08/09/2006 9:29:25 AM PDT by mikrofon (Charity begins w/ the homeys)
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To: GreenAccord

I wonder if anyone at this conference suggested that poverty isn't caused by lack of public spending, but by the attitudes and choices of people in poverty.


32 posted on 08/09/2006 9:36:12 AM PDT by My2Cents (A pirate's life for me.)
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To: GreenAccord

heh. You nailed it.


46 posted on 08/09/2006 10:14:22 AM PDT by kenth
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