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Dougdrvr 03-14-2009 12:20 PM
Welcome home...........

atpwannabe 03-14-2009 03:58 PM
Originally Posted by Dougdrvr (Post 578116)
No, but I can't imagine it being worse than watching children fighting like rats for food.
You'd be surprised....:o

To be honest with you Dougdrvr, with what vagabond posted, hell I would think that you'd probably find that scenario in some of our cities today. It just doesn't get the coverage as other stories do.



atp

alarkyokie 03-16-2009 11:18 AM
Originally Posted by atpwannabe (Post 577970)
Haven't visited the "deep" outback Appalachian areas of the US lately huh?




atp
We'uns ain't got no "deep out back",lest you be talkin' Nantahala Gorge..
We do see a lot of Yankee tourists and Floridians...

ryan1234 03-16-2009 12:27 PM
Originally Posted by jungle (Post 577896)
Thanks for posting that. Those of us who have never ventured outside of the US or Western Europe have no idea of what real poverty is and when you see it first hand it will change your world view permanently. We are a very lucky 15% of the world.
Like..."ideas have consequences" and "greed is a constant, like gravity"

Only to come back to hear people collecting unemployment because they got laid off their favorite job.... Or struggling because they can't pay the ARM on their $600k house...or complaining because health insurance costs too much (try not caring if the stream next to your hut is contaminated because it's the only place to get any water)

alarkyokie 03-17-2009 03:58 AM
It's all relative..
 
Originally Posted by jungle (Post 577896)
Thanks for posting that. Those of us who have never ventured outside of the US or Western Europe have no idea of what real poverty is and when you see it first hand it will change your world view permanently. We are a very lucky 15% of the world.
We are extremely fortunate when you only have a small pot to p*** in,
but it's enough. "Making do",another way of expressing DOD's term,
"field expediency" has been a way of life in this region.
A friend of ours died yesterday, and he exemplified this culture.
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http://resizr.lord-lance.com/resized...-MQK71-184.jpg


Via Con Dias!

Ottopilot 03-17-2009 07:53 AM
What people need:

Air
Water
Food
Shelter
Clothing

Everything else is a luxury.

I've seen enough of the world to know I'm lucky to live in the USA. My wife needs to see what I've seen.


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