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Old 03-14-2009 | 12:20 PM
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Old 03-14-2009 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Dougdrvr
No, but I can't imagine it being worse than watching children fighting like rats for food.
You'd be surprised....

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.



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Old 03-16-2009 | 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by atpwannabe
Haven't visited the "deep" outback Appalachian areas of the US lately huh?




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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...
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Old 03-16-2009 | 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by jungle
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)
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Old 03-17-2009 | 03:58 AM
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Originally Posted by jungle
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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Via Con Dias!

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Old 03-17-2009 | 07:53 AM
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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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