One storm has passed, but another looms. New Orleans stands on the frontlines of what is shaping up as a battle over visions of America. Administration officials have tripped over their tongues, poll numbers have fallen and the media has developed a bark. But let’s not underestimate the Bush administration’s ability to craft a silk purse from a sow’s ear:… return to article
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Reader Comments (14)Page 1 of 1 pages“One of the ways that wealth is created is to ensure that unskilled workers are not paid a living wage.”
Seems like an incentive to become a skilled worker. . .
But i realize that half of everyone is in the bottom half. Worse, the bottom 10% of “us” are only of marginal intelligence, often ill educated, raised by people who also are intellectually deficient and have few if any mentors to help.
You want to eliminate poverty? Good luck! But all is not bad news. Being poor in the US today is far better than being middle class in the US was 100 years ago. Much better than living almost anywhere in Africa today. But expectations naturally rise, both due to the wealth we observe around us and, probably even more so, the fabulous wealth seen on tv every day. So whatever we do to ease the buderns of the poor, the feeling of unfairness will only continue to rise. . .
Posted by wolf on Sep 27, 2005 at 8:21 AM I weep for you,
I deeply sympathize.
For I’ve enjoyed your company,
more, much more, than you realize.The time has come,
to talk of other things,
of shoes and ships and ceiling wax,
and cabbages and kings,
and why the sea is boiling hot,
and whether pigs have wings.
Calloo Callay, no work today.
We’re cabbages and kings.The time has come,
my little friends,
to talk of foods and things,
pepper corns and mustard seed and other seasonings,
we’ll mix them all together,
in a sauce that’s fit for kings,
Come run away, we’ll eat today.
We’re like cabbages and kings.
Posted by David in Canada on Oct 2, 2005 at 8:46 PM Lewis Carroll
Alice in Wonderland
excerpted from
The Walrus and the Carpenter
or
The Story of the Curious Oysters
Posted by David in Canada on Oct 2, 2005 at 8:50 PM For advanced skills using italics and bold learn to use these HTML tags.
</i>
<b></b>
<blockquote></blockquote>
i = italics, b = bold, blockquote = text in fancy boxes
This tag turns italics on <i><i>
This tag turns italics off </i>
Posted by David in Canada on Nov 12, 2005 at 5:01 PM ... more testing ... my apologies Joel ... I really liked the Walrus and the Carpenter reference… here is the testing ..
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