Another thought, If inmates are “farmed out” to collect produce, then we could do away with “corporate welfare” for Agribusiness, minimal labor costs would increase profitability, so no more need to screw over American taxpayers to make a profit. Worth looking into.

Comment by squegeeboo — March 31, 2006 @ 8:42 pm

Why you worried you’ll be dinner?

If I’m ever like Terri Schiavo, I hope someone will pull the plug about 15 years sooner than they did for her. Would not want to be a vegetable. Rather take a dirt nap.

So is there where you lecture me, futilely of course, on the rights of fetuses and brain dead people, while eating your chicken pot pie dinner and cheering on the execution of some atheist anti-war activists with Bill O’Reilly? I mean, that is the right-wing thing to do at this juncture… Isn’t it? :)

Speaking of carrots… I think it’s about dinner time. ”

Careful now, last I checked your side pulls the plug on vegtables, espically if your ‘living’ in florida.

Comment by squegeeboo — March 31, 2006 @ 5:56 pm

Well, you are what you eat. I’d rather be a carrot than a pig | chicken | cow | oppossum roadkill :)

Speaking of carrots… I think it’s about dinner time.

Sounds like your just jealous that I do, yah dirty hippy vegan :)

But I’m just a tiny little woman… (well, nottiny – medium sized, but I’m still just a defenseless woman :) Besides, the squeegie set it up. How could I resist? ;)

Sure, I could still be a loved father if I lived in a one room one bedroom apartment, no internet, no set of encyclopedias, ramen noodles for dinner nightly for the kids, A vehicle that is not quite as safe, keep the kids out of the extra cirricular activities that keep them off the streets because of gas costs and equipment on a fraction of what I spend.

Spare me. I grew up lower middle class. We were creative, not bored. There’s a lot you can do for free or next to it. And I think I’m a better person for itthan some of the ‘enteratin me now’ generation of kids running around with dolls that talk.

. Personally I still do my 40 hour week, pay for good healthy food (Which may be considered frivilous by some), Ensure that all of the reference materials etc (Which are not free or even cheap) needed to excel in school are available.

Comment by Tundra — March 31, 2006 @ 4:29 pm

Frivolous? You won’t get that from me. I’m a vegan. And I don’t have kids. But I still work a 40+ week too.

Comment by squegeeboo — March 31, 2006 @ 4:37 pm

How about “You’re just jealous that I don’t drink pig | dog | monkey | take your pick of farm animal blood.”?

Now that was Harsh Unbelievable,

Sure, I could still be a loved father if I lived in a one room one bedroom apartment, no internet, no set of encyclopedias, ramen noodles for dinner nightly for the kids, A vehicle that is not quite as safe, keep the kids out of the extra cirricular activities that keep them off the streets because of gas costs and equipment on a fraction of what I spend.

. Personally I still do my 40 hour week, pay for good healthy food (Which may be considered frivilous by some), Ensure that all of the reference materials etc (Which are not free or even cheap) needed to excel in school are available.

Comment by squegeeboo — March 31, 2006 @ 3:37 pm

You must have one… it’s where we have to drive the stake in order to stop you from sucking the blood of young children and old people.

Since when did we have this ‘heart’ of which you speak?

Comment by squegeeboo — March 31, 2006 @ 2:52 pm

Of course. I forgot that the words ‘1500 h.p. engine with a leather interior’ are more effective at winning a conservative’s heart than the words ‘I love you’. Silly me…

Speaking materialisticly of course

Comment by squegeeboo — March 31, 2006 @ 2:42 pm

Depends on how you define ‘poor’. By my definition, we’re one of the poorest countries in the world. Money cannot buy the things that are most important.

Comment by dano347 — March 31, 2006 @ 2:23 pm

I suppose it doesn’t matter any way since no one is listening to us and we’re simply talking in hypotheticals because it keeps the brain sharp. Just figured others would be interested in changing teh status quo. I guess not so much.

Last I checked the top 20% pay over 50% of national taxes. I’d say thats them paying their own way.

“This is one of those “shared sacrifice for the common good” lessons from civics class that everyone who wasn’t home-schooled should remember, right?”
The common good isn’t what makes capatilism work, greed does. And capitalism has done more for the poor then any other system ever has.