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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Traveshamockery on January 05, 2010, 11:21:10 PM
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Apparently his ex-wife (who is now married to someone else) cannot get the medical care or drugs she needs and he would sacrifice everything to get those drugs for her because she's so ill.
And oh yeah, he also wants to pay for her to go skydiving. Well, he wants you and me to pay for her to go skydiving. And he wants to help her find her real mom.
But she's married to someone else. :thatsright:
The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts)
Tue Jan-05-10 08:32 PM
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At some point you just say you are done. And I am at that point.
I spent several hours with my X today. She has 11 prescriptions, some of which she cannot get covered with her state insurance (which runs out at end of month). She is going to the hospital tomorrow, I asked her to promise me she would ask them to admit her and try to find out what is all wrong with her. She is coughing up blood, has two brain cysts, parkinson's disease (though it may be MS), and can hardly talk right now.
She has been to urgent care and the hospital several times in the last few weeks. When my daughter is over I just tell her mommy is getting a checkup. And I hope she has not heard the conversations I have had with dad about it all. One Dr. thinks she may have brain cancer. She is worried our little girl will just remember as someone who is sick all the time.
I am done. Simply done with all this debate over health care and such.
She can't get her cough syrup with codeine because the state won't pay for it (I have given her my own codeine, which I only take when I am in really bad pain a few times a year - I guess by law I am a criminal for giving someone else my scrips).
I have an 8 year old daughter who wants her mommy to be ok - and I, and her new husband, cannot make that happen. All because we don't have enough money.
What am I supposed to tell my little girl? That her mom is sick and cannot get the care she needs because she does not have enough cash???
Should I tell her daddy is not able to help her because I was laid off? How do I explain to her that I worked my ass off for years for various companies but they laid me off because money for investors was more important than anything else? How do I tell her that doing your best means nothing really, and that the only thing that matters is how much cash you have?
I am done. I voted for change, and I want it. Change when it comes to wars (have two sons heading out to those wars soon), change when it comes to how we treat corporations, change when it comes to the homeless, etc.
My own issues are but are a small thing really, I know that. From gay folks wanting DADT repealed to folks fighting for single payer, from our homeless friends wanting something to change to help them to others like me unemployed with personal issues that are eating away at them - where is our help, our bailout?
I want to work. I want my X to have the health care she needs. I would work two or three jobs, if I could find them. I want my daughter to grow up knowing others are concerned about her well being and her health. Seems like the right was all concerned when the X was pregnant but the minute we had a child she was on her own - if I don't 'work' enough and she suffers, well that is her fault - if her mom cannot afford to get the care she needs, that is her mom's fault.
Done. Simply done with it all. All of the politics, keeping powder dry, making compromises, and so on.
You want my vote? Then do what I put you in office to do. If you are not going to that, then screw you.
And later downthread here come the hints for wanting help from his fellow DUmmies with the obligatory slam at the conservative cave for "ripping" on him.
The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-05-10 08:54 PM
Response to Reply #8
21. Folks on DU have helped me before, would never ask for such again - just kills me
Someday I will be able to help others. I do what I can now by paying it forward. I have given money to many over the last few years when I had it.
I was employed, but was on family leave act and did not get some paychecks (ran out of vacation days, thought I had more than I did, nd had issues with corp credit card where the company told me many things relating to my trip were covered then later told me they were not). DU'ers stepped in and helped me out. I still get ripped for it on some sites where some folks have nothing better to do than rip on us.
I only wish for two things right now - one is to get my X a gift certificate for skydiving and to help her find her real mom, and I am working on all of that and I might be able to do it all between now and April.
Really, we all have problems in way or another but why does it seem like DUmmies have endless problems and endless silly wants? And if his ex-wife is so sick, why would he want her to go skydiving?
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She's sick and in pain but still wants to go skydiving?
Something tells me TSS is full of shit and will believe anything. Someone's getting played here.
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She's sick and in pain but still wants to go skydiving?
Something tells me TSS is full of shit and will believe anything. Someone's getting played here.
He says she has MS or Parkinson's. Would it really be wise for an MS or Parkinson's patient to go skydiving? Especially when no one can afford it.
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I doubt any reputable skydiving outfitter would allow something like that. Never done it, I have no idea what the fine print is, but it can't be good.
Has Michael J. Fox jumped out of a plane recently? At least he has money.
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He's not divorced so how can his wife be remarried ?
He says he doesn't know what she has ? He's been telling the DUmp for years about her being sick but they don't know what she has ? I always suspected he not only wrote posts in his wife's name but also posted as his daughter.
He may have been employed but he can't stay employed. He has money for drugs, liquor and smokes. Lazy ass.
He also had a free house in California, so he said but couldn't make it work there either.
I only wish for two things right now - one is to get my X a gift certificate for skydiving and to help her find her real mom, and I am working on all of that and I might be able to do it all between now and April.
The money quote. SUCKERS.
I thought he'd pull this crap for Christmas but since we outted him he chose to wait.
LOL, scamming the DUmp one dollar at a time.
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Well, well, well, she's throwing up blood, has Parkinson's or MS, has not one, but two brain cysts, maybe brain cancer, can barely speak, needs 11 prescriptions, but can't afford them, and cadges painkillers from her deadbeat ex-husband. So he's desperate, and would work three jobs (though whenever he gets one he can't hold it) to provide for her. So he goes to the DUmpmonkeys for a handout on behalf of his dearly ex-beloved----TO PAY FOR SKYDIVING!!! Unbelievable!! I gotta ask: While reading this tale of woe, did ANYONE see SKYDIVING coming? This one is so crazy, it may be true! Well, I take that back, but it's still crazy. One of the best DUmp tales in a long time!
Right out of the gate, this brilliant effort has placed DUmmy The Straight Story right at the forefront of my personal standings for the 2010 Top DUmmy competition. Thank you, DUmmy The Straight Story, that was a classic. Keep up the good work, and someday you may be rewarded. Well, probably not, but it was great anyway.
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She's sick and in pain but still wants to go skydiving?
Something tells me TSS is full of shit and will believe anything. Someone's getting played here.
Skydiving might be a good way for the DUmmie TSS to help his ex get over her medical problems....
Maybe he could go with her, and let her have the parachute.... :-)
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I am done. I voted for change, and I want it. Change when it comes to wars (have two sons heading out to those wars soon), change when it comes to how we treat corporations, change when it comes to the homeless, etc.
Hmmm! Wonder if those are the same two sons he abandoned when they were little for his new squeeze.
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stray cat
27. Thats how we ended up with Bush for 8 years - screw you to Al Gore
boy was that a mistake
LoZoccolo
Response to Reply #27
29. Yep.
zalinda
Response to Reply #29
32. Wow, just wow
You two turned someone's pain into a cheerleading post for the dem party. How proud you must feel.
LoZoccolo
Response to Reply #32
39. Maybe I should turn someone's pain into a Democrat-bashing thread instead.
Oh, looks like I don't need to.
HughMoran
Response to Original message
30. I WANT MY ******* CHANGE NOW!!!!! ME!!!MEE!!! MEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Leave - it's not worth listening to you day after day. Nobody's vote is worth this bullshit.
zalinda
Response to Reply #30
33. Another recruiter for the dem party
my party right or wrong? You've done yourself proud.
HughMoran
Response to Reply #33
35. just keep on whining and alienating people
You done yourself proud
Bluebear
Response to Reply #35
63. Nobody alienates people more than you, crazy person. /ignore finally
Who can take your nutty non-thinking foolishness anymore?
HughMoran
Response to Reply #63
67. 2 ignore warnings? you had me on ignore until this post - lol. Oh, ad hominem
I got that covered.
Melinda
Response to Reply #30
36. And you with a Ted Kennedy avatar... how rich.
You whine about the OP's rant with a whine of your own. The irony slays me. If you were serious about not listening to what the OP has to say, you'd have him on ignore given your expressed history. It appears you'd rather spread hatefulness.
Your empathy for the X is noted along with your attempt to disrupt. Matthew 25:41-46
Peace.
HughMoran
Response to Reply #36
37. The whining OP and all the rest whine here day after ******* day like spoiled babies
Playing the empathy card is the most pathetic of all techniques.
As if I don't have the same problems in my family.
Selfish.
Arrogant.
Self-absorbed.
Oblivious.
No more ignore...
LoZoccolo
Response to Reply #37
42. And as if other people won't have the same problems without this bill.
Even if it's not all we want.
OnyxCollie
Response to Reply #37
61. Project much?
You and your crew of the perpetually ******* gullible bouncing into these threads in your bright, shiny bubbles, telling everyone that the shit coming down is really manna from Heaven.
Speaking of Heaven, I never knew anyone who, as the reich-wingers like to claim, believed Obama was the Messiah. Now I have.
BTW, Obama's starting his second year in office. Is he ever going to replace the politicized US Attorneys that bush put in, or is that OK now?
Bluebear
Response to Reply #61
68. Where the hell have you been all my life?
HughMoran
Response to Reply #68
70. You love them attacks
Hey, you just put me on ignore - why can't you stop peeking at who's kicking me in the face next?
Bluebear
Response to Reply #68
72. ignored ignored ignored ignored what a breath of fresh air
The Silence of the Pom-Poms
HughMoran
Response to Reply #72
73. That's a very macho thing to do
Take me off ignore, come onto this thread and tell me twice you're putting me back on ignore, then dancing on my face after you 'supposedly' put be back on ignore. :boring:
HiFructosePronSyrup
Response to Reply #36
41. Ted Kennedy seems appropriate.
Ted Kennedy supported health care reform and didn't support staying home at the polls and helping Republicans.
HughMoran
Response to Reply #41
43. They support Republicans and hate Kennedy
It's obvious
HiFructosePronSyrup
Response to Reply #43
45. Grover Norquist business was a real tip off.
HughMoran
Response to Reply #45
46. And criticism is one thing, but exclusive Dem bashing from dawn to dusk says it all
It's so obvious these people are posers.
LoZoccolo
Response to Reply #46
49. If they weren't posers they'd know more than "I'm not gonna vote wah wah wah wah".
Way more to democracy than they claim.
HughMoran
Response to Reply #49
56. If I have to listen to the constant ******* whining, I don't care if they vote for Palin
It's just not worth the heartache - these folks are too self-absorbed to care that they are effectively kicking a lot of people in the face. What about all of us who are on the receiving end of their hate daily - aren't we people too? Where's their compassion for those who have fought side-by-side with them for many many years??
HiFructosePronSyrup
Response to Reply #46
62. My Golden Retriever died because of constant Dem bashing.
Why did these people bash Scampers to death?
HughMoran
Response to Reply #62
66. lol
stop it!
:popcorn:
Dear Leader's cult following cheerleaders vs. the disenchanted freaks
The purge is coming. Who will be the one's to go?
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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts)
Tue Jan-05-10 08:32 PM
Original message
At some point you just say you are done. And I am at that point.
I spent several hours with my X today. She has 11 prescriptions, some of which she cannot get covered with her state insurance (which runs out at end of month). She is going to the hospital tomorrow, I asked her to promise me she would ask them to admit her and try to find out what is all wrong with her. She is coughing up blood, has two brain cysts, parkinson's disease (though it may be MS), and can hardly talk right now.
She has been to urgent care and the hospital several times in the last few weeks. When my daughter is over I just tell her mommy is getting a checkup. And I hope she has not heard the conversations I have had with dad about it all. One Dr. thinks she may have brain cancer. She is worried our little girl will just remember as someone who is sick all the time.
I am done. Simply done with all this debate over health care and such.
She can't get her cough syrup with codeine because the state won't pay for it (I have given her my own codeine, which I only take when I am in really bad pain a few times a year - I guess by law I am a criminal for giving someone else my scrips).
I have an 8 year old daughter who wants her mommy to be ok - and I, and her new husband, cannot make that happen. All because we don't have enough money.
What am I supposed to tell my little girl? That her mom is sick and cannot get the care she needs because she does not have enough cash???
Should I tell her daddy is not able to help her because I was laid off? How do I explain to her that I worked my ass off for years for various companies but they laid me off because money for investors was more important than anything else? How do I tell her that doing your best means nothing really, and that the only thing that matters is how much cash you have?
I am done. I voted for change, and I want it. Change when it comes to wars (have two sons heading out to those wars soon), change when it comes to how we treat corporations, change when it comes to the homeless, etc.
My own issues are but are a small thing really, I know that. From gay folks wanting DADT repealed to folks fighting for single payer, from our homeless friends wanting something to change to help them to others like me unemployed with personal issues that are eating away at them - where is our help, our bailout?
I want to work. I want my X to have the health care she needs. I would work two or three jobs, if I could find them. I want my daughter to grow up knowing others are concerned about her well being and her health. Seems like the right was all concerned when the X was pregnant but the minute we had a child she was on her own - if I don't 'work' enough and she suffers, well that is her fault - if her mom cannot afford to get the care she needs, that is her mom's fault.
Done. Simply done with it all. All of the politics, keeping powder dry, making compromises, and so on.
You want my vote? Then do what I put you in office to do. If you are not going to that, then screw you.
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She has government health care/insurance. How does he figure that forcing everyone into government health care/insurance is going to help her?
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BTW, Obama's starting his second year in office. Is he ever going to replace the politicized US Attorneys that bush put in, or is that OK now?
What? You A**holes kicked, screamed and stamped your feet when President Bush fired some US Attorneys , now you want Lord Zero to do the same thing?
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I read that whole screed from TSS as "I WANT MY GD PONY RIGHT THE EFF NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Shame it took him 13 paragraphs to say it . . .
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When did his ex move back from California to Ohio? I thought she DUmped him for a brighter future. :tongue: She ends up with another hopeless parasite.
Those who do not learn from their mistakes.......................
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I read that whole screed from TSS as "I WANT MY GD PONY RIGHT THE EFF NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Shame it took him 13 paragraphs to say it . . .
To me, one of the funniest things about this unfunny healthcare issue...even if the DUmmies get what they want, it still won't take effect until 2014. So, sorry op, your ex old lady might get to go skydiving, but tough luck on those meds. :-)
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He says she has MS or Parkinson's. Would it really be wise for an MS or Parkinson's patient to go skydiving? Especially when no one can afford it.
Well, it could resolve the whole medical care problem pretty handily, depending.
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To quote Gobucks, "Well, well, well." This post is such a perfect encapsulation of DUmp-dom, it could have been created in a lab. It has absolutely everything, it's perfect in every way, each and every line. I nominate this entry for a "posts which stand on their own," and am keeping him in mind for the 2010 horserace. Outstanding. Jaw-dropping.
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To quote Gobucks, "Well, well, well." This post is such a perfect encapsulation of DUmp-dom, it could have been created in a lab. It has absolutely everything, it's perfect in every way, each and every line. I nominate this entry for a "posts which stand on their own," and am keeping him in mind for the 2010 horserace. Outstanding. Jaw-dropping.
I agree 100%! Even as early as Jan 5, 2010, this post is a definite contender.
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Well, well, well, she's throwing up blood, has Parkinson's or MS, has not one, but two brain cysts, maybe brain cancer, can barely speak, needs 11 prescriptions, but can't afford them, and cadges painkillers from her deadbeat ex-husband. So he's desperate, and would work three jobs (though whenever he gets one he can't hold it) to provide for her. So he goes to the DUmpmonkeys for a handout on behalf of his dearly ex-beloved----TO PAY FOR SKYDIVING!!! Unbelievable!! I gotta ask: While reading this tale of woe, did ANYONE see SKYDIVING coming? This one is so crazy, it may be true! Well, I take that back, but it's still crazy. One of the best DUmp tales in a long time!
Right out of the gate, this brilliant effort has placed DUmmy The Straight Story right at the forefront of my personal standings for the 2010 Top DUmmy competition. Thank you, DUmmy The Straight Story, that was a classic. Keep up the good work, and someday you may be rewarded. Well, probably not, but it was great anyway.
Yep, losing to GB must have hurt so he has hit the ground running. Skydiving, all that woe to lead up to panhandling for skydiving. The other dummies should take note, as that was pretty original.
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I doubt any reputable skydiving outfitter would allow something like that. Never done it, I have no idea what the fine print is, but it can't be good.
Has Michael J. Fox jumped out of a plane recently? At least he has money.
I can imagine the sight of Michael trying to reach for and pull the ripcord. Pure. Comedy. GOLD.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6nApaP2_ak[/youtube]
And FWIW, a friend of mine runs a skydiving business. I'll ask, but I'm pretty sure of his answer already.
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You know, just about every commercial for prescription meds says something like, "if you can't afford your medicine, X,Y,Z Company may be able to help" followed by contact information. Several organizations exist that do the same thing and disease specific nonprofits (American Cancer Society has tons of resources and makes some of their own grants) help people all the time. If the X is as poor as he claims then those who are supposed to be helping her are doing a piss poor job. Oh, and if her condition is THAT serious there's a public hospital that will admit her. Even financial departments of private hospitals will work with patients on payment plans, getting grant, etc.
But wouldn't STATE insurance be Medicaid which is partially funded by the FEDERAL government?
Cindie
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Can you imagine how distraught DUmmy TSS must have been? He had just posted a masterpiece, one of the finest examples of a panhandling thread in the history of the DUmp, and then, almost immediately, it deterioriated, courtesy of his fellow DUmbasses, into a routine Bush/America hatefest. Not one DUmmy mentioned PayPal, and skydiving disappeared with nary a nod.
It doesn't distract a bit from the elegant artistry of the original panhandling post, but DUmmy TSS was missing the key ingredient in scamming cash from the DUmp. The Andy scam folks were most professional at it. They would post a whining, crying post of misery about how the red-headed queer had a fatal illness that was terminal unless he could be treated 3000 miles away at an astronomical price. His survival was the DUmp's only remaining chance to expose the BFEE, to demonstrate how Diebold stole the election, and to impeach the hated W. To moonbat brains, that was a compelling argument, but it would not have raised a dime had it not been for sock puppets or confederates working in well-timed unison. Every description of how dire the faggot's condition was would be met by two or three other posters asking how to contribute, and others announcing their generosity. The coordinated scam opened the money spigot, as dozens of DUmmies proclaimed how much they had given to the cause. Of course, the vast majority were lying, but as the scam spread around the moonbat world, a lot of money poured in to scam headquarters. TSS had none of that, so even though his plea was even more entertaining than the Andy scam, he didn't make a nickel, and his post will sink into Bush-hate oblivion. The lesson for would-be future DUmp fraudsters is clear: Before initiating your scam, form a team, or at least generate a few sock puppets. You must have a way to prime the pump, or you are wasting your time.
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Part 2 :-)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7403793
The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-06-10 02:07 AM
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I just wanted to post a follow up to my earlier thread, clear up something, and a bit of an apology
I posted this earlier:
At some point you just say you are done. And I am at that point.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
I did so out of frustration with where we are right now - I am still supportive of our dem party, I just think we can do better.
The last few days have been hard for me. And earlier today I had two issues (on top of hanging with the X and talking about her health issues) that hit me rather hard.
My youngest son came over, needed some info for his MEPS stuff for the army. He was at boot camp and ended up coming home as he had psych issues (his mom died in 2005, my first X - and his step-dad was a real ass to him). He called me tonight and told me it is pretty much a go, just needs his psych eval and off he goes (again) to boot camp. Going into infantry (again) - even though he tested high enough to go into any area he wanted.
When he came over, I was over at the X's house. I helped him with the paperwork - he put me down as his dad, even though I was not legally his dad for many years (long story).
Then, shortly before I posted, I got a call from a lady at a sky diving place (I had sent her an email over the weekend). She said she could help me with getting my X a gift certificate for a sky dive. I did not expect her to call me, let alone so late on a Tuesday.
When the X found out she had Parkinson's (or as I have said, maybe MS - hope they test her tomorrow for it, not sure why I wish it were MS and not parkinson's...) she used to listen to the song "live like you were dying (link below)" and talked off and on about sky diving.
Being that she has gotten worse I looked into getting her that jump. She can go in April when weather is better.
That call and my son going back to army just hit me hard (my oldest son is already in the Army and is at Ft Hood, heading to Iraq in a few months).
I don't care that she is my X. She is my friend, and I am her best friend. She rants about her health to me, crys about it, and today she was upset that her health care from the state was ending, and was scared about it all (and was upset they would not fill her scrip for her cough syrup with codeine). My daughter won't have the dental care she needs at end of month either.
She worries about how our daughter is handling it all.
All of it just came to a head today. I do, and will continue to, vote for dems. I do think though that we have some in our party that don't have our best interests at heart. For them, I will not vote.
Thanks to you all for talking to me, and sorry if I go off the deep end at times - and sorry for the times I have gone off here on folks, and I have before, I am just not always at my best. I will try to be better in how I reply to others and not be so snarky. DU has seen me through some hard times in life, and I want to thank you all for that (although I will say, if you are a jerk to me expect the same back LOL).
Here is the song/video I mentioned earlier:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNWg5DlWVa8
The song is for added sympathy.
The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-06-10 02:17 AM
Response to Reply #1
3. Trying to :) just having a rough patch and a huge backstory I won't go in to
Sometimes, I just need to vent - and I can't to my immediate family, and most all my friends have died.
DU has been a blessing to me in so many ways. May sound silly to some, but that is the reality of it.
OH PLEASE STOP !!
The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-06-10 02:18 AM
Response to Reply #2
4. Well, I don't need a few days away from DU, I do need a few days away from the stress!
here is a cool video I found tonight on sky diving, almost makes me want to go...but I won't
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKSwZ2z4ZvU
Wonder which DUmmy will pop for the sky diving ? C-Peg ? She's rich. :-)
The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-06-10 02:49 AM
Response to Reply #13
15. I feel maybe I was a bit broad brushed
I just feel I could have spoken better and been more clear in my rant. I wasn't, mainly because I was upset, and when I am I don't always post as clearly as I wish I had.
It may have seemed to some that I was against all dems or such (Probably because I used language like 'change' - not sure if you saw the now deleted sub threads). I did not mean to imply such nor did I wish to imply that I was not happy that we had a dem president.
Simply put, I could have been more clear, just been a bad day, and I could have written better how I felt.
May not be a big deal to some, but DU has been a real friend to me and I wanted to clarify how I felt on it all
Silly? Probably, but I have a lot of friends here, and the only way I can clear things up is to post.
The only thing missing is the paypal link. :whatever:
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-06-10 02:17 AM
Response to Reply #1
3. Trying to Smiley just having a rough patch and a huge backstory I won't go in to
Sometimes, I just need to vent - and I can't to my immediate family, and most all my friends have died.
DU has been a blessing to me in so many ways. May sound silly to some, but that is the reality of it.
From sheer boredom and disgust?
Cindie
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They're all tapped out and pretending to be dead.
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(and was upset they would not fill her scrip for her cough syrup with codeine).
Just an aside, my neighbor is a pharmacist at our local Walgreen's........I just asked her how much the retail price would be for a bottle of Turpenhydrate with Codeine cough syrup would be for a person with no insurance........
She said.........for 250 mL..........$8.55 (tax included)........
doc
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TSS is certainly a lot more transparent than his president is. I guess he came to the cave and realized there might be some questions why he would want to take his ex skydiving if she's so ill. He had to justify that to his DUmmie friends.
And he's crying because his daughter won't get dental care.
Memo to TSS (because I know you are reading this): YOU ARE HER FATHER - YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HER DENTAL CARE, NOT THE TAXPAYERS. MAN UP AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN OBLIGATIONS. And for God's sake, quit crying about how horrible everything is in your life. Why would any person so freely give control of their life over to some unknown entity in D.C.?
There are a lot of people in this world who take their responsibilities seriously, don't blame other people for their problems, and deal with life as it happens, good or bad. They are called CONSERVATIVES. You might try that at some point in your life.
If you endeavor to do silly stupid sh** with money you don't have for others based on a song, you're an emotional cripple. And why on God's green earth would you care more about paying for your ex to go skydiving than getting your daughter dental care?
That's okay - I will get back to work here shortly so I can continue to provide for your responsibilities while providing for my own and that of MY family.
Geeeeez, these people p*** me off.
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My wife is just recovering from the flu. I want to snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef. Please send me your money. Oh, and Bush sucks. Thank you very much.
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My wife is just recovering from the flu. I want to snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef. Please send me your money. Oh, and Bush sucks. Thank you very much.
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-06-10 06:28 PM
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They send me emails.
(please forgive me if I rant again, I just need to)
I get them at least once a week. Party folks want me to help them out. I get them from the White House as well.
Send them some money. Help them with their campaigns.
They want me to do what I can to elect them.
I didn't work one tenth as hard as most here, didn't send tons of money to the party. Just did not have it. Did what I could though, posted online and made a video - and one thing that still sticks in my mind about that video was some protesters holding a sign that said "Bring the troops home now or face mutiny". It is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-10_iPus9g
I hated these wars before I ever even knew my son (and most likely my youngest one now) was going to be fighting in them.
At one point, I did think they were a noble and good thing. I bought into it all. As time went on though, I realized I was just plain wrong. Hell I was all for going over there to stop them from killing us here. I was Mr. Pro-war. I did everything I could to find a reason why we were there. I convinced myself that we were doing the right thing.
I hung a banner out over the front porch (the X and I lived on the second story of a place in Circleville at the time) on 9/11 saying 'remember the families that lost loved ones today' because we both felt so sad that so many lost their lives. I left work to be home with her and my daughter - was not about to let her sit home alone with our baby girl on such a day. And we cried. I still remember that night - we heard some jets overhead, but no regular planes.
We wanted something to be done. We were scared. Then the whole anthrax thing popped up. It just got worse.
Back then, in my life, I was a really happy guy. Best times of my life in some ways. Had a good job. Good benefits. Suddenly I was afraid for those I loved. Things bigger than me and my life were playing out.
Things now are the same in some ways. They are bigger than me.
They are bigger than my own personal issues and pain.
You. Your kids. Your friends. People I don't even know.
Screw me and my pain, no matter what I have dealt with in life it is not as bad as some others have here.
And I ask - WHY? We were all ready to go to war to save lives. But we won't spend the money to help out the sick and homeless and those trying to get a job?
You care about people dying during an attack on 9/11 - I do too. But I also care about all the other people here day to day.
Me? Screw me. There are a bunch of people out their losing their homes, breaking up over finances, families destroyed not by attacks from some guys in a plane but by our inability to help them when they need it the most.
You send me emails. You told me the wars we waged were to save us.
There are so many out there hurting right now. They didn't do anything wrong. They just tried to live a good life, and it came crashing down on them.
You send me an email when you have something good to do for them. I don't buy all this 'let's take it slow' crap, if you want to keep your powder dry then you are not serious about fixing the problems that are hurting so many.
It is not about a sad old man like me. It is not about some lobbyist sipping coffee with you in your office. It is about them. Those folks who most need you, it is about those little girls and boys suffering each day because you won't help them because you are worried about getting elected next term.
Me. I will go away in time. I will pass on. There are many others though, like my X and my kids, who NEED YOU.
Your time to stand is now.
This is why no one hires him. He never shuts the hell up !
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Now send me that damn money!!
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more
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This is why no one hires him. He never shuts the hell up !
He's getting more desperate as the day goes on..........his dealer must have given him a deadline of Thursday or Friday to get him the $$$.
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Who is Thom Hartmann ? Is that moonbat radio ?
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-06-10 02:19 PM
Original message
Thom just read The Straight Story's post on his show.
I think it's live -- on Free Speech TV?
Well done, Thom Hartmann, well done The Straight Story.
The money should start rolling in now !
tularetom (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-06-10 02:56 PM
Response to Original message
17. Anyone who can read The Straight Story's story and NOT be pissed off
is not human.
Thank you Tom Hartmann for spreading this account to a wider audience.
Uh Huh
EFerrari (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-06-10 03:24 PM
Response to Reply #17
19. Thom was instrumental in helping us raise funds for Andy.
Looking back after the intervening years of scams, I don't know how most people did a gut check and realized it was for real and on the level. But, Thom did, immediately.
A scam is born !
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Let's think this through. Thom Hartmann is loved by the DUmmies because he's a leftie so the only people who listen to him are other lefties, or people from DUmmieland. They love the emotional stuff but not so much spreading their money around to each other.
And he probably has fewer listeners than MSNBC has viewers.
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Let's think this through. Thom Hartmann is loved by the DUmmies because he's a leftie so the only people who listen to him are other lefties, or people from DUmmieland. They love the emotional stuff but not so much spreading their money around to each other.
And he probably has fewer listeners than MSNBC has viewers.
He's borrowing listeners from Randy Rhodes and Mike Malloy just to stay out of negative territory? :lmao:
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I doubt any reputable skydiving outfitter would allow something like that. Never done it, I have no idea what the fine print is, but it can't be good.
Has Michael J. Fox jumped out of a plane recently? At least he has money.
he might, without a parachute, when he finds out they are remaking Teen Wolf and his chatacter is now a girl.
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Damn! This guy is doing way too much breeding. What about sustainability?
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he might, without a parachute, when he finds out they are remaking Teen Wolf and his chatacter is now a girl.
So Chelsea Handler finally made it to the big screen? Can't be any worse than the Jackie Chan Karate Kid remake.
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-06-10 02:56 PM
Response to Original message
17. Anyone who can read The Straight Story's story and NOT be pissed off
is not human.
Thank you Tom Hartmann for spreading this account to a wider audience.
Oh, I agree. I'm pissed that this whiny, helpless wuss has been allowed into the gene pool. Has anyone checked to see whether this thing has a penis? Gawd I hate wimpy men!
Cindie
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Well, I just don't know. I'm utterly flummoxed. What would strike this Thom guy to pick this dumb story up and broadcast it (even to a few people)? Even though it was a masterpiece of epic DUmp artistry, it's really just a run-of-the-mill whine about ordinary people having ordinary problems. The "set-up" for asking for funds was so thinly veiled it was laff-out-loud funny.
I'll bet Thom is in on the scheme.
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The "set-up" for asking for funds was so thinly veiled it was laff-out-loud funny.
I'll bet Thom is in on the scheme.
He was in on the Scamdal.