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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Freeper on February 21, 2010, 01:58:13 PM
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11 Bravo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Feb-21-10 11:06 AM
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I have never beeen prouder of my 13 year old son than I am today.
Edited on Sun Feb-21-10 12:00 PM by 11 Bravo
At his middle school students receive "money" as a reward for good behavior, citizenship, academic performance, etc. Then at the end of each quarter an auction is held and students may use their reward money to purchase a variety of prizes. Mike had been saving up for a small MP3 player that he really wanted. On auction day last week he found himself seated next to a young hispanic aquaintance (not really a friend, but they know each other to say "Hi" in the halls).
A little back story here: We have a relatively large hispanic population in our town, mostly Salvadoran immigrants. The majority of them live in a block of subsidized apartments and many of the families are living from paycheck to paycheck.
Mike and the other student struck up a conversation. He told the girl what he was aiming to purchase, and she told him that she wanted the $50 gift certificate from our local Safeway so her family could buy food. As luck would have it, the price for the certificate exceeded her bankroll. Mike told her to keep on bidding until she won, and that he would make up the difference. The little girl eventually secured her gift certificate, but Mike was down to less than half of his cash, so the MP3 player went to someone else. He never said a word to me, and I never would have found out about this if the little girl's mother hadn't called about a half hour ago to say thank you.
After the call I asked Mike what had happened. He replied, "Dad, I LIKE to listen to music, but Yasmin's family NEEDS to eat."
I love my kid.
on edit: typo
Hmm in this bouncy the kid acted more like a conservative than a liberal. The kid didn't shake his head and say "That's so sad someone should buy you food" Instead he dug into his own wallet and helped out a fellow human being.
If this story is true then you have a good kid. Now if his dad was a conservative you would have pulled the $30 out of your wallet for him to buy himself an MP3 player as a reward for doing something nice.
villager (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Feb-21-10 11:10 AM
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6. He just destroyed any future he might've had in the Republican party, with that much empathy!
Thank God!
(or Goddess...!)
;-)
He'd be a lousy democrat he spent his own money to help someone.
The Doctor. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Feb-21-10 11:13 AM
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8. Can you imagine what a 'conservative' would say if their son did such a thing?
I can only imagine how disappointed they'd be.
Nope doc a conservative would be proud that his son was showing conservative values.
Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Feb-21-10 11:28 AM
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29. Conservatives believe in one-on-one charitable giving, so they can determine the worthiness...
... of the recipient, so any conservative parent would no doubt be pleased.
It's impersonal government charity they have a problem with, because the kinds of means-testing the government uses are not the same ones the conservatives approve of. I think it was Cheney who said it best (although at that moment he was talking about conservation, iirc) when he said it was an act of personal virtue and not something for the government to be involved in.
Just sayin'.
Hekate
Wow you got it right. Us conservatives are not against charity just forced charity.
The Doctor. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Feb-21-10 12:08 PM
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46. Indeed....
And what metric of worthiness might a 'conservative' consider regarding this particular girl?
That's kind of what I was getting at. I have very little doubt that many of today's 'conservatives' would not approve of charity for many sorts of minorities, let alone immigrants of any kind.
Depends on if the little girl was bullshitting or not. If she was being sincere I am sure a conservative would help her out.
kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Feb-21-10 12:26 PM
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60. I think we both know that most conservatives would consider
non-conservatives, gays, working women, and non-christians to be UNWORTHY of charity.
You are so full of shit. Churches for example have always reached out to non christians etc in the hopes they can save them.
OffWithTheirHeads Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Feb-21-10 11:22 AM
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22. I have an i-pod I am not using. If he wants it, P.M. me
I was going to sell it on e-bay but I'd rather give it to him.
Shouldn't Obama peel off a couple of bills from his stash to buy the kid an Ipod?
Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Feb-21-10 12:06 PM
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44. Oh, no!! You've got a little socialist on your hands.
Congratulations to you and him.
And hey, thank him for me too.
Nope if he was a true socialist he would have tried to get everyone to have to give that girl money. Instead he took his own money and gave it to her.
Of course the whole story is probably bullshit anyway.
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He'd be a lousy democrat he spent his own money to help someone.
Damn, Freeper, sir, you are hitting bulls'-eyes within bull's-eyes today.
Awesome.
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Can you imagine what a 'conservative' would say if their son did such a thing?
I would have said:
"It's your money, son, you earned it and you can do as you like with it"
Let's see those words come out of a liberals mouth.
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Compare this thread to the thread about the guy coming to the door to ask for money.
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Hmm in this bouncy the kid acted more like a conservative than a liberal. The kid didn't shake his head and say "That's so sad someone should buy you food" Instead he dug into his own wallet and helped out a fellow human being.
If this story is true then you have a good kid. Now if his dad was a conservative you would have pulled the $30 out of your wallet for him to buy himself an MP3 player as a reward for doing something nice.
He'd be a lousy democrat he spent his own money to help someone.
Nope doc a conservative would be proud that his son was showing conservative values.
Wow you got it right. Us conservatives are not against charity just forced charity.
Depends on if the little girl was bullshitting or not. If she was being sincere I am sure a conservative would help her out.
You are so full of shit. Churches for example have always reached out to non christians etc in the hopes they can save them.
Shouldn't Obama peel off a couple of bills from his stash to buy the kid an Ipod?
Nope if he was a true socialist he would have tried to get everyone to have to give that girl money. Instead he took his own money and gave it to her.
Of course the whole story is probably bullshit anyway.
Not just BS, I think it's been recycled to boot.
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It would be liberalism if the teacher/prinicpal FORCED him to do it.
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Which DUer was it the other day who didn't want to help out the guy who came to their house the 2nd and 3rd time asking for money and they refused to help? Why was it that they refused to help?
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What sort of middle school auction has $50 Safeway giftcards?
If this were true, it would be a truly commendable act, but that sort of gift card doesn't make much sense.
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It would be liberalism if the teacher/prinicpal FORCED him to do it.
Which is probably what really happened anyways....
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Compare this thread to the thread about the guy coming to the door to ask for money.
Madame DuFuey (10 posts) Sun Feb-21-10 03:04 PM
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135. Bravo
This warms my heart, especially after reading a few stories here on DU from people who don't want to help strangers who come to their doors looking for money for food and medicine. How can we call ourselves progressives if we aren't open to helping all in need?
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Which DUer was it the other day who didn't want to help out the guy who came to their house the 2nd and 3rd time asking for money and they refused to help? Why was it that they refused to help?
That was the Good Samaritan primitive, the "Mari333" primitive, who did that.
She refused to help because she was selfish.
Remember, primitives think charity should be dispensed by "other people," not them.
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Which DUer was it the other day who didn't want to help out the guy who came to their house the 2nd and 3rd time asking for money and they refused to help? Why was it that they refused to help?
I think, horrors, they were applying a worthiness standard!
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Sounds like a bouncy to me
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That was the Good Samaritan primitive, the "Mari333" primitive, who did that.
She refused to help because she was selfish.
Remember, primitives think charity should be dispensed by "other people," not them.
I read that thread and people were encouraging her to go to the police. I don't blame them for being worried about a person showing up after dark asking for money and rides, but I do blame their hypocricy. They would be the first to paint conservatives as horrible shrews for thinking of personal safety.
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I read that thread and people were encouraging her to go to the police. I don't blame them for being worried about a person showing up after dark asking for money and rides, but I do blame their hypocricy. They would be the first to paint conservatives as horrible shrews for thinking of personal safety.
If they didn't believe that the govt should take money from us by force and give it to other people then I would give Mari666 a pass.
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If they didn't believe that the govt should take money from us by force and give it to other people then I would give Mari666 a pass.
Of course.
But the primitives do believe the wallets of "other people" should be emptied.
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ZERO Bong.
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Had the kid been a real dummycrat, he would have told the girl how much he felt her pain and that he would send her white light and healing vibes in hopes that someone would help her.
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A Republican would never make up a transparent lie like this one, and drop his kid into the middle of it. What a silly bogus tale! The kind the DUmp will always lap up and pretend to believe, even though a few of them are perceptive enough to realize what utter bullshit it is.
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Sounds like a bouncy to me
11 Bravo is a bouncy himself. His whole persona is from the movie "Hamburger Hill". Same unit. Same duty station and same time in country.
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A 13 yo boy trying to get laid. Color me surprised. :whatever:
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What sort of middle school auction has $50 Safeway giftcards?
That is a very good question. Maybe it was donated?
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If true, nice story. If a lie, it's still a nice story.
Darn shame that these people are so full of hatred that that they need to turn a nice story into a hate fest.
God forgive them.
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Why did the DUmmie use the word "hispanic"? If the kid was from Poland would the DUmmie say Polish? I think not. :whatever:
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Well, this is really weird. This kind of thing promotes ambition and competition. What kind of school does that? Someone needs to inform the NEA. This kind of competition shouldn't be allowed with impressionable children. They'll grow up thinking working hard towards a goal and trying to do a better job than the person next to you is the right thing to do. How can minorities ever hope to get ahead? I mean look here...the poor minority girl didn't even have enough to get a food coupon for her family while the privileged white kid could afford the luxury item without having to worry where his next meal was coming from. No way minorities can do as well in school, either so they wouldn't even get as much "money"! I think if they're going to do something like this a certain amount of available points should be set aside for the minority students. Then they can be divided between them in addition to the ones they can earn on their own. Levels the playing field I think.
Cindie
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Why did the DUmmie use the word "hispanic"? If the kid was from Poland would the DUmmie say Polish? I think not. :whatever:
I can only imagine the girls family is from Hispanola Island :p
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Sounds like a bouncy to me
A definite, zero-bong, negative sense bouncy.
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I've never heard of a Mexican named Yasmin. Thought it was Arab.
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I've never heard of a Mexican named Yasmin. Thought it was Arab.
It's the Disneyification of the world. The only Yasmin I could think of is Yasmin Bleeth.
Bleeth was born in New York City, the daughter of Carina, a model, and Philip Bleeth, a business proprietor.[1] She is of Russian, German, French and Algerian descent
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I've never heard of a Mexican named Yasmin. Thought it was Arab.
I've met Mexican's called Yasmin. All the ones I've met have been younger.
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I see that one of my pet primitives, OffwiththeirHeads, weighed in here. I based my story about Mervin on him, even though I used the wrong DUmmie name. Well, his IPod would be in better hands with this kid, because OWTH might drop it in the tub. :p
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If this is a true story.....he's a good kid who did a great thing for someone.
Must be a conservative.....he didn't tell anyone what he did.
Liberal mindset is to tell everyone.... ::)
The Gospel reading at Ash Wednesday Mass was from Matthew.
The gist of it was ....pray in secret, give in secret, fast in secret. God knows what you do, He doesn't need you to publicly announce it, for Him to know it.....particularly if you do it without understanding the reason why you do it and/or behave differently in private.
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Dare I say, Christian Charity?
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Damn, Freeper, sir, you are hitting bulls'-eyes within bull's-eyes today.
Awesome.
To us shooters, that's the "X-ring" (Or "V" instead of "X" for some old-school military range shooters). It's a narrower circle within the highest-scoring target ring, to separate the men from the supermen.
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debk, your post reminded me of an article I read about Medieval architecture of cathedrals. Do you know there are countless masterpieces, such as carvings, that were designed to be hidden wholly from view? They were intended for the glory of God only.
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debk, your post reminded me of an article I read about Medieval architecture of cathedrals. Do you know there are countless masterpieces, such as carvings, that were designed to be hidden wholly from view? They were intended for the glory of God only.
I did know that.
A lot of them have now found their way to The Vatican Museum.
I went to The Vatican in 2002, I was on a tour. Another woman and I ditched the tour group and were in there for almost 6 hours!! It was indescribably incredible and we still only saw a fraction of The Vatican as much is off-limits to the public.
The only way I can compare the experience is .....you know how when you walk into church (regardless of your religion) that you are walking into God's House?
When you walk into a state capital building...you are walking into your Government's House....but when you walk into the Capital Building or the White House...it's the heart of the country and it's government and you can just feel it.
The Vatican's like that.....it's God's main house.
When I went into the Basilica.....it was such an overwhelming feeling of God being there and welcoming me in.
I cried.
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When I went into the Basilica.....it was such an overwhelming feeling of God being there and welcoming me in.
To me, the most memorable thing about St. Peter's is all the incredible pieces of art and statuary hidden away in little dark alcoves all over the place.
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If this story is true then you have a good kid. Now if his dad was a conservative you would have pulled the $30 out of your wallet for him to buy himself an MP3 player as a reward for doing something nice.
No SHIRT! I give my grandkids $20 per "A" that they bring home! They consistently get $80 each, every quarter! They can afford to buy their own frikkin' MP3!
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To me, the most memorable thing about St. Peter's is all the incredible pieces of art and statuary hidden away in little dark alcoves all over the place.
Did you see all the animal statuary in the museum?
It's like the animals were encased in molding material then molds were made of them.....the muscle definition was just incredible.
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Feb-21-10 12:06 PM
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44. Oh, no!! You've got a little socialist on your hands.
:whatever:
No, DUmbass, he doesn't. If the young-un was a socialist, he would have taken everyone else's money at gunpoint, given the girl 50 cents for every dollar he took, demanded the school give him the mp3 player, and declare himself a "man of the people".
Good on the kid, environment can be a hard thing to overcome; especially when the "parent" is a DUmbass.
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beeen??
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Ok I have a "I have never been prouder of my 16 year old daughter than I am today" post. I just picked up my daughter from school and she immediately said, "ARRRGHHH, I am so mad". I asked her why and she said that a boy was wearing a Che t-shirt at school today (sort of a friend). She told me she got so mad that she told him off and asked him if he knew anything about Che at all. The kid could only say he lead a revolution. My daughter told him to look up how many people he has killed and that he was basically the Cuban version of the Taliban (she watch Beck's documentary). She also said something about him killing a 12 year old boy (I believe she said he shot him). He claimed the boy was stealing more than his daily rations of food and he just shot him. I hadn't heard about that one.
She said that the boy said, "I didn't know...I didn't know". She told him that the next time he decides to glorify someone with a t-shirt he needs to look into them a little more.
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Good on the DUmmy kid, if this really happened, and good on your kid, BEG. Raised right.
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She said that the boy said, "I didn't know...I didn't know". She told him that the next time he decides to glorify someone with a t-shirt he needs to look into them a little more.
I believe Che also hated rock and roll and movies too.
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I believe Che also hated rock and roll and movies too.
I can't believe they let kids wear those types of t-shirts in school. I bet a kid wearing a pro-life t-shirt would get into trouble. The girls dress like whores so I shouldn't be surprised. One day a girl told my daughter that she was sheltered and needed to "get out more and party". She told my daughter she could tell she was sheltered by the way she dressed. My daughter wears t-shirts and jeans. The girl who told her this dresses like a hooker.
In Dallas there is no way the kids could get away with the way they dress here. I should take pictures of the way the girls dress when I pick up my daughter and post them here. I would probably be charged with kiddy porn if I did so I wont do it.
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In Dallas there is no way the kids could get away with the way they dress here. I should take pictures of the way the girls dress when I pick up my daughter and post them here. I would probably be charged with kiddy porn if I did so I wont do it.
lol.
It would be tame compared to the kind of stuff I have found and used the CyberTipline for.
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I can't believe they let kids wear those types of t-shirts in school. I bet a kid wearing a pro-life t-shirt would get into trouble. The girls dress like whores so I shouldn't be surprised. One day a girl told my daughter that she was sheltered and needed to "get out more and party". She told my daughter she could tell she was sheltered by the way she dressed. My daughter wears t-shirts and jeans. The girl who told her this dresses like a hooker.
In Dallas there is no way the kids could get away with the way they dress here. I should take pictures of the way the girls dress when I pick up my daughter and post them here. I would probably be charged with kiddy porn if I did so I wont do it.
At least here in N. Idaho, parents still have some sense. Wonder why young girls dissapear in Californicator more than they do here? Puzzling, ain't it?
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At least here in N. Idaho, parents still have some sense. Wonder why young girls dissapear in Californicator more than they do here? Puzzling, ain't it?
Kalifornia is home to fruits and nuts and the fruits and nuts have rights goshdernit.
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Kalifornia is home to fruits and nuts and the fruits and nuts have rights goshdernit.
They also have secrets they need to share! There are parents that would like to know what happened to their loved ones!
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I noticed this thread was back up top again. My daughter went to watch a "debate" after school yesterday. She has a friend named "Nora" who wants her to join debate next year (my daughter has informed me that Nora is a Lib). My daughter heard Nora talking before the debate to another debater (my daughter was standing right next to Nora), "My Dad hates rich people". Nora told my daughter the other day that she (my daughter) was rich. WTF is Nora doing? She invited my daughter to watch the debate and makes that comment about her dad hating rich people when she said that my daughter was rich (which we aren't). Girls are bitches I swear.
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I noticed this thread was back up top again. My daughter went to watch a "debate" after school yesterday. She has a friend named "Nora" who wants her to join debate next year (my daughter has informed me that Nora is a Lib). My daughter heard Nora talking before the debate to another debater (my daughter was standing right next to Nora), "My Dad hates rich people". Nora told my daughter the other day that she (my daughter) was rich. WTF is Nora doing? She invited my daughter to watch the debate and makes that comment about her dad hating rich people when she said that my daughter was rich (which we aren't). Girls are bitches I swear.
High school girls can be vicious!
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Public schools are dangerous to kids.