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Offline LC EFA

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Symbolman isn't the only one hurting on DU
« on: December 14, 2008, 07:04:53 PM »
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MartyL  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Sat Dec-13-08 02:57 PM
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Symbolman isn't the only one hurting on DU
   
I posted about this before but thought I would try again...

How could we start some sort of giving tree, secret santa, pay it forward program for DUers...where people in need could ask for help and more affluent DUers could help out in the spirit of the Winter Solstice season?

There are people here who need food, clothing, housing etc. and as many of us stay cozy and well fed in our warm homes talking about cutting back on spending this year, I think many people would be overjoyed to spend some money helping out another family in need out there. Most people who need help are too proud to ask, but there must be some way to do this...any ideas?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4646320

But they still have the internetz on to access DU. For that matter , they have the time to access DU while busy searching for a job.

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sofedupwithbush  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Sat Dec-13-08 03:07 PM
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1. We could keep it kicked and anyone in need could mention themselves
   
and we could pm them...Kinda crude way to do it but organizing isn't my forte. Good luck. It's a great idea.

I want my free pony !!

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Uben  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Sat Dec-13-08 05:51 PM
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14. You are right
   
His having a PayPal link made it convenient to donate. I hope others will come forward with their need. There is hope, and WE are the hope we are looking for.

I hope you've got my free pony !!

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Ghost in the Machine  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Sat Dec-13-08 04:55 PM
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8. Many of us are struggling just to keep our heads above water...
   
I have been for well over a year now, since I had to close my business. I've also been fighting for my disability for 15 months now. I've been turned down twice already, so I got a lawyer a few weeks ago. He's telling me it will be another 12 to 15 months to get a hearing.

I've tried getting jobs, but no one will hire me with my limitations. I've tried selling things online, but haven't done too well at that. I've had yard sales, but living way out in the sticks, 12 miles from town, we don't have much traffic. I've done the flea market scene... and it usually costs more for the gas to get there and for the table rent than what I make selling stuff.

I get a check every couple of months for $100-$120 from google adsense program, from people clicking ads on my sites, and I use that to stock up on soap, toothpaste, toilet paper, shampoo.. the basic necessities. I've had a few DUers who have made donations to my republican sex offenders site, to help keep it online, and I thank them from the bottom of my heart. Sadly though, it'll probably be gone next month..

This past 15 months has been a living hell for me. I've never been in this kind of shape before. I've always been able to provide for my kids, even though I've been a single father for 13 years and have never seen a dime of child support. Right now, we're basically living on food stamps. Even though that is our case, I spent $100 of my food stamps last month to help another family that had no food. I never expected anything back for it... it just felt good to help someone else who needed it. We struggled at the end of the month.. but we made it through. Even through all this, I still help raise food/money for our local food bank, and I help organize our local version of Toys for Tots.

Things will get better one of these days... but until then, we're dug in and hanging on by our fingernails and toenails....

Peace,

Ghost

Hey, lookee here, I want the free pony first.
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Re: Symbolman isn't the only one hurting on DU
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2008, 07:10:24 PM »
Well, I haven't gotten out the boat and rowed over to Skins's island for the past couple of days--the weather's too cold--and I haven't sent my mole for a couple of weeks, if not three.

If the primitives are going to do a fund-raiser for those in need, I wonder if I could manage to get some of that lucre over here, to distribute to people honestly in need.

I'll sleep on it.
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Re: Symbolman isn't the only one hurting on DU
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2008, 07:28:19 PM »
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Uben  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Sat Dec-13-08 05:51 PM
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14. You are right
   
His having a PayPal link made it convenient to donate. I hope others will come forward with their need. There is hope, and WE are the hope we are looking for.

No shit Sherlock,why do you suppose that was set up?

PT Barnum would have had a field day at the DUmp. :whatever:
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Re: Symbolman isn't the only one hurting on DU
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2008, 07:37:34 PM »
Quote from: Carl on December 14, 2008, 07:28:19 PM
No shit Sherlock,why do you suppose that was set up?

PT Barnum would have had a field day at the DUmp. :whatever:

Okay, how hard is it to set up a PayPal account for my mole?

As you might guess, I'm new to this sort of swindl--er, thing.
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Milo Yiannopoulos "It has been obvious since 2016 that Trump carries an anointing of some kind. My American friends, are you so blind to reason, and deaf to Heaven? Can he do all this, and cannot get a crown? This man is your King. Coronate him, and watch every devil shriek, and every demon howl."

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Re: Symbolman isn't the only one hurting on DU
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2008, 07:42:40 PM »
One would go to www.paypal.com and click the "sign up" button there.

Trouble would be in the information you have to give to paypal is more than I'd care to expose especially on DU.

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Re: Symbolman isn't the only one hurting on DU
« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2008, 07:45:13 PM »
Quote from: LC EFA on December 14, 2008, 07:42:40 PM
One would go to www.paypal.com and click the "sign up" button there.

Trouble would be in the information you have to give to paypal is more than I'd care to expose especially on DU.0

Oh.

I didn't know; like I said, I'm new to the arts of scam.
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apres moi, le deluge

Milo Yiannopoulos "It has been obvious since 2016 that Trump carries an anointing of some kind. My American friends, are you so blind to reason, and deaf to Heaven? Can he do all this, and cannot get a crown? This man is your King. Coronate him, and watch every devil shriek, and every demon howl."
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