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Another DUmmie wants money
« on: September 10, 2012, 05:56:13 PM »
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Earlier today DUer catbyte created this DU post to share her experience and the dreadful situation she finds herself in, which includes fearing for her three cats after receiving an eviction notice. She wrote:

"You know how they say that many folks are 1 paycheck away from disaster? Well I am 1/2 a paycheck from disaster and disaster has hit. My husband has been in a nursing home for 18 months and will likely be there permanently due to the ravages of having Type I Diabetes for 54 years. He has vascular dementia and has lost part of a foot. Our insurance ran out and I was hit with a big bill before Medicaid kicked in. It paid some months retroactively but not all. I was faced with a choice of keeping a roof over his head or mine. I think I can stay with friends for a while but I am worried sick about my 3 cats.

I never thought I would be in this position at age 57. Sorry but I just had to vent. The healthcare system in this country sucks even if you have insurance."


The link below takes you to the Wishlist post, which gives a bit more information, including contact (and PayPal) info for catbyte if you can help in any way.


http://www.wishadoo.org/wishlist/124/facing-eviction-in-sw-michigan-worried-about-3-cats/


catbyte would GREATLY appreciate it if you would kindly:

* Recommend this thread and keep it kicked

* Share the Wishlist post with your social networks (or share from here, of course)

* Offer whatever support you can (information, advice, financial support, well wishes, etc.)


You can contact her here at DU through PM, at Wishadoo, or send an email to her as noted in the Wishlist post.



PLEASE NOTE: Anyone is welcome to use the tools at Wishadoo, so long as the Terms of Service are adhered to (basically "play nice" and don't lie). This includes creating posts in the Wishlist, a "craigslist of compassion." Most of us are struggling with one thing or another, and as you'll see, there are many categories in the Wishlist to cover a variety of issues/needs.

Wishadoo! is a portal of sorts, where there are tools to create more compassionate, cooperative communities; the Wishlist is where we can ask, offer, give, receive and pay it forward. If you create a Wishlist post, let me know your DU name, and I can start to do weekly or biweekly threads such as this to highlight DUers' needs and offerings.

(FYI, the Wishlist post regarding Bubble & Squeak was shared far and wide, and eventually led to a happy yet bittersweet ending -- given the poignant circumstances -- thanks to the heroism of several DUers and well wishes of many non-DUers around the country. BTW, we may need an update from DUer, jsmirman, as to whether or not he is still in need of funds to cover everything; the DNC and other news events derailed that effort, last I heard. We were almost there, though...)



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I realize there are pleas for help from every corner nowadays, but if you are able to help support the administrative costs of Wishadoo! so the website can continue to provide tools to help one another, there aren't enough words to express my gratitude. I struggle tremendously myself and hate to ask, especially when I'm posting to ask for help for others, but ask I must. Remember that Glenn Beck branded Wishadoo! as part of the community/socialist/fascist conspiracy on his show, so I know we're on the right track with such endeavors for The Common Good!

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Re: Another DUmmie wants money
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2012, 06:06:36 PM »
I'm sending one hell of huge hand of white light. 

Don't spend it all in one place.
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Re: Another DUmmie wants money
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2012, 06:09:36 PM »
I thought this wasn't going to happen after 11:00 a.m. January 20, 2009.

In fact, tales of woe seem to have increased since then.

I wonder what's up with that.
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Re: Another DUmmie wants money
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2012, 06:24:33 PM »
I will support them in any way, except monetarily.
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Re: Another DUmmie wants money
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2012, 06:33:24 PM »
You have to hand it to the DUmpmonkey who started up the "Wishadoo!" scam.

If you're going to run a scam that has zero chance of hustling up any significant bucks, you may as well do it with a sense of humor.

Here's the Wishadoo! manifesto - a pure distillation of DUmpspeak:

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OUR MISSION:   WISHADOO! is a social visionary enterprise imbued with the core values of empathy, compassion, integrity, and respect, dedicated to cooperation, collaboration and community.  Wishadoo! provides a framework with tools to:

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3.    Initiate and support projects focused on Our Common Good;

4.    Nurture Grassroots Community Philanthropy.


The inspiration surely came from George Costanza's "Human Fund" on Seinfeld.

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Instead of exchanging Christmas gifts (per normal custom) with his co-workers, when George was given a gift he in turn gave his co-worker a card stating that a donation had been made in their name to a charity called "The Human Fund" (with the slogan "Money For People"), when in fact this organization didn't exist.

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Re: Another DUmmie wants money
« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2012, 06:35:09 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on September 10, 2012, 06:09:36 PM
I thought this wasn't going to happen after 11:00 a.m. January 20, 2009.

In fact, tales of woe seem to have increased since then.

I wonder what's up with that.
Well, I've come to the conclusion that DUmmies are satisfied the "O" made an effort, just like the dems have "tried" and continue to try to get rid of poverty even after spending Trillions.

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Re: Another DUmmie wants money
« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2012, 06:37:22 PM »
Quote from: J P Sousa on September 10, 2012, 06:35:09 PM
Well, I've come to the conclusion that DUmmies are satisfied the "O" made an effort, just like the dems have "tried" and continue to try to get rid of poverty even after spending Trillions.

Ah yes, that endless quagmire, with no light at the end of the tunnel, the War on Poverty.

The longest war in the history of the Republic; one wonders when it will end.

<<war-fatigued.
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Re: Another DUmmie wants money
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2012, 06:41:09 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on September 10, 2012, 06:37:22 PM
Ah yes, that endless quagmire, with no light at the end of the tunnel, the War on Poverty.

The longest war in the history of the Republic; one wonders when it will end.

<<war-fatigued.

It will NEVER end, frank.

Poverty, like fools, will be with us always. 
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Re: Another DUmmie wants money
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2012, 07:32:31 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on September 10, 2012, 06:09:36 PM
I thought this wasn't going to happen after 11:00 a.m. January 20, 2009.

In fact, tales of woe seem to have increased since then.

I wonder what's up with that.

A republican disagreed and ruined everything.
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Re: Another DUmmie wants money
« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2012, 07:34:18 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on September 10, 2012, 06:37:22 PM
Ah yes, that endless quagmire, with no light at the end of the tunnel, the War on Poverty.

The longest war in the history of the Republic; one wonders when it will end.

<<war-fatigued.
They can try to dump on conservatives all they want (about poverty) but Oprah Winfrey once said;

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 ... I became so frustrated with visiting inner-city schools that I just stopped going. The sense that you need to learn just isn't there. ... If you ask the kids what they want or need, they will say an iPod, sneakers, or some money.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey_Leadership_Academy_for_Girls
 



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Re: Another DUmmie wants money
« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2012, 07:54:54 PM »
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Re: Re: Another DUmmie wants money
« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2012, 07:57:44 PM »
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Re: Another DUmmie wants money
« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2012, 08:00:41 PM »
Can I just write my name on something and send it in?  It's the same as being there, right?
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Re: Another DUmmie wants money
« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2012, 08:03:59 PM »
There is some contradiction here
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There must be some way the DUmmies can blame this on Bush,  and disregard all the hopey/changey rhetoric of the last (nearly) four years.
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Re: Another DUmmie wants money
« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2012, 08:16:53 PM »
Funny, but with the huge expansion of government into our lives, one wonders why the Skittle-shitting Unicorn Brigade has not yet ridden to her rescue.

Even stranger is the fact that she has not reached out (or claimed to have) the various charities which if her circumstances were anywhere near true would be more than willing to help her out in her time of need.

If she even tried to reach out to programs in her community, there would be a great outpouring of relief, or at least enough to ensure she had a roof over her head and that of her cats until such a time as she could give the cats up for adoption and move into a place she could afford, even with a Section 8 voucher.

But again, in the timeless words of coach, "DUmmies lie.  All the time, DUmmies lie."
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Re: Another DUmmie wants money
« Reply #15 on: September 10, 2012, 08:58:48 PM »
Quote from: diesel driver on September 10, 2012, 06:41:09 PM
It will NEVER end, frank.

Poverty, like fools, will be with us always. 
That's biblical.
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Re: Another DUmmie wants money
« Reply #16 on: September 10, 2012, 09:01:39 PM »
Quote from: obumazombie on September 10, 2012, 08:58:48 PM
That's biblical.

Also, it's very true and inalterable.
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Re: Another DUmmie wants money
« Reply #17 on: September 11, 2012, 04:10:26 AM »
Quote from: obumazombie on September 10, 2012, 06:24:33 PM
I will support them in any way, except monetarily.

Even as a jockstrap?
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Re: Another DUmmie wants money
« Reply #18 on: September 11, 2012, 04:26:27 AM »
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Earlier today DUer catbyte created this DU post to share her experience and the dreadful situation she finds herself in, which includes fearing for her three cats after receiving an eviction notice. She wrote:
I never thought I would be in this position at age 57. Sorry but I just had to vent. The healthcare system in this country sucks even if you have insurance."
Ummm, DUmmie, It will be far worse with Ombumacare.
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Re: Another DUmmie wants money
« Reply #19 on: September 11, 2012, 07:25:54 AM »
Here is what the IPAB will do. 


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Re: Another DUmmie wants money
« Reply #20 on: September 11, 2012, 09:37:52 AM »
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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Please stop donating!
This is Diane here, and I am completely and utterly humbled, thankful, and so deeply, deeply grateful to all of you who donated to me. I have enough to stave off eviction and keep my electricity on.

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Now if PayPal will hurry up and transfer the funds into my account...

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Re: Another DUmmie wants money
« Reply #21 on: September 11, 2012, 10:15:53 AM »
Quote from: franksolich on September 10, 2012, 06:09:36 PM
I thought this wasn't going to happen after 11:00 a.m. January 20, 2009.

In fact, tales of woe seem to have increased since then.

I wonder what's up with that.

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Re: Another DUmmie wants money
« Reply #22 on: September 11, 2012, 10:16:35 AM »
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Liberal thinking is a two-legged stool and magical thinking is one of the legs, the other is a combination of self-loating and misanthropy.  To understand it, you would have to be able to sit on that stool while juggling two elephants, an anvil and a fragmentation grenade, sans pin.

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Re: Another DUmmie wants money
« Reply #23 on: September 11, 2012, 10:23:18 PM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on September 11, 2012, 04:10:26 AM
Even as a jockstrap?
Definitely as an athletic supporter.
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