tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post5563453308542628601..comments2024-03-04T12:44:00.261+00:00Comments on Debi Alper: The Poverty PostDebihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-39705605039762021952008-10-21T18:27:00.000+00:002008-10-21T18:27:00.000+00:00"...wars, which are just terrorism on a bigger bud...<I>"...wars, which are just terrorism on a bigger budget after all..."</I> - That's the plain truth, Debi, and any sane person would recognize it.<BR/><BR/>You've gone to the crux of the matter. Last week I watched the US Republican candidate tell his people that, horror! horror! the Democrat candidate wants to redistribute wealth. Have people totally lost their minds? (Yes, they have.)<BR/><BR/>Thank you for this positive post. Count me in, since I'm a HO to the bone. Leslie, LOL!Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-11230690177564305862008-10-17T09:16:00.000+00:002008-10-17T09:16:00.000+00:00Nice one, Leslie. Or maybe Sweet FA HOs.Jannie - ...Nice one, Leslie. Or maybe Sweet FA HOs.<BR/><BR/>Jannie - of course you're in. Sit down. Make yourself comfortable. Have some chocolate cake.<BR/><BR/>Minx - *twitch* - I'm talking veg as far as my balcony is concerned as you well know. Utopia ain't here yet ...Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-27226059820534371762008-10-16T20:56:00.000+00:002008-10-16T20:56:00.000+00:00She may not be talking veg, Jannie!She may not be talking veg, Jannie!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665385782194826703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-13783431936940897242008-10-16T18:49:00.000+00:002008-10-16T18:49:00.000+00:00You won't lose this erstwhile supporter. And if y...You won't lose this erstwhile supporter. And if you did, I wasn't worth it anyway.<BR/><BR/>Bring it on, is right!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Homegrown, did someone say homegrown? I'm in!Jannie Funsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11595786402510366043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-60250451707304950132008-10-16T18:36:00.000+00:002008-10-16T18:36:00.000+00:00We could shorten that acronym to Hopeless Optimist...We could shorten that acronym to Hopeless Optimists, and just be HOs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-66091769191210120822008-10-16T09:12:00.000+00:002008-10-16T09:12:00.000+00:00Sharon - we can dance barefoot on my balcony as we...Sharon - we can dance barefoot on my balcony as we gather in the homegrown. And there will be so many people coming to help you restore your own garden and share in the fruits. Bring it on indeed.<BR/><BR/>Ab Van - time will indeed tell and it could go either way. We need to ensure the voices of those of us who are committed to the positive scenario are not drowned out. We live in interesting times!<BR/><BR/>Minx - glad to hear the answer is in your arse. Truth is that in this present system, it IS much harder to be happy if you have little or nothing, even though £££ doesn't automatically = happiness. Under a different and better system, this would no longer be relevant and we would find our happiness lies in how we relate to and help each other. See? Utopian ...<BR/><BR/>c.s. - thanks. Your own post was very thought-provoking.<BR/><BR/>Leslie - we need an acronym for naïve, utopian, starry-eyed, idealistic fantasist and a hopeless optimist. We're NUSIFAHOs.Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-38494540031400514272008-10-15T17:50:00.000+00:002008-10-15T17:50:00.000+00:00Love your post, Debi."...terrorism on a bigger bud...Love your post, Debi.<BR/>"...terrorism on a bigger budget...", "...nouveau pauvre."<BR/>And you are not the only naïve, utopian, starry-eyed, idealistic fantasist and a hopeless optimist.<BR/>Me, too.<BR/>It was you that stimulated me to participate in Blog Action Day today.<BR/>Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-8858951207123183762008-10-15T14:36:00.000+00:002008-10-15T14:36:00.000+00:00that's wonderfully positive!that's wonderfully positive!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-59441572865600712872008-10-15T11:16:00.000+00:002008-10-15T11:16:00.000+00:00Yeah, Debi! It will be interesting to see if we le...Yeah, Debi! <BR/><BR/>It will be interesting to see if we learn our lessons this time, if the global economic crisis will really promote a fundamental shift in thinking and in values. A certain alien chicken sitting next to me is not holding her breath and refuses to go a pretty shade of blue. Me, I just say, well, time will tell.<BR/><BR/>Just one word for the "rich" - there are a good many who try to do an inordinate amount of good. It is the wealth of many that funds the aid that goes to the poor - think of the philanthropists of the world. It's all about balance, as ever.<BR/><BR/>As Marx said, you cannot have communism without first having benefited from capitalism - the one funds the other. It's important not to throw the baby out with the bathwater, but it is critical that we change our values and our mindsets in order to create a fairer and more equal world which has the chance of a sustainable future.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871239587214383387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-15663006834602797332008-10-15T11:07:00.000+00:002008-10-15T11:07:00.000+00:00Yepp. Bring it on.Yepp. Bring it on.Sharon Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09050104785278502068noreply@blogger.com