Comments on: Oh Lord … stop the exploitation of the poor – Update: Video Up http://radioviceonline.com/oh-lord-stop-the-exploitation-of-the-poor/ The blog home of The Jim Vicevich Show Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:10:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: skepticalcynic http://radioviceonline.com/oh-lord-stop-the-exploitation-of-the-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-1986 skepticalcynic Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:44:48 +0000 http://radioviceonline.com/?p=6055#comment-1986 Sorry about the typos. I gotta reread from now on.  Who can I BLAME for that....?......Gotta be someone, right? Sorry about the typos. I gotta reread from now on.  Who can I BLAME for that….?……Gotta be someone, right?

]]> By: skepticalcynic http://radioviceonline.com/oh-lord-stop-the-exploitation-of-the-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-1985 skepticalcynic Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:41:57 +0000 http://radioviceonline.com/?p=6055#comment-1985 I think the "poor" needs to be defined.  Does he mean "poor" in the USA? With cell phones, $100 sneakers, more than one TV? Video games???? Try eating GRASS twice a week, burning a hole through your food while making lye soup and treating it with leeches.  Losing your hair to mal nutrition.  Giving birth in the woods and having the baby die because of no medical care.  Making a sandwich by RUBBING the week old bread with meat just so it can SMELL like a sandwich.  How about a toy doll made up from a potato and pieces of rags? How THAT for poor???  This guy has NO CLUE what poor is.  This junk is A SMALL EXAMPLE of what my parents had to go through in Italy during the war, as well as UNDER Socialist Facist rule, and for a good time till they came here.  Once here, they had nothing but the OPPORTUNITY to make something of themselves.  They were denied jobs, spit on, called names, made fun of for what they wore and eat and how they spoke.  But they DIDN'T point fingers.  They wanted NOTHING from others.  To them, just the CHANCE for advancement was far, far more than they could have ever hoped for.  Self determination.  Taking responsibility for themselves.  No blame game.  No " we all know why Hartford is in such a mess, wink wink".   They took like as something that they could change if they tried hard enough.  None of todays "learned helplessness" and brainwashing that no matter what you do, you  will be held back by the rich and powerful. Ever gonna be Bill Gates?  PROBABLY NOT, but at least here, you can try. Sorry, EFFORT buys sympathy from me and many others of immigrant families. I think the "poor" needs to be defined.  Does he mean "poor" in the USA? With cell phones, $100 sneakers, more than one TV? Video games????

Try eating GRASS twice a week, burning a hole through your food while making lye soup and treating it with leeches.  Losing your hair to mal nutrition.  Giving birth in the woods and having the baby die because of no medical care.  Making a sandwich by RUBBING the week old bread with meat just so it can SMELL like a sandwich.  How about a toy doll made up from a potato and pieces of rags?

How THAT for poor???  This guy has NO CLUE what poor is.  This junk is A SMALL EXAMPLE of what my parents had to go through in Italy during the war, as well as UNDER Socialist Facist rule, and for a good time till they came here.  Once here, they had nothing but the OPPORTUNITY to make something of themselves.  They were denied jobs, spit on, called names, made fun of for what they wore and eat and how they spoke.  But they DIDN'T point fingers.  They wanted NOTHING from others.  To them, just the CHANCE for advancement was far, far more than they could have ever hoped for. 

Self determination.  Taking responsibility for themselves.  No blame game.  No " we all know why Hartford is in such a mess, wink wink".   They took like as something that they could change if they tried hard enough.  None of todays "learned helplessness" and brainwashing that no matter what you do, you  will be held back by the rich and powerful.

Ever gonna be Bill Gates?  PROBABLY NOT, but at least here, you can try.

Sorry, EFFORT buys sympathy from me and many others of immigrant families.

]]> By: theignorantfisherman http://radioviceonline.com/oh-lord-stop-the-exploitation-of-the-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-1925 theignorantfisherman Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:08:54 +0000 http://radioviceonline.com/?p=6055#comment-1925 Maybe he's praying for what will be left of the American middle class tax payer in the next couple of years of what will become of us under Obama.(in reference to the poor) Maybe he's praying for what will be left of the American middle class tax payer in the next couple of years of what will become of us under Obama.(in reference to the poor)

]]> By: leannabelle http://radioviceonline.com/oh-lord-stop-the-exploitation-of-the-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-1921 leannabelle Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:57:14 +0000 http://radioviceonline.com/?p=6055#comment-1921 If you want to express your displeasure over Joseph Lowery's outrageously racist comments,  contact him at this email address: rgrigsby@loweryinstitute.org If you want to express your displeasure over Joseph Lowery's outrageously racist comments,  contact him at this email address:

rgrigsby@loweryinstitute.org

]]> By: leannabelle http://radioviceonline.com/oh-lord-stop-the-exploitation-of-the-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-1919 leannabelle Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:35:04 +0000 http://radioviceonline.com/?p=6055#comment-1919 That so called prayer was outrageous - not to mention racist.  It's important to remember that racism works in more than one direction.  Who chose that "reverend"?  Did our new president approve him and did anyone read it beforehand?? That so called prayer was outrageous – not to mention racist.  It's important to remember that racism works in more than one direction.  Who chose that "reverend"?  Did our new president approve him and did anyone read it beforehand??

]]> By: Anne-EH http://radioviceonline.com/oh-lord-stop-the-exploitation-of-the-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-1916 Anne-EH Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:01:15 +0000 http://radioviceonline.com/?p=6055#comment-1916 Why did Rev. Lowrey invoke "race" into this prayer? Enough of the playing of the "race card"! Why did Rev. Lowrey invoke "race" into this prayer? Enough of the playing of the "race card"!

]]> By: A Special Moment | Radio Vice Online http://radioviceonline.com/oh-lord-stop-the-exploitation-of-the-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-1911 A Special Moment | Radio Vice Online Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:51:08 +0000 http://radioviceonline.com/?p=6055#comment-1911 [...] not on Obama’s speech … but Reverend Lowrey. I make my views on the Lowrey prayer here. But Juan as a man of color, clearly never saw this day coming, never thought it possible, so [...] [...] not on Obama’s speech … but Reverend Lowrey. I make my views on the Lowrey prayer here. But Juan as a man of color, clearly never saw this day coming, never thought it possible, so [...]

]]> By: wendy http://radioviceonline.com/oh-lord-stop-the-exploitation-of-the-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-1914 wendy Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:18:34 +0000 http://radioviceonline.com/?p=6055#comment-1914 I hate to be made to feel like no matter what I do I cannot be good, I cannot be "right" and I cannot be part of the "in" crowd. Just because I voted for President Bush (twice) doesn't mean I'm bad, and just because I didn't vote for President Obama doesn't mean I'm racist. We're different. But I'm big enough to know four year go by fast, and I'll support who ever is in charge of keeping this country safe (unlike Cameron Diaz, et al). I hate to be made to feel like no matter what I do I cannot be good, I cannot be "right" and I cannot be part of the "in" crowd. Just because I voted for President Bush (twice) doesn't mean I'm bad, and just because I didn't vote for President Obama doesn't mean I'm racist. We're different. But I'm big enough to know four year go by fast, and I'll support who ever is in charge of keeping this country safe (unlike Cameron Diaz, et al).

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