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luckily for me nitro, ours can and does.
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come on, sesh, church participation? we may as well see the stats on bridge and crochet proficiency.Comment
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noodle god lol...
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The vodka is getting to our friend...Comment
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"Thank your stars" is referencing to time and place of birth because "stars" are used for calculating time and location within the physical universe.
*I quoted stars because planets, asteroids, and other astrological objects are useful in time and location calculations."I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. - Some come from ahead and some come from behind. - But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. - Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!" ~ Dr. SeusssigpicComment
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When charities shift focus from being a "fed spring" (source) of comfort to an exchange of one thing for another; they are no longer charities. They have become an endeavor to capitalize.
(The quote could have been better written and correctly sourced, but it is morning. I am sure most of you know and understand the concept I am expressing, even if you do not agree. )"I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. - Some come from ahead and some come from behind. - But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. - Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!" ~ Dr. SeusssigpicComment
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Do you ever consider in the slightest how high you are from your prescriptions ??Comment
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You're the one talking to voices in your head.
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No I'm not...
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Makes no difference. But I just feel it's odd to assist other countries when we can't even help all the people within our own country.
If Yahoo had a banner on the US homepage to donate to help homeless US families, it wouldn't get much push. But the banner for donating to Japan is raking in the donations from US citizens. I don't understand the reluctance to help in a more localized manner.
Maybe people have & are tired that no matter how much money, time & resources we throw at the local problem it never goes away. They donate $10 to Japan and in 6 months rebuilding will be well underway and people will see progress happening. That makes them feel like their $10 is actually helping & doing something.
I can't try to understand it. I can only express my own opinions on it & donate to where I feel it is most important. I guess as long as people are being charitable to something it's a good thing. Everyone is going to feel that their particular cause is the MOST important. With so many varying opinions on what is actually the most important, the charity gets spread around to many, many causes.
What I'm saying is, now that I've mulled it over a little bit more with this thread, donate to wherever the fuck you want. As long as you're doing something, who the fuck am I to take issue where you feel it should go?“Great losses often bring only a numb shock. To truly plunge a victim into misery, you must overwhelm him with many small sufferings.”Comment
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that's probably very close to the mark. i know a lot of comment in our media regarding our recent floods etc. is along the lines of 'why donate, when the gov is reaping billions of our dollars which should be allocated to this stuff already anyway.' donor fatigue. but seeing powerful images of disaster is a great motivator.Comment
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Personally I could be horribly wrong too but I don't think personal contributions are that significant in situations as big as this.
It's nice and so forth, maybe good for morale but it's only governments that can really sort out shit like this or help another government because the sums involved are so vast.
As Bob Geldoff explained, he got more from a 15 minute meeting with the French president than than all of Live Aid. And that's the French...
Of course you could argue Live Aid got him in the room.
And you could also argue Live Aid didn't actually in the end do much apart from help some peoples music careers. I digress.Comment
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