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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:26 PM Original message |
Poorer Bible Belt states more generous than richer New England |
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flyingfysh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. that's misleading |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Correct, as a former New Englander |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Why would you discount that? nt |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
54. charitable giving to a cause |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
124. I do not consider donations to Robertson, Falmoon, Dobson and |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
120. Link to article |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, if paying off the preachers counts as "charitable", you're right. |
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maximovich (407 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. Less Need Charity Because We Pay Higher Taxes |
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Sandpiper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. If one considers Tithes to a church an act of charity |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
33. My sentiments, exactly. |
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BurgherHoldtheLies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. No guilt here. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Or can afford that week. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. Try figuring in cost of living before you cast your offensive stones |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. What exactly is offensive? That dang old math stuff? nt |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Exactly: Implying that New Englanders are heartless. nt |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. That is how I interpreted the comment too. n/t |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. what's offensive is Norhtern States giving $1 to the fed |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
67. So you'd let the rich keep their money close to home? Sounds illiberal. nt |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:30 PM Response to Reply #67 |
88. Our roads are falling apart here in Massachusetts |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. Would you be offended if someone said the same thing about Georgians? |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
63. Here's the Boston Globe's take on the research |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
48. You also have to factor in the fact that in lower-cost-of-living places... |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:15 PM Response to Reply #48 |
69. Exactly. We make less, we give more. The shame, the shame. nt |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. Btw....I'm not agreeing with you wholly at all. So, let's not get chummy. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:20 PM Original message |
Wow! You win!!!!! |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
114. True, cost of living is less but wages/salaries are also lower |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:09 PM Response to Reply #114 |
125. Great minds think alike, Ultraist. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:39 PM Response to Reply #125 |
152. LOL |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:36 PM Response to Reply #114 |
149. Thanks for pointing out what should be obvious. |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. They don't get taxed up the ass |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I consider the money I pay for schools generous |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. And then they live off of your tax money |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
150. That sounds like something my brother-in-law says a lot. |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. Link, please? nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
45. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:17 PM Response to Reply #45 |
70. Deleted sub-thread |
ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. Using their logic, then the US is the stingiest nation on earth |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
14. since it is IRS data |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. Thanks, My View As Well. I Give To Various Organizations & Causes But |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yeah, but they're doing it with the blue states' tax money |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. Will this be locked for "bashing the north"? |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
19. Please cite your source. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Oh, I heard this story on the news up here alright |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Well, it figures. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Now you understand. |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:18 PM Response to Reply #36 |
72. Don't know where you got that--it's certainly not in OP. nt |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
56. Donations to found cancer centers are NOT counted on taxes? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. The news story said that several items are not considered "charity" |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
73. But philanthropy is included. Facts are stubborn things. nt |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
132. And it doesn't take into account cost of living |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
20. From the web site |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
21. What is this counting? |
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Sandpiper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. It's talking about tax-deductible contributions |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
77. Thanks. That's what I thought. n/t |
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ShadyCharacter (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
47. Now, maybe you should post a link |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #47 |
76. Yes, link please. nt |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. More from the web site |
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Czolgosz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
26. Don't they lock threads that make the reverse argument about the South? |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
51. No.....they lock the threads that make the reverse argument.. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:04 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Calling New Englanders heartless is a 'fact'? |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:08 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. You're right about one thing, BB. The OP did not post a link |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:10 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. I'm not even taking the math into account. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:17 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. And, like I said. People took the bait. n/t |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:22 PM Response to Reply #71 |
78. Ya gotta be smarter than the fisherman sometimes. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:26 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. LOL...hope your's does as well, BB! n/t |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:29 PM Response to Reply #62 |
86. You're right, I didn't post a link. I posted three links. Take a look. nt |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:28 PM Response to Reply #55 |
84. I never used the word "heartless" or characterized the North in any way. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:32 PM Response to Reply #84 |
92. You know nothing about my support to Mississippians nt |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
79. There's no North bashing in the OP--just some research. And no, |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:27 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. It's not a Katrina photo and it isn't my caption. |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:44 PM Response to Reply #82 |
107. You have to agree that the Klan are in other states to, not just the South |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:46 PM Response to Reply #107 |
109. Heck no. |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:54 PM Response to Reply #109 |
117. Okay I understand...and in response to your other comment |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:10 PM Response to Reply #117 |
126. And this coming from a British Cajun! |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:19 PM Response to Reply #126 |
134. Hey you |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:21 PM Response to Reply #134 |
136. Well.... |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:28 PM Response to Reply #136 |
143. Hey...don't you be talking about my ass |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:31 PM Response to Reply #143 |
146. Lol...have a great Thanksgiving, J. T !! n/t |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:35 PM Response to Reply #146 |
148. You too mon amie :) n/t |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:39 PM Response to Reply #148 |
153. BTW...I'm an "ami". |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:45 PM Response to Reply #82 |
108. My bad. But did the Klan and the Baptists trash that church? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:47 PM Response to Reply #108 |
110. *What* church??? |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:57 PM Response to Reply #110 |
118. Doh! I meant school. Au revoir. |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:26 PM Response to Reply #118 |
140. Why are you doing this? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
27. What are you basing your facts on? |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
90. Geez, read the thread. I've posted links to NPR, Boston Globe, and |
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Sandpiper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:54 PM Response to Reply #90 |
116. Ann Coulter loves the Grateful Dead |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:39 PM Response to Reply #116 |
155. "Her"...are we 100% sure that Ann Coulter is a "her", 'eh? n/t |
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malachi (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
28. How does the public school system im MS compare to the |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. First link that I found |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
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Sandpiper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Nice of you to include a link |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. delete |
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Sandpiper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Somehow I've got a feeling |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
65. How is that making fun of Katrina victims? |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. And sounding like a freeper. n/t |
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GRLMGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Obviously is nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:03 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. You made a sweeping with nothing to back it up - what did you expect? |
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maximovich (407 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:05 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. That Math Stuff Seems Very Fuzzy Doesn't It? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. I heard Georgia has a higher rate of Divorce, Domestic Violence, and leads |
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maximovich (407 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
52. Flamer Flaming awayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy |
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jackster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
44. funny, when I was a fundie several lifetimes ago... |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
49. More refutation from your own source |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
58. Here's a summary from the researchers themselves |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
59. Buying your way into heaven is not really charitable |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
60. Interesting. |
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Sandpiper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Interesting Indeed |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:25 PM Response to Reply #66 |
80. And, I don't necessarily see anything wrong with that. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:28 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. You are wrong. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:29 PM Response to Reply #83 |
87. The ones that many give to do have huge overheads. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:31 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. I am not trying to argue with you. Just making the |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:33 PM Response to Reply #89 |
94. I agree that careful research should be done. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:36 PM Response to Reply #94 |
99. I started it by saying "you are wrong." |
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Qibing Zero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:39 PM Response to Reply #80 |
154. Yeah, damn those evil secular charities. They're in it for themselves! |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:49 PM Response to Reply #60 |
111. Freeper! Freeper! (sarcasm) |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
68. Holy Crap! |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:37 PM Response to Reply #68 |
101. Thanks, Grannie. It may sometimesbe hard to be a progressive in the South, |
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Kickin_Donkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
74. Sorry, tithing is not giving to charity in my book ... |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
85. That includes donations to churches. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:35 PM Response to Reply #85 |
96. Strawman, since probably 99.9999999999999999% of tithing is not .. |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
91. wow scientists found the study so biased against higher income |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
93. Most fun I've ever had at DU. Thanks, guys. nt |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:33 PM Original message |
Me too |
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Sandpiper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:33 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. You can crawl back under your bridge now |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
97. Someone has to pay for the clergy's nice cars and vacations. |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
98. Those Conservative Christians you speak of ALSO put their money |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:41 PM Response to Reply #98 |
102. But we're still here. |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:52 PM Response to Reply #102 |
113. The man on the mountain is on the NH quarter |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:44 PM Response to Reply #98 |
105. I DIDN'T say those things and I'm NOT yelling! nt |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:00 PM Response to Reply #105 |
121. Well, I'm just saying |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
100. Ever hear of cost of living? |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
103. My posts speak for themselves. As we say down here, |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:43 PM Response to Reply #103 |
104. they reveal a great deal about you |
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DavidBowman (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
106. Jesus, who cares? |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:54 PM Response to Reply #106 |
115. Jeebus cares, that's who. GOOOOOOOOOOO, Jeebus! nt |
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prescole (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:05 PM Response to Reply #115 |
123. Let's review, shall we? |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
112. Thank God I don't need a handout from the people on this board! |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:12 PM Response to Reply #112 |
128. I'd |
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insane_cratic_gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
119. Ever seen NH property tax? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
122. Deleted message |
tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:14 PM Response to Reply #122 |
129. To be fair...the OPer has subsequently posted links. n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:20 PM Response to Reply #122 |
135. Deleted message |
tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:23 PM Response to Reply #135 |
137. Ummm...I think you owe dear Matcom an apology. His/her post |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:27 PM Response to Reply #137 |
142. Not to mention matcom is ALSO from MA. |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:28 PM Response to Reply #135 |
144. REALLY? |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
127. You obviously have no idea what the cost of living is up there.. |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
130. So. So! You don't want Northerners to bash the South... |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:26 PM Response to Reply #130 |
141. Makes sense to me! |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:28 PM Response to Reply #141 |
145. But not hypocritical at all. Oh no. |
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Trish1168 (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
131. We have the highest cost of living in the country !!! |
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julialnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:35 PM Response to Reply #131 |
147. Boston has a higher cost of living than New York? |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:38 PM Response to Reply #131 |
151. FU Trish |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
133. tax funded welfare or Hamas ? |
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BronxBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
138. You know what's interesting............ |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:41 PM Response to Reply #138 |
156. Clearly Southerners hate their own children. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
139. Not everyone lists their donations on their tax forms |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
157. Southerners more likely to put their money where their church is |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
158. Locking |
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