Sound mind and body is still more than some people have or are even born with.

DUDE, read the posts, then reply !

WE were discussing the U.S.A. here, not Ethiopia !

I don't have anything other than what I earn through hard labor, and I am hiring if anyone wants a job..........guess what, I can't get any help because the job requires hard labor in dangerous conditions and there isn't many guys that specialize in that anymore, bumming pays almost as good, and they can watch MTV all night and sleep all day !

I've read plenty of your crap, it's very repetitive. You just keep saying the same thing, the government shouldn't be obligated to help the needy. I'm saying not everyone can afford the pitfalls that many people fall into, and I will choose to help that person everytime over letting them fall further into their sinkhole or die because they couldn't pull it together and help themselves.

EXACTLY !

Why bring Uncle Sugar into it ?

Because you and I aren't always going to be able to fford it, in fact you and I and our whole families and best friends sometimes con't afford. And the damned government already has stockpiles of my money that they are wasting on buraeucracy instead of putting it were it is needed, that's why.

HA !

That was a mouthfull, now reread your own words !

Do you have reading comprehension issues??

AuntyM;

We may have decended to whining and sniveling, but we started out exploring what in the heck makes those of other opinions think that way...

HEY, maybe I'M a victim........Where do I sign up ? !!!

Yeah, you're a victim of right wing talking points, go to your closest charity/NPO and volunteer your time and energy into helping someone less fortunate, that should fix you right up.

If this isn't the middle, then I'm gonna get OLD !

You can decide for yourself how far my mind has developed, but the odometer speaks for itself...

So how about them ilegal mexicans eh?

Oregonian, personal experience meaning real life arguments do not work here. You are trying to debate with liberals who rarely get out, live in a fantasy bubble, and believe everything there cronies say. In short your wasting computer ink.

George Bush rocks! Republicans rule, Hillary Clinton is a gerbil pushin lesbian, Democrats like gay sex, turn the middle east to glass and all that good stuff.

YUP

You forgot the smile face Aunty M. Oh well, there goes your crudibility.

Your wisdom is unsurpassed

Send them back seriously look what they have done....Just read those facts that John Lee Hookum provided...We waste our tax money to support these mexicans who are on our bill when they aren't legal citizens and they ruin the country with all the gang and murderous acts

WE should protect our borders better and we should also have a limited thouroughly screened amount of people come into this country to gain citizenship, it's what America has always done. Getting rid of "mexicans" will not end gang violence or stop murder. The reason these people rank higher on the list of Most Wanted and outstanding warrants is because they are hiding, they are illegal aliens, do you expect to show up on a court warrant??

Here are some facts about murder in America and race from the FBI: (national Statistics)
"Supplemental homicide data revealed that 90.3 percent of murder offenders were male, and 91.7 percent were over the age of 18. Of the incidents in which the race of the offender was known, 50.3 percent of the offenders were black, 47.2 percent were white, and 2.5 percent were of other races."

Other facts:(from LA County)
"In LA County, the highest number of gun deaths in 2000 by race were Latinos (473), followed by African Americans (341) and Caucasians (305). The firearm death rate in 2000 was highest for African Americans (40.6 per 100,000
- California Dept of Vital Statistics, 2000 "

More Facts:(from LA County)
"The victims and offenders of most violence in Los Angeles County are of the same race/ethnicity
- Billie Weiss, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services "

More Facts: (From LA County)

"The overall homicide rate per 100,000 population was 14.0, with a much higher rate for African-Americans (40.4 per 100,000) and Hispanics (18.7 per 100,000) than Caucasians (4.0 per 100,000) or Asians (3.4 per 100,000). African-American males were at very high risk for homicide (73.3 per 100,000), and in the age group 15 to 34 years, this problem reaches epidemic proportions (164.2 per 100,000)."

Those numbers JLH posted are purposely misleading to make it appear that Latinos are responsible for most of the homicides in LA County, which is completely false. They are only resposible for more gun deaths in LA county.

Rome fell and so will the US, now this won't happen while we are alive but remember this, we won't be the top bully on the block forever.

I am always curious, when I hear someone say something like that about the U.S. surely crumbling but not in my lifetime, how do you know when it will be, or how much time as a minimum until........?