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  •  You see, that's my point... (none / 0)

    "My choice was to get an education and the the f out of town."

    Do you realize how, er, Republican that sounds?

    Remember: if it's close, they'll steal it.

    by ChurchofBruce on Mon Mar 28, 2005 at 07:41:30 AM PDT

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    •  Thats the Problem with Liberalism (none / 0)

      Because it refuse to make real critique of capitalism it finds itself always falling back on the ideology of individual responsibility. It is a middle class ideology that regards the condition of the poor and working class not as structural to capitalism but rather as a result of some sort of failing. What distinguishes liberalism from conservatis is that it has a broader sense of responsibility for that failing, but at the end of the day their is the still the unsupportable beliefe that if given the proper opportunity everybody could achieve a middle class standard of living when in fact the wealth of some always rests on the poverty of many.

      Sick of candidate diaries? Kasama!
      "Tell no lies. Claim no easy victories" -- Amilcar Cabral

      by Christopher Day on Mon Mar 28, 2005 at 08:10:30 AM PDT

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    •  No as a matter of fact I don't. (none / 0)

       How is bettering my life republican? Am I supposed to stay in one place, on public assistance, in a crime ridden area, just to be a liberal? I went to school, opened a business, and bought my own home.  In the 3 short years I did live there, my wife was threatened to be killed by someone who worked for me as an aid, got robbed, and a neighbor was shot to death. Not staying in Lynn my whole life was my motivation, as a matter fact I still have not set foot in that place for 12 years, and won't anytime in the near future.
      I used what is/was available to better my life. So how you think wanting something better and getting out of a bad situation is republican is beyond me.

      Don't Tread On Me

      by BobX on Tue Mar 29, 2005 at 03:47:16 AM PDT

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      •  You bettering your life isn't what sounded Repub (none / 0)

        ...it was how you phrased it. "Sometimes you have to make a choice" sounded to me like the tired old "well, if you'd just pull yourself up by your bootstraps...." crap.

        Some people are NEVER gonna get out of Lynn.

        BTW, just so we're clear, I live in Peabody, not Lynn :-)

        Remember: if it's close, they'll steal it.

        by ChurchofBruce on Tue Mar 29, 2005 at 05:01:09 AM PDT

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        •  Well choice is the frame (none / 0)

          Sometimes you do have to make a choice, you choose to shop at walmart because you can stretch your cash and I don't have a problem with that, you need to take care of your family and yourself. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps is not crap, it is an attitude, if I did not think this way I would have laid down dead years ago. In 1987 I had an accident that left me paralyzed and wheelchair bound for the rest of my life. A good attitude is the ONLY thing that keeps me going. And no some people will NEVER leave Lynn, I still have friends who live in Lynn who will never leave and that is not by their choice(more disabled than myself and can not persue and education or employment). There is also the other side of the coin, those that could better their lives and don't and I know some  these people up close and personal and they are comfortable where they are at. That just wasn't me.

          FYI, grew up in West Peabody (Russell St.)and Everett.

          Don't Tread On Me

          by BobX on Tue Mar 29, 2005 at 06:23:51 AM PDT

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