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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:28 AM Original message |
Dot started working at thirteen. Married at fifteen. |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. Life |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. Dot should pull her self up by her bootstraps and get a job with healthcare benefits |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. yup. Lots of jobs for older half blind wore out women |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. Sounds like Dot is reaping what she sowed. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. woosh nt |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Backatcha. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Don't we all? We are all the product of our decisions. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. The point being, as well, that even making the "right "decisions doesn't keep you from being born |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yes, the apparent "gentility" fooled me... |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Maybe I should drink more; then my humor won't be so dry. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. . |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. I spoke with a couple of relatives today |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Your empathy attempts are sorry failures |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Shaka, when the walls fell. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. You don't understand sarcasm, do you? nt |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
50. LOL. Man, time is going to kick your ass all over the room. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Not a problem at all! |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Really - walking shoes and ONE glass of red wine a night....... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
4. Dot is falling to pieces faster than |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Maybe she's crazy. Maybe she's just walking in the moonlight. |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
6. Welcome to Paul Ryan's vision of America. |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
8. "We're spending too much on education..." Mind is blown. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
41. Tell me why Lincoln didn't allow South Carolina to secede from the union again? nt |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. Does Dot vote republican? If she does, she does not get it, and I must |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Once again you show just how cold blooded you are, |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. well, why is she voting republican ? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. So just let her die because of the way she voted? |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Noting in the article mentions Dot voting at all |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. i asked why she voted republican and that i didn't have compassion, i don't need to have compassion |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. NO. She is sentencing herself to death by the way she votes. And, more |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Yes, apparently your humanity is severely tested, |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:43 AM Response to Reply #28 |
43. wow! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. Have the Democrats ever appealed to her in terms that are meaningful to her? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Joe once asked her if she would vote for a president who implemented health care for all |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:44 AM Response to Reply #34 |
44. More, have they ever done more than talk one way then vote the other |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:00 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. That's what I see--talking one way and then excessively "compromising" with the corporatists |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. I will match the dollars that I contribute and the time that I contribute to |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. No, the Democrats are damn fools for not appealing directly to people like Dot |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Well, first of all, this isn't about your philanthropy, |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Are you kidding me. Voters that vote republican sentence thousands |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:56 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. You are a piece of work. I will dance. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #39 |
49. You're not? Could have fooled me, judging by your posts. |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:45 AM Response to Reply #29 |
45. You think democrats at the national level represent the poor? |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. She probably doesn't vote at all since she knows |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Great insight, Nader voter. You are one of the "there is no difference" |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. You're assuming and making an ass out of yourself |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. I know enough about the "there is no difference between the parties" balloon |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. It makes me ANGRY that this is happening in the wealthiest country on Earth. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
17. What does her brother Dash think about this? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. I started working at age 11 (family business.. I had no choice) |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. You are right, but it takes education and the ability to see a future |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
48. I listened for two minutes and just had to turn if off. |
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