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With your closed mind, I'm not sure your information is adequate to inform in this area. Because of your unwillingness to consider that others may have more experience or more learning in this area, this will keep you polirized and insensitive to others, such as "these people" that you consider failures down in NO. Information that may be painful at times to hear but still real, and can be gifted to you, by those that have seen and experienced first hand, and not as poluted as you are (because of environmental, limited resources, choices, etc.s), thereby preventing you from a genuine and honest understanding because of your limited experiences and prejudices.

You seem to want to represent yourself as an authority that speaks for America, when it comes to the matters involving the poor or people of colors. Maybe it's the Dorothy complex, on a board that's predominantly men? Thinking we all are made of Straw, Tin, or that we are Cowards and can't represent ourselves and that you can only do that for us. Thanks, but I still like to contribute my .02.

When you find that your leaning might be racist, you then justify it by sighting polls and recent elections results, where here in America racist sometimes do have the upper hand in politics. Why? Because politician are good at manipulating and controling these sick people with fear, anger and prejudice. :rolleyes:

Your superiority complex is really obvious in your latest post. You cast the middle class here in America as exclusive instead of inclusive, with your attitude that myself, and many others posting here, are not also a part of that middle class, or even in a higher tax bracket than you, and that we can think differently about how our tax money is spent. Not sure that you are in the same tax bracket as Bill Gates, as you seem to want us to believe here, but I'll give you benefit of the doubt, and that's your business not mine.

The tax money we spend in Iraq on lies, is much worst than spending my tax money on the truths, that clearly show American's, (NO) are suffering in our homeland, and they need attention first and foremost, not insults.

Click! Click! Dorothy I think it's time to leave OZ. We all have to play our part to help the real Wizard (America), to be strong. We do this by helping our fellow Ameican's, no matter how poor, or the color of their skin, during these difficult times.

I'm willing to move on if you are. I have no reason to insult you unless you choose to continue to insult me and suggest that my ass needs kicking because of my beliefs. I will not be bullied, period!

Hope this is the last response to a direct post by you, that you cast in my direction regarding this thread