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POPSThe Homeless and Snow For these unfortunates an insufferable blizzard can mean life or death. I happened across this video (never shown in our mainstream corporate media) and was taken aback that I never gave a thought to those who try to survive living on the street. It’s hard enough during clement weather for these people to find the means of survival but in harsh conditions many of them either die are become very ill. Seeing the homeless should make us all chant “There but for the grace of god goes I” because in a greedy capitalistic society we are all vulnerable to such a fate. In a corporate culture people have no value other than the purchase power they possess. If ever you lose that means, you become useless and invisible to those who hold the reigns over your destiny.
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POPSConservative Dystopia vs. Economic Life This is what Reaganites have always meant when they’ve talked of a “shining city on a hill.” They envision a dystopia whose anti-tax fires incinerate social fabric faster than James Dobson can say “family values”—a place like Colorado Springs that is starting to reek of economic death. more in next comment box ...
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POPSGordon's telephone bill If you show no integrity you are fit for public office? That makes sense. R** Ding A Ling could get elected for Blackpool as a Cuntservative with a record of wanting the members of the local Royal Marines Association to travel 700 just to read the minutes of meeting? If you transfer that attitude to Westminster it appears he is aptly suited. Then I definitely will be voting BNP
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POPSHow can you link poor to growth and growth to poor? I liked this headlined quote. AKDN for those who may not know was the only delegate in the recent London Conference on Afghanistan who is not a country. Clipped portion is from the head of this organization discussing experienced ideas on how to help Afghanistan move forward. The list of delegates here: http://afghanistan.hmg.gov.uk/en/conference/participants/
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POPSThe Value of Nothing We definitely need new definitions of success. Do we need new measures? Or perhaps, it is the measuring which is behind the problem in the first place. What if success is about doing more with less, voluntary / clever poverty, rather than in having more of anything including money. Before anything can be measured, a purpose needs to be agreed.
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POPSThe Pragmatic (Internet) Optimist’s Creed by Adam Thierer "In sum, there are more reasons to be optimistic than pessimistic about the Internet and its role in shaping our lives, culture, economy, and society. But that doesn’t mean it will be all roses going forward." a highly important (and very good) read, go read all of it
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POPSWho is Howard Zinn? He was 87yrs old and died yesterday Some more from the article: Only Howard could pull that off because he was entirely authentic. When he spoke against poverty it was from the perspective of someone who had to work in the shipyards during the Great Depression. When he spoke against war, it was from the perspective of someone who flew as a bombardier during World War II, and was forever changed by the experience. When he spoke against racism it was from the perspective of someone who taught at Spelman College during the civil rights movement and was arrested sitting in with his students."
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POPSHaiti's history of hardship This video puts Haiti's hardships in historical perspective. These people were kept in perpetual poverty by their colonial 'masters'. The continued injustice needs to stop! The meddling of the CIA and others have been a travesty.
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POPSGrowth Isn't Possible There's plenty of room to grow in the things that matter like caring for each other including all of nature, and gaining the knowledge to do it well. In this context, poverty becomes a virtue, something to be good at.
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POPSThe Suburbanization of Poverty: Trends in Metropolitan America, 2000 to 2008 Poverty must be even harder in suburbia, than the inner city, because of the isolation and lack of community (even if it as counter community). Still, veg gardening and creating new productive woodland are excellent community building activities. That lawn you can't afford to mow any more is a suburbanite's principal asset.
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POPSAmerica's poor are its mot generous givers What makes poor people's generosity even more impressive is that their giving generally isn't tax-deductible, because they don't earn enough to justify itemizing their charitable tax deductions. In effect, giving a dollar to charity costs poor people a dollar while it costs deduction itemizers 65 cents.
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POPSChristianity Is Worth Saving From The Right-Wing Christians Most of the great moral battles in our nations history--the fight for civil rights, a living wage, aid to the poor, disabled and homeless, health care, protection of the environment, as well as the fight against unnecessary and illegal wars have been inspired by faith. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was so certain of the righteousness of his causes that he declared, "If we are wrong, God Almighty is wrong! If we are wrong, Jesus of Nazareth was merely a utopian dreamer and never came down to earth." Dr. King was right. Jesus calls His followers to political action. And His agenda is not to wage more wars, amass more wealth, and despoil the environment--as we find in the Republican playbook. His agenda is to preach and practice peace, spread the wealth, alleviate poverty, and protect the environment. I reject any notion of morality being limited to the religious right.
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POPS20 Things That Happen in 1 Minute Oprah Winfrey makes $523 while the average person in the world makes $0.013. A Nike factory worker in Vietnam makes $0.0014 while NIke makes $36,505. Something screwy here.
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POPSCandidate for SC governor: helping the poor is like "feeding stray animals" This is current SC Lt. Gov. André Bauer, who is campaigning for the Republican nomination for governor (to take over Mark Sanford's seat). His astute powers of observation have also revealed that "free and reduced lunch" schools correlate with low test scores. Stop the presses! News flash! Politician discovers that poor kids perform poorly on standardized tests! Who could have guessed it? Bauer's apparent solution to poverty: take away their free lunches, and these kids will suddenly start testing better.
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POPSblacks & abortion I'm glad someone is raising the issue. your response depends on your view. for us, this is one reason we do foster care
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POPSHaiti's orphan adoption debate It is a big business and history has always shown humans in bad light after children are taken from their homeland. There will be "creeps" involved.
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