"Magic Mood Jeep" wrote in message
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"dgk" wrote in message
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On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 04:07:49 -0800 (PST), "
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On Mar 3, 1:08 pm, "Matthew" wrote:


How original a Troll in the cat group

You get a -10 and that is pretty pathetic

Well, you have to admit that Cyber is chasing flies with only the
finest sort of vinegar - and very much deserves exactly the sort of
attention she is getting...

The message is obvious. The messenger needs work.

Further to this, let's do a reality test.

The economy is in the hopper at this moment - there are a LOT of
people who are actually giving up their pets as a result of it. Sad,
but true.

My wife works in a public library. They have fifteen (15) computers
available to the general public for internet access. From the minute
the doors are open to the moment they close they are full - mostly
individuals who have no computers at home and are looking for work.
This is relatively new. A year ago, perhaps half of them would be in
use at any given time. What shows up here does not have a date/
location stamp and so could be from anywhere including a public
library. Oh, and the library also has WIFI - at least another dozen
are there with their laptops on wireless connections as they have
nothing at home and Starbucks ain't nohow free. Also a new thing.

One of the shopping centers I manage has a consignment shop. And a
Goodwill Store. In the year that the consignment shop has been open,
their business has gone up by a factor of 12, doubling in December and
again in January. Goodwill is 140% over their "plan" and experiencing
a shortage of contributions - many of which are going to the
consignment shop as people are unable to just give it away anymore.

Our Township school system - and this is a relatively wealthy township
- has seen the number of students qualified for free and subsidized
meals quadruple this semester.

Things are tough out there. The brute fact of the matter is that pets
are a luxury - and although they may be one of the last things cut in
the budget, a medical catastrophe could be just that thing that puts a
family or individual over the edge. It is all very well to make
statements like "FIND THE MONEY" and some-such. But that sort of thing
comes from judgemental idiots who have never missed a meal nor had to
choose between paying the rent or buying shoes for the kids.

Not one single one of those of you like Cyber has even the tiniest
sort of clue of the circumstances of anyone at all that posts here.
Yet somehow you feel you have the right to make such statements.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA

Yes, quite true. Things are really bad all over. I've never seen so
many closed stores, and animal shelters are closing because they have
no funding. Thank you Reagan, Bush (*2), Clinton.


Don't blame Reagan - he brought this country OUT of a recession!

The current mess is thanks to the liberals who insisted that *everyone*
should be offered a mortgage, regardless of whether or not he could make
the payments. Hence the many foreclosures. Those liberals I am
referriong to are the likes of Barney Frank, the members of ACORN (of
which our current POTUS was a supporter of - look it up) and their
cronies.

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The bad economy has clearly affected your brain.