One Million Children Homeless in US

Thursday, September 24, 2009

David A. Love: One million schoolchildren are homeless in America. That's an intolerable number, and it's likely to rise unless we do something about it.

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How many are children of illegals?

#1 | Posted by DavetheWave at 2009-09-24 06:31 PM | Reply | Flag:

Does it matter?

#2 | Posted by kanrei at 2009-09-24 06:34 PM | Reply | Flag:

Yes.

#3 | Posted by Sluggo at 2009-09-24 06:36 PM | Reply | Flag:

Why? Let's say 50% are children of illegals. Are you fine with half a million AMerican hildren homeless? And the what about those legal children of illegal parents? Do they have no rights?

#4 | Posted by kanrei at 2009-09-24 06:38 PM | Reply | Flag:

Send all the anchor babies back to mexico, tired of paying for them. They hate this country so much, why the fuck are they coming here? Oh, oh yeah, for the free ride.

#5 | Posted by rightnut at 2009-09-24 06:38 PM | Reply | Flag:

One Million Children Homeless in US

That's because they're lazy. Get a job kid!

How many are children of illegals?

#1 | Posted by DavetheWave at 2009-09-24 06:31 PM

Hopefully many more than are white, anglo-saxon and protestant!

#6 | Posted by DARTHCHENEY at 2009-09-24 06:40 PM | Reply | Flag:

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

We may want to change our advertising then.

#7 | Posted by kanrei at 2009-09-24 06:40 PM | Reply | Flag:

Send all the anchor babies back to mexico, tired of paying for them. They hate this country so much, why the fuck are they coming here? Oh, oh yeah, for the free ride.

#5 | Posted by rightnut at 2009-09-24 06:38 PM

Why stop there? Let's deport all homeless kids to Mexico!
BTW, make sure you send your kids to private school and private college, 'cause I'm tired of paying for other people's kids to go to school.

#8 | Posted by DARTHCHENEY at 2009-09-24 06:43 PM | Reply | Flag:

This is a thoroughly disgraceful thing. We have lost our way and I fear we will never recover. Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Larry

#9 | Posted by LarryMohr at 2009-09-24 06:43 PM | Reply | Flag:

maybe if we all yell CHANGE! three times loudly it will all go away!

#10 | Posted by AuntieSocial at 2009-09-24 06:58 PM | Reply | Flag:

How many of them are black?

Dave_the_Rightsluggo

#11 | Posted by mOntecOre at 2009-09-24 06:59 PM | Reply | Flag:

One million homeless children? Further proof that we are a Christian Nation!

#12 | Posted by snoofy at 2009-09-24 07:02 PM | Reply | Flag:

I think the number is bullshit. Commentary from a progressive organization is the source? How is homeless defined?

They are awfully well hidden if true.

#13 | Posted by somoco at 2009-09-24 07:05 PM | Reply | Flag:

Oh, oh yeah, for the free ride.

By definition, "anchor babies" are citizens, subject to life-long taxation as soon as they start working, unless of course, they do really well, join the GOP and find a good tax accountant.

#14 | Posted by BobSF_94117 at 2009-09-24 07:07 PM | Reply | Flag:

www.homelesschildrenamerica.or
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Hey look, it's the Red States which purport to have Christian values with the most homeless children.

I guess they forgot this part:

I was hungry, did you feed me? I was thirsty, did you give me drink? I was sick, did you visit me? I was in prison, did you visit me? I was homeless, did you shelter me? I was naked, did you clothe me? Master Jesus, when did we see you hungry, thirsty, sick, in prison, homeless, or naked? As long as you did to the least of your brethren, ye did it unto me

#15 | Posted by snoofy at 2009-09-24 07:10 PM | Reply | Flag:

Leave it to the McClatchy corporation to dig up months-old discredited news. This was a horribly created study that pretty much included any child that did not live with parents. It includes living with grandparents and other relatives, as well as kids living with non-relatives but not yet adopted. Stupid, stupid, stupid. They completely ignored any standard definition from any governmental agency and created their own standard in order to push the stats up. Samuel Clemons said it best: There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.

#16 | Posted by SpokaneJim at 2009-09-24 07:26 PM | Reply | Flag:

By definition, "anchor babies" are citizens, subject to life-long taxation as soon as they start working, unless of course, they do really well, join the GOP and find a good tax accountant.

#14 | POSTED BY BOBSF_94117 AT 2009-09-24 07:07 PM | REPLY | FLAG

I don't think that there's a court case that yet decides this issue definitively. The phrase "subject to the jurisdiction thereof," still needs to be resolved, and casts doubt on the legal status of anchor babies.

#17 | Posted by somoco at 2009-09-24 07:27 PM | Reply | Flag:

We have a solution. It's known as abortion. -The Left

#18 | Posted by wisgod at 2009-09-24 07:45 PM | Reply | Flag:

"..unless of course, they do really well, join the GOP and find a good tax accountant."

Definitely worth a Funny Flag since it seems it's the dems in this administration who seem to have a problem paying their taxes.

#19 | Posted by MSgt at 2009-09-24 08:08 PM | Reply | Flag:

Pretty sure this is just one of those statistics that can mean whatever you want.

Two cases close to home: two single moms -- one w/ 5 kids, the other w/ 13. Landlord booted them because they have no concern for others rights. Trash whatever they want, demand money and handouts every month. Smoke lots of pot, drink plenty of beer, fridge and freezer stuffed w/ Swanson's meat.

Now they're homeless (albeit in a shelter).

Wonder why...?

#20 | Posted by happyending at 2009-09-24 08:32 PM | Reply | Flag:

Well good to know I'll have company in November but bad there'll allegedly be so many kids.

I seriously doubt that many kids don't have a roof over their heads even the backwards state of Nevada at the very least puts kids up in rundown motels and provides food stamps.

#21 | Posted by Gimme_a_Scotch at 2009-09-24 08:46 PM | Reply | Flag:

Now they're homeless (albeit in a shelter).

Wonder why...?

So, do you think it will be cheaper to just give them their handouts, or to clean up after the mess when they turn to crime to get more drug money?

#22 | Posted by snoofy at 2009-09-24 08:49 PM | Reply | Flag:

There are 73 million kids under 18 in the US that means that means 1 million is 1.3% that is not exactly an insurmountable problem. I am not saying we couldn't do better, we could. However this is not exactly crisis proportions.

#23 | Posted by TaoWarrior at 2009-09-24 09:03 PM | Reply | Flag:

#24

I think ine homeless child is a crisis.

#24 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-09-24 09:05 PM | Reply | Flag:

This is a bs report with bs numbers.

Garbage in garbage out.

And this is like the third time this month for this same story.

#25 | Posted by MURPHY at 2009-09-24 09:24 PM | Reply | Flag:

As usual no facts to support a nutty proposition..

20 millions people eat dog dung every day..

I get my facts from the same place as David Love..

#26 | Posted by nmg_no at 2009-09-24 09:53 PM | Reply | Flag:

"One million homeless children in the US" is the typical lib lie that they trot out every month. Nobody believes this stupid shit anymore. Oh btw I know a billion children worldwide who would love to come to the US and be "homeless".

#27 | Posted by fwthom at 2009-09-24 09:54 PM | Reply | Flag:

None of this matters. "The debate is over".
Global warming and or what ever the "climate" does, we're all doomed! Wake up and smell the coffee. It grows abundant now. (warming), If it turns towards a climate shift to cold, we can all enjoy the Kool-aid!
Drink up either way!

#28 | Posted by bobinspokane at 2009-09-24 10:26 PM | Reply | Flag:

That comes out to about 20000 thousand per state.

I have 2000 homeless children living in my area alone.

I let some of them live in my barn as long as they don't shit and piss all over the place.

rwd

#29 | Posted by rightwingdon at 2009-09-24 10:43 PM | Reply | Flag:

www.hudhre.info

According to this report there are about 1.6M people Homeless at least 1 night over a year basis.

Of those are 38% are families defined as 1 adult over 18 and at least one child.

By basic calculation that means that at most there is 308K kids homeless - Not 1M.

It does not indicate how many of these are illegal and how many are long term.

So 1) The number is not backed up - yet everyone of you that are liberal IMMEDIATELY believed it.

2) His comment is "beginning with Reagan the spending on the safety net has declined" - Also not true _ it has acutally GROWN a compounding 12% per year on average since 1984

So...typical article written to create a negative US mind set and to reinforce liberal social programs - but not based in fact.

Just like everything that has come out of Obama's mouth lately. Include "Bill Ayres was just a neighbor" - and now we find out he help write Obama's book.

#30 | Posted by foshaffer at 2009-09-24 10:59 PM | Reply | Flag:

Damned child labor laws. We should let the free market help these children. Put them to work in factories. Hell, we can even pay them less than they pay in China and bring some jobs back to the States.

- Compassionate Conservative

#31 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2009-09-24 11:01 PM | Reply | Flag:

Put them to work in factories

Haha,you can't even get our kids to take out the fucking garbage.

#32 | Posted by bruceaz at 2009-09-24 11:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

John

No Conservative would say that.

They would say - The parents should get off thier assess and work and provide for the children.

They would also say that if you want to address a problem you should know the truth about it...not some trumped up number that was pulled out of thin air.

They would also say that we spent over 900B for the war on poverty - and made virtually no dent.

The answer to homeless children is to instill in the kids the knowledge, at a young age, that the way out of poverty is for personal responsiblity and that if you work hard and save you can live a prosperus life in America - and not to depend on the government or anyone else for thier well being.

#33 | Posted by foshaffer at 2009-09-24 11:15 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Haha,you can't even get our kids to take out the fucking garbage."

I've never had a problem with any of my kids doing chores.

They did them or they didn't go anywhere, play their games, watch tv or listen to music.

I just had to say it once.

#34 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-09-24 11:16 PM | Reply | Flag:

Well, while they are on the street they can practice their "We love Obama" song.

#35 | Posted by buzkiller at 2009-09-24 11:20 PM | Reply | Flag:

This is one of the things lefties like to bitch about, but have no solution to. Just complain, attack conservatives and then wash your hands of the issue.

In case you guys didn't know, you run the show now. Your favorite liberal Congressman can propose a bill tomorrow that would give free government food and housing to all homeless children. Get on the phone and tell them to do it if you care so much.

#36 | Posted by JOE at 2009-09-24 11:21 PM | Reply | Flag:

I've never had a problem with any of my kids doing chores.

They did them or they didn't go anywhere, play their games, watch tv or listen to music.

I just had to say it once.

#35 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-09-24 11:16 PM | Reply | Flag: Flag: (Choose) Has Dull Kids

#37 | Posted by Gimme_a_Scotch at 2009-09-24 11:31 PM | Reply | Flag:

Pffft

#38 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-09-24 11:31 PM | Reply | Flag:

We should raise the tax rate on the top 10% wealthiest Americans to provide for housing and essential services for these homeless children. In the wealthiest nation on Earth, with the world's highest standard of living there should be no homeless children. And if that costs Bill Gates or Warren Buffet a couple billions than tough toadies on them.

#39 | Posted by moder8 at 2009-09-25 12:03 AM | Reply | Flag:

That comes out to about 20000 thousand per state.

I have 2000 homeless children living in my area alone.

I let some of them live in my barn as long as they don't shit and piss all over the place.

rwd

#30 | Posted by rightwingdon

20,000 per state!!

You can't make this shit up--oh--this article just did..

Even those without igloos in AK??? Or they must be camped with the animals next to the pipeline for warmth.

#40 | Posted by MURPHY at 2009-09-25 12:11 AM | Reply | Flag:

A million?

I think they're getting the number mixed up with the number of dead Iraqi children caused by Bushitler's illegal and immoral war of choice.

#41 | Posted by Jak_Se_Mao at 2009-09-25 12:25 AM | Reply | Flag:

A Sept. 10 report from the Census Bureau shows that the child poverty rate rose to 19.0% in 2008, from 18% in 2007. That translates to 14.1 million children living in poverty in the richest nation on earth.

In 2008, more than one in three - 35.3% - of all people living in poverty were children. EPI projects that with the continuing deterioration in the labor market, by 2009 a quarter of all children in this country will be living in poverty and by 2010 the child poverty rate will be 26.6%.

This would represent an increase of 10.4 percentage points from 2000 to 2010 truly a lost decade.

www.epi.org

Looking at these numbers one million is not all that unreasonable to believe.

#42 | Posted by moneywar at 2009-09-25 01:17 AM | Reply | Flag:

The quote actually goes: There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

As for your disbelief in the study:
Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction after all, has to make sense.

Here's another quote for you:
We are always too busy for our children; we never give them the time or interest they deserve. We lavish gifts upon them; but the most precious gift, our personal association, which means so much to them, we give grudgingly.

#43 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2009-09-25 04:41 AM | Reply | Flag:

I'm tired of my tax dollars going to pay for public education in the Southern states. It's clear that you retards simply squander the opportunity.

I want my money back!

I wonder if this will fly with the tea-baggers?

#44 | Posted by COMMONSENSE at 2009-09-25 05:37 AM | Reply | Flag:

hmmmm ... where did the author get the number from? He didnt verify his source.

#45 | Posted by dcstressfree at 2009-09-25 07:59 AM | Reply | Flag:

"hmmmm ... where did the author get the number from?"

Hmmmmm...read the freaking article: "(All statistics in this article come from the National Center on Family Homelessness.)"

Also try the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (www.nytimes.com).

#46 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2009-09-25 08:03 AM | Reply | Flag:

Send all the anchor babies back to mexico, tired of paying for them. .

#5 | Posted by rightnut at 2009-09-24 06:38 PM

Yeah! Deport Americans!

#47 | Posted by 726 at 2009-09-25 08:56 AM | Reply | Flag:

#35 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-09-24 11:16 PM | Reply | Flag: Flag: (Choose) Has Dull Kids

#38 | Posted by Gimme_a_Scotch at 2009-09-24 11:31 PM | Reply | Flag Has lazy irresponsible kids

#48 | Posted by 726 at 2009-09-25 08:57 AM | Reply | Flag:

If they are truly homeless, where are they? Where's the tent cities? Where's the shanties? Where's the one million drop in school enrollment?

This sounds more like another argument for government housing subsidies.

#49 | Posted by Ray at 2009-09-25 09:08 AM | Reply | Flag:

This article was prepared for The Progressive Media Project and is available to MCT subscribers.

Just about says it all.

#50 | Posted by chickenrancher at 2009-09-25 09:18 AM | Reply | Flag:

Another greedy socialist crook with a compulsion for spending other people's money.

For the record, high tax rates on the wealthy have always yielded less revenue. More so, taxes deprive the private economy of capital. They are always counterproductive.

#51 | Posted by Ray at 2009-09-25 09:27 AM | Reply | Flag:

Sorry. We need health care.

#52 | Posted by mysterytoy at 2009-09-25 11:22 AM | Reply | Flag:

Which becomes just another reason to print $1 trillion for Goldman-Sachs and other campaign contributing extortionists. There is nothing left of Democracy, unless it is Obama's hidden agenda, which the right is certain of.

Tax the rich, feed the poor, till there are, no rich no more...

Amboy Dukes?????????? from one more one hit wonder garage band in the most abundant musical period of mankind, late sixties, early seventies. A product of good schools, like the moon landing.

#53 | Posted by nutcase at 2009-09-25 11:42 AM | Reply | Flag:

they count children that live with grandparents or uncles as homeless. Look at their defanition for "homeless" I rent so I don't have a home.

#54 | Posted by ewendels at 2009-09-25 11:54 AM | Reply | Flag:

they count children that live with grandparents or uncles as homeless. Look at their defanition for "homeless" I rent so I don't have a home.
#55 | Posted by ewendels

True - last year my family evacuated for Hurricane Ike - add 2 adults and 1 kid (times how many millions of evacuating Houstonians?) to the stats. However, almost no one (except the NCHF) would have classified us as "homeless".

The sad thing is that homeless children in America IS a problem. But when organizations seek to pad their stats to make the problem look worse (1M homless kids, etc.) they lose their credibility; then people choose not to listen to any of their arguments.

#55 | Posted by bartimus at 2009-09-25 12:26 PM | Reply | Flag:

Who cares about homeless American children!!! We need free goverrnment healthcare for illegal immigrants or at least we'll legalize them all so we can spend the money on their healthcare.

- The libtard left

#56 | Posted by utastaff at 2009-09-25 02:49 PM | Reply | Flag:

""One million homeless children? Further proof that we are a Christian Nation!""

Hey snoopy look at teh list who is at teh top.....

[edit] Distribution
Street children may be found on every inhabited continent in a large majority of the world's cities. The following estimates indicate the global extent of street child populations.

India 11 million[11]
Egypt 1,5 million[12]
Pakistan 1,5 million
Kenya 250,000 - 300,000[13]
Philippines 250,000[14]
Congo 250,000
Morocco 30,000[15]
Brazil 25,000[16]
Germany 20,000[17]
Honduras 20 000
Jamaica 6,500[18][19]
Uruguay 3000[20]

Yes those Hindu's and Muslim's sure do look after their kids!!!!

#57 | Posted by Liberal_Mongrel at 2009-09-25 03:25 PM | Reply | Flag:

The saddest thing are the idiots out here debating one story, there are many many on the web, from various years and sources and the vast majority state a number of over 1 million homeless children. Then we have those usual conservative suspects and some not so usual, mocking homeless children, and none of you are even Lettermen. All you sacks of shit were up in arms at a comedian making jokes about one well cared for retard, and here you are making fun of kids who no doubt include some who are retarded!! I wish some of the shit you called for to happen to people who make fun of tarded children bites you in your hypocritical asses, or better yet, hope some of your children end up in the street and then deported to Mexico!

#58 | Posted by Liberal_Mongrel at 2009-09-25 03:33 PM | Reply | Flag:

These lazy little shits should get jobs.

#59 | Posted by Sully at 2009-09-25 04:54 PM | Reply | Flag:

This is a huge issue. Obama is spending all of his time trying to push socialized healthcare and international carbon emissions standards to try and save the polar bears and completely disregarding the growing unemployment rate. People are losing their jobs, their homes, can't pay their utility bills and can't put food on the table. It's horrible. His priorities are completely f@cked and Democrat Party will pay for it in 2010 and 2012. The anti-Demcrat rage is growing from sea to shining sea. It is all about Obama's massive ego!

#60 | Posted by utastaff at 2009-09-25 05:05 PM | Reply | Flag:

One million homeless children? Further proof that we are a Christian Nation!

#12 | Posted by snoofy

Christian groups have been contributing to food banks across the country. The Democrat Party put $5 billion into the Stimulus Bill to help groups like ACORN yet where is the $5 billion to fight homelessness for children?

This is not about religion asswhipe. You have the Democrat controlled Congress and the Democrat Executive Branch and neither one gives a f@ck about homeless children. They could have budgeted for this or come up with a plan but they refused to do so. Blame your pary- The Democrats!!!!!

#61 | Posted by utastaff at 2009-09-25 05:08 PM | Reply | Flag:

His priorities are completely f@cked
#61 | Posted by utastaff

Not to be a thpelling N#zi but that's "f @ @ k e d"
~utastaph

#62 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2009-09-25 05:10 PM | Reply | Flag:

hope some of your children end up in the street and then deported to Mexico!
LM

#59 | POSTED BY LIBERAL_MONGREL AT 2009-09-25 03:33 PM | REPLY | FLAG

no thanks. we'll keep 'em well fed and in private schools. teach 'em to become conservative and evil capitalists. maybe they'll even employ your kids sorry asses one day. wouldn't count on it though, they'll be too busy with their hands out.

#63 | Posted by somoco at 2009-09-25 05:10 PM | Reply | Flag:

If food, cloting and shelter are the three basic essentials of life, why are the Democrats concentrating on cap & trade and socialized healthcare reform?

We should not have 1 million homeless children while American taxpayers pay for Obama's $25,000 taxpayer funded date to NYC with his wife and his
$100/pounded wagyu beef dinners and his taxpayer funded $7,000 a night stay at the Waldoff Astoria for the UN conference. When the Presidential motorcade drops off his kids at their snooty ultra elite and high priced private school, I wonder if Obama even gives a passing thought to the homeless people he drives by. I wonder if Obama gave a rats about homeless childen while he relaxed on vacation recently on that $20 million beachfront estate in Martha's Vineyard. Judging by his policy efforts -Not!

#64 | Posted by utastaff at 2009-09-25 05:20 PM | Reply | Flag:

Yes, it's a democrat problem, since all 1 million plus happened in last few months. Where was the right wing leadership the last 8 years addressing this, instead of giving tax breaks to corporations and tryin to sell our nation to arabs?, running our economy into the ground and trampling the constitution?? Yes, more partisan hacery from UTOOL!

#65 | Posted by Liberal_Mongrel at 2009-09-25 05:24 PM | Reply | Flag:

"no thanks. we'll keep 'em well fed and in private schools. teach 'em to become conservative and evil capitalists. maybe they'll even employ your kids sorry asses one day. wouldn't count on it though, they'll be too busy with their hands out."

Two big problems here sally.

1), I don't have any kids, I CAN/DO wear a condom. I also know how to pull out and ask her if she'll be polite!!

2) Partner in my own company, and will never need a handout. Unlike right wingers who are all talk and no walk(see Rush on welfare)....I earn my way.

Have fun visiting your kids, don't forget teh swin flu mask.....let us know when your coming back, we'll try to have the fence done by then!!

#66 | Posted by Liberal_Mongrel at 2009-09-25 05:29 PM | Reply | Flag:

LM, if favor of a fence? Preposterous!

I am thankful, however, that you've decided not to procreate.

#67 | Posted by somoco at 2009-09-25 06:06 PM | Reply | Flag:

Anchor babies? WTF is an anchor baby? Only a shit eating republican would label a baby as a non being because it's parents weren't born in America. FYI, shit eaters, everybody is born in some country unless your born at sea. Is it the babies fault? Why would anyone hate a baby because of it's parent's nationality and banish it to be a person without a country?

#68 | Posted by RingMaster at 2009-09-25 06:09 PM | Reply | Flag:

www.hudhre.info ...
By basic calculation that means that at most there is 308K kids homeless - Not 1M.

So 1) The number is not backed up - yet everyone of you that are liberal IMMEDIATELY believed it. -- #31 | Posted by foshaffer

The study you cite is based on 2006-2008 data. While you were sleeping, there was a financial crisis that resulted in a lot of foreclosures, and homeless is on the rise.

The "1 million children homeless" cited in this article is consistent with a front page New York Times story posted here a couple weeks ago: www.drudge.com .

#69 | Posted by Phoenix at 2009-09-25 06:20 PM | Reply | Flag:

#69. Labeling a child an "anchor baby" is not saying the baby is not human. Secondly, I don't know if you're directing your comment to me, but I used the term in response to one of your liberal friends who used the term, and meant no offense.

Further, nobody suggests punishing the child. The suggestion is to send people who are here illegally and have a child back to the country of origin.

The effect of considering babies born here as citizens provides the parents of the child an immediate leg up under current laws for having that child's whole extended family come to the states, and get citizenship.

The vast majority of these illegal immigrants are from Mexico, are unskilled, and do not assimilate as well as past immigrants.

We ought to have immigrants, and we ought to go back to immigration quotas. Having this discussion is not racists, and your post is kind of shrill and stupid - all at the same time.

#70 | Posted by somoco at 2009-09-25 06:33 PM | Reply | Flag:

"LM, if favor of a fence? Preposterous!

I am thankful, however, that you've decided not to procreate."

I am not in favor of a fence, I am in favor of a buffer zone patrolled by our national guard. But if we are going to build the thing I at least want to see want undesireable prevented from entering the USA by it. Bring them home from the iraq debacle and let them really protect America! I have been asking for this since Bush was in office, long before Perry decided to finally send troops down to the border, even after he said the fence was sufficent.

I didn't say I wasn't going to have kids just don't yet. Unlike righties I prefer to wait till your daughter comes of age...shit you act like I am from pakistan or something!

#71 | Posted by Liberal_Mongrel at 2009-09-25 06:56 PM | Reply | Flag:

#72. Forgive me, I thought you were from Pakistan. I do respect your opinion on iraq and the buffer zone.

i suspect if and when you have kids, your world view will change.

#72 | Posted by somoco at 2009-09-25 07:22 PM | Reply | Flag: