tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post305407173554236038..comments2023-06-08T04:15:43.908-05:00Comments on The Lost Albatross: The animosity of the comfortableEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393762115493350763noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-82070868355501084192009-01-29T13:59:00.000-06:002009-01-29T13:59:00.000-06:00My experience is that Ellie is right on the money....My experience is that Ellie is right on the money. I work with several people who would voice vitriolic comments like "those losers should just get a job!" in one breath, and without shame say in the next breath, "Well who would hire those losers anyway? They're all criminals." And yes, they vote Republican and consider themselves good Christians. A little less Rush Limbaugh and a little more St. Francis of Assisi seems to be in order...Nataraj Hauserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795048392262165344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-27336919169176250572009-01-25T11:57:00.000-06:002009-01-25T11:57:00.000-06:00I don't think the folks you're talking about are c...I don't think the folks you're talking about are comfortable, Emily. I think they're scared they're going to be out of a job or a home and be in the same tough place. <BR/>There's a lot of change in the wind, and the folks who are scared of change are the same ones screaming "get a job" or whining about taxpayer money being spent in ways they don't like. <BR/>It's easier to be a troll than to try and make a difference. That's what they are, hiding behind fake names and poking at people insead of building a life beyond an Us versus Them point of view.<BR/>Bigots and close minded people are usually the most fearful folks I know. They usually think antyime anybody gets something, they lose something. That's a pretty sad trap to be in. But I guess it's less uncomfortable to them than opening one's eyes and thinking for yourself.elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16525818580068532479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-6358754308693743152009-01-23T14:15:00.000-06:002009-01-23T14:15:00.000-06:00Oustanding. It is the hypocrisy of the lovely Dane...Oustanding. It is the hypocrisy of the lovely Dane County. After two years around, it is indeed filled with the arrogance of the 100 people on the state payroll milking the system terribly protected behind a union. Can you imagine if we collected one sick day from each state employee and donated to this cause?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-41265917527015662302009-01-23T13:36:00.000-06:002009-01-23T13:36:00.000-06:00*SIGH* Emily, you point out exactly the paradox of...*SIGH* Emily, you point out exactly the paradox of the mindset of many "priveliged" people in our community. they consider themselves to be good people, but when they see someone else using their own resources to help people who really need it, their brains turn off and they automatically assume that these people who need help getting to the grocery stores ARE mostly hardworking people who take the bus to work,or walk or bike to work, and have problems getting large amounts of groceries home using those methods.at any rate, even if all the people Mike Bodden is trying to help were all drug head unemployed welfare queens (to use "their" words), why complain that this guy is trying to help them? private funding and reasonable fees are what is paying for this, so how does that affect your pocketbook?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-61154547728230877812009-01-23T12:59:00.000-06:002009-01-23T12:59:00.000-06:00Emily: Wonderful title to your post.Yeah, that fa...Emily: Wonderful title to your post.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, that faith-based initiative is working out great. I wonder what demonination the respondents to the article belong to?Other Sidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06475658453374184885noreply@blogger.com