Being from Atlanta, this part of the thread's got my interest... I grew up in suburban Atlanta, an area on the border of the town of Tucker and Stone Mountain.
While I was in my teens, the church my family attended did a "Caring Tree" project every Christmas. It's your standard "every ornament has a family on it" thing and people in the church pick a family or three and buy gifts for them. Everyone brings the gifts in and they end up magically being whisked off and going to the needy families and everyone gets warm fuzzies. One year I also helped deliver the gifts and it was one of the most eye opening experiences I've ever had. I helped deliver gifts to single moms who cried when we arrived with "santa's gifts" for their kids. I helped deliver gifts to people who were embarrassed that they needed help and thankful at the same time. I even ended up at the homes of people I went to school with - something that blew me away at the time. These people needed help, and were generally good people who wanted to get out of the situation they were in. They were thankful for the safety net we provided them. I also helped deliver gifts to thankless parents with tons of kids overrunning their home. Some people didn't even get off their sofa when we arrived, stuffing their face with cheetos while directing us where to set down their gifts. These are the people who don't deserve to be on welfare, and these are the people who need to get their asses kicked. We just need to differentiate between the people who need the safety net while we are kicking lazy people's asses (and there were ALOT of lazy people). -Cameron On 1/28/06, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, rural georgia. Although parts of the city have clusters of them too > > On 1/28/06, dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I need to go. But what I was wondering was -- we are talkng someplace > > rural, yes? Not Atlanta? > > > > Dana > > > > > Nah, they won't work. I can't even get them to come over and clean > > > my > > > house for good wages. They just want hand-outs. I've even bought > > > birth control pills and condoms for them, only to have them turn up > > > pregnant again a few months later. Total lack of any sense of > > > self-worth or responsibility. But they can always find a ride to the > > > nail salon or the mall on check day, or how to score some rock for > > > their hump buddies. Waste of air. And yes, I'm bitter about it. > > > > > > Middle Georgia is just north of the gnat line and just south of Plum > > > Nearly. You drive south til you smell it, then walk east til you > > > step > > > in it. > > > > > > On 1/28/06, dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > don't know a thing about middle Georgia or your cousin, so I can't > > > speak to the choices available to those women. I suspect a lot of them > > > wouldn't mind a break from their screaming rug rats and would be glad > > > to work to get it ;) Where is middle Georgia anyway, > > LOL? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194953 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
