I hate to pull a FEaper, but really?
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Topic: I hate to pull a FEaper, but really?
Posted By: oldpbnoob
Subject: I hate to pull a FEaper, but really?
Date Posted: 22 February 2011 at 11:00am
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110222/ap_on_re_us/us_census_dying_counties - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110222/ap_on_re_us/us_census_dying_counties
So the Republican party is responsible for people getting older and not having more kids?
Not really even sure why the line was added in the first place, but it is totally irresponsible by both the author and editor imo. ------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
AP article wrote:Replies:
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 22 February 2011 at 11:07am
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Read it again, they are saying it is happening during, not because of, a push by Republicans in Congress to downsize government and federal spending. I agree though, this has no place in the article. ------------- 
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Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 22 February 2011 at 11:08am
Agreed. Although, to be fair, Republicans are pushing for smaller government. The statement itself isn't wrong. I just have no idea what it has to do with birth rates going down.
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 22 February 2011 at 11:31am
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^^^ Everyone knows government size is related to . . . uh . . . never mind.
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Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 22 February 2011 at 11:39am
You know what they say about people with big governments? Big gloves.
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Posted By: FreeEnterprise
Date Posted: 22 February 2011 at 11:42am
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I can think of 43,000,000.00 members of the US population that were eliminated by abortion... Why is that not mentioned in the article?
Oh, yeah, it doesn't fit the narrative.
And besides, those people weren't wanted... right? ------------- They tremble at my name... 
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Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 22 February 2011 at 11:45am
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Only 42 minutes to put it in the crapper, eh?
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Posted By: GroupB
Date Posted: 22 February 2011 at 11:47am
Should have been 43,000,001 ------------- 
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 22 February 2011 at 11:48am
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^^^ Sadly, I was thinking the same thing. Edit: Additionally, the numbers I came up with was at least 45 million. (Which is probably low because reporting is not universally mandatory.) -------------
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Posted By: scotchyscotch
Date Posted: 22 February 2011 at 12:04pm
Correct.
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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 22 February 2011 at 12:25pm
------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 22 February 2011 at 12:40pm
^^^  Although, in that case shouldn't it be mandatory. I.e. couples that are expecting must prove the ability to support the offspring or have them terminated. (And maybe a few body parts confiscated as well.) Family Cop: "I'm sorry sir, we have determined that you are not smart enough to be allowed to breed . . . please follow me into the bathroom" Citizen: "Huh . . . whaaaat?" Family Cop: "It really is for the good of the species sir." edit: Due to not correctly depressing the shift key I just had a revelation. Every time one of us types "^^^" to indicate referencing the post above we are actually typing a disguised version of "666," the number of the beast. We are all evil and something should be done about us. -------------
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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 22 February 2011 at 12:47pm
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I have no problem with mandatory sterilization of those that are not capable of being responsible with their reproduction and subsequent support of offspring. The one instance where I would approve of replacing unionized road crews with delinquent sperm donors. ------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 22 February 2011 at 1:26pm
fixed -------------
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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 22 February 2011 at 1:34pm
------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 22 February 2011 at 1:39pm
What this thread has devolved into:  |
Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 22 February 2011 at 1:44pm
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I didnt expect much else actually. I got the response I was looking for from you in the first couple of postings in the fact that you as a journalist, despite whatever personal views you may have , denounced the inclusion of the sentence that I highlighted. ------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 22 February 2011 at 1:45pm
| (I was just making a joke that you and Mack are old). |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 22 February 2011 at 3:15pm
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^^^ Eh . . . what was that? Speak up dagnabit! . . . Oh . . . . . . and get off my lawn. -------------
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Posted By: scotchyscotch
Date Posted: 22 February 2011 at 5:29pm
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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 22 February 2011 at 11:13pm
------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 22 February 2011 at 11:50pm
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*Sigh*
Yet another reporter that seems to have suddenly learned that "West Virginia" is a state, and not just a westerly section of VA. Anyone ever see the movie "October Sky" or read the book "The Rocket Boys?" Fact of the matter is that Welch, and the rest of McDowell county and all the other coalfield counties south of US Rte 60 have been on a downward spiral in employment rates and population since the time that the book and movie take place, the late 1950's. Not only did the Japanese and Germans begin to overtake the steel markets in the 1960's meaning less demand for coal, but the advent of long-wall mining and strip mining meant that fewer men were needed to extract coal from the ground. That meant fewer jobs in the mines which means fewer people to spend money in the area which means even fewer jobs all around. And what happens when there aren't any jobs? People move and those that are left are either retired, unemployed, or a very small minority of gainfully employed individuals. Back in its heyday, Welch was one hell of a nice town. Just look at it! 
But the fact of the matter is that from the post-war years through today, mining companies have continued to cut payrolls time and time again to the point that these types of places, dependent on a single source of revenue, simply fade away and die. Places, like species, must evolve or get left behind, and unfortunately, my home state has failed to keep up throughout the years. I think most of my fellow native West Virginians share the sentiment that I have, which is that WV is quite possibly THE BEST place in the world, but there's no future there for any of us right now. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 24 February 2011 at 6:09am
Heckling Fozzie? ------------- 
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