Fun Stuff...Off Topic(O/T)

[mimo_100]

Part II: 10 Poorest Cities in America (How did it happen?)
City, State, % of People Below the Poverty Level
1. Detroit, MI 32.5%
2. Buffalo, NY 29.9%
3. Cincinnati, OH 27.8%
4. Cleveland, OH 27.0%
5. Miami, FL 26.9%
6. St. Louis, MO 26.8%
7. El Paso, TX 26.4%
8. Milwaukee, WI 26.2%
9. Philadelphia, PA 25.1%
10. Newark, NJ 24.2%

What do the top ten cities (over 250,000 pop.) with the highest poverty rate all have in common?

Detroit, MI - (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961
Buffalo, NY - (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954
Cincinnati, OH - (3rd) not since 1984
Cleveland, OH - (4th) not since 1989
Miami, FL - (5th) has never had a Republican mayor
St. Louis, MO - (6th) not since 1949
El Paso, TX - (7th) has never had a Republican mayor
Milwaukee, WI - (8th) not since 1908
Philadelphia, PA - (9th) not since 1952
Newark, NJ - (10th) not since 1907
Einstein once said, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.'
It is the poor who habitually elect Democrats... yet they are still POOR.


Part III:
"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves."
~Abraham Lincoln
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him had better take a closer look at the American Indian."
~Henry Ford

[riverbabe]

Wow Louetta, that was fascinating!

[Louetta]

Interesting feature from Forbes on the richest person in each of the 50 states. Some are predictable (four Waltons who happen to live in different states) and tend to be boring but some are really cool. Did you know the richest man in Idaho never got past the 8th grade but now sells 1/3 of all the frozen french fries sold in the US? I didn't.

http://www3.forbes.com/lists/the-richest-person-in-every-state/?utm_campaign=richest-by-state&utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=theweatherchannel

[Phoenix7]

VERY MOVING TRIBUTE TO 19 FALLEN MARINES!

Folks unless you are made of stone this video will effect you. After watching the video all I can say is SEMPER FI! https://www.youtube.com/embed/C6f_FvZpm3g

[Phoenix7]

Too much turmoil in the world .......time to laugh!

Cowboy: "Give me 3 packets of condoms, please."
Cashier: "Do you need a paper bag with that, sir?"
Cowboy: "Nah.. She's purty good lookin'....."

I was talking to a girl in the bar last night. She said,
"If you lost a few pounds, had a shave and got your hair cut, you'd look all right."
I said, "If I did that, I'd be talking to your friends over there instead of you."


I was telling a girl in the pub about my ability to guess what day a woman was born just by feeling her breasts
"Really" she said, "Go on then...try."
After about thirty seconds of fondling she began to lose patience and said, "Come on, what day was I born?"
I said, "Yesterday."

I went to the pub last night and saw a fat chick dancing on a table. I said, "Good legs."
The girl giggled and said, "Do you really think so."
I said, "Definitely! Most tables would have collapsed by now."

Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?

you can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

Hard work never killed anyone, but why take the chance?

Why don't you slip into something more comfortable...like a coma.

Hurricanes are like women: when they come, they're wet and wild, but when they leave they take your house and car.

Ham and Eggs: A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.

What has four legs and an arm? A happy pit bull.

To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girlfriends.