"Showing her Georgia Power bills in the one warm room of her home, Raymeica Kelly explains how her mother, sister and herself were turned away from the Energy Assistance Program on Wednesday morning after standing in line for four hours. All three complained that the system the Macon-Bibb County Economic Opportunity Council uses to give out the assistance needs improving."

http://www.macon.com/2010/12/16/1379464/funding-cuts-leave-many-without.html

Their TV looks more expensive than mine...Guess they may have to sell it. Sad times are here for all, cuts everywhere only ones doing good are big business that got all the bailouts. Regular people don't matter. Had Obama made all the banks lower interest rates to 4% when he owned them, most wouldn't have lost their homes and the recession would have been long gone...Lost his chance....

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And no good credit hound!

Says she was unemployed for a year, she must have bought the TV before then.

I doubt she'd get what it is worth if she tried to sell it, and then she'd be cold and unable to watch TV.

Of course it's poor people's duty to be miserable.

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Not too fond of the wall paint or rug color. Interesting there is a meter spinning space heater on the right that is good for about a 1/4 of square footage of the room.

Don't like the mount position of the TV either.

Otherwise, thanks for the tax break extensions. And of course, the no increase in Social Security payments for two years has cemented my vote for 2012.

I've already ordered my Palin yard sign.

Keep leaking.

iWorm 'em.

Says she was unemployed for a year, she must have bought the TV before then.

I doubt she'd get what it is worth if she tried to sell it, and then she'd be cold and unable to watch TV.

Of course it's poor people's duty to be miserable.

Not to mention that these types of TVs have gone down tremendously in price since the early 2000s. Mine is smaller but I bought it 1 year ago for $150.

More importantly, some people have already given such TVs away to organizations such as Goodwill, then others can buy them from those organizations for prices starting at $25.

I guess we settled this to the thread creator's satisfaction? :)

Didn't get my 80" DLP for $25.

Oh the good life. Sing it Dean, Frank, and Sammy.

iWorm 'em.

Plus, don't forget, we've basically been forced to either get hi def TVs or get the converter boxes.

Plus, don't forget, we've basically been forced to either get hi def TVs or get the converter boxes.

So...

Are we all TV victims?

Is this the New Religion?

Are we all trained/hypnotised to only swallow The Soundbite?


I know I'm in a very small minority that do not have a TV, and I'm hounded and presumed guilty in the disbelief that there is life without TV... (Yes, I've had the multiple Visits...)

Is TV soon to be worshipped as a 'right'?

"Forced"?...


Perhaps we all should go back to church...

Keep searchin',
Martin

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Perhaps we all should go back to church...

Some of us never left :)

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Perhaps we all should go back to church...

Some of us never left :)

And some of us returned.

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Perhaps we all should go back to church...

Some of us never left :)

And some of us returned.

They tossed holy water on some of us and we ran away screaming.

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They tossed holy water on some of us and we ran away screaming.

Turpentine works better.

So...

Martin, do read the thread from beginning to end. Your comments are quite out of context. Or would "non-sequitur" be more appropriate?

So...

Martin, do read the thread from beginning to end. Your comments are quite out of context. Or would "non-sequitur" be more appropriate?

I've followed the thread...

You not followed my line of observation?...

Are not TVs now so 'holy' as to be considered an 'essential requirement'? More important even than food, and heating, and interacting with other humans?

Indeed, a different kind of 'church'...


Keep searchin',
Martin

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Take a look for yourself: Linux Format
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so are the gaming consoles that go with that big screen... and she clearly has one of those as well.

Though pawning that tv just might have gotten her the money to pay for her energy needs.

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So...

Martin, do read the thread from beginning to end. Your comments are quite out of context. Or would "non-sequitur" be more appropriate?

I've followed the thread...

You not followed my line of observation?...

Are not TVs now so 'holy' as to be considered an 'essential requirement'? More important even than food, and heating, and interacting with other humans?

Indeed, a different kind of 'church'...


Keep searchin',
Martin

I don't know how many people here have been very poor in their lives. Those that aren't I expect take it for granted that they can go out to see a movie, go to a restaurant occasionally, take the kids to a theme park and so on. All these things that give us some sort of quality of life cost money. The other alternative to those without money is to watch TV.

My understanding from some people in this thread is that poor people have no right to any quality of life and should be punished.

They are not allowed even the cheap entertainment offered by a TV set.

A poor person must sell the TV set (their only relief from what is probably a pretty bleak life) to pay the cost of one energy bill. This is about all that the sale of TV would cover.

After that they will still not be able to pay future heating bills.

They will however be able to have no quality of life and be punished as they should be for being poor.

Perhaps sitting alone with no access to news will help them reflect more on how awful their lives are so they can feel even more isolated from society than they do already. Hopefully, they will then get depressed enough that they will then kill themselves and solve the terrible problem of their existence that so offends everyone else.

Poor people must remember at all times that they are less than human and do not deserve anything good in their lives.

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Maybe having the TV and game console is her way to keep er kids home and out of trouble (Bad crowds, drugs, etc).

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Maybe having the TV and game console is her way to keep er kids home and out of trouble (Bad crowds, drugs, etc).

Good point, Blurf. I'd say that's the spirit of the responses (save a few) ... . Someone asks "what's wrong with this picture?" I say "What may be wrong with this picture?" And then I try to consider what some of the other possibilities may be. I like that you've done the same thing, Blurf.

So...

Martin, do read the thread from beginning to end. Your comments are quite out of context. Or would "non-sequitur" be more appropriate?

I've followed the thread...

You not followed my line of observation?...

Are not TVs now so 'holy' as to be considered an 'essential requirement'? More important even than food, and heating, and interacting with other humans?

Indeed, a different kind of 'church'...


Keep searchin',
Martin

I don't know how many people here have been very poor in their lives. Those that aren't I expect take it for granted that they can go out to see a movie, go to a restaurant occasionally, take the kids to a theme park and so on. All these things that give us some sort of quality of life cost money. The other alternative to those without money is to watch TV.

My understanding from some people in this thread is that poor people have no right to any quality of life and should be punished.

They are not allowed even the cheap entertainment offered by a TV set.

A poor person must sell the TV set (their only relief from what is probably a pretty bleak life) to pay the cost of one energy bill. This is about all that the sale of TV would cover.

After that they will still not be able to pay future heating bills.

They will however be able to have no quality of life and be punished as they should be for being poor.

Perhaps sitting alone with no access to news will help them reflect more on how awful their lives are so they can feel even more isolated from society than they do already. Hopefully, they will then get depressed enough that they will then kill themselves and solve the terrible problem of their existence that so offends everyone else.

Poor people must remember at all times that they are less than human and do not deserve anything good in their lives.

Get off the cross....we need the wood!