On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:13:35 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>Michel Boucher wrote:
>
>> > They did not waste the
>> > little money they had on drugs and booze.
>>
>> Probably because they had hope for a better future. Sadly enough, there
>> are many people who do not and who, for reasons that elude the vast
>> majority, turn to drugs and alcohol as a means to dull the pain of utter
>> hopelessness. Do away with hopelessness and the drug/alcohol problem will
>> be resolved in most cases.
>>
>> Blaming someone for not having hope is like blaming someone for having a
>> club foot or being a pinhead conservative.
>
>Curiously, throwing more money at the problem seems to be what many people
>expect.

it certainly hasn't worked for the pin-headed conservative problem.
some of them have made tons of money under the bush administration and
they're still pinheads.

your pal,
blake
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