tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post8194561073361269290..comments2024-03-14T01:22:21.483-04:00Comments on Basil's Blog: Eliminating PovertyBasilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304218067534993876noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-84625756949044346482005-09-19T03:15:39.000-04:002005-09-19T03:15:39.000-04:00Steel, TJ:Thanks.Steel, TJ:<br>Thanks.basilhttp://profile.typekey.com/basilsblog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-40985169545813128532005-09-19T02:10:05.000-04:002005-09-19T02:10:05.000-04:00Basil - very well said. And while I don't bel...Basil - very well said. And while I don't believe I ever lived any part of "the black experience" (both because I am white, and because that is an offensive phrase :P), my parents and I certainly were not well off ... by the time my sister came around (she's 8 years younger than I am), things were better (funny how my father's hard work had that result) ... but still not "easy".<br><br>/TJTJhttp://trejrc0.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-42023149281210245522005-09-18T21:28:35.000-04:002005-09-18T21:28:35.000-04:00My Mama bathed me in a kitchen sink when I was a b...My Mama bathed me in a kitchen sink when I was a baby. She made my clothes when I was growin' up. We ate rice and beans for dinner. I mowed lawns for extra money when I was 9.<br><br>Shoveled snow too.<br><br>The best way to make people get out of the habit of being without money is to give them none.<br><br>Katrina has wrought some serious damage on a bunch of folks. Rich and poor alike.<br><br>The best way they can recover is to wake up every damned day and fix something. Something.<br><br>Anything.<br><br>But FIX IT.<br><br>Everybody else will help.Steelhttp://profile.typekey.com/Steel/noreply@blogger.com