It's okay to eat your wife in Saudi Arabia but not have a meal with a woman at a restaurant

[HeidiHoe]

How can there be a shortage of food in SA with all that wealth from oil

How can there be people on food stamps in the US when Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner earned at least $82 million in income last year?

[camcutie]

Never mind them heidihoe we are the richest and most powerful country in the world and last statistics I read over 40 million people recivied food stamps. That is incredible when the stock market has hit all time highs.

[HeidiHoe]

Never mind them heidihoe we are the richest and most powerful country in the world and last statistics I read over 40 million people recivied food stamps. That is incredible when the stock market has hit all time highs.

Exactly. Greed, love of power, lack of social responsibility, lack of empathy, moral values, etc. SA... US... same difference. It boils down to who has the power and controls the money.

[camcutie]

My math is not great but 40 million of 325 million on food stamps and it's not exactly easy to say there are not more people struggling to eat everyday, that is seriously bad for our country. If you take all the people living on minimum wage which is not enough to live a decent unpretentious life by any means, it is probably double that n umber.

And corporations make billions and executives make millions every year, this is so sad.

[HeidiHoe]

My math is not great but 40 million of 325 million on food stamps and it's not exactly easy to say there are not more people struggling to eat everyday, that is seriously bad for our country. If you take all the people living on minimum wage which is not enough to live a decent unpretentious life by any means, it is probably double that n umber.

And corporations make billions and executives make millions every year, this is so sad.

Yep. Couldn't agree more. And it's not just food. It's other essentials such as medical care. I'm not against capitalism but that's what you end up with when all that matters is the bottom line. Shit has been going steadily downhill for the working folks ever since the early Reagan years. The 80's where a time of leveraged buyouts, union busting, pump and dump, 401k in lieu of retirement, etc. There used to be more of a partnership and more trust between companies and their employees. Trusting your employer (with rare exceptions) nowadays is a fools errand.

[camcutie]

Reagan was before my time I was born in 1996.

All I know is every Repoublican candidate and president has tried to emulate his ideas since I have been old enough to follow politics.

[HeidiHoe]

Reagan was before my time I was born in 1996.

All I know is every Repoublican candidate and president has tried to emulate his ideas since I have been old enough to follow politics.

Oh lord... I have articles of clothing that are older than you... lol. I'm not a history buff (far from it), but I always believed it's a good idea to at least get the big picture of what got us to where we are today. It's one way you can prevent repeating it. Learn from the mistakes and then go vote, speak out, whatever.

[camcutie]

Oh lord... I have articles of clothing that are older than you... lol. I'm not a history buff (far from it), but I always believed it's a good idea to at least get the big picture of what got us to where we are today. It's one way you can prevent repeating it. Learn from the mistakes and then go vote, speak out, whatever.

My understanding is Reagan was the best president in the last 50 years , he brought about the collapse of the soviet union and brought back American pride after Carter by getting the release of the American hostages in iran.

[HeidiHoe]

Oh lord... I have articles of clothing that are older than you... lol. I'm not a history buff (far from it), but I always believed it's a good idea to at least get the big picture of what got us to where we are today. It's one way you can prevent repeating it. Learn from the mistakes and then go vote, speak out, whatever.

My understanding is Reagan was the best president in the last 50 years , he brought about the collapse of the soviet union and brought back American pride after Carter by getting the release of the American hostages in iran.

Everything has 2 sides and there's always shades of grey. The USSR didn't just collapse because of Reagan and the hostages were released as soon as Reagan took office. Not because of anything that he did to secure their release. Iran used to be an ally back in the days when we propped up the previous regime that fled to exile. Look further back, behind the curtains and draw your own conclusions. Think for yourself, don't take the sound bites at face value. There's always a reason why things happen. Might not be a good reason, but reason none the less.

I'm not saying anything against Reagan, just saying nothing is all good or all bad. All we can do is try to ensure the good outweighs the bad.

[T.B.W]

There was also the airplane crash in the mountains years ago where they ate their dead to avoid starvation.
These are extreme circumstances. Your choices are to eat human flesh or you die. How strong is your survival instinct?

Wasn't there a movie like this?

[HeidiHoe]

There was also the airplane crash in the mountains years ago where they ate their dead to avoid starvation.
These are extreme circumstances. Your choices are to eat human flesh or you die. How strong is your survival instinct?

Wasn't there a movie like this?

Yep. Was based on actual event

[BHT]

Not kosher if you are a vegan over there

[XpressPete]

Times that hard there where you need to eat the wife?

[Franksdomains]

Jeezus

[TheButcher]

Times that hard there where you need to eat the wife?

You know they are one of the biggest oil producers in the world