Thread: I call Jupiter!
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Old 11-25-2011, 08:16 AM   #27
Lamplighter
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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla View Post
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The United States, for an example of clearly doing something differently,
has droughts and crop failures all the time. Localized.
You don't see American skeletons shuffling down the Interstates as refugees trying to get away.
You've never seen it in American history, period.
Might have something to do with doing capitalism and free markets
and other much-abused notions.
Another truly remarkable statement that I don't think you want to hang your hat on... !

Try Google Images for just one word: "Okies"

Who knows, if you were born in Calif, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, etc.
these working people (farmers, etc) might be your ancestors just 3 generations back.
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