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Originally posted by: friedmushRule 101. If you want to influence others on the LVA, figure out how to make hot links. Many of us won't go through the trouble of trying to cut and paste to get to the target. Making a hot link is easier than creating simple syrup. Geez
One can bitch about a problem or one can fix a problem.
From money.cnn.com :
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n.b.This is the map from the cited article, but modified (by someone unknown) to emphasize the State of Utah; it was just too hard for poor old DonDiego to get the map on the money.cnn website into his photobucket. Also the color-scale is missing; the lightest color represents 2.5%, the darkest 10.6% - DD)
From ">nytimes.com :
". . . if donations to all religious organizations are excluded, liberals give slightly more to charity than conservatives do. But Mr. Brooks says that
if measuring by the percentage of income given, conservatives are more generous than liberals even to secular causes.In any case, if conservative donations often end up building extravagant churches,
liberal donations frequently sustain art museums, symphonies, schools and universities that cater to the well-off. (It’s great to support the arts and education, but they’re not the same as charity for the needy. And some research suggests that donations to education actually increase inequality because they go mostly to elite institutions attended by the wealthy.)
Conservatives also appear to be more generous than liberals in nonfinancial ways. People in red states are considerably more likely to volunteer for good causes, and conservatives give blood more often. If liberals and moderates gave blood as often as conservatives, Mr. Brooks said, the American blood supply would increase by 45 percent.
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Originally posted by: billryan
Rule 102 . Speak in the third person and denigrate yourself. It evidently has smoothing effects on the weak of mind.
