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First Dog On The Moon

Won’t somebody think of the middle class?!?!

First Dog On The Moon

Feb 10, 2012

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18 thoughts on “Won’t somebody think of the middle class?!?!”

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  1. Peter Forrester
    February 10, 2012 at 6:20 pm

    Just one more piece of “doom” to add to the mix-if we get reincarnated then it could be into “that” and not “this.” One self interested reason to work on making the world a better place now for our possibly reincarnated selves then.

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  2. Innocent Until
    February 10, 2012 at 7:11 pm

    It doesn’t get more middle class than angst over your own good fortune. The ex-poor know they don’t want to back there and the wealthy can afford to be generous without risk to their own security if they so desire.

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  3. Venise Alstergren
    February 10, 2012 at 7:59 pm

    Brilliant cartoon FD.

    MIKEJ: Ditto

    Because I know that other people’s lives are shït doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy what I’ve got.

    To grieve for the world’s poverty stricken makes as much sense as envying Gina Rhine Maiden’s billions of dollars. Nothing can be done about either circumstance.

    Anyone wishing to flagellate themselves for having drawn the long straw doesn’t deserve to have drawn it. Why import the misery of a small Syrian child’s death

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  4. Sandshoe
    February 10, 2012 at 8:58 pm

    I could be so misunderstood if I don’t shut up, Firsty. Secondy… 🙂

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  5. Venise Alstergren
    February 10, 2012 at 10:18 pm

    …”‘death?'”

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  6. Ostler Nicholas
    February 11, 2012 at 11:21 am

    So God bless the goods we was given
    And God bless the U. S. of A.
    And God bless our standard of livin’
    And let’s keep it that way
    And we’ll all have a good time
    (credits to Paul Simon – ‘Have a Good Time’)

    Or cf script of Silk Stockings (1957 movie):
    Ninotchka Yoschenko (Cyd Charisse): Aren’t you ashamed to be an exploiter?
    Steve Canfield (Fred Astaire): Speaking as one exploiter to another, isn’t it the place to be?

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  7. Sandshoe
    February 13, 2012 at 1:55 pm

    Venise. I got moderated for the smilie, indeed. It was a near death experience.

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  8. Venise Alstergren
    February 14, 2012 at 6:18 pm

    ‘SHOE: What really makes moderation so onerous is when one writes a completely clean post. Mix that up with a web site that’s causing havoc and I go Arrrrgghh.

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