Interesting. I have no idea what that has to do with what's going on in the world. Thank you for implying I'm not poor. Since the nice electric people recently gave me a beautiful new refrigerator so I could keep from poisoning myself, I guess I really am rich, but I don't use being poor as an excuse not to exercise my brain about life and what's going on in it.

But you are correct. There is too much emotion being released on this thread and the thread should be ended. Personally I just try to provide factual information to be read for what its worth.

Good Morning CanMan,

...and Happy Thursday. Please allow me to introduce myself... I'm chubbyalaskagriz- or Kevin.

I'm accustomed to sharing a level of familiarization with someone who critiques a post I've contributed, or recommends I discontinue a conversation I've just joined. Don't know where my manners are- nor what I was thinking!

There-you know my name- now I feel better about your remarks.

>But my larger point was poverty is no sin.<

Maybe not. But as Tevya (in Fiddler On The Roof) said to God: It's no blessing either.

Woo-hoo! I LOVE this kind of conversation. We NEED this kind of dialogue right now.

It is so fascinating how environmental concerns seem to fall along party lines. I can't understand how people who claim to worship the Creator treat His creation so cavalierly (is cavalierly a word?). I know many good people who roll their eyes and scoff at the very mention of global warming. Why is that? I've become so cynical that I believe they've been sold a line by politicians who are in the pockets of big oil, big manufacturing, big etc.

I come from the right ... my family are all conservative traditional religious folks. I love them but I'm over it. I love Jesus with all my heart but I believe he wants me to think with my brain, not my jerking knee. My bottom lines are ... I love humans (let's take care of them the best we can) and I love the Creation (let's take care of it the best we can too).

About poverty...it's not glamorous or romantic. The kind of poverty that should be eradicated is what Bono calls stupid poverty...grinding, dehumanizing, oppressive, can't-feed-your-kids poverty. It's our responsibility to reach out to our fellow humans and SHARE.

I know, I know. Idealistic young mommy states the obvious. Don't bite my head off...but what are all of your thoughts?

Okay, We are familiar. I'm CanMan and known to my friends as McNerd, but what remarks did I respond to that were yours?