Poverty Levels on the rise

He already stopped the hemorrhaging of jobs.

When the patient was near death, you can't expect him to run a marathon 3 years later.

Firefighter Matthew Long was a marathon runner – until the day he was hit by a bus in midtown Manhattan as he was riding his bike to work during New York City's 2005 transit strike. He should have died: his pelvis was crushed, his arm and leg were broken, his shoulder was dislocated and he suffered traumatic internal bleeding. But a combination of his own high level of fitness and the skill of Dr. Dean Lorich and other doctors at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital not only saved his life but helped Matthew regain his health and his strength.

It took some 40 operations, 60 pints of blood transfusions, skin and muscle grafts, eight months in a wheelchair, and years of physical therapy, but Matthew persevered. Doctors helped rebuild his body and taught him to walk again. Matthew did the hard work of changing his attitude from frustration to determination.

Three years later, Matthew ran the New York Marathon. Two years after that, he finished an Iron Man Triathlon. Running marathons again may seem like nothing after Matthew Long faced the biggest challenge of his life, but it's nice to know he's back in the game.

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really.. you sure about that? This is just one example and I could list probably thousands more.. the only key is that they were capable of running a marathon prior to the accident.

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really.. you sure about that? This is just one example and I could list probably thousands more.. the only key is that they were capable of running a marathon prior to the accident.

This should be great news for all those who support Mr. Obama's "trickle-up poverty" programs. They are clearly working as planned. The more people dependent on the government to live the better his re-election chances are.

See California. The Democratic party enacted a large swath of generous welfare programs that broke the budget, but all those lazy moochers are straight ticket D voters and thus the Democrats win all statewide elections.

Poverty under Reagan was far lower. The difference betwen Reagan and Obama is that poverty under Reagan was the same when he left as it was when he came in. Thus, some liberals just have to lie like this.

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really.. you sure about that? This is just one example and I could list probably thousands more.. the only key is that they were capable of running a marathon prior to the accident.

It's no lie. The Reagan Revolution took time to wreak its havoc on the economy but the deregulation and overstimulation of excess tax cuts finally took its toll.

He already stopped the hemorrhaging of jobs.

When the patient was near death, you can't expect him to run a marathon 3 years later.

Anyway, I got a new job with a big bump in salary, so I'd say he's made good progress.

I used to think the right wingers that said the far left wanted more people in poverty were wrong.

Now I find it an inescapable conclusion.....

Sadly this is not a factual statement based on data.

It's not just Bush's fault - it's Reagan's fault. No wait, it's also Eisenhower's fault.....

I have to wonder when or how something will ever be obama's fault.

How come when oil prices run up under Obama, the libs don't default to blaming the oil companies and Obama administration considering that they're so anti-drilling?

Sadly this is not a factual statement based on data.