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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:
> > I watched that video of the woman who
> > > "didn't have to worry about putting gas in her car or paying her
> > > mortgage". What I saw was someone who had hope
>
> There is a difference between 'hope' and 'expectation'.  This woman was 
> clearly expressing expectation.
>
> And it's not only among blacks and hispanics.  A lily-white friend of mine, 
> formerly well off, was ground to a powder in the housing bubble.  He bought up 
> land at its peak under the ill considered notion that it couldn't go down 
> "ain't makin' any more land!"  He owes on it but can't give it away.   He really, 
> actually expects (not hopes) that an Obama administration is going to pay his 
> speculative indebtedness.

Well, if that is true, then I stand corrected.  I have not personally 
heard any Hispanics or White people say that they expect Obama to pay 
for their mortgages.  I have heard white people say they hope Obama will 
pay for their college(erase their student loans, etc) but not gasoline 
or utilities and things like that.

Bev
--
“Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to 
hate. Hate leads to suffering.”        Yoda