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I"d suggest Amazon.comOriginally posted by pitt-girl:
Sorry, I didn't do a very good job - I meant that if shopping is your object, Ross Park might be a better destination at this point.Originally posted by California Panther:
Sorry, I left the area in 1970, so my memory may be vague--what does Ross Park have to do with Monroeville Mall?Originally posted by pitt-girl:
Appears Terelle Pryor was right there. Isn't this the second big shooting at Monroeville Mall? Two words: Ross Park.
It's not the acquisition of the college degree per se that is most important, it is the DRIVE to get there that is. When someone faces insurmountable obstacles to get that far, they have already become a success. And success is not just about "riches" BTW.Originally posted by Pghfan:
Hey, I just enjoyed the "stick with Led Zeppelin" comment. You guys want to solve America's social-economic issues on a Pitt message board, I wish you all the luck. I just enjoy reading this thread and seeing how pissed off people get.. Does that make me a jerk? Actually yes it does.. Think you are over-simplifying the "get an education" leads to riches argument though.. The 4 year degree loses it's value more and more every year.
This post was edited on 2/13 10:29 AM by Pghfan
I can't argue with you there. I know, like I said, I don't have an answer, but when a majority of these people don't try.....well that was my point. It is no different than the poverty and malaise by white Appalachia, which generation after generation have perfected living off of our government that they completely lose sight of working or education.Originally posted by Pghfan:
Hey, I just enjoyed the "stick with Led Zeppelin" comment. You guys want to solve America's social-economic issues on a Pitt message board, I wish you all the luck. I just enjoy reading this thread and seeing how pissed off people get.. Does that make me a jerk? Actually yes it does.. Think you are over-simplifying the "get an education" leads to riches argument though.. The 4 year degree loses it's value more and more every year.
This post was edited on 2/13 10:29 AM by Pghfan
Dammit, we don't have enough good shooters!! But yeah, I would take Jason Maile right now.Originally posted by SoufOaklin4Life:
UP#1 is upset this area doesn't recruit enough white shooters.
I was amused by my Carolina Ford Dealers rant ...................being the week of UNC game, you don't think went on a fishing expedition???Originally posted by SoufOaklin4Life:
I'm amused by my own joke, even if nobody else is.
Read this and wondered about the difference between European immigrants who chose to come to America to start a better life versus Africans who were forced to come to this country and sold into slavery.Originally posted by pitt-girl:
I have to jump in here rpost. Just so we're clear, my IMMEDIATE family is of mixed race, so we can take the racism label right off the table. Okay?
Just a little story. My grandparents fled Europe in the 1920's. Without anything. They came here to start a better life. After having 3 children my grandfather tragically died of a stroke leaving my grandmother, my father, the eldest at age 12 and 2 younger brothers. They were dirt poor. My grandmother worked 2 jobs daily, one as a cafeteria worker in a local school and then would jump on a bus to downtown and worked the late shift as a maid at the Hilton just to keep food on the table. My father was charged with taking care of his siblings, getting everyone off to school, making dinner and making sure all homework was done (including his own). On his 18th birthday, he joined the Army because he knew the only way to get a college education was through the GI Bill. After being discharged, he worked full-time and went to Pitt undergrad and Dental School. His 2 younger brothers? One graduated with a doctorate in Electrical engineering and worked at Westinghouse his whole life. His other brother got his doctorate in Chemical Engineering, went onto to work for Exxon/Mobil, eventually retiring as the President of Mobil Oil, Saudi Arabia.
They had no help and as immigrants, not a whole lot of respect either. But you know what? They are living proof that hard work is the answer to escape poverty. There was never a thought about crime to ease their suffering. It's a choice rpost. Some people get dealt a good hand and others not so much. But excuses are just that - excuses. Hard work, sacrifice and education can lift anyone to a better life. But like I said it's a choice. Using your race, sex, religion, etc. as a reason why you cannot rise above is a cop out. I am the product of such a family.
This post was edited on 2/12 5:23 PM by pitt-girl
Read this and wondered about the difference between European immigrants who chose to come to America to start a better life versus Africans who were forced to come to this country and sold into slavery.This post was edited on 2/12 5:23 PM by pitt-girl
Westmoreland mall will continue to do well.Originally posted by Sean Miller Fan:
Malls are going to be added to the list of things you tell your grandkids about like video stores, home phones, and the old Big East. People are going less and less because shopping is online now. This isn't news. Some of us still go to malls for specific needs but the days of going to the mall to "go shopping" are pretty much over.
Monroeville Mall is done after these last 2 events. Its going to go the way of Century III Mall. It'll remain "open" but at half-capacity with crap stores. The only 3 malls that are going to survive the next couple decades are Ross Park, Mall at Robinson, and South Hills Village and only because of the demographics of those areas. SW PA will be a 3 mall city.
It kills me when people who are not the target audience of "black leaders" comment about what "black leaders" are or are not speaking out about. As if you know! Can you even name any "black leaders" other than the two usual targets? (As for the two of them, anyone who thinks they've been ignoring the subject can only have selectively paying attention.) By the way, who are the "white leaders", and what subjects are they speaking about?Originally posted by IamHeisenberg:
I do wish that many more African American leaders would speak out more harshly against Black on Black violence than they do. But maybe I am just as guilty being a Roman Catholic when I heard about atrocities that the IRA committed and tried to understand what drove my Catholic brothers in Ireland to have to do that. It is not uncommon to look for a reason to ignore despicable actions that people of "our own kind" do because deep down we fear that this could easily be us.