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happyending (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 03:19 PM Original message |
Schools Give Hungry Children Backpacks Filled With Food to Help Them Get T |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. omg -- read these three paragraphs |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 03:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Aw sh!t. |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 03:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. don't feel bad |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. This country makes me fucking sick sometimes... |
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Kadie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. This part of the story says a lot |
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happyending (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. in the land of the free |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 06:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. U R so right happyending.... |
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happyending (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 06:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. wow |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 07:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. The "Black" poverty RATE is almost 3X the "White" |
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doni_georgia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-04 05:23 AM Response to Reply #38 |
84. In my school |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 08:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
46. "Why the poor don't march on Washington I do not know. " |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 09:15 PM Response to Reply #46 |
57. And, also because we're purposely isolated |
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LeahMira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-04 01:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
93. Practical reasons... |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well... |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 03:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. It's true... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. They'd think I ate for the last time in the Carter administration. |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. It occurs to me |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 07:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. I'm out of work |
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PfcHammer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. reminds me of the * fundraiser where the food went to waste b/c |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. Those teachers will probably be accused of "socialism" |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 03:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Freeper says... |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 04:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. May the freepers |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 05:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Dumbass freepers |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 05:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Well, Charlie, your story did it. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 07:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. Damn you all to Hell |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 08:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. I wish I could say |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 08:20 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. I know how sad it can be |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 08:46 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. You're a stronger man than me |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 08:55 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. It is hard at times |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 09:20 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Oh, Gawd |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 11:06 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. that is why I am unlikely to get a kid as well |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 11:54 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. Yes |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-04 09:52 AM Response to Reply #72 |
89. I hope things work out for them |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 09:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
63. I have a friend who taught summer school in one of the |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 08:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. Isn't that like being 'accused' of intelligence and beauty? |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 08:49 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. "Infected with such poor inner balance...." |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
14. America's Second Harvest |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. Reading stories like this devestates me. |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. This is heartbreaking |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. This is increasingly happening and often in enclaves of the |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 05:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. in early 70s in Aspen and Snowmass |
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playahata1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 06:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Hunter S. Thompson has described these trailer-park communities |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 06:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Yes, I was reading recently about Ketchum in Sun Valley, Idaho. |
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Florida_Geek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. One of many from the late Harry Chapin... |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
21. they'd rather the kids starve to death than admit they made a mistake |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 05:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. For many, it's not a "mistake" |
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PopSixSquish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. The Second Harvest Foodbank |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 08:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
48. I don't know how outstanding Second Harvest is |
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TOhioLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 09:06 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. My husband works at a local foodbank.... |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 09:15 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. We have been donating for years |
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TOhioLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 09:28 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. how do you change the system? |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 11:28 PM Response to Reply #59 |
70. Living wages, fair taxation, and reform |
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bruce21040 (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-04 12:29 AM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Raising minimum wage or creating a living wage is not going to work |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-04 12:34 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. No doubt that education is crucial |
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bruce21040 (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-04 12:48 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. We as a country will never be without the minimum wage worker |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-04 01:04 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. These are the same dire predictions |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-04 01:33 AM Response to Reply #75 |
80. Where on earth |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-04 12:51 AM Response to Reply #73 |
76. These are the same arguements |
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NewHampshireDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-04 05:10 AM Response to Reply #73 |
83. Never trust someone who says "Trust me." |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. Heartbreaking. |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
28. Here is a story that will make you sick. |
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happyending (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 06:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. not so well off |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 08:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. It's amazing how wealthy one can feel ... |
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NewHampshireDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
33. Broke My Heart ... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 07:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. This started during Reagan's administration. |
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happyending (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 07:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. bartender |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 08:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. There were many mental institutions closed |
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rexcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
36. I am speechless.... |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 07:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Yes, do write, pleeez! Push those jerks for justice |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
45. The Republicans made it more difficult to qualify for free lunch program |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
50. this country does not love its children |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
52. Question -- for those of you who are angered by what is happening |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 09:30 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. I did not. |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 09:32 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. NO I did NOT agree with Clinton's signing and championing |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
55. I should mention that this is my hometown: St. Joseph, MO |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
61. This story makes me so sad and so proud |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
64. Devil's Advocate |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 10:55 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. "Stop the problem at the source"? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 11:01 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. So in your book the kids should go hungry because the |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 11:15 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. You assume that it's "kids having kids". |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 11:21 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. I taught summer school for a migrant program last year. |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-04 01:30 AM Response to Reply #69 |
79. Working poor |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-04 11:39 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. Cheap labor and involuntary birth control are OK? |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-04 01:35 AM Response to Reply #71 |
81. Cheap labor |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-04 01:14 AM Response to Reply #64 |
78. Involuntary birth control |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-04 01:38 AM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Wow |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-04 06:33 AM Response to Reply #82 |
85. Forced Sterilization is Going Too Far |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-04 06:44 AM Response to Reply #82 |
86. Temporary Sterilization |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-04 08:48 AM Response to Reply #86 |
88. Argument from anecdote |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-04 01:07 PM Response to Reply #86 |
92. Forcing sterilization, temporary or otherwise |
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July (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-04 07:35 AM Response to Reply #78 |
87. What is "irresponsible with their sexuality?" |
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slinkerwink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-04 09:56 AM Response to Reply #78 |
90. that's the argument of the totally reprehensible EUGENICS movement |
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slinkerwink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-04 09:58 AM Response to Reply #64 |
91. so what if the poor mothers were raped and couldn't afford abortion? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-04 02:20 PM Response to Reply #64 |
95. In the long run..... |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-04 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
94. St Joe is just down the road ten miles from me |
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