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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-11 01:54 PM
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"Food insecurity"?
Edited on Wed Nov-23-11 01:55 PM by originalpckelly
It makes it sound like I need to get my veggies a self-help book. Perhaps arrange a date with the other foods around so it will come out of its shell and stop being so shy. Or perhaps, if it is bad enough, call in a doctor.

But no, it's about hunger.

Isn't it nice how we PC-up all the fucking words that express the truth of our daily lives, in a plain attempt to make them sound less scary.
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-11 01:55 PM
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1. I saw the story on CNN about "Food Insecurity" and thought WTF?
Call it what it is...hunger and starvation.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-11 01:58 PM
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2. It means you have $19 for food and gas until next Tuesday.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-11 02:02 PM
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4. +1
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malthaussen Donating Member (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-11 01:59 PM
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3. I've been told
... that "telling it like it is" is just an excuse for bigotry, rudeness, and insensitivity.

So be it. I refuse to call a spade an "excavation enabler."

-- Mal
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-11 02:03 PM
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5. #1
Just let you know that four pluses joined together, it was that good.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-11 04:24 PM
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6. More like SLOW STARVATION
They didn't call it what it was during the last Depression, either. It was either pneumonia or heart failure on the death certificate.

It sucks. It also doesn't have to be this way. Look at the billionaires to find out why.
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