SubscribeNPR Sobs: For Some, Meat Is Out Of Reach
From a heartbroken National Public Radio:
[NPR caption:] Angelica Hernandez (left) and her mother, Gloria Nunez, struggle to make ends meet on a very limited budget.
For Some Ohioans, Even Meat Is Out Of Reach
by Yuki Noguchi
All Things Considered, July 17, 2008 · A generation ago, the livelihood of Gloria Nunez’s family was built on cars.
Her father worked at General Motors for 45 years before retiring. Her mother taught driver’s education. Nunez and her six siblings grew up middle class.
Things have changed considerably for this Ohio family.
Nunez’s van broke down last fall. Now, her 19-year-old daughter has no reliable transportation out of their subsidized housing complex in Fostoria, 40 miles south of Toledo, to look for a job.
Nunez and most of her siblings and their spouses are unemployed and rely on government assistance and food stamps. Some have part-time jobs, but working is made more difficult with no car or public transportation…
‘I Just Can’t Get A Job’
Nunez, 40, has never worked and has no high school degree. She says a car accident 17 years ago left her depressed and disabled, incapable of getting a job. Instead, she and her daughter, Angelica Hernandez, survive on a $637 Social Security check and $102 in food stamps.
Hernandez received her high school diploma and has had several jobs in recent years. But now, because fewer restaurants and stores are hiring, she says she finds it hard to find a job. Even if she could, she says it’s particularly hard to imagine how she’ll keep it. She says she needs someone to give her a lift just to get to an interview. And with gas prices so high, she’s not sure she could afford to pay someone to drive her to work every day.
People tell Nunez her daughter could get more money in public assistance if she had a child.
“A lot of people have told me, ‘Why don’t your daughter have a kid?’”
They both reject that as a plan.
“I’m trying to get a job,” Hernandez says. “I just can’t get a job.” …
‘What’s Going To Happen To Us?’
Most of their extended family lives in the same townhouse complex…
The only one with a car is Irma Hernandez, Nunez’s mother…
She’s now two car payments behind.
“I’m about to lose my car,” she says on her way to pick up one of her daughters to take her to Toledo. “So then what’s going to happen to us?”
So Nunez and her daughter are mostly stuck at home.
The rising cost of food means their money gets them about a third fewer bags of groceries — $100 used to buy about 12 bags of groceries, but now it’s more like seven or eight. So they cut back on expensive items like meat, and they don’t buy extras like ice cream anymore. Instead, they eat a lot of starches like potatoes and noodles.
Gosh, this is horrible. It’s just like the famines in Ethiopia or Biafra.
Only different.
People tell Nunez her daughter could get more money in public assistance if she had a child.
“A lot of people have told me, ‘Why don’t your daughter have a kid?’”
They both reject that as a plan.
There you have it. The indomitable human spirit at work.
What courage.
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July 19th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
I understand “Queen For A Day” is going back on the air. These two should sign up right now.
July 19th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
I would not hire them either. They look very unhealthy and I would want energetic, healthy people working for me. They probably have free healthcare…
July 19th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Jebus H. Keerist! If those two are starving to death, ship them to Ethiopia or someplace so they can show the folks in those countries how to be hippo-sized while in a famine!
July 19th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
What a tear jerker, if only there was some form of local college where people could take a few classes and work towards a meaningful career. And if there was something like this imaginary college wouldn’t it be nice if the government and private organizations gave millions a year to help poor students afford the already cheaply offered credit. And oh fooy, none of this will work because she has no transportation, if only there was cheap subsidized transportation that could carry large numbers of people on bus-like things. No, clearly since all the above is just some pipe dream the only real option they have is popping out a kid to get more government support.
It makes me wonder why food stamps restricts buying ready to eat pizzas but allows you to buy take-n-bake. Forgive the pun, but the end result is the same.
July 19th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Did that picture come from that video, “when good hippos go bad”? Yeah, they are suffering a food crisis all right…..way too much of it!! Sorry, but no sympathy for people who cant seem to care for themselves…..I could be wrong, but I’m not.
July 19th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
The NPR article also goes on to say that the beauty, the daughter, while she does have a high school diploma, can’t get a job since the van went belly up. To go to job interviews, she has to rely on getting a lift. My God, is that a play on words? I guess in the town of Fostoria, Ohio, no one owns a crane to lift her from the table to a job interview. She also said that the restaurants wern’t hiring. Perhaps someone could explain to her a thing called “profit risk”.
So the whole damn family lives in subsidized housing and none of them have jobs. How shocking. Seems the system of institutionalized welfare has been well indoctrinated into this family. The only one with a car is the senior member of the family, Gloria Nunez’s mother, whose husband worked at GM. And even she still has kids at home so you can bet this ain’t no small sized family sucking from the taxpayer teat.
Now poor Ms. Nunez has never had a job due to her auto accident that made her depressed. But we know there was at least one time in her life she was not depressed as she has an 18 year old daughter to show for it.
And don’t think they are that size from not doing any exercise. They are using the “elbow” method of working out as they bend their elbow to stick a fork in their mouths. Perhaps it would be better to straighten out the elbow as they pushed themselves away from their plate.
July 19th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
She was 23 years old when she got in a car accident and did not have a high school diploma at that point. Her so called disability apparently does not prevent her from walking around - but somehow it has kept her from getting a diploma - a minimum requirement for most jobs. Her biggest disability appears to be laziness.
July 19th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
“A lot of people have told me, ‘Why don’t your daughter have a kid?’”
You have to ask why? There ain’t enough alcohol in all of explored space…
July 19th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
They can’t find a job?
NASA could use them to plug the hole in the ozone.
They could be used as disposals at a rendering plant, from the looks of them they have plenty of experience.
Weight Watchers could put them on posters to hang on refrigerators.
They could be used to smuggle large crowds illegals in their folds of fat.
They could be used as ballast on a diving bell.
add to the list SJ, ;-)
and retire05, thanks for the laugh!
July 19th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
they could leave a ring around the beach…
they need shock absorbers on their toilet seats…
they dont just hang around, they hang ALL around…
finally, something in the solar system bigger than Pluto…
if they fell, they wouldnt stop rolling until they hit the Ohio River….
when they sit, they always register a “6″ on the Richter scale…
they were offered part time jobs as the backstop at the local ball park…
they get their clothing at Toledo tent and awning….
they turned down an offer to act as plugs in the levees during the floods this year
or was it dikes? oh boy, I aint gonna go there…………..4uDEZ!
July 19th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
At the beach, they’re lucky women…they’re the only ones there who get a tan
When they go out to get the mail, it measures on the Richter Scale
The pavement cracks when they fall down
When you’re only having seconds, they’re having twenty-thirds
They’ve got more chins than Chinatown
For DEZ and SJ
July 19th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Is this article to be taken seriously? Seriously?
July 20th, 2008 at 10:31 am
From the looks of it, even foundation garments are out of reach for these Ohioans.
July 20th, 2008 at 11:18 am
All fat jokes aside, these two women are the reason stereotypes exist. They’re cliches. The other thing I see here is a couple of cases of Type II diabetes. That ought to give them a couple of more excuses for not working.
Either way they’re going to be a strain on the very system designed to help them. I THOUGHT we passed a welfare reform bill here in the U.S. several years back. In Kalifornia cases such as these are required to attend job seminars (GAIN) to learn how to search for work. These hags aren’t disabled. They’re just lazy. I say cut the welfare checks and let em sink or swim. They sure as hell aren’t gonna starve with all the fat reserves they have.
July 20th, 2008 at 11:27 am
This is wrong on so many levels, there doesn’t seem to be anything worth saying. Except - is it too early to start drinking?
July 20th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
It’s five o’clock somewhere PhilM, I say have at it.
In some respects, I do have some sympathy for these women. We can’t always control the hands that life deals us. However, we all have the ability to make choices to change our lives in a positive way in the face of adversity.
Unfortunately, it appears this family disaster has chosen to remain firmly latched onto the teat of the government dole. Society, as a whole, shouldn’t be held responsible for wrong personal choices, a fact hopelessly lost on the socialist libtards of the Dhimmicratic party.
July 20th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Looks more like shoelaces are out of reach.
July 21st, 2008 at 1:10 am
Sorry but I wouldn’t hire either one of them just based on appearance. To put it bluntly, they’re simply disgusting and I wouldn’t subject myself and my employees to having either of them in the workplace. Is my opinion discriminatory? Of course it is, but too bad. It’s my business and I’ll hire who I want whether the Government likes it or not.
July 21st, 2008 at 11:08 am
Nice job, David. You nailed it. As for this unfortunate twosome, I say saddle them and let midgets ride them around a track at the County Fair.
July 21st, 2008 at 3:35 pm
What I don’t get is that dad and mom worked - where in the name of the American Dream did this disgusting piece of flab come from? Sounds like she has never, ever put the effort into much of anything except eating. I blame her parents to a degree for not pushing her a bit to at least graduate or get a GED - she had plenty of time between then and her tragic accident which rendered her utterly useless, to accomplish something.
Her parents set an example - I do not care that she and her almost (she at least has her HS diploma and has worked) as useless spawn are suffering because of the msm driven recession drivel - neither has apparently followed the example of Ms Nunez’s family. Sounds more like an out of control teenager who didn’t give a dang about anything but being cool - whose life caught up with her and sitting around feeling sorry for herself caused her ass to get huge and now she doesn’t have the money to keep herself in food.
Oh boo hoo - Even the Bible says those who do not work should not eat. Yes for those on the lower socio-economic ladder one downward spiral can cause many more losses, faster. It is why one learns to do something in this life - so that when problems happen you can take care of yourself.
She and her fatty daughter should spend those (tax payer provided) monies on fruits and veggies - it would be healthier for them and might just cause them to lose weight. Just a suggestion. But she and her daughter don’t take suggestions, just handouts.
July 24th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
We can all think of fat jokes. (Yes, I heard that the daughter would erase the chalkboards in her classroomswhenever she got up to go use the bathroom. Ha. Ha. Ha) But what about fat solutions?
Where is a faith-based organization that will come alongside these people and help them learn HOW to live? That is the only fat solution here. We as a society have conditioned them to invoke the moocher response when this type of “calamity” occurs. No, I am not taking on “white guilt” here. I am not that stupid.
I am just saying, get over the fat jokes and start thinking solutions. Good people could really run with this situtation. Let’s hope so!
July 24th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
“I am just saying, get over the fat jokes and start thinking solutions.”
This isn’t particularly complicated.
The solution would be that these people should be made to work for a living, instead of getting everything for nothing.
Surely you agree, SIO.
July 24th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
saneinohio ,
Get a job.
July 24th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Absolutely, SG!! That is crucial to the whole solution thing! They MUST work!!
The faith-based groups can help them KEEP the momentum going once they are employed…otherwise there might be the potential of not being able to retain a job or jobs.
July 24th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
The fat jokes aside, these people deserve to be ridiculed. The entire premise of the article is that they cant afford meat……obviously, they can afford something! And a lot of it too. They are not going to ever do anything ever to help themselves. Not ever.
No group, no well meaning folks will ever get them to do a day’s work. They dont have to. They make more money in services than they ever could doing anything…even if they lost 300 pounds each, they are socialized. T
hey depend on government to keep them able to complain. I have zero sympathy for anyone who looks like that, and then bitches because they cant afford a certain type of food.
July 24th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
1sttofight: I am going to be kind with this. Let me help you with your internet etiquette and decorum. It is important not to make assumptions about someone and then flame that assumption out over the net.
In my case I have two jobs pushing nearly 60 hours a week. I also volunteer in two churches each week. I know what it is to work hard. I also know from the faith-based organization in which I serve that others need our counsel, advice, motivation, and accountability.
I could only offer my advice about the two women because I do work diligently and I am involved in faith-based organizations that lift people up and help them stay on the path of societal responsibility.
Please think before you post. Thank you!
July 24th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
…otherwise there might be the potential of not being able to retain a job or jobs.
Saneinohio, what on earth do faith-based groups have to do with keeping people employed?
There’s a little thing known as a work ethic. I have it. You probably have it. I suspect most of the people reading and posting here have it. It’s not rocket science.
Here’s what you do:
1) You get up in the morning.
2) You show up for work on time. Every day.
3) You do what’s expected of you at work.
I’ve been doing this for decades and all I’ve ever needed was a five dollar alarm clock from Wal-Mart and a little bit of gumption. Faith-based orgs are capable of doing good works -but I fail to see where they’re needed for babysitting.
July 24th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Rush Limbaugh said we shoudl come and look at the picture of the people who can only but a little less groceries now. So where did the picture go? And why does NPR feel so sorry for them?
July 24th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
DW…you are 100% right..I have just seen the value of faith-based support groups for help in long-term employment retention. That’s all I am saying. It’s not rocket science!!
July 24th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Saneinohio, I’ll have to take your word (and I do) about the value of FBO’s in helping people stay employed over the long haul.
But…(there’s always a but -come to think of it, there’s couple of huge ones in this thread…sorry)
Is it not possible that the compassion you offer is exactly what has prevented these women from working?
A human can adjust to just about anything. Suppose these women were presented with a choice: Here’s a job. It’s not dangerous or difficult, but you have to be there on time and actually work at it. The option is to show up for work or not eat.
Do you not believe that after a few hungry days, these women would learn -on their own- the value of showing up to work every day?
That’s what’s got us all pissed. We go out every day (including you) and we work, yet an increasing amount of that money that we work for, goes to women like this who- in turn- complain that they are being starved if anyone dares talk about cutting their free benefits. I’ve seen it my friend. I’ve been at a protest where 250 pound female ‘carbohydrate reservoirs’ marched around waving signs stating that they were being starved because someone wanted to cut back on welfare benefits. It’s not just irony, it’s downright ludicrous.
And people are getting sick of it.
July 24th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Yes, we frustrated, hardworking, contributing Americans can use this article as the “prime example” of what is wrong with liberal policies - because we have ‘earned’ that right (after paying the bill for all the poor slobs for generations). We make witty (and sometimes nasty) comments - because it is one of the few remaining outlets for us to vent through. But there is much more - beyond the funny comments:
This story makes me sad for otherwise good people - who have been duped by liberalism, and now find themselves in a situation that seems hopeless. Where are all the bleeding hearts now? Why is it OUR problem to fix when it was THEIR (liberals) lifestyle that created this subculture??
This article and picture should play out like the “ghost of Christmas future” (from A Christmas Carol)…if WE cannot get our country and culture back from the extremist libs and Dems - then we are looking at the “future” within that pic.
July 24th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
This is Typical of NPR, be real this NO COPARISON to Ethiopia. I aggee with one of the reponders, ship them to Ethiopia and teach those poeple how to be so FAT while starving. NPR you have just proven how our tax dollars are wasted on a BIG FAT LIE. These women are not hungry and when poeple are given money with out having to work for it they turn out like this.
And there is no balance, always pushing a agenda.
July 24th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
I have two comments to make:
First: No worries meat is out of reach for these two…Obama wants to take it away from you anyway, remember his speech about what a fat country we are, we eat too much?
Second: Maybe meat along with other foods should be out of reach…no wonder no one will hire them.
July 24th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
This is a joke right? These two have no access to meat? I hope the cameraman moved quickly enough to avoid being devoured by these two “victims.”
July 24th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Isn’t lean ground beef about 3 or 4 dollars a pound? Only a little more than a pound of potatoes?
I cannot stand when NPR tries to make a sob story about people whose only problem in life is poor choices. The choice to be lazy, make excuses for yourself, live off of parents (who are making their own poor choice in not booting these freeloaders out the door with directions to support themselves), and yes, the choice to eat yourself into such an unhealthy state that no sane employer would ever hire you.
Most people have had some form of a job since they were sixteen, and earlier if they did jobs like paper routes and babysitting. What makes these people so damn special?
July 24th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Hey Sharps Rifle, I have news for you. I know 25 soul brothers who would do the daughter in a second. No alcohol required. So let’s
give her some credit. She could have 4 or 5 babies by now if she wanted. LOL.
July 24th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Mercy, read this on Rush and followed the link. Usually I start here first.
Talk about unintended consequences. They got dependent on the federal government to provide everything, got hooked on starches and carbs for meals (which is a matter of choice) because they could not afford Prime Rib or Rib Eye Steak or some of the more expensive cuts of meat (guess they never heard about chicken or pork), and then porked out.
The sad part, as someone else pointed out, they were dependent on the Federal Government to take care of them, and that agency let them down. There are many like these two people who have found out that the Feds are in no position to do much of anything.
As has been suggest, they could find a job (walking is a great way to exercise). But I think I understand why the vehicle gave out… Probably the shocks were the first.
July 24th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
How about all nonworking taxpayer backed parasites work for the war effort BEFORE they get a check .
If you can’t show up to lace boots , link cartridges or pop a rivet . You get Nothing . Strict oversight and quality control assured . Mess up and it comes off your payroll check. As someone posted above that ( humans can just about adapt to anything ) , how about structure , personable responsibility and a work ethic . These as well as others are stealing food off MY plate . I have to work harder so they can live a life of permanent retirement ??? Work , not welfare . Oh ! wheres the daddy in the pic?
For SJ : when she walks down the street , her arse looks like two raccoons fighting in a burlap sack !
Haw !
July 24th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
If I can’t get to fried chicken I just go get watermelon instead. Problem solved. ;-)
July 25th, 2008 at 4:23 am
This meat on the hoof. Put them out to pasture, and name them Elsie and Bossy.
July 25th, 2008 at 4:52 am
They could be used to knock down condemned buildings.
They should stay out of Africa. They would be on the wrong end of a safari.
If one of them fell into the Mississippi River, Iowa would be under water again.
Goodyear could use them for back-ups at football games.
In the movie, Independence Day, one of them was the shadow over Washington.
Put howdahs on them and use them to hunt tigers.
Barnum and Bailey needs them for their next parade.
They could star in the sequel, Dumbo 2.
They threaten the San Andreas fault.
Do we need more tanks in Iraq?
They are too big to play in the NFL.
Now you know why we need 6-lane highways.
There were around for the last eclipse of the sun.
We need another dam in the Grand Canyon.
They could rent their skirts for prayer-meeting tents.
They are easier to locate than the Titanic.
If God wanted to flood the Earth, He could have made it rain for only twenty days and twenty nights, and then dropped them in.
July 25th, 2008 at 5:04 am
When they walk down the freeway, there are cars in front and back that say –Wide Load.
July 25th, 2008 at 8:17 am
Oh my God!!! They might lose weight!!!
July 25th, 2008 at 10:46 am
While I agree that perhaps they need some restructuring of their life and their lifestyle, why does it need to be “faith-based.” Even the unfaithful can see that they need a change.
I do remember one girl in school who looked similar to those two. Perhaps they have similar issues? She said she had a hormonal issue of some sort that caused weight-gain. Maybe they need medical attention? Once they lose the weight, perhaps they can use the excess energy to get jobs?
July 25th, 2008 at 11:25 am
She said she had a hormonal issue of some sort that caused weight-gain.
It’s certainly possible, but I have to admit to some skepticism. I knew a girl in high school who said she had those same “hormonal issues”. I believed her until the day we stopped at a convenience store on the way to school, where she bought 15 Milky Ways, all of which were finished by the time we made it to home room. Perhaps there were some hormonal issues causing it, but I think in the majority of cases it’s more a self-control issue.
July 25th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
whomever this person is –> sheehanjihad needs to open your eyes, you are NOT right. most native americans aren’t ’skinny’ i know i’ve seen them. who the hell are you to judge how people look. i’m sure you don’t have 6 pac or big arms or anything so shut the hell up! that’s SO racist to call them a hippo, get a life and a few braincells! it took me since april to find a job and i found one, i’m not in the same situation as them, but, i found one and it pays pretty damn well. the job market right now is SO thin that i’ve NEVER seen it this bad! ever! who can we thank? our idiot president! he’s on his way out thank GOD!! is he gonna do anything about it in the next 5 months HELL NO! he did MORE than enough damage and he’s not smart enough to figure it out. so before you call anyone else a hippo take a look in the mirrow JACK and grow up, YOU ARE NOT CORRECT.
July 25th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
for anyone to be having a kid right is the DUMBEST thing anyone can do. this baby boom for what 10 years now? OMG!! stop having sex for christ’s sake!! jesus your 20 min of bliss is killing the planet and driving it harder than it needs to. mother nature has it’s limits…..HAVE A KID?! have you lost your mind?! i hate the way people today LACK common sense.
July 25th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
@jhcxx - I’m a quarter Cherokee. Judging by their last names and their appearance, I’d say that’s about the same amount if not more than the two ladies pictured above. I’ll thank you not to lump all of us together, ok?
July 25th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
jhcxx - Since when is it the responsibility of the President to make it easy for you to find a job?
“the job market right now is SO thin that i’ve NEVER seen it this bad! ever!”
Current unemployment rate is 5.5%. In 2003, unemployment was over 6%. That means you must be about 4 years old.
July 25th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
jhcxx….racist to call someone who is morbidly obese a hippo? Racist? To see two obviously overweight women saying they can barely scrape by and afford no meat? Talk about a need for braincells there paco….you need to get a very real grip on reality…..and see what is there, and not what your obvious lack of intelligence tells you is there.
Most of the time, I just tolerate dorks who flame someone for whatever reason, but your reaction struck me as well, stupid! I can see my toes! I can run 50 yards! I can climb a ladder! I dont have to have a perfect physique to point out something that is glaringly obvious to everyone but you. They are FAT~! Calling them hippos is insulting to hippos…..a hippo cant do anything about it….they could have.
The great point about all this is that it is an object lesson in mind over matter. I dont mind, and you certainly dont matter. I could give a damn what you think, I dont care if you get angry. But the stupidity of calling me racist for calling those huge obscenely obese women hippos shows just how far off the mark you are. I am being mean…..uncaring….callous….and if you look it up real quick….you will see that in the entire world….there is no listing under “races” for “FAT”!!. So bite off you ignorant moron, you are out of your comfort zone.
July 25th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
When I was studying economics in college, full employment was considered to be at 6.0% unemployment, i.e., the economy was at its peak capacity with an unemployment rate of 6.0%!
Anyone who thinks 5.5% unemployment is ‘bad’ is woefully ignorant of economics…
July 25th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
both of these people need to get off their ass, lose weight. why the hell do they weigh so freaking much and they live off of food stamps? excessive? also…how the hell have they managed to get behind on their much needed “car payments”…is there possibly a chance, just a chance(and they don’t have kids, as they have said) that they didn’t need to spend so much money on stupid cars, that are obviously out of their fiscal means…this is not an example of any tragedy in some african country…this is a typical trend among lazy, fat, worthless americans that take everything for granted…how the hell did they get behind on payments? who authorized them to spend MY money on a car they couldnt afford, when they could barely afford to pay for their fat food bill? my god…if a person has any pity on these people, that person is stupid…everything that has come their way is their fault, their weight, their mindset, their debt, their food problems…they don’t konw how to spend money, eat food or take care of their finances…how can anybody throw them an ounce of pity or sorrow or even empathy?
thank you.
July 25th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
“most native americans aren’t ’skinny’ i know i’ve seen them.”
Big deal, those two are visible from the International space station!
jhcxx, your not real good at making friends are you?
SJ is well liked here, you are so far not, and I doubt your popularity will flourish beyond its current level.
Its really an interesting form you have perfected.
You call some one stupid and prove at the same time that you lack even a basic understanding of what a race is.
And congrats on the new job, maybe you can earn enough money for a ticket to Oz.
July 27th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
easily 550 #s between the two
more chicken ($1 a pound), cut out the taters and noodles (loaded with salt and sugars), lose a 1/4 ton
drink water instead of sodas
walk instead of Wii
YOU MUST TAKE THE 1st STEP INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO COME ALONG WITH A TOW TRUCK TO MOVE YER KEESTER
July 28th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Sidfick might be a wiseass, but he is no college student. He is a VietNam Vet who has seen his government spit on him and treat him like garbage and he has to go to VA hospitals for shitty care, while these “starving” welfare suckers get all the entitlements for doing nothing except draining our resources, while they sit on their asses all day and whine about not being able to afford meat. And not being able to find jobs because they’re too fat and lazy to even try. They have a million excuses why they can’t work. Well I have a trillion excuses why they CAN!
Their only cure is to spit out more kids to get more welfare? PFFFFFFFFFT!!!!!!!!!
These “American’s” priorities are all F%*&ed up. And let it be said OUTLOUD! White American males and females have to work to feed their familys and educate their kids. And they never ask for flippin handouts. They get second jobs instead. Yes they are PROUD! And I am proud that folks are not afraid of hurting any tender feelings here about the tent and awning twins! It’s about time!
July 28th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Looks like Sidfick’s comments have been deleted. Guess the truth is too much for some folks.
July 29th, 2008 at 4:10 am
White American males and females have to work to feed their familys and educate their kids.
Honey, not everyone here is white, but I’d venture to guess that all of us work to feed our families. The problem with the two ladies above is not that they’re non-white. It’s that they appear to be “rely[ing] on government assistance.” I know a few white folks who do that, too. A little less emotion and a little more logic would be nice.
I know, I know - don’t feed the trolls. Consider it one of my few character flaws…
July 29th, 2008 at 5:47 am
Diane
That’s one of the reasons I like this blog so much, there’s clarity in a murky world (usually murky due to the liberal/MSM slop dwellers). As far as I am concerned, there are two types of people in this world, those that want to support themselves and those that don’t (and those unfortunate souls who try hard and can’t get a break), and race is not a factor. Great book, I am sure everyone has read it, is Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. Although it was published in ‘57, the parallels in todays society are uncanny. Classic example of those that bust their )(*&*& and expect nothing for free and those that want to ride the backs of the successful until they break them. What character would BO most closely resemble?
July 29th, 2008 at 6:58 am
White American males and females have to work to feed their familys and educate their kids.
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Honey, not everyone here is white, but I’d venture to guess that all of us work to feed our families. The problem with the two ladies above is not that they’re non-white. It’s that they appear to be “rely[ing] on government assistance.” I know a few white folks who do that, too. A little less emotion and a little more logic would be nice.
I know, I know - don’t feed the trolls. Consider it one of my few character flaws…
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Pumpkin,I have a word I use for ALL races of non working welfare rat baby machines, white included. But it cannot be used here.
Don’t worry about “feeding the trolls” I can afford to feed myself.
How’s that for logic?
Jump on the reality train, it’s leaving soon.
July 29th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Swampy—-I think you missed the point about feeding the trolls……
July 29th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Didn’t miss it at all. Hit it dead center in the bullseye.
July 29th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
OK, so you have one big troll axe to grind.
July 29th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Let’s show a little sympathy for this pair. Just last month the “mom” was diagnosed with that deadly flesh-eating virus. Her doctors told her she only had 27 years to live…
July 29th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Paulajay…..LAMO!!! good one!
July 30th, 2008 at 12:59 am
“object lesson in mind over matter. I dont mind, and you certainly dont matter.”
Good one SJ, I’ll have to remember it for future use!
July 31st, 2008 at 9:34 am
While I find the comments you all left extremely funny, this article makes me so mad, I could spit!!! My father did not work at GM, but he worked hard and we all learned that work ethic! Maybe you get 2 or 3 jobs to make ends meet, but you do it. And just because you eat lots of starches does not make you fat! It’s eating too many that does it! Trust me on that one! The disability claim makes me insane as well! There are truly disabled people out there, mentally and physically, and they go to work everyday and earn a living. This is exactly what is wrong with liberals! My question is, do they have so much money that they are willing to support all these people and if so…where do they work?
August 5th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
OMG. I don’t know whether to be angry at the taxes I pay to support this level of sloth or that tax dollars are wasted on NPR that would post a sob story like this.
The reporter (that’s being kind) didn’t put one hint in the story that these barnyard critters are in these circumstances based on their own life choices.
Melt down the arms on these two babes and solve the energy crisis with bio-diesel.
August 6th, 2008 at 12:42 am
Hey BVision,
You can turn sh*t into bio-diesel? Didn’t know that.
September 15th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Really, I can’t say that I feel sorry for these women. It is sad when people “choose” not to help themselves, but that’s exactly what it is; a choice. I cannot stand on a high horse and degrade these two for getting help, our family has been in that boat. However, we chose to rise above it. My mother was a drug addict and I moved in with my bf at 16. Soon after I found out I was pregnant. Yeah, I was a stupid kid who got pregnant and dropped out. I did go back to school and am now working toward my RN. My fiance has a good job now and we have another beautiful baby. We did need some assistance (during slow season) while I was pregnant and I got huge because the one way to stretch a dollar is by incorporating cheap carbs into meals. After our son was born and I stopped nursing, I lost most of the weight. I don’t need as much food as my fiance who works 10 hour shifts or our children who are still developing. I eat some of the leftover veggies and meats while I cook their meals with more complex carbs. Nobody gets extras but we all get what we need and my family eats very healthy. When some kind of fruit goes on sale, it’s easy to make treats with just a little flour and sugar. Or they could make bean and bacon soup with cornbread, high in protein (a little fattening) but they could eat it for several meals and get proper nutrition. Not only is it cheap, but it’s kid friendly and healthy, it just takes a little extra effort. I think as far as exercise they need to find the closest comm. college and walk to it. We didn’t always have a car, but we walked or took the bus until we got more financially stable. Anyhow, my point is simple, it isn’t just that they are “fat” or getting assistance. It’s their blatant disregard for life consequences and taking responsiblity for their actions. They may be big because they eat cheap carbs, but I know for a fact that by preparing meals from scratch even on the tightest budget you can eat healthy (including meat or atleast beans which has just as much protein). I think these women should look into some better alternatives than pity. Nobody wants to help anyone that isn’t willing to help themselves.
September 15th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
BTW, how can they afford those clothes and sunglasses? Is it just me or did the shirts look new???