This is how we treat the poor (barf alert)

Kansas City Star ^ | 9/18/05 | Carol Towarnicky

[Huntress]

The most striking thing in this piece is that the author can be so suspicious of every word and action of Pres. Bush and the GOP, and yet take the explanation of the malnourished toddler at face value.

[Texas_Jarhead]

Of course, what else did you expect?

[spinestein]

The barf alert is well warranted.

That was the most vomit inducing article I've ever read.

[goldstategop]

It begs the question. With all those billions in entitlement in welfare and entitlement goodies, how does a 2-year old starve in America?

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[madprof98]

When Frank asked if the girl had enough to eat, the child’s mother burst into tears.

Let me guess: The girl's mother weighed about 300 pounds herself and had just polished off a jumbo box of fried chicken.

[PeteB570]

What? Did they forget where they put the EBT card? Where did AFDC go to?

How about the local Salvation Army Soup Kitchen? The last time I went to mine to volunteer most of the eaters drove up in a better car than mine.

Malnourished child? Lets put the blame on the parent.

[mc6809e]

If you can't afford to feed it, then don't have it.

[Bigg Red]

Frank’s clinic sees about 25 malnourished children a week.


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Dollars to donuts their mothers are unmarried and drug addicts. It is just about impossible for a child to be malnourished in a big city in America because of poverty; there are safety nets aplenty.

[Bob]

Voices had arranged the call before the hurricane because Congress had been scheduled last week to cut $10 billion in Medicaid and $3 billion in food stamps, along with reductions to the WIC nutrition program for pregnant women and infants.

Amazing -- The cuts haven't even occurred and they've already caused rampant malnutrition. And that's a $13 billion cut, out of how much in total??

[JOHANNES801]

Momma sold her food stamps for some crack and a pack of kools.

[dts32041]

Molasses, to rum to Slaves still working I see.

[Billthedrill]

I don’t want to play the “blame game.”

Oh, of course not. My, no. Never suspected it. Uh-uhh...

[Bigg Red]

....last time I went to mine to volunteer most of the eaters drove up in a better car than mine.


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I live in Maryland. About 25 years ago, I knew a doctor with a practice in the Baltimore suburbs. A certain percentage of the patients were on welfare and Medicaid. They would come into the office for problems as petty as a small splinter, which you or I would just remove ourselves. The doc's office workers often heard these patients in coversation with one another regarding fancy dinners out and trips to Las Vegas.

[roylene]

First, my daughter was 21 lbs at two, so frelling what. she was healthy and active just really skinny.
Second, if you are hungry in this country you are an idiot. Every community has food banks, churches have food pantries, etc.
Third, so very true about distrusting GWB and believing the mother.

[carlr]

The truth: This is America. This is the richest, most powerful nation in history. Will we not take care of our own?

We do take care of our own by providing opportunities that can`t be found anywhere else in the world.
These socialists don`t want a solution to poverty,they want a Ethiopia where 95% of the population is destitute with them sitting comfortably at the top of the pyramid doling out the meager existence.

[joebuck]

Interesting that these cities with the most pockets of poverty are the most liberal cities in the country. When you promote the "victim" ideology you get a lot of victims.

[spinestein]

Where to begin...

[When Frank asked if the girl had enough to eat, the child’s mother burst into tears.]

There is not a single acre of the United States of America where a person can live and NOT be able to get plenty of food for your family to eat from any of a number of redundant government programs AND private charities. If you and your family don't have enough to eat, it's NOT because food is not available for the asking.


[George W. Bush didn’t learn about 25,000 desperate and hungry people stuck in the New Orleans convention center until 24 hours after the rest of the world saw it on TV. He received the revelation only when an aide brought an Associated Press story into the Oval Office.]

Liar.


[And the botched federal response to Katrina was a consequence of his administration’s stripping of the Federal Emergency Management Agency]

Liar. That's two.


[Yet before the winds of Katrina blew away the blinders, there were millions of sick and hungry children across America. Instead of helping them, Congress was poised to cut their already-inadequate safety net. ... Congress had been scheduled last week to cut $10 billion in Medicaid and $3 billion in food stamps, along with reductions to the WIC nutrition program for pregnant women and infants.]

Liar. The lies just keep coming. There are no budget cuts and nobody is proposing any. Don't try to B S people by saying that a cut in the rate of growth is an ACTUAL cut.


["Children in general suffer so invisibly..." says Frank]

More B S. Any time a child in this country so much as catches a cold, or has their "self esteem" diminished, or has their "free speech rights" violated, or is made uncomfortable in any way, we see a flood of stories by McJournalists eager to capitalize on the "pity factor" with cries of "What about the children?"


[The truth: This is America. This is the richest, most powerful nation in history. Will we not take care of our own?]

Yes it is. Again, yes it is. And yes, we will take care of our own, AS WE ALWAYS DO. But condescending, arrogant, liars like you are too busy whining to notice.

[Libloather]

George W. Bush didn’t learn about 25,000 desperate and hungry people stuck in the New Orleans convention center until 24 hours after the rest of the world saw it on TV.

This can't be true. The 'prosperity' of the *Rodman-Crinton era/administration/regime ended terrorism, poverty and spin. No?

[the Deejay]

If you can't afford to feed it, then don't have it.

Exactly. Hubby & I knew 3 was all we could afford to feed and clothe. And three is all we had

[the Deejay]

Momma sold her food stamps for some crack and a pack of kools.

100 to 1 odds says you are correct.