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Hurricane Katrina survivors face grim Thanksgiving
Associated Press ^
| Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Posted on 11/23/2005 6:34:54 AM PST by WestTexasWend
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To: CFC__VRWC
I know an old man who accumulated a $300,000 investment account by eating lunch and dinner every day at a soup kitchen run by local churches. He calls it his social life.
To: ClaireSolt
I know an old man who accumulated a $300,000 investment account by eating lunch and dinner every day at a soup kitchen run by local churches. He calls it his social life. That reminds me of a story I once read about a man who built a net worth of $142 million. He did it simply by riding the bus to work and carrying a sack lunch.
..... Oh, yeah. He invested in UPS in its infancy.
To: WestTexasWend
"Shifter, who lives in Bay St. Louis, Miss., had to drive 45 minutes to find a Wal-Mart that survived Hurricane Katrina."
When I read this I knew the story was fabricated. Take an element of truth and then blow it totally out of proportion.
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posted on
11/23/2005 8:16:12 AM PST
by
Kirkwood
To: tfecw
Yeah. The Associated Press sounds like they are perpetuating a problem. In that sense, who's the real problem, Katrina or the AP?
To: WestTexasWend
Guests will eat outside at a plastic table on her lawn, or in shifts at the kitchen table. Dinner will be served on paper plates with plastic utensils.This isn't unusual. This has been my family's Thanksgiving routine for years. Saves lots of time for the host family.
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posted on
11/23/2005 9:06:03 AM PST
by
randita
To: WestTexasWend
----There are plenty of homeless people on the street who have been that way for a long time who do not even have a small trailer to live in. They stand in lines at missions for food on Thanksgiving day and I am sure each and every one of them have hard luck stories as well , you just never hear their stories about how they came to live on the streets. A tragedy or misfortune put them there and laziness keeps them there.
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posted on
11/23/2005 9:49:11 AM PST
by
WasDougsLamb
(I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man.)
To: brothers4thID
caught in a legal battle between Fema and the insurance company.That is terrible! Please keep us updated to their progress resolving this nasty situation.
To: WestTexasWend
Boo hoo on that first story. If they're not going to be thankful that they have even that, why bother celebrating the holiday at all?
To: WestTexasWend
It's Thanksgiving day. They should be thanking God that they survived the storm. They should be thanking the government and the American taxpayers for the thousands of dollars they have received.
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posted on
11/24/2005 8:06:18 PM PST
by
ladyjane
To: dfwgator
Yep. Just like how the homeless stories have resurfaced since Bush took office.
To: WasDougsLamb
People who are homeless managed to burn the bridges with everybody who wanted to help them, that's why they are there.
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posted on
11/24/2005 8:50:51 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: WestTexasWend
Downsizing the ingredients to fit her compact oven, she will serve a 13-pound turkey instead of the usual 20-pounder. Wow, I never imagined anyone could suffer like this in America.
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posted on
11/24/2005 8:56:06 PM PST
by
Jorge
(Q)
To: ClaireSolt
I know an old man who accumulated a $300,000 investment account by eating lunch and dinner every day at a soup kitchen run by local churches. Fattening his bank account by eating food meant for the less fortunate.
What a freakin parasite.
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posted on
11/24/2005 8:58:45 PM PST
by
Jorge
(Q)
To: Jorge
Mayber, but I have been his guest more than once, and most of the attendees come to the meals in their work uniforms. There is, apparently more generosity and largesse than there is need.
To: dfwgator
Thanks for sharing your opinion with the thread. Have a great day.
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posted on
11/25/2005 11:55:48 AM PST
by
WasDougsLamb
(I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man.)
To: WestTexasWend
Baloney. They ought to be thankful they have a FEMA trailer.
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posted on
11/26/2005 3:17:12 PM PST
by
ViLaLuz
(Stop the ACLU - Support the Public Expression of Religion Act 2005 - Call your congressmen.)
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