And you?
Man, I just LOVE this time of year when everyone wants their hand in my pocket. *Rolleyes*
If the public is expected to believe that "one in five Hispanics in America lack sufficient food" then we must also believe that Mexican's cross the border into the United States by the hundreds of thousands every year, just so that they can starve here. In as much as the latter is certainly not the case, neither is the former.
I'm reading a book right now called "Freakanomics." In this book, the writer recounts how the homeless advocates of the 1980s just made up numbers and fed them to eager journalists, most of whom used without a single thought.
I read this article and even without evidence, I know what I've seen in communities with lots of Hispanic people. I've been to third world countries and I know what hunger looks like.
This article is bullsh*t. If it shows up in my paper or on my television, I'll rain crap on them until they run a correction. Bullsh*t. Bullsh*t. Bullsh*t. Bullsh*t.
That felt cathartic.
Whoops! Did I overreact or what! I zipped right over the weasel words:
"... one in five (Hispanic) people lack nutritious food..."
So they do have food. They might be spending their money on chips, beer, and Twinkies, but not on "nutritious food." I love the way that a lack of nutritious food is altered in the lede into people going hungry. You're not hungry if your dinner is diet Pepsi and Doritos. Your bowel movements might be intense, certainly.
If you do like it, move back south of the border and become one in two with an income earning problem....
I as a physician have not seen any starving children in my 21 years of practic except those of drug addicted or very mentally ill mothers.
I liked the part where they are "invisible."
Same here I thought that obesity and diabetes would be the problem.
Response: The response to this hysterical statement is obvious.
We choose 10 to 12 families and make them Thanksgiving and Christmas bags with veritable feasts and gifts for the children. There are a couple of families who are always on the list, they call us, we don't call them. This year we chose people in our own parish who we know are having hard times but would never ask. We called them beforehand and some graciously refused and some were very grateful for the offer. It was a pleasure to do it this year because we knew who we were dealing with and it wasn't just someone who wanted something for free.
As far as I can see, around here anyway, the Hispanics have a corner on the welfare programs and there is no reason for a legal citizen to go hungry with all the programs out there.
Back in the days I went hungry a few times, I used to feed my son his baby food and when he was full I ate the rest, YUCK, but it was food and it was cheap then. I never even thought of asking for help, just a job.
Not so. If it is so, GO BACK TO MEXICO.
Hmmmmm....they they are going to live LONG....don't they know....missing a meal here and there is good for your health???
Rich, white anorexics are the hungriest people in America.
Of course, had they stayed in Mexico or environs further south, it would be 3 out of every 5, so jumping our borders at least feeds a couple more!
NO ONE lacks sufficient food in America.
If they do, it's by choice, or because they are lazy, braindead, muddle-headed, disoriented, wack-a-doodle, or have a variety of other ailments.
There are a dozen food pantry organizations in my county alone (in Pennsylvania) where one can get free food 24/7, and that's not counting the 300 or so churches which would gladly help anyone, no questions asked.
Although I didn't read the article posted, I assume it is trying to make a point, although I'm not sure what.
I offer no advice but my moniker.