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Increasing Number of Missourians Going Hungry, Study Finds
University of missouri ^ | Feb. 21, 2008 | Unknown

Posted on 02/24/2008 2:00:05 PM PST by decimon

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The population of Missouri is about 6 million.
1 posted on 02/24/2008 2:00:06 PM PST by decimon
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Liberal “thought”: “Spending lots of money isn’t working. Let’s spend even more money!”


2 posted on 02/24/2008 2:03:40 PM PST by JillValentine (Being a feminist is all about being a victim. Being an armed woman is all about not being a victim.)
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What people are are "hungry" for is NOT food...."Obesity is a problem in all groups, but especially the poor because they are less likely to be able to obtain nutritious foods.”
4 posted on 02/24/2008 2:05:24 PM PST by goodnesswins (We are not going to let McCain go all the way, when we’ve just had a FIRST date!)
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5 posted on 02/24/2008 2:06:24 PM PST by goodnesswins (Being Challenged Builds Character; Being Coddled Destroys Character)
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To: decimon

Isn’t it true that Missouri has been voting in more and more libs over the past few years?


6 posted on 02/24/2008 2:07:43 PM PST by Dahoser (America's great untapped alternative energy source: The Founding Fathers spinning in their graves.)
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a new University of Missouri study reports the state has a rising number of people worried about having sufficient amounts of food and coping with hunger

You don't have to be deprived to be considered "hungry." All you have to do is worry about it. This expanded definition came into play some years ago, and helps explain why the statistiocs don't match reality, if they ever did.

7 posted on 02/24/2008 2:09:04 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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whopper

"2 double Whoppers with cheese and I'm STILL hongry..."

8 posted on 02/24/2008 2:09:44 PM PST by Snickering Hound
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....are less likely to be able to obtain nutritious foods.”

Follow some of these people in the check-out line and you will see that they are loading up on chips and pop. Baskets-full of junk. Ban 90% sugar items and snack foods from the cards and nobody will be hungry.

9 posted on 02/24/2008 2:09:58 PM PST by phil1750 (Love like you've never been hurt;Dance like nobody's watching;PRAY like it's your last prayer)
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To: decimon
Talk to my 17 year old son.

He'll tell you he's hungry ALL THE TIME.

10 posted on 02/24/2008 2:11:05 PM PST by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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“We have to be concerned about both the quantity and quality of food. Obesity is a problem in all groups, but especially the poor because they are less likely to be able to obtain nutritious foods.”

You just have to give them all lots more money...and I will bet most will buy more soft drinks and HoHo’s.

12 posted on 02/24/2008 2:13:47 PM PST by Recon Dad (Marine Spec Ops Dad)
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To: decimon

George Orwell would have loved to see what we are seeing. Bureaucratic idiots citing extreme cold as a sign of global warming and these bureaucrats citing obesity as a sign of hunger.


13 posted on 02/24/2008 2:14:24 PM PST by Biblebelter (I will NEVER EVER vote for McCain or any other current Senator.)
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To: decimon

I’m reminded of the guy that goes to the doctor with carrots in his nose and corn cobs in his ears. he says “doc, I don’t feel so good”...the doc says “well heck no, yer not eatin’ right”.

The poor have just as much access to “nutritious foods” but the left thinks that the poor is too stupid to find the produce section in the market unless we pay billions and the left shows the way.


14 posted on 02/24/2008 2:15:02 PM PST by sierrahome (Hillary Clinton "America's Ex-Wife")
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To: AnAmericanMother
Talk to my 17 year old son.

He'll tell you he's hungry ALL THE TIME.

You will receive a visit from a Mr. Cleese from the Ministry of Post-pubescent Nutrition.

15 posted on 02/24/2008 2:16:02 PM PST by decimon
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Mr. Cleese will never be seen again . . . .

. . . the Ravenous Labradors will consume all of him but his bowler hat and his never-used umbrella.

16 posted on 02/24/2008 2:17:25 PM PST by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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“Food insecurity?” It sounds like there should be a 12 step program or counseling available for that. And fat people are NOT hungry, no matter how they try to spin that crap.


17 posted on 02/24/2008 2:18:13 PM PST by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line...)
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During 2004-2006, an average of 4.4 percent of Missourians experienced hunger and the physical, psychological and social harms of not having enough food,
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So, you are telling me with a straight face that one out of 23 Missourians qualify to be counted? To paraphrase Hillary: we have to suspend disbelief to accept this claim.

To compare, what percentage of Missourians are obese? Based on an informal survey at the local mall, I would say it is far more than 1/23. And what percent of Missourians who are “poor” are “at risk” because they are obese?

I recall a few years ago that we were scolded into worrying about the “homeless”, of whom we were lectured were in the “millions”. These numbers turned out to be so bogus the myth is still hard to correct even today. This is all just victimology and grant-seeking.

18 posted on 02/24/2008 2:18:56 PM PST by theBuckwheat
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...Ravenous Labradors...

Expect as well a visit from the Ministry of Ravens and Odd Canadians.

19 posted on 02/24/2008 2:21:02 PM PST by decimon
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The fattest poor people in the world live in America.

Ship these pigs to Ethiopia for a year and see if they don’t slim down.

Or, perish the thought, make them WORK for their freebies. I will not feel sympathy for the “poor” until there is not a scrap of trash on the ground or graffiti on a single wall.

Only nutritious food should be available on their too lazy to work cards. However, I saw stores in Corpus Christi that would sell anything for .50 cents on the dollar for food stamps including beer.

Scum will always find a way to get around the system even if their ten children are really hungry.


20 posted on 02/24/2008 2:22:10 PM PST by Eaker (If illegal immigrants were so great for an economy; Mexico would be building a wall to keep them in)
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