Whats going on is the story writers are writing what their bosses want them too.
Nothing good is permitted. They should rename all the networks and papers to the Doomsday Channel.
Maybe a lot of people are stocking up. Spam lasts forever. If there were some sort of catastrophe, you wouldn't go hungry.
Response: I have had the same suspicians. It is tragic but one cannot believe the media reports. I saw a media creature say now we go to New York where thousands are hungry. The guy at the soup kitchen( a black) refused to be lead and said "we were up in October but we are down in November(meaning the number of meals served)and we are not as high as last year," You should have seen the look on the media creatures face.
Response: I have had the same suspicians. It is tragic but one cannot believe the media reports. I saw a media creature say".... now we go to New York where thousands are hungry. The guy at the soup kitchen( a black) refused to be lead and said "we were up in October but we are down in November(meaning the number of meals served)and we are not as high as last year," You should have seen the look on the media creatures face.
“I find it really hard to believe that we are really in this bad of shape.”
Most of us aren’t, but many are anticipating bad times. I suspect a lot of spam is being purchased for later use.
I believe it to be a prudent precaution. If things don’t go that far south you can always use it later.
In a sense, but it was in the London Times, so it was designed to make the Subjects feel better...Just another "It is worse somewhere else" thing.
It works fine in North Korea, also.
Check the Times and the Daily Mail a few times a week, and watch what they do. They dig for adverse news from the US, and giggle and chortle as they type.
But seriously, I think people are worried about the future as I am, and are buying spam and canned hams and tuna, as I am, to have provisions for a disaster. Any kind of disaster - whether natural, bailout, or Obama caused.
Nope. I read last week that grocery store sales are down. Analysts said that was a very bad sign. People were eating down everything in the house before shopping again-—and then cutting out anything that was not absolutely necessary.
Separately I read an article about a man who had gone out to lunch every day at work for years. He recently grabbed a can of Campbell’s soup, took it to work and heated it in the microwave. Came and home and asked the wife to buy a can for every work day that month. The point of the article was that Campbell’s sales were going up, with no sign of stopping.
That is evidence that people are really cutting back on discretionary spending.