Happy Labor Day! Mark Steyn

Steyn Online ^ | 5 Sep 2010 | Mark Steyn

[Mind-numbed Robot]

The planet can handle Jesse, Al and Prince Charles swanning about in SUVs and jets, but when you peasants start doing it, that’s unsustainable:

Our poverty level is such that most on welfare have two cars, two color TV's, a decent place to live if they can keep their neighbors from junking the joint, and plenty to eat. I remember reading a few years ago about two men from India who wanted to immigrate to this country. One made it but the other was denied yet he kept trying. Since both families were rather well off in India the one in the U.S, asked his friend why he wanted so badly to come to this country. He replied, "I want to live in a country where the poor people are fat!"

[Bigg Red]

You are correct. Yes, I remember seeing that story about the Indian immigrant.

[BenKenobi]

My observation also. America is a civilized country.

[jmacusa]

Me too, I read that story as well. The fact is unless you’re somewhere between 75-85 years old , there isn’t anyone living in America who knows what real poverty and hunger is like.

[Salvation]

 

On this Labor Day:

 

Prayer of the Christian Farmer and Gardener

For all our work on our lawns, gardens and fields, we need to thank God and ask for his blessings.

O God, Source and Giver of all things, Who does manifest Thy infinite majesty, power and goodness in the earth about us, we give You honor and glory.

For the sun and the rain, for the manifold fruits of our fields, for the increase of our herds and flocks, we thank You. For the enrichment of our souls with divine grace, we are grateful.

Supreme Lord of the harvest, graciously accept us and the fruits of our toil, in union with Christ, Your Son, as atonement for our sins, for the growth of Your Church, for peace and charity in our homes, for salvation to all. Amen.

[Bigg Red]

Exactly. My parents, who were born in 1911 and 1912, grew up poor in Philadelphia, but there were no handouts, and they would not have taken them if they had existed.

When you were down and out then, your family helped you out. I remember my mother's tales of how they always had one relative or another staying with them for some period of time.

But, as we well know, the progressives need to keep minorities on the plantation so that they have a reliable voting block and an “underprivileged” group to “champion”.