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Long wait in bitter cold, but kids get their (free) presents
Chicago Tribune ^ | 24 Dec 13 | Ellen Jean Hirst

Posted on 12/25/2013 3:32:02 PM PST by Drew68

Edited on 12/25/2013 4:03:47 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

People waited in line for as long as seven hours in wind chill readings as low as 19 degrees below zero to pick up donated toys for their children and grandchildren the morning of Christmas Eve.

Academy Award-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson, a Chicago native, hosted her fifth annual toy drive at the Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center Chicago in the West Pullman neighborhood. Robinette Williams, a spokeswoman for the Julian D. King Gift Foundation, said the organization expected to serve 6,000 children from across the Chicago area.


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Hudson was not available for comment Tuesday.

Thanks for nothin', Jennifer! What nerve! Making us wait in line in the cold for free stuff!

1 posted on 12/25/2013 3:32:02 PM PST by Drew68
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They get up at 2 am to get free stuff but not for a job?


2 posted on 12/25/2013 3:41:33 PM PST by Morgana (Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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They get up at 2 am to get free stuff but not for a job?

And they'll spend money on nail manicures and hair weaves but not presents for their kids. Of course Jennifer Hudson isn't giving away free manicures and weaves!

3 posted on 12/25/2013 4:06:31 PM PST by Drew68
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“Of course Jennifer Hudson isn’t giving away free manicures and weaves! “

Can you imagine the cat fight if she did?


4 posted on 12/25/2013 4:08:52 PM PST by Morgana (Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Drew68

Holder’s people rally cry: Gibsmedat!


5 posted on 12/25/2013 4:12:06 PM PST by Veggie Todd (I don't always talk to Obama voters, but when I do I ask for Large Fries.)
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To: Drew68

Local mug shots

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-mug-photogallery,0,5488047.photogallery


6 posted on 12/25/2013 4:25:20 PM PST by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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To: Drew68

Meanwhile in Anacostia, Barry Farms,. Washington DC somebody shot Santa Claus 2 times in the back with a pellet gun.


7 posted on 12/25/2013 4:56:22 PM PST by Venturer (Half Staff the Flag of the US for Terrorists.)
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Sadly these parents take no pride in even providing a couple of gifts once a year for their children. I see tons of razor scooters and nice gently used kids bikes at garage sales for $5-$10. Just pick one up in the summer and store it away. Maybe someone who got one free this year can pass it down to a smaller child next year. We are literally turning 10s of millions of people into mindless takers.


8 posted on 12/25/2013 5:02:56 PM PST by happyhomemaker (Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Rom 12:12)
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Local mug shots

Wow. The first mug to pop up belonged to Qawmane Wilson for home invasion and murder. Seems he arranged the killing of his own mother (owner of "Nappy Headzsalon") to gain access to her bank account and life insurance.

9 posted on 12/25/2013 5:09:25 PM PST by Drew68
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Says many of them were waiting but grew impatient and annoyed that it was so disorganized? Really?

How about they organize their own lives so they can their own toys for their own kids based their own efforts?


10 posted on 12/25/2013 5:32:52 PM PST by LibsRJerks
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To: steve86

Looks like a who’s who of Obama’s people.


11 posted on 12/25/2013 5:34:24 PM PST by TheGipperWasRight
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To: happyhomemaker
We are literally turning 10s of millions of people into mindless takers.

That train has already left the station. They have now morphed into mindless demanders. And they spend their time on not doing what it takes to survive, working to obtain food shelter, and clothing as we do, but in obtaining and using illegal drugs. They demand quite successfully that we deprive our children and families to support them in their lifestyle. And for doing that, we receive not their admiration and respect, but their contempt and loathing.

12 posted on 12/25/2013 5:52:15 PM PST by sport
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Too true. We have a “backpack drive” every year in Jacksonville (FL ) where companies donate money for school supplies for poor children. Sounds good (at least momma can’t steal it!) but it’s nasty. They fight over their place in line and there’s also a lot of cheating.

Virtually everybody who shows up is black, with the exception of a few hugely overweight white girls from the country, and it’s sort of dysfunction on parade. Charity should focus on job and self-respect training. If the parents are on welfare, in many cases they already get a back to school grant. If they’re not, there should be some discreet private way of providing assistance.

But having black women run out and fight each other for charity from corporations because there are no longer any jobs should make the “black community” get out there and demand Obama’s head.


13 posted on 12/25/2013 5:59:39 PM PST by livius
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Holder’s people rally cry: Gibsmedat!

And you'd better not make them wait either!

I did like this little nugget tucked away in the center of the article:

In other words, it turned chaotic. Imagine that?

14 posted on 12/25/2013 6:06:16 PM PST by Drew68
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To: happyhomemaker
We are literally turning 10s of millions of people into mindless takers.
Not "are turning" but have turned. The latest wave of feral scumbags is the third or maybe even fourth consectutive generation to live off the sweat of other people's hard work.
15 posted on 12/25/2013 6:17:22 PM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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Wind chill 19 below and you have your kids with you for umpteen hours ? Then send your kids home ...alone ?
No cops called ? No DCFS called ?
16 posted on 12/25/2013 6:33:59 PM PST by stylin19a (Obama -> Fredo smart)
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"Holder’s people rally cry: Gibsmedat!"

Funny, when I watch local television charity drives with names like 'toys 4 tots' & 'coats 4 kids',
theres ALWAYS a 'diverse' mix represented...
When they show clips of the ACTUAL EVENT...exclusively Ø'zero's...people.
17 posted on 12/25/2013 6:52:30 PM PST by 45semi (A police state is always preceded by a nanny state...)
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“I see tons of razor scooters and nice gently used kids bikes at garage sales for $5-$10.”

The grandparents will do this but the parents often won’t. They feel they should have only the best. I’ve often read stories about how grandma’s will go buy used clothing for their grandbabies and the mom’s will buy expensive clothing, with welfare money, for their babies. No common sense.

However I fear that generation of grandma will die out and when this generation of mom becomes grandma’s they too will want only the “best” for their grandbabies. Hard to say though.


18 posted on 12/25/2013 7:38:13 PM PST by Morgana (Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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That the irony.


19 posted on 12/25/2013 10:10:45 PM PST by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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To: livius

What “skul” supplies aren’t provided by the gubmint? For what do they need charity or a grant?


20 posted on 12/25/2013 11:08:19 PM PST by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux)
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