Posted on 01/12/2014 5:42:02 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
He looked up at his mother and said, Mom, here in America we are all rich. He shook his head, looked down at the table and said, I cant believe people actually live like that today.
The young man, 22 years old, was having his first conversation with his mother after having just returned from a trip to a South American country where he spent just more than two weeks. He showed his mother some pictures taken with his iPhone; they were of homes that he could see from the window of the home of the professional baseball player where he was staying. They looked worse than some chicken coops on farms in America.
He said, I saw countless young kids without shoes, and some kids I estimated to be 12 to 14 years old running around stark naked. Those that were dressed had on T-shirts, or undershirts and shorts, and if they had on any shoes at all, they were flip-flops. He compared that to kids here, even in the inner city, who walk around in the latest version of Ms (Michael Jordans new $199 sneakers) and diss those who dont.
He continued, Mom, I felt like I was on another planet. I saw people simply throwing trash into the streets, and I discovered that after using toilet paper, they would simply either put it in trash cans to throw it into the streets later or just throw it out first.(continued)
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I just had muh shoulder operated on and my car could use a nice cleaning....
I would say they don’t have a minimum work ethic.
No but, a Balvenie Scotch and a Davidoff or Ashton cigar sounds good...
In the early 80s I worked in Nigeria. I remember clearly the desperation of the people. These were not bad people but desperate people. Although a rich nation with oil and agriculture it was and is today totally corrupt. Their leaders preached socialism but stole from the nation via “crony capitalism” and simple theft of the treasury.
This corruption debased and destroyed its people. They no longer cared what was right or wrong. What they cared about is does my family eat today and do we have a place to sleep tonight, if my child is ill will anyone treat him or her.
Socialisms mantra is to rectify the above injustices. Socialism does not rectify the injustice but create more injustice and havoc on its serfs.
“White man’s greed runs a world in need” .... so sayeth zero’s great philosopher.
Funny how Jeremiah Wright himself lives in a real nice place in a gated neighborhood.
I have to settle for McClelland’s highland.
You’re kewel.
Dig your home page.
I’ll have to try that.
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hahaha! Actually mowing the lawn and washing cars are my favorite chores. I absolutely love mowing but I don’t hand wash our vehicles very often anymore. The the water restriction hoops that I must jump through and remember make it a pita. Least favorite chore—folding socks and scoopin’ the poop.
I hope your shoulder is doing better.
When conditions like this finally do come to America (or parts of it anyway), I wonder if anyone will look back on these days and think of how good they had it...assuming they aren’t too busy fighting their neighbor for that little scrap of rotting meat.
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