Posted on 09/12/2005 7:13:41 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
Edited on 09/12/2005 7:48:29 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
Some of the Red Cross charity debit cards, issued to Hurricane Katrina victims to buy essentials in their time of need, have been used to buy designer handbags.
A spokesman for the Louis Vuitton shop in Atlanta, Georgia, has revealed that some customers have used the cards, which carry a value up to £1,000, to buy coveted fashion items.
"We have seen three cards," he said. "There's nothing legally that prevents us from accepting them. Morally, it's wrong."
Perhaps apocryphal: a woman tried to use food stamps to get cat food and was told it was not allowed. She held up the line and came back with a package of shrimp from the Deli section. Told to me by a neighbor who had to wait (and couldn't afford the shrimp).
It would be cheaper for us to just hand over the cash.
Perhaps you think that way because you are a dick.
Do you consider those two things synonymous?
Amazing, isn't it?
It's just a short 10-15 minute jaunt from the Astrodome downtown to Chanel, Gucci, Prada every luxury boutique in the book.
Most malls are private property, but there is nothing stopping an outraged store clerk at one of these shops from tipping off local news and having a TV crew waiting for them in the parking lot.
Not just the clerks. Those private property owners are taxpayers, too. Big time.
I'll bet there have already been many purchases like this in the Galleria.
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Why, those match John (the French-looking candidate) Kerry's campaign photo-op hunting jacket!
Yes, we can't be insensitive when FEMA is trying to save the chil'run with $800.00 purses!
LOL!
" I'm not interested in a discussion about semantics. I just call 'em like I see 'em. Groups of low-end blacks buying new gold chains and expensive athletic shoes at the mall."
And you replied to a poster who called you on it, "How did you determine they were "low-end blacks"?
How'bout what you said: "They were low-end. They were African-American."
Of course they were low end, no matter what color they were. Here we do agree.
"Perhaps I could have said "Low-socioeconomic-status African-Americans".
No, "babe," had you said "Low-socioeconomic-status" Americans, I'd given your rebuttal more thought.
"Could it be that my original comment has merit?"
No, no, no. Not at all, babe. And you ARE nothing but a dick.
I'm suspended for a few days and had to borrow my hubby's account to post this. I've considered leaving FR on a few occasions, for I've endured enough bs, racial bias, total condemnation against the country I was born in (nuke'em all), but a dick like you makes me want to stay and fight. Thanks!!! Posting through my husband's handle right now, but when I come back from my suspension, I'll be watching you.
The above is from "Chong"
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