Posted on 02/11/2016 11:47:34 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
No city is tougher to live in than Detroit. High crime rates and endless poverty has spread everywhere thanks to Democrat policies.
But hard work pays off. In Obama's America, too many people believe they are "owed" something. But this man - James Robertson - at age 57, walked 21 miles to work (to and from) every day!
His story was so inspirational that it went viral last year.
Thanks to donations, his more than 5 hour-long commute has been reduced to a 12 minute drive. But now, he made an incredible announcement: After receiving thousands of dollars in donations, he will still work as hard as he ever has:
James Robertson suddenly had a pile of unearned cash -- about $360,000. It poured into three GoFundMe pages on the Internet and kept coming, 24/7, until the humble factory worker said after a week "that's enough" and the pages were shut down.
Now, just more than a year after the Free Press first told the world about Robertson, dubbed "the Walking Man," this soft-spoken baseball fan is finding that his windfall and free car make life a lot easier, more relaxing, more fun. Obviously.
"I love this car," he said, taking a reporter for a recent spin in his still-shiny 2015 Ford Taurus, a car he chose because, as he famously said, "It's like me -- simple on the outside, durable on the inside."
He works at Schain Mold and Engineering, where he operates an injection-molding machine. And he will NOT be retiring anytime soon!
In part because he prizes his friendships at work, Robertson isn't likely to retire anytime soon.
"People ask me why I still work. I don't change that for no one!" he said, almost fiercely.
(Excerpt) Read more at thepoliticalinsider.com ...
That's okay!
We need the Moron View, for balance.
21 miles total, 10.5 miles each way. Pays to read the articles.
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Didnt even have to do that. Just the first 2 lines of the excerpt.
You're projecting, hummergunner.
We're talking about a good man, here.
How sad. It is so hard to find a job after 50. You should be ashamed to feel that way.
Talking about mental retardation. Slavery would be his employer imposing on him that he live 10.5 miles from work and that he had to walk.
For one reason or another he lived that far away. For one reason or another he didn't have a bike. For one reason or another he didn't buy a beater car.
Whatever the reasons, his employer didn't force them upon him.
He's in his life position for whatever reasons.
STILL...he's a good and reliable worker in spite of the odds.
You fail to recognize humor.
I won't mis-spell your name though.
I've had more birfdays than thirteen, you betcha.
It would not surprise me to discover that he has been paying it forward, donating to those in need and keeping quiet about it. He strikes me as that sort of guy.
Wow - Obama should really be taking credit for this. I mean, really, this guy used the roads and sidewalks more than most people. He didn’t keep that job by himself - he needed government help to do it. /s
No one is laughing.
Can you recognize that?
So.. down-twinkles from you.
I'm feeling bad because of that.
You betcha.
You did forget to put the “/sarc” at the end of the line did you not?
If not, you certainly a sorry person!
My point was he was funded by strangers he may consider retraining and do something more productive and interesting then I saw he was 57. I thought he was a little younger than that I really didn’t read it. But to late now I an the anti Christ.
Yes it does!
“But this man - James Robertson - at age 57, walked 21 miles to work (to and from) every day!”
Read that? It reads 21 miles to and from, not 24 miles round trip.
Don’t buy an airline ticket with that logic
You’re seriously demented.
“But this man - James Robertson - at age 57, walked 21 miles to work (to and from) every day!”
It reads to and from not round trip!
Maybe read it yourself?
——at age 57, walked 21 miles to work -—
if true, he walked to where he drew a paycheck
work is another matter.
lol we forgive you!
Maybe the secret decoding is in the parenthetical phrase, to and from. I read that as 21 miles total.
Your mileage may vary.
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