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'Queens' Filmed; Questioned
Alexandra Pelosi--the 'poor' daughter of nancy PORKlosi--films short clips for the Bill Maher 'Communism on Parade' television show. She's the 'author' of that film clip illustrating the dentally-challenged Mississippians who admitted disliking "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist" because he's black. If ya ever been in the south, that ain't an earth-shakin' revelation!!
Lately, Ms Pelosi-The-Younger filmed WelfareRAT Queens in line to get the benefits they've never earned. As a lead-in, Ms Pelosi interviewed the doorman at the building housing the WelfareRAT Office. The doorman noted that on most occasions he sees people who "don't look like they're handicapped in any way, they just look like they don't want to work."
Ms Pelosi also asked questions; some of the responses she got:
--"I'm here trying to get some Obama bucks. That's what I'm doing, trying to get some Obama money."
--"I want a check."
--Tell me why you like Obama.
"Because he gives me stuff."
--Who you going to vote for?
"Obama."
--Why?
"Because he's black."
--When was the last time you actually worked?
"About a half a decade."
--You're a perfectly healthy young man, why aren't you working right now?
"My background. Once you go to jail it's hard to get a job."
--Why should my tax dollars be going to you?
"My ancestors came here to help build this place-my ancestors, slaves."
--Do you really want to work, or do you just want to get a free check?
"I just want to get a free check."
Whew!?!? Ms Pelosi-The-Younger kinda hit an owe-bamacRATic 'nerve' there!! No matter how many millions this Maher guy gave the "Clown Prince's" re-immaculation effort, he ain't gonna be too revered after this airs!
As long as the 'worker-bees'--you and me--continue to pay through their confuscated taxes, we'll never see a change away from the 'my ancestors were slaves' mentality!!
I'll try to carve out some space for the films' URLs in The Sunday 'Report'
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this Arschloch!?!
Til Nex'Time....
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
"Clown Prince" Weekly Blather; February 4th
A Patriotic Response To The "Clown Prince;" 02/04/2012
barackingham Palace,
District of Corruption
February 4, 2012
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been traveling around the country and talking with folks about my blueprint for an economy built to last. It’s a blueprint that focuses on restoring the things we’ve always done best. Our strengths. American manufacturing. American energy. The skills and education of American workers. And most importantly, American values like fairness and responsibility. We know what happened when we strayed from those values over the past decade – especially when it comes to our housing market. Lenders sold loans to families who couldn’t afford them. Banks packaged those mortgages up and traded them for phony profits. It drove up prices and created an unsustainable bubble that burst – and left millions of families who did everything right in a world of hurt. It was wrong. The housing crisis has been the single biggest drag on our recovery from the recession. It has kept millions of families in debt and unable to spend, and it has left hundreds of thousands of construction workers out of a job. But there’s something even more important at stake. I’ve been saying this is a make-or-break moment for the middle class. And the housing crisis struck right at the heart of what it means to be middle-class in this country: owning a home. Raising our kids. Building our dreams. Right now, there are more than 10 million homeowners in this country who, because of a decline in home prices that is no fault of their own, owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth. Now, it is wrong for anyone to suggest that the only option for struggling, responsible homeowners is to sit and wait for the housing market to hit bottom. I don’t accept that. None of us should.
[What I'm not telling you: Most of those lenders who sold loans to families that couldn't afford them, were the recipients of extreme pressure from Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, the Department of Housing and Urban Destruction as well as regime members and those Members of Congress with the most to gain with the placement of as many mortgages as possible!! All this pressure afforded said lending institutions very little in the way of profits; those most needed to satisfy their fiduciary responsibilities toward stock- and bondholders. Basic logic explains the reasoning behind the bundling of toxic mortgages: It gives the lender a method of getting out-from-under those loans they'd never collect on. The mortgage bundling put the onus of collection on those greedy owe-bamacRATics in the private sector looking for double-digit payoffs as they continued the sales on down the line!! These toxic sales continued until said owe-bamacRATics found no greedier 'guppies' further down the 'food-chain!' As the citizen should be aware, there's not an owe-bamacRATic--including myself--that will EVER take the blame; EVER take a loss if the federal government, the federal congress can be cajoled into taking financial responsibility.
One of my few NEAR-truisms of the week:
'The housing crisis has been the single biggest drag on our recovery from the recession.'
To start with, this 'recovery' is probably the thinnest in recorded economic history; at least since the FDR-era, federally protracted recovery. The housing crisis has been a drag on any hoped-for recovery, primarily because of federal meddling with market forces; bailouts, TARPs, HARPs, et al. A far better solution for the entire economic kerfuffle is to let the logic of market forces act in the ways they should. Rather than buying auto companies--and then giving 37% of the federal ownership to the union hierarchy--they should have been left to the consequences of said market forces: bankruptcy! "Bankruptcy" is not a four-letter word!! Bankruptcy serves a very useful purpose in basic economics; it allows for the subject company to restructure liabilities into re-payable expenses in a timely manner; it allows the boards-of-directors to weed out ineffective board members as well as ineffective members of management at all levels; it allows the boards to re-write an outdated, unmanageable business plan. Housing foreclosures allow the same changes on a personal, family level.
Now IS THE TIME to allow market forces to take their toll, such as it may be. Now IS THE TIME to reinstitute that basic American value: personal responsibility. The foreclosure issue and it's seemingly devistating effects IS--at least partially--the responsibility of the individual homeowner. Many are those underwater homeowners who bought--against all human logic--during the housing bubble of seemingly ever-rising home prices.... They Couldn't Lose!!! Ah, but they did as a result of their personal greed-there'd always be another greedy fool to sell their home to! At some point along the line, there's a last fool. Those who've been caught as that 'last fool' are now looking to the federal government to bail them out much like the aforementioned auto industry. This should not be the theme of the day: Bailouts for Votes!!]
That’s why we launched a plan a couple years ago that’s helped nearly one million responsible homeowners refinance their mortgages and save an average of $300 on their payments each month. Now, I’ll be the first to admit it didn’t help as many folks as we’d hoped. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t keep trying. That’s why I’m sending Congress a plan that will give every responsible homeowner the chance to save about $3,000 a year on their mortgages by refinancing at historically low rates. No more red tape. No more endless forms. And a small fee on the largest financial institutions will make sure it doesn’t add a dime to the deficit. I want to be clear: this plan will not help folks who bought a house they couldn’t afford and then walked away from it. It won’t help folks who bought multiple houses just to turn around and sell them. What this plan will do is help millions of responsible homeowners who make their payments every month, but who, until now, couldn’t refinance because their home values kept dropping or they got wrapped up in too much red tape. But here’s the catch. In order to lower mortgage payments for millions of Americans, we need Congress to act. They’re the ones who have to pass this plan. And as anyone who has followed the news in the last six months can tell you, getting Congress to do anything these days is not an easy job. That’s why I’m going to keep up the pressure on Congress to do the right thing. But I also need your help. I need your voice. I need everyone who agrees with this plan to get on the phone, send an email, tweet, pay a visit, and remind your representatives in Washington who they work for. Tell them to pass this plan. Tell them to help more families keep their homes, and more neighborhoods stay vibrant and whole. The truth is, it will take time for our housing market to recover. It will take time for our economy to fully bounce back. But there are steps we can take, right now, to move this country forward. That’s what I promise to do as your President, and I hope Members of Congress will join me.
[What I'm not telling you: This latest proposal from my regime is nothing more than the 2009 $300 checks the regime issued as individual payments to those who chose to breathe the air! A regime-scheme to entice more voters into the owe-bamacRATic fold; to sway their choices as to who's the most helpful to their individual situation. It started in Detroit--as reported by WJR newsman Ken Rogulski--as "owe-bama money!" The various--mostly miscreant--recipients had no idea the original source of the money.... only that it came from me, from the gracious hand of "Clown Prince" owe-bama!! The federal government, me-the "Clown Prince" of Amerika, cannot give away, spend, allocate the first 'red-cent' until and unless we--the federal tax system--first confiscate it from a working individual or investor!!
Congress' passing legislation IS NOT the answer!! Congress in session is the LAST THING the American taxpayer wants or will benefit from!! If they're in their home districts; their home states woo-ing the constituents, they're not in the District of Corruption, dipping their hands further-and-further into the private; the taxpayer's figurative 'pants-pocket!!' More Congressional 'help' will only serve to put the American Citizen; the American Taxpayer further in distress with respect to paying off the national debt.
The American economy--the free-market system--will only continue to suffer with added tinkering. To improve the current climate, conservative principles are needed, rather than those socio-fascist, marxist principles exercised during my regime. They clearly--with incontrovertible evidence--have not worked!! What will work are tax cuts; cuts deep and permanent! As the President Bush-43 tax cuts--and the "Ronaldus-Magnus" tax cuts before him--have proven: with said DEEP tax cuts, more monies flow into the treasury than without them.]
barackingham Palace,
District of Corruption
February 4, 2012
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been traveling around the country and talking with folks about my blueprint for an economy built to last. It’s a blueprint that focuses on restoring the things we’ve always done best. Our strengths. American manufacturing. American energy. The skills and education of American workers. And most importantly, American values like fairness and responsibility. We know what happened when we strayed from those values over the past decade – especially when it comes to our housing market. Lenders sold loans to families who couldn’t afford them. Banks packaged those mortgages up and traded them for phony profits. It drove up prices and created an unsustainable bubble that burst – and left millions of families who did everything right in a world of hurt. It was wrong. The housing crisis has been the single biggest drag on our recovery from the recession. It has kept millions of families in debt and unable to spend, and it has left hundreds of thousands of construction workers out of a job. But there’s something even more important at stake. I’ve been saying this is a make-or-break moment for the middle class. And the housing crisis struck right at the heart of what it means to be middle-class in this country: owning a home. Raising our kids. Building our dreams. Right now, there are more than 10 million homeowners in this country who, because of a decline in home prices that is no fault of their own, owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth. Now, it is wrong for anyone to suggest that the only option for struggling, responsible homeowners is to sit and wait for the housing market to hit bottom. I don’t accept that. None of us should.
[What I'm not telling you: Most of those lenders who sold loans to families that couldn't afford them, were the recipients of extreme pressure from Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, the Department of Housing and Urban Destruction as well as regime members and those Members of Congress with the most to gain with the placement of as many mortgages as possible!! All this pressure afforded said lending institutions very little in the way of profits; those most needed to satisfy their fiduciary responsibilities toward stock- and bondholders. Basic logic explains the reasoning behind the bundling of toxic mortgages: It gives the lender a method of getting out-from-under those loans they'd never collect on. The mortgage bundling put the onus of collection on those greedy owe-bamacRATics in the private sector looking for double-digit payoffs as they continued the sales on down the line!! These toxic sales continued until said owe-bamacRATics found no greedier 'guppies' further down the 'food-chain!' As the citizen should be aware, there's not an owe-bamacRATic--including myself--that will EVER take the blame; EVER take a loss if the federal government, the federal congress can be cajoled into taking financial responsibility.
One of my few NEAR-truisms of the week:
'The housing crisis has been the single biggest drag on our recovery from the recession.'
To start with, this 'recovery' is probably the thinnest in recorded economic history; at least since the FDR-era, federally protracted recovery. The housing crisis has been a drag on any hoped-for recovery, primarily because of federal meddling with market forces; bailouts, TARPs, HARPs, et al. A far better solution for the entire economic kerfuffle is to let the logic of market forces act in the ways they should. Rather than buying auto companies--and then giving 37% of the federal ownership to the union hierarchy--they should have been left to the consequences of said market forces: bankruptcy! "Bankruptcy" is not a four-letter word!! Bankruptcy serves a very useful purpose in basic economics; it allows for the subject company to restructure liabilities into re-payable expenses in a timely manner; it allows the boards-of-directors to weed out ineffective board members as well as ineffective members of management at all levels; it allows the boards to re-write an outdated, unmanageable business plan. Housing foreclosures allow the same changes on a personal, family level.
Now IS THE TIME to allow market forces to take their toll, such as it may be. Now IS THE TIME to reinstitute that basic American value: personal responsibility. The foreclosure issue and it's seemingly devistating effects IS--at least partially--the responsibility of the individual homeowner. Many are those underwater homeowners who bought--against all human logic--during the housing bubble of seemingly ever-rising home prices.... They Couldn't Lose!!! Ah, but they did as a result of their personal greed-there'd always be another greedy fool to sell their home to! At some point along the line, there's a last fool. Those who've been caught as that 'last fool' are now looking to the federal government to bail them out much like the aforementioned auto industry. This should not be the theme of the day: Bailouts for Votes!!]
That’s why we launched a plan a couple years ago that’s helped nearly one million responsible homeowners refinance their mortgages and save an average of $300 on their payments each month. Now, I’ll be the first to admit it didn’t help as many folks as we’d hoped. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t keep trying. That’s why I’m sending Congress a plan that will give every responsible homeowner the chance to save about $3,000 a year on their mortgages by refinancing at historically low rates. No more red tape. No more endless forms. And a small fee on the largest financial institutions will make sure it doesn’t add a dime to the deficit. I want to be clear: this plan will not help folks who bought a house they couldn’t afford and then walked away from it. It won’t help folks who bought multiple houses just to turn around and sell them. What this plan will do is help millions of responsible homeowners who make their payments every month, but who, until now, couldn’t refinance because their home values kept dropping or they got wrapped up in too much red tape. But here’s the catch. In order to lower mortgage payments for millions of Americans, we need Congress to act. They’re the ones who have to pass this plan. And as anyone who has followed the news in the last six months can tell you, getting Congress to do anything these days is not an easy job. That’s why I’m going to keep up the pressure on Congress to do the right thing. But I also need your help. I need your voice. I need everyone who agrees with this plan to get on the phone, send an email, tweet, pay a visit, and remind your representatives in Washington who they work for. Tell them to pass this plan. Tell them to help more families keep their homes, and more neighborhoods stay vibrant and whole. The truth is, it will take time for our housing market to recover. It will take time for our economy to fully bounce back. But there are steps we can take, right now, to move this country forward. That’s what I promise to do as your President, and I hope Members of Congress will join me.
[What I'm not telling you: This latest proposal from my regime is nothing more than the 2009 $300 checks the regime issued as individual payments to those who chose to breathe the air! A regime-scheme to entice more voters into the owe-bamacRATic fold; to sway their choices as to who's the most helpful to their individual situation. It started in Detroit--as reported by WJR newsman Ken Rogulski--as "owe-bama money!" The various--mostly miscreant--recipients had no idea the original source of the money.... only that it came from me, from the gracious hand of "Clown Prince" owe-bama!! The federal government, me-the "Clown Prince" of Amerika, cannot give away, spend, allocate the first 'red-cent' until and unless we--the federal tax system--first confiscate it from a working individual or investor!!
Congress' passing legislation IS NOT the answer!! Congress in session is the LAST THING the American taxpayer wants or will benefit from!! If they're in their home districts; their home states woo-ing the constituents, they're not in the District of Corruption, dipping their hands further-and-further into the private; the taxpayer's figurative 'pants-pocket!!' More Congressional 'help' will only serve to put the American Citizen; the American Taxpayer further in distress with respect to paying off the national debt.
The American economy--the free-market system--will only continue to suffer with added tinkering. To improve the current climate, conservative principles are needed, rather than those socio-fascist, marxist principles exercised during my regime. They clearly--with incontrovertible evidence--have not worked!! What will work are tax cuts; cuts deep and permanent! As the President Bush-43 tax cuts--and the "Ronaldus-Magnus" tax cuts before him--have proven: with said DEEP tax cuts, more monies flow into the treasury than without them.]
Saturday, December 24, 2011
"Clown Prince" Weekly Blather; December 24th
A Patriotic Response To The "Clown Prince;" 12/24/2011
barackingham Palace,
District of Corruption
December 24, 2011
THE "CLOWN PRINCE:" Hi everyone. As you gather with family and friends this weekend, "Clown Princess" Michelle, "Dutchess" Malia, "Dutchess" Sasha and I – and of course Bo – want to wish you all Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
THE "CLOWN PRINCESS:" This is such a wonderful time of year. It’s a time to honor the story of love and redemption that began 2,000 years ago … a time to see the world through a child’s eyes and rediscover the magic all around us … and a time to give thanks for the gifts that bless us every single day. This holiday season at the White House, we wanted to show our thanks with a special holiday tribute to some of the strongest, bravest, and most resilient members of our American family – the men and women who wear our country’s uniform and the families who support them.
[What they're not telling you: While you may think we're all about thanking those who risk their lives preserving and defending America's Constitution and the former American way of life--we are not!! We generally hold all those who earn a wage in contempt; reserving our gratitude for the non-working 54% of "Americans-of-working-age" who believe our combined bullshit on the campaign trail; whom we expect to return us to OUR palace for another catastrophic four-years!!]
THE "CLOWN PRINCE:" For many military families, the best gift this year is a simple one – welcoming a loved one back for the holidays. You see, after nearly nine years, our war in Iraq is over. Our troops are coming home. And across America, military families are being reunited. So let’s take a moment to give thanks for their service; for their families’ service; for our veterans’ service. And let’s say a prayer for all our troops standing post all over the world, especially our brave men and women in Afghanistan who are serving, even as we speak, in harm’s way to protect the freedoms and security we hold dear.
THE "CLOWN PRINCESS:" Our veterans, troops, and military families sacrifice so much for us. So this holiday season, let’s make sure that all of them know just how much we appreciate everything they do. Let’s ask ourselves, “How can I give back? How can my family serve them as well as they’ve served us” One way you can get started is to visit JoiningForces.gov to find out how you can get involved in your community.
[What they're not telling you: We'd like you not to check out some Christmas parodies as published on Glenn Beck's website (http://www.theblaze.com/): http://www.theblaze.com/stories/the-12-days-of-christmas-the-obama-version-other-presidential-christmas-parodies/. While the basis of the "12 Days..." parody is factual, it does nothing for enhancing my voter base with actual wage-earners! After hearing the parody we did chuckle, but for the actual truthfulness of it!!
The ending of the war in Iraq does not--in any stretch of the imagination--mean victory in Iraq!! It means merely a cessation of hostilities!! The owe-bama Regime has done a great dis-service to America's military men and women by leaving the country early and in the hands of future terrorists. Erstwhile the large majority of America's armed-kerfuffles have ended in victory; the current and future ones will be political "give-aways" by this regime. Once we've shown the rest of humanity we're not the least-bit interested in war or even militarily defending our principles, it'll be "Katy-bar-the-door" here come the terrorists, streaming across America's seive-like borders!!]
THE "CLOWN PRINCE:" Giving of ourselves; service to others – that’s what this season is all about. For my family and millions of Americans, that’s what Christmas is all about. It reminds us that part of what it means to love God is to love one another, to be our brother’s keeper and our sister’s keeper. But that belief is not just at the center of our Christian faith, it’s shared by Americans of all faiths and backgrounds. It’s why so many of us, every year, volunteer our time to help those most in need; especially our hungry and our homeless. So whatever you believe, wherever you’re from, let’s remember the spirit of service that connects us all this season – as Americans. Each of us can do our part to serve our communities and our country, not just today, but every day.
[What they're not telling you: That 'giving of ourselves; service to others' to the owe-bama royal family means we do our best to convince the taxpaying American public that having cash; having material riches; having the possibility of The American Dream are--in reality--detrimental to the public wellbeing!! For those purposes, we take our MONTHLY VACATIONS as a method of putting more of the pubic largess into the economy. Like "hair-plug" biden says: to remove on-going unemployment benefits from the economy is tantamount to another tax-increase; to another hit on family income!!
So--as far into the future as we can--we'll continue our MONTHLY VACATIONS to the tune of $4 Million-PLUS, depending if "Clown Princess" Michelle wants to feel and display "nigra-rich" and fly around the country--nay, the world--on her private(?) 737 jet!! We both live a lifestyle we could never afford; a lifestyle that our handlers would never buy for us!! All that giving back crap; all that service to others crap, is just that: C-R-A-P!! The only axiom we believe in is:
"Take from others as fast as you can--as much as you can; before they figure out what'cher doing!!"]
barackingham Palace,
District of Corruption
December 24, 2011
THE "CLOWN PRINCE:" Hi everyone. As you gather with family and friends this weekend, "Clown Princess" Michelle, "Dutchess" Malia, "Dutchess" Sasha and I – and of course Bo – want to wish you all Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
THE "CLOWN PRINCESS:" This is such a wonderful time of year. It’s a time to honor the story of love and redemption that began 2,000 years ago … a time to see the world through a child’s eyes and rediscover the magic all around us … and a time to give thanks for the gifts that bless us every single day. This holiday season at the White House, we wanted to show our thanks with a special holiday tribute to some of the strongest, bravest, and most resilient members of our American family – the men and women who wear our country’s uniform and the families who support them.
[What they're not telling you: While you may think we're all about thanking those who risk their lives preserving and defending America's Constitution and the former American way of life--we are not!! We generally hold all those who earn a wage in contempt; reserving our gratitude for the non-working 54% of "Americans-of-working-age" who believe our combined bullshit on the campaign trail; whom we expect to return us to OUR palace for another catastrophic four-years!!]
THE "CLOWN PRINCE:" For many military families, the best gift this year is a simple one – welcoming a loved one back for the holidays. You see, after nearly nine years, our war in Iraq is over. Our troops are coming home. And across America, military families are being reunited. So let’s take a moment to give thanks for their service; for their families’ service; for our veterans’ service. And let’s say a prayer for all our troops standing post all over the world, especially our brave men and women in Afghanistan who are serving, even as we speak, in harm’s way to protect the freedoms and security we hold dear.
THE "CLOWN PRINCESS:" Our veterans, troops, and military families sacrifice so much for us. So this holiday season, let’s make sure that all of them know just how much we appreciate everything they do. Let’s ask ourselves, “How can I give back? How can my family serve them as well as they’ve served us” One way you can get started is to visit JoiningForces.gov to find out how you can get involved in your community.
[What they're not telling you: We'd like you not to check out some Christmas parodies as published on Glenn Beck's website (http://www.theblaze.com/): http://www.theblaze.com/stories/the-12-days-of-christmas-the-obama-version-other-presidential-christmas-parodies/. While the basis of the "12 Days..." parody is factual, it does nothing for enhancing my voter base with actual wage-earners! After hearing the parody we did chuckle, but for the actual truthfulness of it!!
The ending of the war in Iraq does not--in any stretch of the imagination--mean victory in Iraq!! It means merely a cessation of hostilities!! The owe-bama Regime has done a great dis-service to America's military men and women by leaving the country early and in the hands of future terrorists. Erstwhile the large majority of America's armed-kerfuffles have ended in victory; the current and future ones will be political "give-aways" by this regime. Once we've shown the rest of humanity we're not the least-bit interested in war or even militarily defending our principles, it'll be "Katy-bar-the-door" here come the terrorists, streaming across America's seive-like borders!!]
THE "CLOWN PRINCE:" Giving of ourselves; service to others – that’s what this season is all about. For my family and millions of Americans, that’s what Christmas is all about. It reminds us that part of what it means to love God is to love one another, to be our brother’s keeper and our sister’s keeper. But that belief is not just at the center of our Christian faith, it’s shared by Americans of all faiths and backgrounds. It’s why so many of us, every year, volunteer our time to help those most in need; especially our hungry and our homeless. So whatever you believe, wherever you’re from, let’s remember the spirit of service that connects us all this season – as Americans. Each of us can do our part to serve our communities and our country, not just today, but every day.
[What they're not telling you: That 'giving of ourselves; service to others' to the owe-bama royal family means we do our best to convince the taxpaying American public that having cash; having material riches; having the possibility of The American Dream are--in reality--detrimental to the public wellbeing!! For those purposes, we take our MONTHLY VACATIONS as a method of putting more of the pubic largess into the economy. Like "hair-plug" biden says: to remove on-going unemployment benefits from the economy is tantamount to another tax-increase; to another hit on family income!!
So--as far into the future as we can--we'll continue our MONTHLY VACATIONS to the tune of $4 Million-PLUS, depending if "Clown Princess" Michelle wants to feel and display "nigra-rich" and fly around the country--nay, the world--on her private(?) 737 jet!! We both live a lifestyle we could never afford; a lifestyle that our handlers would never buy for us!! All that giving back crap; all that service to others crap, is just that: C-R-A-P!! The only axiom we believe in is:
"Take from others as fast as you can--as much as you can; before they figure out what'cher doing!!"]
Saturday, December 17, 2011
This'n'That; December Sixteenth #2; The 'Poor?!?'
Can I Be Poor.... P-L-E-A-S-E?!?
I grew up in the 1950s and early '60s. We lived 2.5 miles out'ta town; we had a house with the proverbial "outhouse out-back!!" My parents each had full time jobs.... we only had one 'full time' vehicle. My Mom walked two-miles down to the corner (where our dirt road met the state highway) to catch her ride to work-four miles away. We had several radios, but never got a TV until I was seventeen, in 1963.
I've been on someone's payroll since I was 13 (so I lied!). There were times when the income didn't quite keep up with the outgo; so much so, that at one time, I 'lived under a bridge' in the Kansas City, Mo., area. Never once--I take that back; ONCE--did I consider "going on the county." That once was a (just one) monthly allowance of $122 in foodstamps (in the early 1980s when they actually were coupons!). When I tried to pay the county back some several months later, I found there was no mechanism to receive repayments; they wouldn't--COULDN'T--take my money!! I donated the funds to the Salvation Army!
Can I be poor, P-L-E-A-S-E?!?
When judged by the standards I grew up under (and we were by-no-means, poor!), today's "average poor family" would be considered UPPER middleclass!!
The same "average poor family" has (and we didn't have):
Til Nex'Time....
I grew up in the 1950s and early '60s. We lived 2.5 miles out'ta town; we had a house with the proverbial "outhouse out-back!!" My parents each had full time jobs.... we only had one 'full time' vehicle. My Mom walked two-miles down to the corner (where our dirt road met the state highway) to catch her ride to work-four miles away. We had several radios, but never got a TV until I was seventeen, in 1963.
I've been on someone's payroll since I was 13 (so I lied!). There were times when the income didn't quite keep up with the outgo; so much so, that at one time, I 'lived under a bridge' in the Kansas City, Mo., area. Never once--I take that back; ONCE--did I consider "going on the county." That once was a (just one) monthly allowance of $122 in foodstamps (in the early 1980s when they actually were coupons!). When I tried to pay the county back some several months later, I found there was no mechanism to receive repayments; they wouldn't--COULDN'T--take my money!! I donated the funds to the Salvation Army!
Can I be poor, P-L-E-A-S-E?!?
When judged by the standards I grew up under (and we were by-no-means, poor!), today's "average poor family" would be considered UPPER middleclass!!
The same "average poor family" has (and we didn't have):
Enough "owe-bama Money" to live comfortably without working, and
Big Screen Televisions, andA-a-h-h-h!! If only to be 'poor!!'
Video Game Systems, and
Central--or multiple Window--Air Conditioners, and
Dishwashers, and
Personal Computers with Printers, and
Premium Internet Service, and
Cell and/or Cordless Phones, and
Washers and Dryers, and
at least one DVD Player, and
Cable or Satellite Television Service, and
a Microwave, and
Stoves and Ovens!!
Til Nex'Time....
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