Americans Are Truly Suffering

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by tony404

why do you resent them? they came up on hard times and they are mocked. i dont get it.

I dont.

Dont get me wrong here. I feel for anyone without a job in this economy.

And until right now, I've never talked about my own views toward charity. To me if you brag about what you give, you cheapen it. I dont give anything for the glory of doing so. But I do participate in a lot of charities, I always have. When I didn't have money, I gave time. Now I have little time, so I give money or goods. And I'm very selective about where it goes. Although I give some to the big charities, my favorite is small local stuff where you can actually have a direct influence on people's lives.

Anyone who really knows me, knows this. My favorite every year is Christmas. I typically "adopt" 3-5 kids who wouldn't otherwise have anything from Santa. I take great pleasure in looking at their lists and buying carts full of goodies to make sure they have a memorable Christmas morning.

I also do the food drives. Not only do I buy a trunk full myself, you'll find my fat ass at Perimeter Mall one afternoon during the holidays helping sort and load all of it onto the truck. It's exercise that makes you feel good in more ways than one.

So dont for an instant think I'm a total cold blooded bastard....

[MRock]

... was the part "She and her 6-year-old daughter moved into a smaller home" missed by the OP? Taking from the context of the full article this sounds like a single mother that has made a drastic move in housing AND cut lawn service and gym for her daughter.

I read this post a while back and it rubbed me the wrong way. After seeing more comments, I thought I might point out the above observation because it is a big one no one else mentioned ...

[RawAlex]

Originally Posted by MRock

... was the part "She and her 6-year-old daughter moved into a smaller home" missed by the OP? Taking from the context of the full article this sounds like a single mother that has made a drastic move in housing AND cut lawn service and gym for her daughter.

I read this post a while back and it rubbed me the wrong way. After seeing more comments, I thought I might point out the above observation because it is a big one no one else mentioned ...

Nope, didn't miss it. But that would be normal, par for the course things that people would normally do when they realize they are living beyond their means. It isn't even like they went from living in a big house to a carboard box, they still have (and are still clearly affording) decent shelter for both of them, witness that they apparently would still have used a lawn service at the new place, if they weren't cutting back because of how bad things are.

A house to street or house to crack whore monthly rate hotel might be news. A house to house move is just one of those things, certainly she isn't suffering, otherwise I can list you tens of millions of people who would love to suffer her way.