America's poorest kids
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Last night Auntie showed a documentary on Beeb 2 called America's poorest kids. It reported on the lives of three families from the perspective of the young children facing endless homelessness, poverty, and the queues for food banks. One family of three and their pet dog were moved into a motel room and they'd fill the sink with ice to keep what fresh food and milk they had reasonably fresh as there wasn't a mini fridge or anything else. Another family were sheltered in a very worn-down house and they had no furniture and the kids bunked down on the floor. What I found startling was that this could happen in the world's so-called super power and economy and millions of yanks are dependent on food banks and the number is expected to keep growing. It was absolutely heart-wrenching to watch and to see those young kids still able to laugh and play and express their hopes for the future kicked any problems I've been through way into touch. :)
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Last night Auntie showed a documentary on Beeb 2 called America's poorest kids. It reported on the lives of three families from the perspective of the young children facing endless homelessness, poverty, and the queues for food banks. One family of three and their pet dog were moved into a motel room and they'd fill the sink with ice to keep what fresh food and milk they had reasonably fresh as there wasn't a mini fridge or anything else. Another family were sheltered in a very worn-down house and they had no furniture and the kids bunked down on the floor. What I found startling was that this could happen in the world's so-called super power and economy and millions of yanks are dependent on food banks and the number is expected to keep growing. It was absolutely heart-wrenching to watch and to see those young kids still able to laugh and play and express their hopes for the future kicked any problems I've been through way into touch. :)
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Last night Auntie showed a documentary on Beeb 2 called America's poorest kids. It reported on the lives of three families from the perspective of the young children facing endless homelessness, poverty, and the queues for food banks. One family of three and their pet dog were moved into a motel room and they'd fill the sink with ice to keep what fresh food and milk they had reasonably fresh as there wasn't a mini fridge or anything else. Another family were sheltered in a very worn-down house and they had no furniture and the kids bunked down on the floor. What I found startling was that this could happen in the world's so-called super power and economy and millions of yanks are dependent on food banks and the number is expected to keep growing. It was absolutely heart-wrenching to watch and to see those young kids still able to laugh and play and express their hopes for the future kicked any problems I've been through way into touch. :)
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
Accompanying story on the Beeb website[^]
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Last night Auntie showed a documentary on Beeb 2 called America's poorest kids. It reported on the lives of three families from the perspective of the young children facing endless homelessness, poverty, and the queues for food banks. One family of three and their pet dog were moved into a motel room and they'd fill the sink with ice to keep what fresh food and milk they had reasonably fresh as there wasn't a mini fridge or anything else. Another family were sheltered in a very worn-down house and they had no furniture and the kids bunked down on the floor. What I found startling was that this could happen in the world's so-called super power and economy and millions of yanks are dependent on food banks and the number is expected to keep growing. It was absolutely heart-wrenching to watch and to see those young kids still able to laugh and play and express their hopes for the future kicked any problems I've been through way into touch. :)
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
Thank goodness it was on Aunty - if it had been a commercial channel it would have ended with "...and for a donation of only £3 per month, you can..." X|
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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Last night Auntie showed a documentary on Beeb 2 called America's poorest kids. It reported on the lives of three families from the perspective of the young children facing endless homelessness, poverty, and the queues for food banks. One family of three and their pet dog were moved into a motel room and they'd fill the sink with ice to keep what fresh food and milk they had reasonably fresh as there wasn't a mini fridge or anything else. Another family were sheltered in a very worn-down house and they had no furniture and the kids bunked down on the floor. What I found startling was that this could happen in the world's so-called super power and economy and millions of yanks are dependent on food banks and the number is expected to keep growing. It was absolutely heart-wrenching to watch and to see those young kids still able to laugh and play and express their hopes for the future kicked any problems I've been through way into touch. :)
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
So poor and with a hopeless future, but still deciding to breed. It is sad for the children, and yes I feel genuinely sorry for them, but I am aghast at the thoughtlessness of the parents. Why bring a child into this world for it to suffer hunger and poverty? If you cannot provide for your children why have them? It is a fact that poverty breeds poverty, you cannot breed your way out. This is the problem seen in any parts of the world where the religious nutters encourage people to breed. We should be educating the poor to limit family size, not breed themselves into starvation, and whether this is the plains of Africa, or the streets of Detroit, the principle holds true.
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
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Thank goodness it was on Aunty - if it had been a commercial channel it would have ended with "...and for a donation of only £3 per month, you can..." X|
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
My Sons School was in the top 100 donators for Comic Relief last year and this year they want to do even better and have a range of 'fun' activities lined up ranging from a sponsored hour long sing to a pay to throw wet sponges thingy at your Teacher. I've calculated it's going to cost me £43 if he is does all the activities next Friday, I think I'll just give him the day off instead.
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My Sons School was in the top 100 donators for Comic Relief last year and this year they want to do even better and have a range of 'fun' activities lined up ranging from a sponsored hour long sing to a pay to throw wet sponges thingy at your Teacher. I've calculated it's going to cost me £43 if he is does all the activities next Friday, I think I'll just give him the day off instead.
The first Comic Relief my local pub raised £5. For the second, I stupidly said "If you raise £200 you can shave my head" The landlord chipped in the last £15 with an evil smile... :doh: And the following Friday the band was stopped, and chair was fetched, and the deed was done. One colleague at work didn't talk to me for three months because he didn't know who I was!
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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Last night Auntie showed a documentary on Beeb 2 called America's poorest kids. It reported on the lives of three families from the perspective of the young children facing endless homelessness, poverty, and the queues for food banks. One family of three and their pet dog were moved into a motel room and they'd fill the sink with ice to keep what fresh food and milk they had reasonably fresh as there wasn't a mini fridge or anything else. Another family were sheltered in a very worn-down house and they had no furniture and the kids bunked down on the floor. What I found startling was that this could happen in the world's so-called super power and economy and millions of yanks are dependent on food banks and the number is expected to keep growing. It was absolutely heart-wrenching to watch and to see those young kids still able to laugh and play and express their hopes for the future kicked any problems I've been through way into touch. :)
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
Still, at least the US can still afford to hand money over abroad to people who hate the US
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So poor and with a hopeless future, but still deciding to breed. It is sad for the children, and yes I feel genuinely sorry for them, but I am aghast at the thoughtlessness of the parents. Why bring a child into this world for it to suffer hunger and poverty? If you cannot provide for your children why have them? It is a fact that poverty breeds poverty, you cannot breed your way out. This is the problem seen in any parts of the world where the religious nutters encourage people to breed. We should be educating the poor to limit family size, not breed themselves into starvation, and whether this is the plains of Africa, or the streets of Detroit, the principle holds true.
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
What you're saying is true, but you're missing the point. The OP is wondering how there can be such poverty and hunger in a country which can spend a TRILLION (yes, trillion) dollars on unjustified wars, and hundreds of billions more every year to maintain it's super-power status. Poor people having many children are definitely careless, but blaming them for having just 1 or 2 children because they're poor is unjustified. The government should provide at least the basic level of food and shelter for people who weren't lucky enough to get a decent education and head start in life.
Amr Abdel Majeed Software Developer
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The first Comic Relief my local pub raised £5. For the second, I stupidly said "If you raise £200 you can shave my head" The landlord chipped in the last £15 with an evil smile... :doh: And the following Friday the band was stopped, and chair was fetched, and the deed was done. One colleague at work didn't talk to me for three months because he didn't know who I was!
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
OriginalGriff wrote:
One colleague at work didn't talk to me for three months because he didn't know who I was!
heh - I could only do that by growing hair - aint gonna happen
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So poor and with a hopeless future, but still deciding to breed. It is sad for the children, and yes I feel genuinely sorry for them, but I am aghast at the thoughtlessness of the parents. Why bring a child into this world for it to suffer hunger and poverty? If you cannot provide for your children why have them? It is a fact that poverty breeds poverty, you cannot breed your way out. This is the problem seen in any parts of the world where the religious nutters encourage people to breed. We should be educating the poor to limit family size, not breed themselves into starvation, and whether this is the plains of Africa, or the streets of Detroit, the principle holds true.
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
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Did you watch Utopia[^] recently? I'm sure you'd have found common ground with the 'baddies'. Their solution made perfect sense after all.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. Shed Petition[^]
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Since that came out I am now called Raisin Boy or Arby in the office as I look the spit of him.
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Are you as void of emotion, and as ruthless a killing machine? A future incarnation for yourself on here?
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. Shed Petition[^]
ChrisElston wrote:
Are you as void of emotion, and as ruthless a killing machine?
No, but I'm hoping that if they call me it long enough they will think I am him and then extra pay-rises and stuff won't be a problem.
ChrisElston wrote:
A future incarnation for yourself on here?
Yeah probably but I do really need to get off this site for good and actually do my job as my output improves ten-fold when I don't have an account. But everytime I successfully kill my account or forget my password I end up getting drunk and wanting to talk Cricket in GIT and create another account.
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What you're saying is true, but you're missing the point. The OP is wondering how there can be such poverty and hunger in a country which can spend a TRILLION (yes, trillion) dollars on unjustified wars, and hundreds of billions more every year to maintain it's super-power status. Poor people having many children are definitely careless, but blaming them for having just 1 or 2 children because they're poor is unjustified. The government should provide at least the basic level of food and shelter for people who weren't lucky enough to get a decent education and head start in life.
Amr Abdel Majeed Software Developer
The thing I didn't mention was while poverty of that nature is to be found in every country, no matter how rich it might be, it was the scale of it in the US that surprised me. Perhaps every family in the world should be means tested? Then, if a family has a high risk of unemployment or whose income falls below a certain threshold then all women in the family group should be sterilised thus preventing further breeding. In a few generations only multi-millionaries would be left. I see a flaw; who'd then pick their crops, clear their garbage, clean their blocked sewers, recycle their tin cans, clean their Ferrari and Rolls-Royces? :rolleyes:
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Last night Auntie showed a documentary on Beeb 2 called America's poorest kids. It reported on the lives of three families from the perspective of the young children facing endless homelessness, poverty, and the queues for food banks. One family of three and their pet dog were moved into a motel room and they'd fill the sink with ice to keep what fresh food and milk they had reasonably fresh as there wasn't a mini fridge or anything else. Another family were sheltered in a very worn-down house and they had no furniture and the kids bunked down on the floor. What I found startling was that this could happen in the world's so-called super power and economy and millions of yanks are dependent on food banks and the number is expected to keep growing. It was absolutely heart-wrenching to watch and to see those young kids still able to laugh and play and express their hopes for the future kicked any problems I've been through way into touch. :)
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
There are several agencies that were created to "fix" the problem. They do not. We have people that are third and forth generation on the dole. They have kids because they get more money for each. The government builds housing for people then the people wreck it and the government rebuilds. In the thirty plus years I have been working the government as rebuilt the housing three times. I mean the raise the site and start over. Then you have the families like were presented in the documentary. If the agencies did there job, these people would have a home.
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The first Comic Relief my local pub raised £5. For the second, I stupidly said "If you raise £200 you can shave my head" The landlord chipped in the last £15 with an evil smile... :doh: And the following Friday the band was stopped, and chair was fetched, and the deed was done. One colleague at work didn't talk to me for three months because he didn't know who I was!
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
I had my hair chopped for comic releif also. As I had not been cut for at least 6 years I went from being able to sit on it to bald in one go. It was soooo much easier to look after. I also raised a large sum :D AI am in the process of growing it back again at the moment (mid life crisis and all that)
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Last night Auntie showed a documentary on Beeb 2 called America's poorest kids. It reported on the lives of three families from the perspective of the young children facing endless homelessness, poverty, and the queues for food banks. One family of three and their pet dog were moved into a motel room and they'd fill the sink with ice to keep what fresh food and milk they had reasonably fresh as there wasn't a mini fridge or anything else. Another family were sheltered in a very worn-down house and they had no furniture and the kids bunked down on the floor. What I found startling was that this could happen in the world's so-called super power and economy and millions of yanks are dependent on food banks and the number is expected to keep growing. It was absolutely heart-wrenching to watch and to see those young kids still able to laugh and play and express their hopes for the future kicked any problems I've been through way into touch. :)
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
PHS241 wrote:
to see those young kids still able to laugh and play and express their hopes for the future
I did see some of that program last night, and yes this too really came across. I keep thinking that anyone who moans or think the state is not doing enough to feed their coke habit etc should be sat down, forced to watch this and then taken outside and shot. It should be mandatory viewing for all school kids as a bit of realization that the latest branded trainers or console game (or whatever they are demanding and parents wont give them)is not an automatic right, and is something that must be earned.
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I had my hair chopped for comic releif also. As I had not been cut for at least 6 years I went from being able to sit on it to bald in one go. It was soooo much easier to look after. I also raised a large sum :D AI am in the process of growing it back again at the moment (mid life crisis and all that)
If you vote me down, my score will only get lower
Roger Allen wrote:
It was soooo much easier to look after
I know what you mean - I just kept going with the towel in the morning and did the whole head. I think I kept it fuzzy-short for a couple of years before Herself decided it was too much work and growing it out into a pony again.
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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Last night Auntie showed a documentary on Beeb 2 called America's poorest kids. It reported on the lives of three families from the perspective of the young children facing endless homelessness, poverty, and the queues for food banks. One family of three and their pet dog were moved into a motel room and they'd fill the sink with ice to keep what fresh food and milk they had reasonably fresh as there wasn't a mini fridge or anything else. Another family were sheltered in a very worn-down house and they had no furniture and the kids bunked down on the floor. What I found startling was that this could happen in the world's so-called super power and economy and millions of yanks are dependent on food banks and the number is expected to keep growing. It was absolutely heart-wrenching to watch and to see those young kids still able to laugh and play and express their hopes for the future kicked any problems I've been through way into touch. :)
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
Here's[^] a startling chart (from here). There are more people on food stamps in the US than the entire population of Argentina. Or, from this page[^]: 15 million children die of hunger each year. In this age of iPads, gigabit Internet access, YouTube, Facebook, etc., still 50% of the world lives in poverty. WTF. Marc
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