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Title: Right wing declares war on the poor: Kate O'Beirne calls parents of school lunch recipients child abusers
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URL Source: http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/ri ... clares-war-poor-kate-obeirne-c
Published: Dec 6, 2010
Author: Crooks and Liars
Post Date: 2010-12-06 12:35:08 by go65
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Views: 5918
Comments: 20
I'm speechless. This little rant by Kate O'Beirne at a Republican strategy session is so evil, so incredibly cold-hearted, and so predictably right-wing that it makes me want to shove a big bowl of cereal and a big banana right down her chicken-hearted little gullet. Ebenezer Scrooge would be proud of his progeny. You know, I mean if that’s how many parents are incapable of pulling together a bowl of cereal and a banana, then we have problems that are way bigger than… that problem can’t be solved with a school breakfast, because we have parents who are just criminally… ah… criminally negligent with respect to raising children. And yet, that’s the kind of program that has huge bipartisan support with very little thought about why we’re now feeding children. Talk about a fundamental parental responsibility. In what sense can we begin asking the “more of ourselves” piece to go with this less government? Obviously she never met Jaelithe, who relied on the school lunch program to survive because her mother was young, single and poor, struggling to raise her daughter and get an education to better herself. Are these the words of an abused child, or just one raised in a world where the only outstretched hand was the government's? Exactly what part of Jaelithe's mother's "self" should have given more? But going hungry — that is a different story. That's waking up in the morning hungry. Feeling, throughout the day, hungry. Lying in bed not able to sleep just yet because you are hungry. Dreaming about feeling hungry. And there is not any trip to the taco place down the street and not a trip to McDonald's instead and not a trip to the farmer's market or the grocery store, either, because there is no money for those things. There is not even the option of a trip to the backyard for some homegrown tomatoes or cucumbers or strawberries because there is no yard when you live in a run-down apartment or a shelter or a car. There is only your hollow-eyed mother who is hungrier than you are dividing the last stale crackers to make them last. Assuming that you are lucky enough to have a mother. And crackers. This goes so far beyond the sacred right-wing cow of personal responsibility. It's outright cruelty. These pigs are out there shouting to give zillionaires a fat year-end bonus and extend it for a couple of years while sticking it to poor people who rely on programs like the school lunch and breakfast program to survive. Lest you think this was just a slip of the tongue, here's more of her teabagging nonsense: Maybe she should shut up and listen to what's going on around her for a change. If she did, she might not, miss the fact that food banks are struggling to meet demand as more and more families struggle to keep roofs over their heads, sacrificing other necessities like food and clothing. Since 2006, the need for some form of assistance has tripled. Tripled. Here's an example of someone O'Beirne considers a child abuser: Elizabeth Brown looked tired. When her husband, "the main money-maker" died three years ago, she was left with a 10- and a 5- year-old. She worked part time at Allegheny General Hospital in housekeeping with help from her family, "but they couldn't help that much. They're having hard times themselves." She couldn't afford child care on her earnings, so she left the job and is now, at 40, raising a 13-year old and 8-year old on food stamps worth $550 a month. There's a profile of a child abuser for Ms. O'Beirne. Only in her little imaginary world. That's the only place that everyone has enough to eat and to feed their children. Anyone who doesn't must be a child abuser, because they should be able to slap together a banana and cereal in the morning. If they had cereal. Or a banana. Or the money to buy cereal and a banana. This is the world of the heartless and the selfish, the teabagger. They trot through life making pronouncements on others with mighty conviction without ever having walked in the shoes of the poor and likely profiting from the sacrifices yanked from the vanishing ranks of the middle class. There is no humanity, no compassion, no understanding. Just a pair of bootstraps to beat up anyone less fortunate. After watching this I'm feeling the need to make a donation to a nearby food bank to offset this woman's evil. Here's a tool to find one near you, should you feel the same way. If anyone knows where Robin Hood is hiding, perhaps they could direct him to Kate O'Beirne's house as a first stop?
O’BEIRNE: And then the title of our gathering is so crucial; “Less of Washington and More of Ourselves”. The federal school lunch program and now breakfast program and I guess in Washington DC, dinner program are pretty close to being sacred cows… broad bipartisan support. And if we’re going to ask more of ourselves, my question is what poor excuse for a parent can’t rustle up a bowl of cereal and a banana? I just don’t get why millions of school children qualify for school breakfasts unless we have a major wide spread problem with child neglect.
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#1. To: All (#0)
The federal government spent $8.8 billion on school lunches this year, that's $8.8 billion that could have been cut from the taxes of those who earn more than a million a year
We need to spend 10 billion every year to feed the little prisoners.
Long live the Taliban Freedom Fighters!
you don't seem to understand that no one in America produces anything, therefore the rich in america are artificially rich, therefore you can't tax artificial wealthy because it doesn't really exist.
Long live the Taliban Freedom Fighters!
Hey, dumbass. Feed your own kid. Its what this country used to do until you government equals God losers took over. FOADMF.
Well, [war's] got to do something for attention, his multiple personalities aren't speaking to him any more, and his imaginary friends keep finding excuses not to come over.
you haven't a clue what I'm talking about. so shutup, so you don't embarass yourself any further.
Long live the Taliban Freedom Fighters!
What gives you communists the right to pick anyone's pocket in order to feed the fat little faces of America's morbidly obese children? Have you no love for these porcine little bastards?
You don't have a clue what you are babbling about. I thought you were getting an Internet radio show, jerk. Why waste your 'intellect' posting on message boards, punk?
Well, [war's] got to do something for attention, his multiple personalities aren't speaking to him any more, and his imaginary friends keep finding excuses not to come over.
I enjoy poking the inmates of assylums with sharp sticks. you're not only stupid, you're moderately insane.
Long live the Taliban Freedom Fighters!
was a time back in '06 when I thought you were turning into a socialist, Jt.
Long live the Taliban Freedom Fighters!
I thought I told you to disappear, punk. I'll keep an ear out for your Internet broadcasts, Rush. Now vanish, trash.
Well, [war's] got to do something for attention, his multiple personalities aren't speaking to him any more, and his imaginary friends keep finding excuses not to come over.
I was out of the System in '06, but I did agree w/Nader on what we now know as crony capitalism. I think he ran in '06, not that I voted for him, or anyone else. He was also right on the NAFTA/WTO stuff. Other than that, I'm an isolationist, protectionist, paleoconservative (save for social issues, where I'm libertarian in most matters). Like you, I have no political home.
Sadly, no one does, least of all you, retard.
Why? When will uncle decide to feed everyone off the labors of a relative few?
Getting tired of the bozoed calcon following me around on the 'net, wanting to discuss "tossing salad." Sorry, you sick rump-ranger. NOT interested.
It's heartless not to neuter those that can't (sp) afford to feed their children. This would go a long way in solving future child hunger.
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It used to be that when families fell on hard times and couldn't care for their children, they'd send them to an orphanage. Sometimes it was temporary until they could get back on their feet and sometimes permanent; other times the kids were adopted out.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. Thomas Jefferson
Abortion, when?
It used to be that when families fell on hard times and couldn't care for their children, they'd send them to an orphanage. Sometimes it was temporary until they could get back on their feet and sometimes permanent; other times the kids were adopted out. This is Historical Revision. Winter 1932 7 million americans starve to death in Flyover Country. Don't ask for sources. Cause I'll then direct you to the Ukraine and the rest of the World Pogroms in progress at the time. The US wasn't special. Just wonder what made the Grapes of Wrath Steinbeck possible. And how one fine Spring day, FDR found socialism. ;}
This is Historical Revision. Of course your right, many people did starve. Yesterday I visited and elderly friend that was given up for adoption at the age of 6 along with his brother and sister, when his parents could no longer feed them. This is no different than what happens all over the world today in countries without social safety nets.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. Thomas Jefferson
local local local. Depend on no one but your family. But always look for luck. ;}
On January 3, 2011 the GOP assumes responsibility for deficit spending.
#2. To: go65 (#1)
#3. To: go65 (#1)
#4. To: continental op (#2)
#5. To: Rudgear (#4)
#6. To: go65 (#1)
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The federal government spent $8.8 billion on school lunches this year, that's $8.8 billion that could have been cut from the taxes of those who earn more than a million a year
#7. To: continental op (#5)
#8. To: Rudgear (#7)
#9. To: Jethro Tull (#6)
#10. To: continental op (#8)
#11. To: continental op (#9)
was a time back in '06 when I thought you were turning into a socialist, Jt.
#12. To: continental op, Rudgear (#5)
you haven't a clue what I'm talking about.
#13. To: go65 (#1)
The federal government spent $8.8 billion on school lunches this year
#14. To: Rudgear (#4)
Hey, dumbass. Feed your own kid. Its what this country used to do until you government equals God losers took over. FOADMF.
BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#15. To: go65, *Dem emo paty- We All Pay* (#0)
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Barrack Hussein Obama
President of the United States of America said that some Americans ; "They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."
#16. To: Capitalist Eric (#14)
Hey, dumbass. Feed your own kid. Its what this country used to do until you government equals God losers took over. FOADMF.
#17. To: WhiteSands (#15)
#18. To: lucysmom, Capitalist Eric, All (#16)
(Edited)
Hey, dumbass. Feed your own kid. Its what this country used to do until you government equals God losers took over. FOADMF.
#19. To: mcgowanjm (#18)
It used to be that when families fell on hard times and couldn't care for their children, they'd send them to an orphanage. Sometimes it was temporary until they could get back on their feet and sometimes permanent; other times the kids were adopted out.
#20. To: lucysmom (#19)
Yesterday I visited and elderly friend that was given up for adoption at the age of 6 along with his brother and sister, when his parents could no longer feed them. This is no different than what happens all over the world today in countries without social safety nets.
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