tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post3581613412609932618..comments2023-06-05T09:55:27.129-04:00Comments on JUSTIN DUNES: KIDS ON FOOD STAMPS !!!JustinO'Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07379283329949646000noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post-3833247603367721462009-11-04T22:05:32.642-05:002009-11-04T22:05:32.642-05:00I think anyone who mixes with an Egyptian who runs...I think anyone who mixes with an Egyptian who runs an Italian restaurant and who likes American country music needs a good lie down on the couch and a serious chat. :-PGary Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17947146717481835071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post-67459387372294937872009-11-04T12:18:36.757-05:002009-11-04T12:18:36.757-05:00If you must know, Gary, I was eating in an Italian...If you must know, Gary, I was eating in an Italian restaurant owned and operated by an Egyptian from Port Said who often has American country music playing in the background. The best things on the menu are the New Zealand flash frozen mussels, thawed out and cooked in a garlic sauce. Believe me, it is not a fancy place. The only upscale aspect of it, if you want to call it that, is the friend. He's a trial lawyer who travels around the state in a black Mercedes, and we were accompanied by his driver, a young fellow with long hair and a lot of tatoos. Its like dining with Dr. No and Oddjob, if you remember your Ian Fleming. With modern living and migration we soon will all be living the LA street scene from the movie Blade Runner.Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post-64778125874957982542009-11-04T03:57:51.628-05:002009-11-04T03:57:51.628-05:00I'm confused. Are we talking the U.S of A here...I'm confused. Are we talking the U.S of A here? The world's biggest economy? Food stamps?<br /><br />I found it a tad incongruous to read J's line: "The second observation is something a friend mentioned over lunch today." I suspect J was not referring to a bowl of soup in a charity kitchen.<br /><br />It comes as a bit of shock to me, even now, because I was raised on American movies and TV shows. I thought all Americans lived in two storey houses and drove big shiny cars.Gary Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17947146717481835071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post-74525352244741478082009-11-04T00:41:10.278-05:002009-11-04T00:41:10.278-05:00You're welcome. Thank You.
It's nice to s...You're welcome. Thank You.<br /><br />It's nice to see someone who has the taste for the older elegant houses, we live in a state that is blessed with a lot of them. <br /><br />I saw your note and replied. Thank you very much.<br /><br />-JackJack Greenmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00460349734577261922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post-44761797173918307242009-11-04T00:31:18.664-05:002009-11-04T00:31:18.664-05:00Well, Justin, I hope your securities recover befor...Well, Justin, I hope your securities recover before the housing market does, so you can take advantage of the depressed housing market. Right now cash is king.Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post-53293203570683131022009-11-03T23:37:12.389-05:002009-11-03T23:37:12.389-05:00J. . . I heard talk at our home about the widening...J. . . I heard talk at our home about the widening gaps in the various social/financial strata. . .rich and poor are most pronounced.<br /><br />The investment losses have hit hard. A personal example. . I actually have a bond investment which was worth a tad over $40K. . .for a future starter. . .Last December it had slid down to $2500!!! Bummer. . .but it has gone back up. . so I may have that someday as the downpayment on the elegant older house 'with high ceilings' a friend here suggested I should look at. . .and maybe some<br />$$$ also to purchase some fine furniture at an auction or estate sale. .<br /><br />I can file that in my folder Portuguese Daydreams, , ,after Peter. . . heheheJustinO'Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07379283329949646000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post-51988831820137106052009-11-03T23:24:50.801-05:002009-11-03T23:24:50.801-05:00Jack, thanks for your comments. I am surprised. . ...Jack, thanks for your comments. I am surprised. . .and you gave me an important opener to a more realistic view of this scene. . .to see these as they really are. Grateful, Jack.<br /><br />Thanks for opening this door in Jack Greenman too. ;-)<br /><br />Sorry too about your uncle. I left a note on your blog.<br />-justinJustinO'Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07379283329949646000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post-79465092105372370052009-11-03T16:34:00.934-05:002009-11-03T16:34:00.934-05:00Those figures are pretty high; arguably too high. ...Those figures are pretty high; arguably too high. Two things stand out here: The estimate that 90 per cent of black kids will use stamps is astonishingly high some 50 years after integration and government programs to erase poverty, and you wonder why it is that the races don't show a rough parity. (It would be interesting to see how other minorities fare in comparison.) The second observation is something a friend mentioned over lunch today. He said that he believes the gap between the rich and the poor in the USA has become an extreme one, with the suppression and shrinkage of the upper middle and middle class. I don't know if he is right, but suspect that this might be true. The papers are filled with foreclosure notices for homes on which between $95,000 and $300,000 is owed.Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517388058225414110.post-49427053825299129572009-11-03T14:45:44.709-05:002009-11-03T14:45:44.709-05:00I'm not surprised. I wish I were, I wish I wer...I'm not surprised. I wish I were, I wish I were shocked, but I'm not. When I was out in Phoenix the apt complex I lived in had a lot of poor families. <br /><br />I knew a few guys in their mid teens who were on food stamps struggling to get by, struggling in that way that most adults think is impossible for a kid to be struggling - half the time they don't fully accept how much another adult is struggling to get by, they just look down their noses. <br /><br />Most of my classmates were on food stamps, especially the guys who were 18, they were struggling to make rent and keep their loans, food stamps + the dollar store for food. These are the guys who are being trained to work on your cars or motorcycles. <br /><br />I'm trying to get on them now, it's lagging, and if I didn't have the option to eat at home, my mother's food, there is no doubt I'd be at a soup kitchen.<br /><br />I'm 25, I have 3 syndromes and PTSD. I have been fighting to get on disability since Feb, and food stamps since early August. <br /><br />No, I'm sad to say that article isn't shocking at all. <br /><br />Wizid <br />PS: please excuse any misspellings, or if its hard to follow, had a shock today, I'm a bit off my game.Jack Greenmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00460349734577261922noreply@blogger.com