"Remember those long lines you’d see on the television and people lining
up in all kinds of vehicles just to get a box of food in their trunk?"
Biden remarked during a speech in Chicago. "How quickly we forget people
were hurting. And what did the [Make America Great Again] crowd want to
do? Forget it. Forget it."

"God, this is the United States of America," he said. "The idea that
people would have to wait in line an hour or hour and a half to get a
box of food in their trunk — it’s just unbelievable."
- Joe Biden, May 2022

But...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80WBCmdvEvE
- CBS News, August 2022

Of course CC&P and his Oregon peeps are not hurting one bit. Must be
nice to be a selfish, non-caring liberal. If only these people could
save $8.7 mil on their electric bills...
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Liberals fear Donald Trump more than they fear climate change.

On 9/8/2022 6:18 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
> On 9/8/2022 8:49 AM, George.Anthony wrote:
>> "Remember those long lines you’d see on the television and people
>> lining up in all kinds of vehicles just to get a box of food in their
>> trunk?" Biden remarked during a speech in Chicago. "How quickly we
>> forget people were hurting. And what did the [Make America Great
>> Again] crowd want to do? Forget it. Forget it."
>>
>> "God, this is the United States of America," he said. "The idea that
>> people would have to wait in line an hour or hour and a half to get a
>> box of food in their trunk — it’s just unbelievable."
>> - Joe Biden, May 2022
>>
>> But...
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80WBCmdvEvE
>> - CBS News, August 2022
>>
>> Of course CC&P and his Oregon peeps are not hurting one bit. Must be
>> nice to be a selfish, non-caring liberal. If only these people could
>> save $8.7 mil on their electric bills...
>> --------------
>> Liberals fear Donald Trump more than they fear climate change.
>
>     Again, I have no idea what you, or your strawman are trying to say?
> I have never said there is no suffering here. It's part of the human
> condition. The handicapped and poor will always be with us. I expect
> that we will always have suffering everywhere.
>
>      One of the fun changes in our life time: I can remember when
> seriously poor people wore ragged clothes. These days about the only
> people you see in ragged clothes are people with a serious mental
> problem. Most of those folks dress decently too. It's startling, when
> you remember how Portland used to look, to see just about everyone
> dressed in nice clothes. Some sort of decent tent and a sleeping bag
> seems to be the norm these days too. I can remember when it wasn't that
> way, not too long ago. "Suffering" just keeps changing all the time.
>
>      What I have said, and proved with charts and graphs and everything
> is that in general Americans are amazingly prosperous. We are more
> prosperous now than we have ever been in our entire history. Even with
> the recession the Federal Reserve has decided to impose on us because
> they've decided that we're simply spending too much money, we are likely
> to remain more prosperous than we were in 2010. Hard times! Woe is us.
>
>      If I put up a "free" sign I can give away just about anything that
> isn't outright garbage. I once gave away half a toilet.
>
>      I can remember back when just about the only people who showed up
> at food banks were the truly poor, and low lifes. Many of the poor
> people had too much pride. Originally the reason for the Social Security
> tax was so that people understood it wasn't charity. They were afraid
> some people wouldn't take it if they thought it was a charity. Seriously.
>
>     These days the food banks have people who live in nice homes and
> drive nice cars, showing up for the free food because they're over
> extended and think they're entitled. Waiting in line must be tough for
> them.
>
> TB
>
>
Don't gag on all the smoke.

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Liberals fear Donald Trump more than they fear climate change.

On Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 4:18:18 PM UTC-7, Technobarbarian wrote:
> On 9/8/2022 8:49 AM, George.Anthony wrote:
> > "Remember those long lines you’d see on the television and people lining
> > up in all kinds of vehicles just to get a box of food in their trunk?"
> > Biden remarked during a speech in Chicago. "How quickly we forget people
> > were hurting. And what did the [Make America Great Again] crowd want to
> > do? Forget it. Forget it."
> >
> > "God, this is the United States of America," he said. "The idea that
> > people would have to wait in line an hour or hour and a half to get a
> > box of food in their trunk — it’s just unbelievable."
> > - Joe Biden, May 2022
> >
> > But...
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80WBCmdvEvE
> > - CBS News, August 2022
> >
> > Of course CC&P and his Oregon peeps are not hurting one bit. Must be
> > nice to be a selfish, non-caring liberal. If only these people could
> > save $8.7 mil on their electric bills...
> > --------------
> > Liberals fear Donald Trump more than they fear climate change.
> Again, I have no idea what you, or your strawman are trying to say?
> I have never said there is no suffering here. It's part of the human
> condition. The handicapped and poor will always be with us. I expect
> that we will always have suffering everywhere.
>
> One of the fun changes in our life time: I can remember when
> seriously poor people wore ragged clothes. These days about the only
> people you see in ragged clothes are people with a serious mental
> problem. Most of those folks dress decently too. It's startling, when
> you remember how Portland used to look, to see just about everyone
> dressed in nice clothes. Some sort of decent tent and a sleeping bag
> seems to be the norm these days too. I can remember when it wasn't that
> way, not too long ago. "Suffering" just keeps changing all the time.
>
> What I have said, and proved with charts and graphs and everything
> is that in general Americans are amazingly prosperous. We are more
> prosperous now than we have ever been in our entire history. Even with
> the recession the Federal Reserve has decided to impose on us because
> they've decided that we're simply spending too much money, we are likely
> to remain more prosperous than we were in 2010. Hard times! Woe is us.
>
> If I put up a "free" sign I can give away just about anything that
> isn't outright garbage. I once gave away half a toilet.
>
> I can remember back when just about the only people who showed up
> at food banks were the truly poor, and low lifes. Many of the poor
> people had too much pride. Originally the reason for the Social Security
> tax was so that people understood it wasn't charity. They were afraid
> some people wouldn't take it if they thought it was a charity. Seriously.
>
> These days the food banks have people who live in nice homes and
> drive nice cars, showing up for the free food because they're over
> extended and think they're entitled. Waiting in line must be tough for them.
>
> TB

I agree... Never has there been such a luxurious grade of poverty, for most of the nation's, "bottom feeders".... One might say, "We are in the "Golden Age of Poverty".... There is now such a thing as downtown "hobo jungles", with running water, showers, and maybe even electricity!

During my feckless youth, when I dabbled in the "Hobo Lifestyle", there was little sympathy for wanderers, with insufficient funds.... We tried to avoid public scrutiny, whenever possible... Decades later, when my grandson went "on the bum", he dinned on the bounty of food banks, and fraternal protection from cops, who years before, would simply run us out of town, as they would a stray dog!

Joe Hilstrom Jr.