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Media_Lies_Daily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 05:10 PM
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OMG....CNN just showed people picking through garbage for food....
...in Mississippi. Very, very sad.
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 05:11 PM
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1. Sadly
You can see that daily in every major city.
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Media_Lies_Daily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 05:12 PM
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2. Not on the scale that it's beginning to happen on the Gulf Coast.
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 05:15 PM
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4. I know
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 05:13 PM
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3. that had me in tears n/t
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 05:15 PM
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5. Woman on MSNBC holding a sleeping (oh, I pray only sleeping) baby
Says "this isn't about poor people, this is about PEOPLE."

I'm out of words on this ...
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VolcanoJen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 05:25 PM
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8. I saw her, and the woman holding the three babies...
... all the babies looked horribly, horribly sick and close to death. Sunken eyes. Listless.

HOW CAN THIS BE HAPPENING?? Couldn't some private wealthy donors organize their own airdrop if the federal and state governments will do NOTHING?
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Big Kahuna Donating Member (903 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 05:16 PM
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6. Dumpster diving
actually a good survival tactic. I've done it myself during hard times many years ago. Some grocery stores throw out more produce than they sell. Perfectly good food, just slightly bruised.
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enid602 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 05:21 PM
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7. desperate
But how do you find fresh garbage 4 days after. This just shows how truly desparate the situation is.
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sue_66 Donating Member (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 06:00 PM
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9. I watched that also
have been watching much of the day. We look like a 3rd world country, refugees, people dying in the streets. I am numb, I never thought I would see our Government allow americans to starve to death. Why no food drops? Water? Is it because once again the victims are brown? no more, I can not watch and cry anymore tonight.
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 06:01 PM
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10. before or after they showed bush saying stealing will be punished
asshole
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