Heartbreaking: American Children saying what

[Cleita]

it's like being hungry on 60 Minutes. We need more MSM news shows exposing this disgrace so that those Republicans who are cutting jobs, wages and social programs get their noses rubbed in it.

:grr:

[Suich]

1. That was heartbreaking.

1 in 4 children live in poverty...is that just Florida, or nationwide? Please don't tell me it is the latter.

:cry:

[MannyGoldstein]

2. Good news! Soon their grandparents will be hungry, too!

With the coming cuts in Social Security. Hunger can now bring the whole family together.

(How the fuck did things come to this. Blows my mind.)

[ProfessionalLeftist]

3. With all their effing pretentious "morals"

What would "Jaysus" think of the starving children in this "richest country in the world" (for some) - hmmm? And what would "Gawd" think of their penchant for wanting to create MORE starving children?

[Kurmudgeon]

5. I don't know about this "Jaysus" but..

Jesus would be appalled. You need to realize that not every Christian is a Republican and not everything the GOP does represents Christianity.
I'm voting against the right wing as much as any of you.
Don't attack the folks who are on the same side as you.

[Warpy]

6. Nobody's attacking you, just the stingy SOBs

who tell us they own Jesus lock stock and barrel and that the rest of us are going to hell while they make sure more and more people start the process of slow starvation in the "richest" country in the world.

Mainstream Christians did drop the ball over the last 100 years by not forcibly repudiating this really pernicious brand of Calvinism that the right wing clings to. It's heresy and should have been denounced as such from every single pulpit.

That it wasn't in favor of a false Christian solidarity with people who are in opposition to everything Jesus taught is why Christians on our side are now facing a lot of anger they don't deserve individually.

[Kurmudgeon]

14. "Mainstream" is a catch all term.

And I'm sure plenty of Christian individuals were and are appalled by right wing antics as I am.
I expect they wouldn't like being lumped with right wingers any more than I.
The big problem is the constant attacks on the faith only really serve to strengthen the right.
I'm pretty determined to not vote GOP due to the consequences of their actions, no matter what others may have to say or feel about Christianity.
However, some may not be so staunchly suspicious of right wing conservatism as I, the GOP will no doubt welcome their votes.
I'm sure some quip or remark is personally satisfying, but if that ends up putting the Republicans back in the White House or in control of the Senate as well as the House, that would sure be a case of biting off one's nose to spite one's face.

[StarsInHerHair]

15. I call the Dominionists-is that good enough for you to feel excluded from

the insane Christian crowd?

[Kurmudgeon]

29. Some may not recognize the term, but I appreciate you noting the difference.

[StarsInHerHair]

35. please pass the term & info along, too

talk2action.org rightwingwatch.com are a few good sites to spread the word, so to speak

[Warpy]

19. It's also a useful one, dear.

It's high time the mainstream Christians own the problem caused by years of either ignoring or welcoming these heretics who were and are against everything Christ taught.

Individuals might have been appalled, but they said and did nothing for a hundred years. The clergy were all worse, they should have done something.

Now you're being tarred with the same brush.

And you complain about the word "mainstream."

[Kurmudgeon]

30. Sorry, I'm not 100 years old, feels like it sometimes though.

And there's the problem, which individuals are you going to judge for other individual's actions?
Calling everyone "mainstream" still doesn't give you or anyone the right to assign guilt.
Same with the clergy, some are activist and have been on top of this issue from the beginning, others are just worried about their collection plate and if they can afford the next new Lexus.
As for myself, I've tarred a few roofs before, it taught me to be careful just where you sling that stuff at.
I've never tarred a person, except maybe myself.

[kath]

31. +1000 - "It's high time the mainstream Christians own the problem caused by years of either ignoring

or welcoming these heretics who were and are against everything Christ taught"
Man, ain't that the truth. They need to call out the asshole faux-Christians.

[kenichol]

16. I get it

I'm a Christian who is sickened by other 'Christians' who stand opposed to everything Jesus taught.

[Romulox]

21. The religious don't have a special obligation to feed the poor in this society.

You're scapegoating. This is our responsibility.

[Warpy]

23. They do by their dogma and the teaching of their god.

But yes, churches have never been able to keep up with the real demand. It's our obligation as a civil society to do that.

However, that wasn't what the post was about. I suggest you read it again.

[Romulox]

26. And as for the secular credo of our government and society?

Being non-religious gives us a special pass when caring for our fellow man?

It's a ridiculous argument that harms the speaker more than the target.

[provis99]

9. ah yes. The hoary old "No True Scotsman" argument.

[Kurmudgeon]

13. Oh, was this "Jaysus" a Scotsman?

[LeftishBrit]

17. I think the post was satirizing hypocrites, not Christians

I.e. the types of people who use the names of God and Jesus to justify greed, selfishness and harshness.

I'm not a religious believer myself, but there are plenty of statements in the Bible that I'd have thought would make a Christian-Rightie feel rather uncomfortable. Jesus says very explicitly that those who refuse to feed the hungry or give drink to the thirsty will go to eternal punishment: 'what you did not unto the least of these, you did not unto Me'. And Isaiah 32 could be describing the right-wingers in the following verses: 'For the scoundrel will speak like a scoundrel and will hatch evil in his heart; he is an impostor in all his actions, and in his words a liar even to the LORD; he starves the hungry of their food and refuses drink to the thirsty. The villain's ways are villainous and he devises infamous plans to ruin the poor with his lies and deny justice to the needy.'

[DBoon]

4. and Rush Limbaugh will mock them

and joke about digging food out of trash bins

[Taverner]

7. Yep. Someone needs to make him starve for a while...

[Downwinder]

28. Sure cure for obesity.

[Mojorabbit]

8. This is very near me. Next county over.

It is so heartbreaking.

[Odin2005]

10. K&R

:cry:

[Cali_Democrat]

11. Here's the video

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7371392n&tag=contentMain

So sad.

[donheld]

12. Sorry we only care about the fetus.

:grr:

[dembotoz]

18. it just keeps getting worse

[Lorien]

20. Which prominent Democrats are making this an issue

aside from Kucinich and perhaps Franken?

[Cleita]

22. Not many. I think media could pick this story up and

bring it to the forefront so that our elected legislators couldn't ignore it any longer. I don't understand why they wouldn't even do this as a campaign issue unless they are afraid of not getting the campaign funds they count on. I haven't noticed today any of our progressive radio or TV going with it so far today.

[bullwinkle428]

34. Bernie Sanders for sure; sadly, most actual "Democrats" can only

aspire to be the kind of legislator that Bernie is.

[marions ghost]

24. If those rich fat cats could understand

what it's like to go without...if they could live like these people for just one day--they might not be so heartless.

I'm not sure they can really understand if they see it on TV. And some rich people are so selfish that it makes them feel good when others are hurting. They know their policies are working. I have seen them.

[AsahinaKimi]

25. Republican family values....

"My Kids have all they need.. if your kids don't, its your own damn fault.." or another words, I got mine, if you want some, get your own. meh... Republicans suck.

[OwnedByFerrets]

27. But...it's their own damn fault they are hungry...they should

have pulled themselves up by their pampers and made something of themselves.
:sarcasm: In case you're sarcasm deficient.

[woo me with science]

32. There is no excuse for this in America.

No excuse. :grr:

[anthroman]

33. Uhm, this is the PLAN...

The One-Worlders WANT America to be taken down to a third-world level of development. I see nothing on population reduction from 'the left' anymore, even though it used to be the CORNERSTONE of the environmental movement. The power elite are pushing this agenda, democrat or retardican. Elite are elite, they work both sides.