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45. It should scare everyone

Reply to Lady Freedom Returns (Reply #14)

Sat Apr 6, 2013, 10:24 PM

Apr 2013

But it may wind up being the only way out of our present mess.

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“American Dream”: Food loaded into Dumpsters while Hundreds of Hungry Americans Restrained by Police [View all] Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2013 OP

"If they didn't pay for it they have no right to it. Occulus Apr 2013 #1

Please tell that to the police that can go through people's trash. Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2013 #3

EVERYTHING is property of the police, should they decide it so. Occulus Apr 2013 #5

dumpster kardonb Apr 2013 #13

Ironically, taking weight out of the dumpster may have saved them money Dragonfli Apr 2013 #91

Hungry people, sulphurdunn Apr 2013 #19

And first, that's the problem with being a "centrist..." VPStoltz Apr 2013 #51

that makes me want to cry. barbtries Apr 2013 #2

Me too ! fishing gal Apr 2013 #55

I couldn't do it. I just couldn't. tblue Apr 2013 #79

That's a sin. I really hate what this country has come to. n/t Cleita Apr 2013 #4

I hate this world undergroundpanther Apr 2013 #6

Agree, sadly. antiquie Apr 2013 #8

It's a lot easier to go from being Poor formercia Apr 2013 #17

Our whole economy is based on artificial scarcity. wickerwoman Apr 2013 #23

Amen to that IrishAyes Apr 2013 #53

Right. If we did the right thing, rich people might not get richer, and making valerief Apr 2013 #60

It's only a matter of time. defacto7 Apr 2013 #46

Sickening, heartbreaking, and morally bankrupt. n/t Joe Shlabotnik Apr 2013 #7

Did someone say this is Christian country? Downwinder Apr 2013 #9

Yes, many have. Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2013 #10

They find it rather easy IrishAyes Apr 2013 #38

The fuckbagggers who call themselves Christian.... 47of74 Apr 2013 #56

Leviticus 23:22.... paleotn Apr 2013 #21

But didn't you know IrishAyes Apr 2013 #42

Oh it is... zeemike Apr 2013 #29

Gotta love Al Franken IrishAyes Apr 2013 #54

As I should have guessed, Curmudgeoness Apr 2013 #11

I can tell you for a fact that many of the homeless are getting far to restless. Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2013 #14

if it scares you, think about how the Corporate perpatraters feel... Volaris Apr 2013 #31

It's just that I have had a small taste of what people in a desperate atmosphere can be like. Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2013 #34

It's amazing how an empty stomach can put starch in a person's backbone IrishAyes Apr 2013 #57

V for Vendetta. And the Graphic Novel was much, much better. Volaris Apr 2013 #61

Thank you, I shall IrishAyes Apr 2013 #64

I dont think so. The rich dont have countries anymore. They are 'global". robinlynne Apr 2013 #93

I have a feeling that you are right Curmudgeoness Apr 2013 #33

Right now there is no leader... Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2013 #35

That's the false calm before the storm. IrishAyes Apr 2013 #58

It should scare everyone IrishAyes Apr 2013 #45

That isn't what amazes me. Or, should I say, what saddens me. Occulus Apr 2013 #73

I shudder. Curmudgeoness Apr 2013 #89

That is beyond sad it is mean spirited and evil azurnoir Apr 2013 #12

Just one example IrishAyes Apr 2013 #62

Should Have Given It Away erpowers Apr 2013 #15

Sorry, The capitalist world system is morally bankrupt and always has been. blackspade Apr 2013 #27

which is why in order for it to be sustainable long-term, Volaris Apr 2013 #44

Does Not Have To Be That Way erpowers Apr 2013 #83

The system IS the problem IrishAyes Apr 2013 #47

The bank and their lawyers most likely saw giving the food away R. Daneel Olivaw Apr 2013 #16

That's the sorriest excuse I have heard .. you really think these people who accepted .. YOHABLO Apr 2013 #32

Try reading what I actually wrote. You just read my words back to me. R. Daneel Olivaw Apr 2013 #70

The banks' INSURANCE COMPANIES think that. Occulus Apr 2013 #74

People are eating out of dumpsters, Curmudgeoness Apr 2013 #37

I read the article, and I understood that as well. R. Daneel Olivaw Apr 2013 #71

And a lot of municipalities have made dumpster diving a crime IrishAyes Apr 2013 #48

It's been a crime in my neck of the woods a lot longer than the new millennium. R. Daneel Olivaw Apr 2013 #72

+1 I am sure that was exactly the reason LiberalLoner Apr 2013 #18

When one of our local (western PA) supermarkets went out of buy started weeks maddiemom Apr 2013 #20

Sorry. Meant "went out of BUSINESS". maddiemom Apr 2013 #22

Your phone too, huh? Occulus Apr 2013 #75

I think, "Let them eat cake," applies. MsPithy Apr 2013 #24

If things like this keep up with so many starting to go without... Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2013 #26

History does repeat itself IrishAyes Apr 2013 #49

But... they WANTED to eat cake. Occulus Apr 2013 #76

They are going to deliver us the tar sands oil, Downwinder Apr 2013 #84

The bank is made up of disgusting scumbags. blackspade Apr 2013 #25

"World's Highest Standard of Living" photo - eighty years later. leveymg Apr 2013 #28

My husband nearly had a breakdown yellerpup Apr 2013 #30

For capitalism to function..... DeSwiss Apr 2013 #36

Too true IrishAyes Apr 2013 #50

food is thrown Niceguy1 Apr 2013 #39

Waste and Want: Grapes of Wrath revisited UnrepentantLiberal Apr 2013 #40

That was exactly my memory when I read this. MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 #52

That should be criminal RoccoR5955 Apr 2013 #41

There is such a thing as "not following orders".... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #43

In a central scene in "The Grapes of Wrath," some farmers let their crops rot to keep prices up, tclambert Apr 2013 #59

What bastards we have residing on this planet. lonestarnot Apr 2013 #63

And the longer we tolerate the status quo IrishAyes Apr 2013 #67

Did the pigs get the donuts? n/t L0oniX Apr 2013 #65

Just FYI for all of you posting here the nonperishables were not thrown out cstanleytech Apr 2013 #66

Read the first graph of the story in your link carefully. Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2013 #78

Well thank goodness I never claimed otherwise cstanleytech Apr 2013 #87

This is why bankers need to be hanged regularly. mbperrin Apr 2013 #68

Another FYI Purplehazed Apr 2013 #69

All that proves is how much police think of the public as dangerous animals who need protection Occulus Apr 2013 #77

My point... Purplehazed Apr 2013 #86

Is there another llink? xxqqqzme Apr 2013 #80

Try this one. Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2013 #88

Another option other than the sole link Lady Freedom cstanleytech Apr 2013 #92

Earn a Bible degree ad at top of the link page. Mnemosyne Apr 2013 #81

This is outrageous Nika Apr 2013 #82

Reminds me of this Woody Guthrie song: raccoon Apr 2013 #85

VIDEO! Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2013 #90