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rbnyc

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7. I want to show my son this.

Sun Feb 26, 2012, 03:37 PM

Feb 2012

He frequently says that he is starving.

Also, this is a good reminder for me. I worry about making our groceries stretch, but never, never has my son gone without breakfast, lunch or dinner. We are blessed.

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:( ::::::: "I’m not eating dinner because it’s my brother’s turn tonight." [View all] WillyT Feb 2012 OP

Wow, that is sad.... Our great country can afford any amount of money for wars, but nothing teddy51 Feb 2012 #1

Amen to that. Initech Feb 2012 #10

+1 Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #16

Then there's that guy that's donating up to 100 MILLION to a pro-Gingrich Super PAC... Fearless Feb 2012 #28

If you've got $100 million to donate to a campaign - that's way too much. Initech Feb 2012 #32

+1 n/t area51 Feb 2012 #37

The higher ups don't want to see because if they did they know damn well there are southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #2

They know it and they're trying to exterminate them outright Zalatix Feb 2012 #8

Don't want to see - TBF Feb 2012 #41

USA, USA, USA! ... We're number one! Bozita Feb 2012 #3

Tax cuts and oil drilling Cali_Democrat Feb 2012 #29

It pisses you off liberal N proud Feb 2012 #4

liberal N proud Diclotican Feb 2012 #55

Obscene. No words. Speechless. BeHereNow Feb 2012 #5

"Tax the Rich Now... The Doctor. Feb 2012 #6

I want to show my son this. rbnyc Feb 2012 #7

Same here- groceries prices are COOC! BeHereNow Feb 2012 #9

Aye, we are in a similar boat here as well. cstanleytech Feb 2012 #40

More sadly. If/when directly confronted with this little boy... TheMadMonk Feb 2012 #44

I attended a suicide prevention course where this use of dramatic words was discussed Liberal_in_LA Feb 2012 #14

This year the winter has been mild--wait till its more normal. No more $ for heat. MichiganVote Feb 2012 #11

Maura Corrigan---Republican BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2012 #12

good gawd!! Liberal_in_LA Feb 2012 #13

My taxes paid for the Iraq War. Why can't they buy dinner for hungry children? Faygo Kid Feb 2012 #15

Children should never go hungry. Besides unconscionable, they need nutrition... Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #17

Yes, but... RT_Fanatic Feb 2012 #18

Kick !!! WillyT Feb 2012 #19

A very sad K & R Lifelong Protester Feb 2012 #20

No words...... Historic NY Feb 2012 #21

I've had to come is there someplace to send a donation....... Historic NY Feb 2012 #22

I googled "Detroit area food banks" and came up with this... Bozita Feb 2012 #25

I found them....no kids should go to bed on an empty stomach...... Historic NY Feb 2012 #33

This must be a lie because Romney told me that the poor have a good safety net. Creideiki Feb 2012 #23

K&R DeSwiss Feb 2012 #24

Good stuff. Deserving of its own thread! Bozita Feb 2012 #26

Thank you. DeSwiss Feb 2012 #27

Bravo!! JNelson6563 Feb 2012 #48

Many have stated how wrong its is that "children" go hungry... its wrong that ANYONE nadine_mn Feb 2012 #30

.... Justice wanted Feb 2012 #31

SHAME on this country. SHAME. Zoeisright Feb 2012 #34

It wasn't his turn to eat........... Beacool Feb 2012 #35

It's this way in a lot of states right now, as we speak. Major Hogwash Feb 2012 #36

huh.....er what? Skittles Feb 2012 #38

Here is my guess on what Corrigan will say if in three years there are cstanleytech Feb 2012 #39

The gamers and cheats need to be eliminated Gman Feb 2012 #42

Throwing out the baby with the bath water is not the way to go about it. hobbit709 Feb 2012 #43

I'm in Texas too Gman Feb 2012 #54

Which end of the economic xxqqqzme Feb 2012 #49

Anyway.... Gman Feb 2012 #51

I'M afraid my state is only going to get worse with a Republican governor sarcasmo Feb 2012 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author old man 76 Feb 2012 #46

Dwight D. Eisenhower, April 1953 xxqqqzme Feb 2012 #47

They would never accept Eisenhower as a Republican today. tclambert Feb 2012 #52

Your last word multiplied...... midnight Feb 2012 #50

This headline bothers me... Earth_First Feb 2012 #53

Thom Hartmann mentioned this thread this morning on his show IcyPeas Feb 2012 #56