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"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
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