Catering To The Richest “Poor” In The World
by Andrew Malcolm
First Lady Michelle Obama showed up Thursday as a surprise and welcome volunteer at Miriam’s Kitchen, a soup kitchen for homeless poor people not far from the White House.
She brought with her some food donated by White House staff.
The first lady served up mushroom risotto and broccoli to a long line of homeless men and women during part of her lunch hour and in these photos poses for a picture by one homeless diner obviously excited to be in the first lady’s presence.
Obama said she hoped her service would cause other Americans to volunteer to help the less fortunate in their own communities.
And, of course, such images of need might also help build support for her husband’s economic and healthcare reform agenda, although a Miriam’s spokeswoman said their average “guest” has been homeless since about the time Barack Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004.
Miriam’s is a privately funded soup kitchen about seven blocks from the White House that has 1,200 volunteers and serves about 300, mainly men, each morning. Our colleague Mark Silva has more on the volunteer work in the Swamp here.
Both of these news photos were widely distributed across the country and even around the world.
It doesn’t detract from the first lady’s generous gesture or the real needs she seeks to highlight to ask two bothersome journalistic questions about these news photos:
If this unidentified meal recipient is too poor to buy his own food, how does he afford a cellphone?
And if he is homeless, where do they send the cellphone bills?
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that one homeless diner has a camera phone and some fancy shades? maybe he should have been saving that money to pay for food
oh wait he doesnt have to pay for food
maybe he wont have to pay for a home soon either
They get the cell phones paid for by the welfare system, having a phone to be contacted is “essential” to being able to find employment. Just as when I worked collections for 10 years, then they were able to get welfare to pay their car payments to avoid repossesssion, so they had reliable transportation to look for work. As long as they were 3 months past due, and submitted a letter to welfare stating they were in iminent danger of losing their sole transportation, they system would cut a check for 3-4 months payments, and we would have to start the process all over.
It still happens. And I still drive the same 1993 Ford F150 I drove back then, I cannot afford a new vehicle, but the welfare folks get a new one every 2 to 4 years, thanks to shmucks like you and I…
oh wow i had no idea they got cellphones as well
I’d give a testicle to know what that SS agent in the background is thinking.
GREAT point Sam from, LA. That was the first thing I noticed when I looked at that picture. You see how much responsibility people need these days? Another example on how the GOV takes money from the rich by means of taxation and gives it to the people who are less fortunate. MAYBE those people should have done something with their lives instead of wasting it. But no, lets take money from people who have actually WORKED THIER ASSES OFF to get there they are today. Maybe, but, then again not, because people let the gov do everything for us now.
Cellphones can be bought pre-paid with a couple hours of talk timer for less then $100 at any wal-mart.
I’ve was around a couple guys who received welfare back in the day and I’ve never heard of anyone getting a car payment or phone payment.
the most they got for transportation was a bus pass
I guess they will run home and watch it all on cable.
“She brought with her some food donated by White House staff.” More like donated by we the people. You know the people who pay to keep the white house running and the Obongos partying and pays all political salaries.
“Obama said she hoped her service would cause other Americans to volunteer to help the less fortunate in their own communities.”
As if the first gorilla bitch is the first to volunteer. First Lady Barbara Bush was extremly generous and classy too.
i saw this on the “news”,where were the alcoholic homeless??? “hic who the fuck are you and where’s my damn biscuits bitch hic”
“Obama said she hoped her service would cause other Americans to volunteer to help the less fortunate in their own communities.”
Makes me wonder if she ever did any volunteering before her husband was elected to the White House. Anyone know about any pre white house volunteer trips this racist bitch made?
I heard about that place,their house special drink is “The Chocolate Shakedown”
And Michelle is gladly serving them up.Toy helicopters come with the happy meal.
“Makes me wonder if she ever did any volunteering before her husband was elected to the White House. Anyone know about any pre white house volunteer trips this racist bitch made?”
Sorry those records have too been sealed.
But she did make millions working for a non for profit hospital over charging the uninsured. much like the homeless
Get there on Sunday, It’s Honkey night!!Bring a white dude with ya & Obama give ya DVD at the door.