It’s sad how much poverty there is in this country alone. I had a friend recently who, under no fault of his own (he got sick), became destitute for awhile. He tried to get assistance, but all the charities he tried refused to help unless you fit their really strict criteria, and churches refused to give money. (One church had a representative come over there and told him – his place had no furniture or appliances, all of it was sold, and no electricity – and told him to sell his books for food.) He tried to get into a shelter (because, with no electric, his home was too hot), but all of them required money up front and had long waiting list. He tried to get to a food bank (he had been eating one peanut butter sandwich a day by that point), but he had to go on a long waiting list as well. He tried soup kitchens, but they wouldn’t take his out of state ID. He tried getting jobs around the area, but not even fast food restaurants would hire him (even though he had no criminal background and a fairly decent credit history). Luckily, his kids were with their grandparents, because like he pointed out, they couldn’t have survived like that. How can we let this happen in a country like ours? He was living in a place I owned (I couldn’t give much more, considering I’m also disabled and cannot work), that’s why he at least had a place to stay.

It’s great these campaigns highlight such a key issue. These programs need, not only money, but volunteers as well.

On a lighter note I love how you’ve misspelled Peruvian is Pervian! You perv.

Just a thought.

Lord help us if our politicians get this clever! Go to your local food bank and you will have a picture of McCain stealing food from a crying child, and drive past a federal building and you will see the image of Obama holding dynamite.

No, I prefer my politicians to not be creative.

I wish our politicians could be as clever! LOL