October 24, 2005

A different take on poverty

OK, so I've been here a little over a week, and I feel like I've landed on MARS for how different just about everything is (in a GOOD way, trust me).

One of the most salient examples I can think of presented itself to me today as I was having a bagel and coffee at my local Brueggers with my daughter. There was a copy of a local paper on the table and when I turned to the "Letters to the Editor" section, I read the following:

"Forty years ago we had "poverty" in this country and President Johnson. $8 Trillion dollars later and we still have "poverty" in this country. Just think how many tanks and bombers that could have bought?"

I think I laughed so hard decaf came out my nose.

Let's just say it would be a cold day in hell before any editor would print that in a Boston area local paper! Then again, maybe not even then. It gets awfully cold in "Beantown" and I still don't think it would happen.

Posted by insomnomaniac at October 24, 2005 2:20 PM
Comments

Welcome back to America, Deb! I'm happy for you.

Posted by: Pete (Alois) at October 25, 2005 8:19 PM

Hilarious! That almost deserves to be on a T-shirt. Thank you, Deb.

(And sorry for being slow to respond to the last note -- I've been snowed under at work, and have this complex about needing to give a "perfect" response -- I let the "perfect" be the enemy of the good. Apologies.)

Posted by: Tim (Random Observations) at October 29, 2005 5:25 AM