[AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-12-10 Thread evosap
sorry about resurrecting such an old post but http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10252015 Economist.com Food prices The end of cheap food Dec 6th 2007 From The Economist print edition Rising food prices are a threat to

[AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-12-05 Thread evosap
I agree with you. I would never buy a wii game for a giving tree. Basketballs, art supplies, mittens, simple toys...kids don't need what they want. The kids i know who don't have much are getting shoe boxes filled with art supplies, writing tools, writing pads, fun chewable vitamins, kid tooth

[AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-12-03 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Mario [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And the difference between Italian Catholicism and Irish Catholicism is Italian Catholicism has a cuisine. They get fed. The greatest virtue in Irish Catholicism is to deny yourself. I am half Irish and we always had irish 7

[AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-12-03 Thread justifiedright
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am half Irish... My brother. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings

[AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-12-03 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny dfsavgny@ wrote: I am half Irish... My brother. separated at birth Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to:

[AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-12-03 Thread justifiedright
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, evosap [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am willing to believe that food banks are as capable of using propaganda as much as the Bush admin... Perhaps everyone uses propaganda. This weekend on the way out of church, my kids wanted to stop at the giving tree. It

[AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-12-03 Thread oakdorf
What do you think? Does a poor kid deserve a Wii. It depends on the real situation or how they were classified. Does the kid deserve a pair of sneakers instead? Underwear? Are they in a welfare motel and this is the kids fantasy? Was that request put on there by a social worker thinking

[AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-12-03 Thread justifiedright
All great points. It's why giving at this time of year can be so tricky. The Charitable Industrial Complex can't always be trusted to be honest about the need. In the end you by the kid the game and hope for the best. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-12-03 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All great points. It's why giving at this time of year can be so tricky. right. Does my daughter need a new snowoard that she just called me for...i'm working to 7:00 so that's another $50, then i'm working all

[AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-12-03 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do you think? Buy your kids a wii you stingy bastard and then invite me over so I can play with it. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/

[AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-12-03 Thread justifiedright
LOL! We'll see what Santa Claus can do. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright justifiedright@ wrote: What do you think? Buy your kids a wii you stingy bastard and then invite me over so I can play

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-12-03 Thread denise
Anybody know where I can find one - Original Message From: justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 3, 2007 3:32:38 PM Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years LOL! We'll see what Santa Claus can do

[AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-12-03 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOL! We'll see what Santa Claus can do. Don't go out in the back yard and shoot off a shotgun and then come in tell me he committed suicide. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to:

[AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-12-03 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: as stupid as the Wii looks, my kids friend had it over - I bowled 5 games and my elbow was sore as hell by 1 am. Just as if I went real bowling. Maybe have your kids volunteer somewhere for the holidays. I've said it

[AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-12-03 Thread oakdorf
as stupid as the Wii looks, my kids friend had it over - I bowled 5 games and my elbow was sore as hell by 1 am. Just as if I went real bowling. Maybe have your kids volunteer somewhere for the holidays. I've said it before - poor means different things to different people. Ask around. It all

[AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-12-02 Thread evosap
I am willing to believe that food banks are as capable of using propaganda as much as the Bush admin...its just that food prices are rising. and smart commodity folks are calling for a soft commodity bull market. add to that water issues, chinas growth, the use of corn for fuel, the all time

[AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-12-02 Thread Mario
And the difference between Italian Catholicism and Irish Catholicism is Italian Catholicism has a cuisine. They get fed. The greatest virtue in Irish Catholicism is to deny yourself. So with the result we had no cuisine. Only the Irish now are discovering food. Oh, my god. And they're all going on

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-11-30 Thread Jersey Shore John
Many of our modern Christmas traditions began hundreds of years before Christ was born. Some of these traditions date back more than 4000 years. The addition of Christ to the celebration of the winter solstice did not occur until 300 years after Christ died and as late as 1800, some devout

[AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-11-30 Thread justifiedright
Google hits for Food bank Shortage = 181,000 Google hits for Food bank Shortage 2006 = 196,000 Google hits for Food bank Shortage 2005 = 194,000 Google hits for Food bank Shortage 2004 = 199,000 And here is just one of many you can read about Second harvest being short of food last year:

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-11-30 Thread MarioAPNJ
In a message dated 11/30/2007 11:04:58 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Same claim at Christmas every year by food orgs like this. Ho hum. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com) , [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ma Ross Fraser, a spokesman for America’s

[AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-11-30 Thread justifiedright
Same claim at Christmas every year by food orgs like this. Ho hum. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ross Fraser, a spokesman for America’s Second Harvest, which distributes more than two billion pounds of donated food and grocery products annually, said

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-11-30 Thread Jersey Shore John
I just don't understand why these hungry people can't utilize FreshDirect! What's the problem here? On Nov 30, 2007, at 11:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 11/30/2007 11:04:58 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Same claim at Christmas every year by food

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-11-30 Thread MarioAPNJ
In a message dated 11/30/2007 1:01:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Google hits for Food bank Shortage = 181,000 Google hits for Food bank Shortage 2006 = 196,000 Google hits for Food bank Shortage 2005 = 194,000 Google hits for Food bank Shortage 2004 = 199,000

[AsburyPark] Re: Shortages at food banks worst in 26 years

2007-11-30 Thread justifiedright
And others will say Chirstianity copied Ra and Horus and Krishna and Buddha and on and on and on, all of which collpases on investigation. Regarding December 25, we use the Georgian calendar, based on the Julian calendar, which dates to only 45 BC. Before that the Egyptian calendar had only