tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post5164617052902522026..comments2024-03-28T09:43:28.311+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: This past week's news!Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-24967196326546662392018-11-26T14:31:04.783+00:002018-11-26T14:31:04.783+00:00This man and his report were roundly condemned on ...This man and his report were roundly condemned on Radio 4 - even by ardent leftists - late last week. It is politically motivated nonsense.<br />Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16650725159013368925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-34104181688656880292018-11-26T08:38:32.883+00:002018-11-26T08:38:32.883+00:00I haven't heard the word insolence used seriou...I haven't heard the word insolence used seriously since school days. Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-32677864383809554302018-11-26T07:29:26.322+00:002018-11-26T07:29:26.322+00:00I cannot understand the appeal of being so hated b...I cannot understand the appeal of being so hated by everyone. He is a very strange, and sad, person.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-51114519464677499782018-11-26T04:35:14.505+00:002018-11-26T04:35:14.505+00:00re: the food pantry, it happens here too. People e...re: the food pantry, it happens here too. People even park their fancy cars around the corner so as not to be caught out. The extreme left use such places as a rod to beat the right.... if only they knew the truth.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-53458480515361653672018-11-26T04:32:02.669+00:002018-11-26T04:32:02.669+00:00I only have three criteria for deleting. Stupidity...I only have three criteria for deleting. Stupidity, insolence, and drunken rambling. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-51175938698271744232018-11-26T04:31:08.646+00:002018-11-26T04:31:08.646+00:00The ad's I've seen all offer free money to...The ad's I've seen all offer free money too!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-57558819775606760652018-11-26T01:28:42.894+00:002018-11-26T01:28:42.894+00:00I grew up in real poverty with uneducated parents ...I grew up in real poverty with uneducated parents who did their best to keep the only low paying jobs they could get. We had no extras but we were clothed and fed. They hated handouts and rarely took them and yet I consider my childhood a good one. My husband and I now live under the US poverty line BY CHOICE. The less we make the less taxes we pay. We work hard to raise a huge amount of our own food. We do not consider ourselves poor, nor do we accept any government help but when I drive past our local food pantry and see yet another well dressed family on smart phones loading up their 2018 car with donated food they get for free...I nearly have an aneurysm. Donna OShaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-24177588474158493302018-11-25T23:34:43.209+00:002018-11-25T23:34:43.209+00:00I give it 5 hours before the second comment before...I give it 5 hours before the second comment before last is deleted. Magic.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-16568131835828305892018-11-25T21:57:37.082+00:002018-11-25T21:57:37.082+00:00I hate all the adverts for gambling on the TV. Bi...I hate all the adverts for gambling on the TV. Bingo this bingo that. Bingo is still gambling even if they are trying to make it glamorous. Years ago, you would never see adverts for it. They werent even allowed to advertise in the yellow pages, casinos or bingo halls. Who changed that? you can thank Blair for that. His legacy is bingo adverts every 15 minutes. <br />Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-56541862821349099242018-11-25T18:36:44.501+00:002018-11-25T18:36:44.501+00:00Sorry about the Troll Cro.Sorry about the Troll Cro.angryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-18272688547433636352018-11-25T18:34:48.304+00:002018-11-25T18:34:48.304+00:00Cro you did say 'thoses trailer parks' my ...Cro you did say 'thoses trailer parks' my family lived in a nice trailer in a very pretty park. For some a trailer is all they can afford. <br />Many years ago trailer parks were awful an easy joke. it is/was the quick way to say cheap, poor and criminal. <br />Try Chicago, city of Obama and his good friend Rahm Emanuel If you wanted to make a poverty statement try Englewood, Chicago is a bad as they come,<br />I know many slums in neighborhood with houses here in Tucson. That are like any slum in East London (?) I will be writing a post on what has happened to my Mum's old neighborhood and home. It became a drug/crack house !<br />angryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-35645498592115543842018-11-25T18:15:57.613+00:002018-11-25T18:15:57.613+00:00I really must apologize (yet again) for 'Chloe...I really must apologize (yet again) for 'Chloe's' obsessive rantings about me. He is totally obsessed, and should be forgiven. Trolls are sick people, and need pity rather than anger. Please try to forgive him.<br /><br />Other post-lunch mad-cap rantings are a different matter, and any support by Mr Chloe are simply testament to the strength of alcohol.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-89299007459500962722018-11-25T18:08:58.909+00:002018-11-25T18:08:58.909+00:00I would go a little further, and say that very few...I would go a little further, and say that very few in the UK have any idea of poverty. It really is an insult to the genuinely poor to say that 14 Million Brits live in 'extreme poverty'. But I suppose the crazy left will grasp at anything.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-30811873817074447132018-11-25T16:23:52.268+00:002018-11-25T16:23:52.268+00:00I have to say Gwil that most, if not all, of us in...I have to say Gwil that most, if not all, of us in blogland have no idea what real poverty is.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-60923448407771472912018-11-25T15:35:24.858+00:002018-11-25T15:35:24.858+00:00I certainly didn't make any 'judgement'...I certainly didn't make any 'judgement'; I was simply pointing out that there is poverty everywhere, even in the US. I always feel for the poor, where ever they come from, but please don't confuse the affluent poor with those who have absolutely nothing. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-45432800981353029022018-11-25T15:25:51.051+00:002018-11-25T15:25:51.051+00:00Yes, there are trailer parks in the US and they ar...Yes, there are trailer parks in the US and they are mostly lived in by the working poor and the elderly. There is no shame in that. After paying rent, utilities, and healthcare, there is little, if any, left for food. A hungry person is a hungry person no matter where they live. Life is better when you show compassion rather than judgement.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-74081715486839930642018-11-25T12:46:44.820+00:002018-11-25T12:46:44.820+00:00That really was my point, and to have UN envoys ta...That really was my point, and to have UN envoys talking of extreme poverty in present day UK, rather diminishes its seriousness. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-9329722692420942342018-11-25T11:56:14.481+00:002018-11-25T11:56:14.481+00:00I was born in Liverpool: a city with incredible de...I was born in Liverpool: a city with incredible described by Helen Forrester in her novels. I remember a city of children playing in the street with no shoes when I travelled to my work in the city centre on the tram from the suburbs through the 'slums'. That was poverty. As was what was described in Wigan Pier, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist and many others. Of course poverty is relative and therein lies the problem. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-49660187149446687662018-11-25T11:15:20.027+00:002018-11-25T11:15:20.027+00:00The word 'poverty' is bandied about with f...The word 'poverty' is bandied about with far too much ease. It should be reserved for real hardship. The last book about poverty I read was Angela's Ashes. A pretty dire tale. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-3468402306997868522018-11-25T10:08:53.770+00:002018-11-25T10:08:53.770+00:00I'd recommend Orwells book The Road to Wigan P...I'd recommend Orwells book The Road to Wigan Pier (first part) as an account of poverty and hardship in Britain for those who are genuinely interested. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-25587839973983022842018-11-25T10:04:10.335+00:002018-11-25T10:04:10.335+00:00I can remember years ago families from Glasgow be...I can remember years ago families from Glasgow being rehoused in the north of England. They were 'refugees' from what used to be called the slums. <br />Many today don't know the true meaning of the word poverty. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-68274568941179222002018-11-25T10:01:55.024+00:002018-11-25T10:01:55.024+00:00Sadly there's a lot of truth in that; the last...Sadly there's a lot of truth in that; the last people to benefit from the dole are usually the children.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-7752475938203490402018-11-25T09:54:40.869+00:002018-11-25T09:54:40.869+00:00Poverty as you say is relative.
I remember a TV do...Poverty as you say is relative.<br />I remember a TV documentary about people living on benefits and complaining about their "impoverished" existence. whilst siting on a sofa surrounded by take-away containers watching a 55" TV with cigarette in one hand and can of Tennants Super in the other (or it might have been Carlsbery special)cumbrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10047500383078884463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-86470384828293645662018-11-25T09:49:54.272+00:002018-11-25T09:49:54.272+00:00There IS great poverty in the US; you only have to...There IS great poverty in the US; you only have to look at all those 'trailer parks'.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-80105718764486677192018-11-25T09:31:09.713+00:002018-11-25T09:31:09.713+00:00He did the same report in the United States last y...He did the same report in the United States last year and came up with the figure of 40 million. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.com