Welfare gratitude

[tombogan03884]

I got this in an E - Mail, I thought you would be interested to read how this oppressed Black woman is being crapped on by the racist system.


You may recall the recent news coverage at the New Orleans city council meeting re St. Bernard housing project. Subject:You Gotta Love Section 8Welfare ain't what it used to be!December 22, 2007 byjimbyrd
Sharon Jasper has been victimized. Sharon Jasper has been rabidly wronged. She has become a Section 8 care case "the victim of ever changing public housing policies. Sharon Jasper has spent 57 or her 58 years dedicated to one cause and one cause only, and has nothing to show for her dedicated servitude. She has lived in Section 8 housing all but 1 of her 58 years. It was a legacy passed down from her parents who moved into Section 8 housing in 1949 when she was six months old. She has passed the legacy down to he r children, but fears they may have to get jobs to pay for the utilities and deposits.She laments about her one year hiatus from the comfort of her Section 8 nirvana,' I tried it for a year..you know, working and all. It's not anything I would want to go through again, or wish on anyone in my family, but I am damn proud of that year.'
Sharon was moved out of her St. Bernard housing project after hurricane Katrina and into a new, yet albeit, substandard quarterage. As can be noted from the above photo of her new Section 8 home, it is repugnant and not suitable for someone of Sharo n Jasper's sen iority status in the system. 'Don't be fooled by them hardwood floors,' saysSharon.'They told me they were putting in scraped wood floors cause it was more expensive and elegant, but I am not a fool "that was just a way to make me take scratched up wood because I am black. The 60 inch HD TV? It may look nice but it is not a plasma. It's not a plasma because I'm black. Now they want me to pay a deposit and utilities on this dump.' 'Do you know why?'
She has held her tongue in silence through the years of abuse by the system, but it came to a head at the New Orlean's city council meeting where discussions were under way about the tearing down of the St. Bernard projects. When a near riotous exchange between groups opposing the tearing down of St. Bernard and groups wanting the dilapidated buildings torn down and newer ones built, Sharon unleashed verbal hell with her once silenced tongue. The object of her oratory prowess was an acquiescent poor white boy in attendance.The context of her scathing rebuke was, 'Just because you pay for my house, my car, my big screen and my food, I will not be treated like a slave!' and 'Back up and Shut up! Shut up, white boy! Shut up, white boy!'
Recapping from the mental log of the city council minutes in her head, Sharon repines, 'Our families have been displaced all over the United States. They are being forced to commit crimes in cities they are unfamiliar with. It is a very uncomfortable situation for them. Bring them back, then let's talk about redevelopment.' Sharon directs the reporter's attention across the street to Duncan Plaza where homeless people are living in tents and states that, 'I might do better out there with one of these tents.' She further lamented her sentiments about her situation,' I might be poor, but I don't have to live poor.
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[Solus]

See this Snopes link for more on this.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/jasper.asp

While it appears that this is mostly based on truth...like the picture with the big screen tv....the email itself is a satire.

I find enough truth in this for it to be distressing, but did not want to let it all go as true without giving this link

[tombogan03884]

So according to Snopes this shortened version is constructed from things this POS said on 2 different occasions, not in one interview, but she actually DID make these statements. Thats how I understand it.
I got the picture with it but it did not copy when I pasted it here

[tt11758]

Let's try this picture thing again.  This is Sharon sitting next to her big screen TV in her taxpayer-funded apartment.

[Ron J]

Let's try this picture thing again.  This is Sharon sitting next to her big screen TV in her taxpayer-funded apartment.

AND is bitching about it. 

Darwin may have been on to something. 

[Sponsor]

[tombogan03884]

 We should do away with welfare, We have unemployment for folks in a bind who through no fault of their own need some temporary help, We have Social security, in theory for people who have worked through their career and retired. People who contribute nothing deserve nothing. In the last year I missed 2 hours of work 3 monthes apart and while I did not get paid for it because I did not want to use the time my boss knew and OK'ed it weeks in advance BOTH times, and I can not afford a TV, partly because I'm helping support some ungrateful bitch thats to lazy to steal or whore.                                                           BS

[Hazcat]

We should do away with welfare, We have unemployment for folks in a bind who through no fault of their own need some temporary help, We have Social security, in theory for people who have worked through their career and retired. People who contribute nothing deserve nothing. In the last year I missed 2 hours of work 3 monthes apart and while I did not get paid for it because I did not want to use the time my boss knew and OK'ed it weeks in advance BOTH times, and I can not afford a TV, partly because I'm helping support some ungrateful bitch thats to lazy to steal or whore.                                                            BS

Not even with a vaccinated crowbar! 

[tombogan03884]

Not even with a vaccinated crowbar! 

She's lazy, it's something she could do flat on her back and still see her TV. But yeah, I know   

[twyacht]

[ericire12]

Don't even get me started on welfare!

As far as I am concerned, if you are on welfare then you should not have the right to vote. This country was founded because of the outrage over taxation without representation. If you want to have a say in how tax dollars are appropriated, then you need to be working and paying taxes. If you are just sitting on your butt and sponging off the Gov't, then that is representation without taxation.

Yes, welfare has its purpose, and there should be some safety net in place so that people can be helped to get back on their feet. However, the current state of welfare is a joke. There needs to be time limits and other incentives in place to force people to get off of welfare and to provide for themselves.

I absolutely HATE the entitlement nanny state mentality that is driving this country to bankruptcy.


-------> I yield the floor to TAB.