Profit MUST be our Main Concern

“American Dream”: Food loaded into Dumpsters while Hundreds of Hungry Americans Restrained by Police

I fear that the linked-to story may disappear so I am reproducing it here to assist in spreading a story I believe is of immense importance to We, the People.

Quoted story follows:

Residents filled the parking lot with bags and baskets hoping to get some of the baby food, canned goods, noodles and other non-perishables. But a local church never came to pick up the food, as the storeowner prior to the eviction said they had arranged. By the time the people showed up for the food, what was left inside the premises—as with any eviction—came into the ownership of the property holder, SunTrust Bank.

The bank ordered the food to be loaded into dumpsters and hauled to a landfill instead of distributed. The people that gathered had to be restrained by police as they saw perfectly good food destroyed. Local Sheriff Richard Roundtree told the news “a potential for a riot was extremely high.”

“People got children out here that are hungry, thirsty,” local resident Robertstine Lambert told Fox54 in Augusta. “Why throw it away when you could be issuing it out?”

SunTrust bank is trying to confuse the issue and not take direct responsibility for their actions. Their media relations officer Mike McCoy, stated, “We are working with store suppliers as well as law enforcement to dispose of the remaining contents of the store and secure the building.” Yet he also said that the food never belonged to SunTrust Bank.

There is no need to sugar coat what happened. Teresa Russell, chief deputy of the Marshal’s Office in Richmond County, said the owner of the building ordered that the food be taken to the landfill. Some people even followed the truck to the landfill and were still turned away.

In Richmond County, there are about 20 evictions per day, and the area surrounding the supermarket is one of the poorest in the state. According to the last available data, the poverty rate is 41 percent. Many people in that parking lot probably knew all too well how evictions work, and were in desperate need of the food assistance.

This story is not some bizarre exception. It reeks of the truth of capitalism and is strikingly similar to the H&M scandal that broke in 2010 when clothes were being shredded before being thrown away, so as to make sure the value of the merchandise was unaffected.

In a capitalist society, the motive behind the production of food is not to feed people, housing is not made to give them shelter, clothing is not made to keep them warm, and health care is not offered primarily to keep people healthy. All of these things, which are and should be viewed as basic rights, are nothing other than commodities—to be bought and sold—from which to make a profit. If a profit cannot be made, usually due to overproduction in relation to the market, the commodity is considered useless by the capitalist and destroyed.

In this case, it appears the bank simply did not care. For the banks that have made their profits through evictions and foreclosures, it is little surprise that they showed no remorse in leaving people staring in disbelief, with empty bags, as they watched the food that could be feeding their families dumped into a landfill instead.

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Follow the link at the top of the page for the entire story and pictures.

I raise my voice and fist in anger at so many events within the USA that I believe is in the throes of class warfare.

I try to be fair, though, and make allowances for some behaviors or try to explain some acts that appear to be evil but may be acts forced upon folks due to the system we live within.

Lawyers and the legal system have had immense effects upon USA society, government, economic system and many other aspects of life within the USA.

The fear of being sued may have been at least partially to fully responsible for the thrown-away items being dumped.

The threat of lawsuit and the actions taken to avoid that threat has had profound effects upon all of us.

The lawsuit threat is complicated and all-encompassing and beyond inclusion in my blog.

A Web search will reveal a huge horde of pages discussing the topic.

If only good, usable products were not thrown away… especially if their are poor folks around who can use those items!!!!

Could laws be passed to protect folks who give free things to poor folks to prevent their being sued?  Use common sense when passing out free things. When in doubt, throw it out!!! Only give away items that a reasonable person would assume to be safe, not out-dated food that might cause sickness, etc.

I now take a moment to shout a huge:

   THANK YOU!!!!

to all the firms who do not throw away leftover food and unsold items. They give the stuff to local charities that assist hungry folks and those facing rough times who are helped so much getting some free stuff such as toiletries, clothing, toys for kids, etc.

Have a wonderful week, folks.

Please remember that there IS a LOT of misery within the USA… a country with immense wealth concentrated into a few hands that has been skimmed from the efforts of others… even those eking out a very meager existence.

Rough Tough Romney Boy’s Boy

In a previous post I wrote about my fear that the big, rough, tough avoided military service Mitt Romney would be too likely to send more USA citizens of the commoner class, despised but used by those in Mitt Romney’s soco-economic class, to fight another war or more on foreign territory.

None of Romney’s kids served in the military.

My own military experiences in the 1970s showed me that it was mostly the lower classes of USA society in uniform.

We were the dregs of society, folks. The ones expected to hold back the Commie hordes.

What saddens me is that it is likely that the USA troops and the USSR troops, the ones “in the trenches” probably had much more in common with each other than with the elites of our own country.

During a radio interview a Romney boy spewed some mouthy trash talk about wanting to hurt another person… the rough tough Romney boy that he is. Tagg is his name.

If anything, I would expect a child of the elites to hire a commoner to do their dirty work… the same as the method used to hire lower-class Americans to shed blood overseas.

High-Level Government Agencies Hate the Common Folk

This post is MY opinion. My writings are NOT the opinions of the many linked-to articles and/or copied & pasted items I use.

What follows is a copy of a press release created by low-level law enforcement folks who are not vile, scum, putrid lackeys of the USA ruling elites, corporate USA, etc.

 

Causes of Disgruntlement

Oh Disgruntlement, let me count the ways…

So many. So very many causes for my Old Coot Disgruntlement.

One is being indoctrinated from my earliest years into believing that all is as it should be in the USA.

We Are Number One!!! USA USA USA!!!!

With time, experience and education my brainwashed eroded.

Disgruntlement ensued.

And increases.

“In 2011, the six heirs to the Walmart empire commanded wealth of almost $70 billion, which is equivalent to the wealth of the entire bottom 30 percent of US society.”

I have been working-poor my entire life, doing the jobs “Americans will not do” and performing the tasks required for the USA to function on a day-to-day basis.

Where would the ultra-rich of WalMart be without a multitude of workers doing the daily tasks and who are paid a low wage and few to no benefits?

The American Dream Has Become a Myth

 

That link lurking above is but one of many essays I have read over the years that enlightened my thinking about life in general.

“…we have become a divided society. America has created a marvelous economic machine, but most of the benefits have gone to the top.”

If only the many-millions of invaders competed with those at the top of the economic pile. Then us commoners would not be unfairly competing with those infiltrators for jobs, housing, social services, etc.

 

“Much of the inequality that exists today is a result of government policies.”

 

Well, it is the wealthy folks and their corporations, special-interest groups and others that well-reward their lackey politicians and bureaucrats so divinely when those lap-dog anti-We, the People leave office or position. And done so legally.

 

The USA is screwed and I believe a growing number of citizens are believing that.

But the screwing continues unabated and the vermin begging for money and votes, the scum wanting to be the next main figurehead lap-dog lackey of their wealthy masters, spew the drivel too many citizen-sheep bleat their delight with.

The brainwashed masses who believe their vote at the federal level actual means something… that their socio-economic superiors’ lackeys will consider them above and beyond the consideration of those who will ensure they depart office and hobnob with those elites and receive their financial rewards.

Yeah… go ahead… play the political game, suckers.

And wear your self-applied mental slave chains with pride.

 

 

 

Quote of the Month

“I tell ya, that school’s tough. It’s got the only school newspaper with it’s own obituary section.”

Thanks to “tankjr” for an awesome sentence worth placing in another spot to assist the masses in reading it.

Original—– HERE

Coot Quotes Others

“Sadly more and more words no longer have meanings, they have emotions.”

With just a small amount of pondering the truth of the above declaration was obvious to me.

Printed words and statements.

Broadcast babbling.

Vile, putrid, scum politicians and the candidates for political office.

With a very few, too few exceptions the scum seeking re-election and those willing to sell their souls for a political position universally appeal to emotions.

Even sadder is that the majority of citizen-sheep bleat their delight with the tripe-spewing scum crying out for a vote.

Marketing usually uses the same approach.

Attempting to convince you to buy something by appealing to EMOTIONS!!!!!

Not surprising in a country where sports activities often are treated with more respect than academic activities.

From grade school to the university level sports are admired by so many…. but NOT all people!

Sigh………………….

And such is life within a disgusting society but are all societies equally “sick.”

Oh NO!!!!!!!!! Is the Disgruntled Old Coot resorting to an appeal to emotions to convey his point of view?

And the all-too-short journey upon this planet continues.

 

Coot Casually Contemplates

Quote 1 (Q1)

“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.”  – Benjamin Franklin

 

Quote 2 (Q2)

“This will be the best security for maintaining our liberties. A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins.” – Benjamin Franklin

 

Q1.  In Official Disgruntled Old Coot Opinion the USA does have a ruling master class.

In past writings I mentioned that the USA as it current exists likely requires ruling masters to remain a semi-viable country.

Iraq needed a strong-arm warlord-type ruler to control that very diverse country.

Saddam Hussein used the tactics necessary to control the diverse sects, tribes, ethnicities, etc. inside Iraq.

The USA invades and the Hussein regime ends.

Now consider the increasingly diverse USA and present-day Iraq.

News from Iraq tells us of a constant barrage of bombings, killings and other undesirable affairs as the diversity there shows that diversity is not their strength.

I fear that the same or similar events will become common within the USA.

Divide and conquer. That truism will assist the ruling masters in grabbing evermore wealth and power.

I wonder who or what will remove the USA’s tyrant warlords?

The USA ruling masters, corporations and special-interest groups are too powerful and entrenched and by using the best propaganda systems ever created has convinced too many USA citizens that all is as it should be.

 

And thus we consider Q2.

 

Years of reading, talking, listening and various interactions with USA citizens combined with the power of the Web in my later years led to my belief that the typical USA citizen is a well-indoctrinated babbling buffoon citizen-sheep.

Sure, many of the buffoons knew what was needed to perform their job but in regards to topics beyond their job-specific specialties… well, only a very few folks seek knowledge beyond the needs of the job and perhaps the knowledge in a hobby or interest area.

A football fan may know a lot regarding football.

A fishing fanatic likely knows about equipment, fish types, bait etc.

Sadly, beyond job knowledge and interest areas the multitude of topics, affairs etc. that affect the USA, society, culture, etc. are unknown topics that the masses of brainwashed buffoons rely upon implanted “knowledge” for their reactions and interactions with others.

Damn, I am confronting another incredibly complex topic.

Why do I do this to myself?

A glutton for self-abuse?

 

The USA is akin to Iraq.

Without a strong powerful ruler or ruling class the country will be at war with itself.

Take away the masters and the “diversity is our strength” politically correct warm fuzzy feel-good idiocy will be revealed as false.

Sure, prove me wrong but, in turn, I invite the reader to engage in regular news reading at the local level. National news omits MANY stories that can only be found in local media.

Before I continue here’s another Ben Franklin quote:

 

Quote 3 (Q3)

“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.”

Okay, maybe I AM a fool but…. Ben, please consider that in today’s society with a country of over 300-million that the individual who is not a part of the ruling master’s and their cohorts crowd is powerless.

The Web has allowed the commoners to attempt the get a “voice” directed at the masses but without the “power” conveyed by backing from an elite-owned media the lone voice has little to no power behind it.

Then consider how the vote, especially at the federal level, is meaningless.

The existing entrenched political structure ensures the ruling masters will never lose power…. unless a full-scale military coup occurs.

So many aspects of the USA have changed from your era, Mr. Franklin.

Some things for the better, some the same and some things are worse.

I fear that the sense of honor folks from your era expected, especially from the upper classes of society, is now a rare commodity in the USA.

The lust for wealth and power shoves aside Honor among too many USA citizens.

Sure, there are still honorable folks around but those in the upper classes and the folks a part of the ruling class, their minions, cohorts and lackeys are, to me, obviously a minute minority.

 

(more to come)

 

A Quote for the Times

“Much of the U.S.’s 60′s protest history is anecdotal, this time history will be written in ones and zeros.”

2Wolves left the above upon a FARK message board here—> HERE

Sixth post down from the top. There is more to the comment.

What is shown here is what I, the Disgruntled Old One and Getting Older every second, believes to be the most quoatable of the comments on the linked-to message board.

Ponder the declaration. If your mind is even capable of pondering.

Your ruling masters do NOT want you pondering. Nor to engage in self-introspection.

Neither does corporate USA (peace be upon them).

We, the people have been well-indoctrinated to NOT think!

BAD!!! Bad citizen-sheep. Lust after material possessions, even that not needed for survival or basic comfort and ease.

Clamor for 24/7 entertainment of the type sending wealth to the proper deserving entities (the few atop the socio-economic hierarchy and corporate USA).

And… ALWAYS OBEY!!!!

OBEY!!!

No pondering or introspection allowed…unless it involves an approved subject or topic that reinforces your indoctrination.