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.

Infidels, Listen Ye Heathens, Convert NOW!!!

“In Saudi Arabia, prominent cleric Salman al-Audah said the storm, which killed more than 140 people, was a wake-up call for Americans to convert to Islam“

Our buddy Salman has only our best interests at heart.

How can you argue with a “holy” dude who knows that some omnipotent being used a storm to prod us heathens, us mere infidels, to adopt the particular religion our good buddy Salman revels within.

Salman’s statement can be found in the news story linked-to below:

Some Muslim clerics say Sandy is God’s punishment

The “System” Works!!!

Monday October 22, 2012 and the Disgruntled One is Web wandering peeking at news stories and comments placed below the stories.

I try to ascertain the “moods” and beliefs via the opinions, comments and various written utterances of the populace from those comments.

While performing this task I have the Today TV show that I mostly ignore unless something yanks my attention from my nifty Acer-brand monitor I bough on sale at Wal-Mart and, sadly, was made in China. I wonder if that Mitt critter assisted in sending anything computer-related out of the USA? If not him another greedy vermin of that upper-crust socio-economic class that spits upon We, the People surely did so.

Anyway…

 

We Should All Be Sports or Movie Stars

The adage declares “America needs ditch diggers, too.”

How you interpret that emotion-based meaningless statement depends on too many factors to cover here.

My interpretation is biased and based upon my own experience and education.

Stated quickly… work you commoner scum. Do the tasks needed to allow an industrialized country/society to function.

Do that work for minimal pay and thus at the lowest possible cost to the deserving folks atop the socio-economic hierarchy.

Never complain!!!  Just be grateful you have a job.

So, your pay is very minimal and you are worried that if that “ObamaCare” thing smacks you in the face and since you are one of many without access to health insurance… heck, you can barely afford even the barest essentials of life, since you do not have health insurance you will be forced to give up WHAT to pay for that insurance? Give up a meal or two or three or more weekly? Pay that fine for not doing what the ruling master’s lackey and other parts of the elite’s federal government has ORDERED you to buy?

Screw you commoners. Your only duty is to OBEY and serve your betters you commoner filth scum.

And there is a HUGE army of lackeys and jack-booted thugs ready to force you to obey.

Remember, it is your own fault if you are not at the top of the socio-economic hierarchy yourself.

Following is the news story that compelled me to rush over to my Land of Disgruntledness and write this entry.

Horrid Political Post

I, the Disgruntled Old Coot, for various reasons of no importance, am stooping to the level of disgusting politicians to emulate those  fiends infesting the USA and countries everywhere.

If there are any decent, respectful, moral politicians out there I apologize for lumping you in with the horde of politician scum I despise so greatly.

This blog entry is about all foul, putrid politicians but it was thoughts of the Mitt Romney boy that led to my deciding to create this entry.

I am resorting to tactics in this post somewhat similar to those used by the want-to-be-lackeys of the ruling masters when engaged in campaigning… basically begging for votes from the people they assist in economically enslaving and constantly flooding with propaganda to hopefully brainwash as many of the commoners as possible.

I am different, however, in that I do not attempt to brainwash those reading my words:

NO!!!

My desire is to assist others attempting to make the brainwashed majority look within and outside themselves and realize that a few have enslaved the many for the good of the few.

My next thought about vile, disgusting enemy-of-the-common-folks politicians brought the Obama thing to mind.

BAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am an equal-opportunity despiser regarding any politician figurehead lackey infesting the president position along with any viable candidate vote-beggar for the position as having passed muster and acceptable to corporate USA and the ruling masters.

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GW Bush was just another in a long line of lackeys but he did have one good trait; he was easy to laugh AT between bouts of cringing as his actions supported the masters and slapped us mere commoners in the face repeatedly.

Assist our Beloved Ruling Masters

Happily rush off to fight yet another foreign war too often started by the lackeys of our beloved elite-class ruling masters, corporate USA and others ready to make any sacrifice to preserve their beloved status quo that ensures the rulers maintain their wealth and power.

Well, make that “any sacrifice”  as any sacrifice the despised looked-down-upon scum commoners has to make to protect and preserve their masters.

Our indoctrination systems are so incredibly effective that a majority of the citizens support their masters!!!

However, even when the masses disagree with the dictates of the master’s lackey politician figureheads that disagreement is typically ignored.

“Vote the bums out,” many well-indoctrinated citizen-sheep bleat.

Okay… fine.

But with the elite-owned and operated systems firmly in place those systems combined with our brainwashing ensures that a lackey figurehead politician is merely replaced with another elite-approved lackey; especially at the federal level.

States and local governments are not as strictly controlled as the federal-level political scam but local elites also wield much power and local propaganda tied into nation-wide propaganda exerts its relentless influence.

Corporations are People You Vile Commoner Scum

Immense Power of the Mass Media

Wealthy folks own the mass media.

Profits is a prime motivator but it also seems to me that using the media to promulgate one’s beliefs, desires, etc.

It is not easy to prove the immense power of the mass media upon shaping the common folk’s views, attitudes, etc. but I believe a person with a well-rounded education and an awareness of daily life in the USA can realize to what extent those wealthy elites can influence public opinion.

One method to influence the masses is by ignoring a subject or a current news story.

The ignoring of the many atrocities committed upon USA citizens by rampaging barbaric illegal alien invaders is an ongoing example.

Adding to that “crime” by the elite scum is when they do cover illegal aliens it is invariably the warm-fuzzy emotion-laden tale of the relative rarity of the illegal striving to educate herself.

I write “her” since the illegals where I was immersed within for decades, the Chicanos of the southwest USA (but steadily spreading across the USA) tend to regard education for males as something pussies do. “Real” men work by the sweat of their brow… if they shun the ever-growing gangs of illegal alien barbarians.

Scum Begging Money

I am a life-long member of the working-poor socio-economic class who performed the tasks vile, filth, scum politicians have too-often said were Jobs Americans will not perform.

Mitt Romney  is just one of MANY scum politicians who never had to compete with MILLIONS of illegal aliens for work or housing.

And that compared-to-me extremely wealthy punk has his lackeys begging ME for money.

It is likely that the spoiled punk son of the wealthy class has not specifically ordered his brainwashed lackeys to target me begging for money but he is at the apex of a system, an infrastructure, begging for money and votes.

Screw you Romney and the elite owned and operated systems full of brainwashed bleating citizen-sheep toadying up to the beloved masters. Those idiotic brainwashed hero-worshiping filth that bleats with pleasure every time they even have a glimpse of their masters.

If my wishes come true the USA military would send you scurrying, crying akin to the punk you surely are, while destroying an unrepairable federal government and start anew.

Piss on you Romney and every politician lackey of embedded systems that have enslaved the people of the USA and spent enormous amounts of wealth and people power to create systems to brainwash the masses.

If only that wealth and effort had been devoted to creating a society that assisted ALL people.

Following is the SPAM, the unwanted e-mail that made me create this tirade.

Friend,

 Paul Ryan is a strong conservative leader, and I am proud to have him as my running mate.

 He is widely respected for his leadership skills and his intellect, and for his ability to tackle serious issues.

 Together, we understand that a limited government and fiscal responsibility will unleash prosperity for all Americans.

 Donate $15 today to help restore America’s greatness and build a stronger middle class.

 Thanks,

Mitt Romney

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“Friend”???

I am no friend of yours you punk.

I volunteered for overseas military duty back in the 1970s you scum.

Of course, I was still well-brainwashed when I volunteered while you avoided the draft you punk.

As typical of all spewing politicians your SPAM states “build a stronger middle class.”

Screw you punk.

What about the ever-growing number of working poor?

I grew up in that class and when I entered the military the vast majority of us lowly despised enlisted folks were of the working-poor class.

Arriving overseas I learned that we were not there protecting the USA.

NO!!!!!!!!

We were protecting the wealth flow headed for the USA’s elites and corporate USA.

Propping up foreign dictators and warlords who were in bed with the USA.

No wonder those “Yankee go home” signs were so often seen, in person and in the USA mass media when reporting about foreign countries.

If I was in those folk’s place I would have been holding one of those signs!!!!

Screw you Romney you spoiled punk filth scum.

If I receive a similar SPAM from Obama he will get the same treatment.

I remain convinced that voting at the federal level is a farce and my belief that the USA MUST be altered via a military coup is stronger than ever.

 

Missouri Political Candidates

Your Disgruntled Old Coot has not always lived in a shanty… a humble hovel mid-continent atop the cultural backwater of southern Missouri.

Hey!!! At least it is relatively cheap living here. It has to be; the wages are abominable.

Abominable is a high-falutin’ city-slicker way of saying “crappy.”

Missouri. A state. One of 50. 21 out of 50 in physical size. Highest point; Taum Sauk Mountain- 1,772 feet above sea level. If sea levels rise due to glaciers and ice-packs melting then the mountain will get shorter… technically. But bypassing clouds and birds will not notice any difference. Relativity at work.

For your viewing pleasure I now present you, with the able assistance of Wikipedia, the Missouri flag:

18th most populous of the 50 United States.  According to US Census Bureau estimates the 2011 population is a little bit more than 6,000,000. Around a months income for some of our elite-class ruling masters.

Oh, wait. That 6-million figure is people counting, not dollar counting, but the thought conveyed is legitimate.

“The mean center of United States population as of the 2010 Census is at the town of Plato in Texas County, Missouri.”

Thanks again to the wonderful folks at Wikipedia.

Ponder that fact above, folks. If We, the People could coordinate our efforts we could get the folks to the east to jump up while the folks to the west are landing after jumping up.

Do that enough and maybe we could make the continent rock back and forth and those of us in the middle could watch stuff roll back and forth!!!!  Wheeeee!!!!!!!!!!

Message to the College Kids

In my relentless attempts to assist the many brainwashed humans in the USA and across the world I spread my written mumblings, the utterances conveyed by these handy symbols so much easier to use then hieroglyphics, at many locations.
Message boards and comment section for Web pages are handy places to spread my anti-indoctrinating.

This and other blogs I create and semi-maintain are another format.

I just finished an entry in the comment section of an on-line University newspaper that I was pleased with.

I decided to copy and paste my non-hieroglyphic scrawling here since I believe that the intended message within those words may actually convey an understandable message.
The comment made elsewhere follows:

 

Ruling Masters LIE to We, the People.

Actually, we seldom hear or see the ruling masters.

We do hear and see their lackeys.

Politicians, bureaucrats and many other folks.

Some are professional spokespeople who go to school and are trained to good little slaves for their masters.

Corporations hire professionals to write reports, publicity releases and make speeches intended to be seen and/or heard by We, the People.

The USA is FULL of liars and those paid to assist in the lying.

Bombarded with lies and half-truths from so many sources.

Wannabe’ Mouthy Parasite Politician

Let it be known that I, the Disgruntled Old Coot, views almost every politician, especially those at the federal level, with much negativity based upon decades of observing USA affairs and immense amounts of non-fiction reading.

Dear bureaucrats and various jack-booted thugs and the multitude of cohorts of the ruling class and corporate USA, etc. Due to my frequent postings at message boards across the Web and various e-mails and “snail mails” sent to putrid politicos it is likely I am monitored to a certain extent (as MANY good, decent, law-abiding USA citizens are) to ascertain any possible threat I pose to the status quo and individuals benefiting and/or propping up the systems to continue the scams that basically mentally and economically enslave a HUGE percentage of the USA population.

The extremely effective propaganda systems used upon the masses has resulting in a bounty of bleating citizen-sheep proclaiming that all is just fine!!!!

Disagree with the beloved ruling masters and surely you must be…….

• a traitor
• a potential terrorist
• a lefty
• a righty
• a liberal
• a conservative
• a neocon
• a racist
• a separatist
• a this or that

Oh, you lackeys of the ruling masters seeking those who threaten you and/or your masters.

Please do not murder me or put me in prison or fine me and take all my meager (very meager) savings or force me to spend ALL my very minimal wealth to defend myself from false accusations or any other of the MANY methods available to you to force the vile scum commoners to OBEY!!!

Always OBEY!!!

I pose NO threat to any of the beloved blessed ruling masters, corporate USA, powerful special-interest groups, etc.

My morality does not allow me to physically harm others.

Well, if I saw an illegal act such as a young thug beating an elderly person I would stop the assault but that should be basic common-sense.

Well… IF you lackeys of the masters possess common sense.

The Disgruntled Old Coot sticks to attempting to, perhaps, assisting brainwashed bleating sheep to view what I believe to be the reality of the ongoing class war within the USA and how the USA, in general, actually functions.

Jefferson Statehood Project

10th Amendment – U.S. Constitution

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

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The power-grab by corporate USA, BIG government and their horde of minions, lackeys, bureaucrats and other sell-outs who will obey those masters for wages, benefits, health insurance, pensions etc. that We, the People pay for have allowed Congress to greatly expand the power of the federal government and the many bureaucracies created by Congress (all taxes are generally paid for in totality by the end consumers of products and services within the USA).

The Supreme Court has, mostly supported and assisted in the continual increase, of power transference to BIG government and BIG business.

Too often it is the “common folks,” We, the People, who are harmed by Supreme Court rulings.

A FEW exceptions happen.

The politician lackey figureheads regularly assisting their elite-class and corporate masters, will sometimes act in ways that  seem to assist We, the People.

But those so-called assistances are usually very minor affairs.

Merely gestures to keep up the delusion that the Federal government represents We, the People.

No real change happens in the “systems” in the USA.

The wealth continues to flow in huge amounts ever-upwards to the “deserving citizens” and corporations.

Huge sums are devoted to bureaucracies to control We, the People and to isolate the rulers and their helpers from the scum of the country. In their eyes that is you and me and the HUGE number of commoners… We, the People.

Coot Quotes and Observations

“There were few who preferred honor to money.” Gaius Crispus

“A wise man hears one word and understands two” Yiddish proverb.

“It is not more people that are needed in the world but better people, physically, morally and mentally. This question of raising the quality of our American population must also be taken into account in the question of immigration.” Agnes E. Meyer

“I think unity is a mistake…. If I were the Establishment and had the big loaded guns of the various oppressive institutions…. I would much prefer to see one lion come through the door than 500 mice.” Florynce R. Kenned

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
John F. Kennedy

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Yes, folks, it is quote time. The Disgruntled Old Coot left the shanty, mentally strolling through the Web and grabbing quotes attracting my attention.

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