Michelle Obama serves food to D.C. poor and homeless, but...

[posty 2,876]

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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington...elle-obama.html

 

First Lady Michelle Obama showed up Thursday as a surprise and welcome volunteer at Miriam's Kitchen, a soup kitchen for homeless poor people not far from the White House.

 

She brought with her some food donated by White House staff.

 

The first lady served up mushroom risotto and broccoli to a long line of homeless men and women during part of herFirst Lady Michelle Obama volunteers as a food server at Miriam's Kitchen a soup kitchen for poor homeless in Washington DC 3-5-09 lunch hour and in these photos poses for a picture by one homeless diner obviously excited to be in the first lady's presence.

 

Obama said she hoped her service would cause other Americans to volunteer to help the less fortunate in their own communities.

 

And, of course, such images of need might also help build support for her husband's economic and healthcare reform agenda, although a Miriam's spokeswoman said their average "guest" has been homeless since about the time Barack Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004.

 

Miriam's is a privately funded soup kitchen about seven blocks from the White House that has 1,200 volunteers and serves about 300, mainly men, each morning. Our colleague Mark Silva has more on the volunteer work in the Swamp here.

 

Both of these news photos were widely distributed across the country and even around the world.

 

It doesn't detract from the first lady's generous gesture or the real needs she seeks to highlight to ask two bothersome journalistic questions about these news photos:

 

If this unidentified meal recipient is too poor to buy his own food, how does he afford a cellphone?

 

And if he is homeless, where do they send the cellphone bills?

[GettnHuge 2]

If this unidentified meal recipient is too poor to buy his own food, how does he afford a cellphone?

 

And if he is homeless, where do they send the cellphone bills?

 

[wiffleball 4,800]

It doesn't detract from the first lady's generous gesture or the real needs she seeks to highlight to ask two bothersome journalistic questions about these news photos:

 

If this unidentified meal recipient is too poor to buy his own food, how does he afford a cellphone?

 

And if he is homeless, where do they send the cellphone bills?

 

Not real smart writing.

 

First off, I volunteer at a food bank. I've volunteered many years to feed people at thanksgiving. I've seen plenty of cell phones.

 

The FAIL here is it is just the bloggers ignorance. Many working poor live check to check and while saving money to get into an apartment of their own, rely upon places like this to help them get on their feet. A cell phone isn't exactly a luxury item these days - it is necessary to find and obtain work. Second Fail is the fact that people can buy prepaid cells. That's not exactly cutting edge technology.

[Snoopy1 0]

Not real smart writing.

 

First off, I volunteer at a food bank. I've volunteered many years to feed people at thanksgiving. I've seen plenty of cell phones.

 

The FAIL here is it is just the bloggers ignorance. Many working poor live check to check and while saving money to get into an apartment of their own, rely upon places like this to help them get on their feet. A cell phone isn't exactly a luxury item these days - it is necessary to find and obtain work. Second Fail is the fact that people can buy prepaid cells. That's not exactly cutting edge technology.

 

Thirdly, do we know that the person with the cell phone is homeless at all? Is it possible that he's a volunteer there, or is that outrageous cause he's black at obviously must be sucking off the system?

[KSB2424 3,180]

I believe you guys are taking this way to seriously. The writer was making (rather unsucessfully) a funny. We don't have to debate it.

[posty 2,876]

I believe you guys are taking this way to seriously. The writer was making (rather unsucessfully) a funny. We don't have to debate it.

 

Democrats don't have a humor bone in their bodies...

[Meglamaniac 821]

Not real smart writing.

 

First off, I volunteer at a food bank. I've volunteered many years to feed people at thanksgiving. I've seen plenty of cell phones.

 

The FAIL here is it is just the bloggers ignorance. Many working poor live check to check and while saving money to get into an apartment of their own, rely upon places like this to help them get on their feet. A cell phone isn't exactly a luxury item these days - it is necessary to find and obtain work. Second Fail is the fact that people can buy prepaid cells. That's not exactly cutting edge technology.

Does this post also need a tongue and cheek smiley

[wiffleball 4,800]

Does this post also need a tongue and cheek smiley

 

Nope. Is the "?" key broken on your keyboard?

[RicemanX 20]

If you heard the first lady was in there, wouldn't you at least pop in and take a quick look?

 

Mmmm..those broccolis look good

[Meglamaniac 821]

Nope. Is the "?" key broken on your keyboard?

no the shift key is

[wiffleball 4,800]

Mmmm..those broccolis look good

 

I thought I was the only one who noticed that.

[Mungwater 601]

I hate Michelle Obama. For the simple fact that it looks like she has to put effort in closing her lips around that fricking huge jawbone.

[RicemanX 20]

I thought I was the only one who noticed that.

Rice and broccoli...sounds better than the lunch I'll be having today.

[NorthernVike 2,121]

Rice and broccoli...sounds better than the lunch I'll be having today.

 

 

Sounds like Chinese food to me

[buffalobillsffl2003 0]

Silverback feeds the needy in DC... more at 6.

 

[wiffleball 4,800]

Silverback feeds the needy in DC... more at 6.

 

[buffalobillsffl2003 0]

Michelle Obongo had some acting roles way back too...with Clint Eastwood even.

 

 

Right turn Clyde.

 

 

[peenie 2,040]

i don't see a cell phone? for people who seem to hate michelle obama, you all sure make a point to post a thread about her everyday. we don't give this much attention to the first lady on my nappy site, and we adore her. secretly i think you all love her and want her.

 

btw, i think her smile was cute. it was quite clear in the picture that the guy was taken back by the fact that she was serving food there and she was like, "yep, it's me, hey there!"

[cbfalcon 828]

i don't see a cell phone? for people who seem to hate michelle obama, you all sure make a point to post a thread about her everyday. we don't give this much attention to the first lady on my nappy site, and we adore her. secretly i think you all love her and want her.

 

btw, i think her smile was cute. it was quite clear in the picture that the guy was taken back by the fact that she was serving food there and she was like, "yep, it's me, hey there!"

 

Of course you do since you look exactly like her.

[Mungwater 601]

i don't see a cell phone? for people who seem to hate michelle obama, you all sure make a point to post a thread about her everyday. we don't give this much attention to the first lady on my nappy site, and we adore her. secretly i think you all love her and want her.

 

btw, i think her smile was cute. it was quite clear in the picture that the guy was taken back by the fact that she was serving food there and she was like, "yep, it's me, hey there!"

 

The picture was taken with a cell phone..

 

She reminds me of one of those apes that grab peoples winter coats when they get too close at the zoo.

[Lackman 0]

i don't see a cell phone? for people who seem to hate michelle obama, you all sure make a point to post a thread about her everyday. we don't give this much attention to the first lady on my nappy site, and we adore her. secretly i think you all love her and want her.

 

btw, i think her smile was cute. it was quite clear in the picture that the guy was taken back by the fact that she was serving food there and she was like, "yep, it's me, hey there!"

 

Her charity ought to extend to helping a man move a couch into the back of a van, and the next thing you know she is rubbing lotion on her skin to her heart's delight at the bottom of an enlarged well to accommodate her enlarged ass.

[itsbigmoni 1]

I'm still shocked you guys think she looks worse than laura and hillary. I think michelle is much better looking than our previous first ladys.

[Lackman 0]

I'm still shocked you guys think she looks worse than laura and hillary. I think michelle is much better looking than our previous first ladys.

 

Hillary is a space alien that wasn't attractive a second in her life. Honestly, what was Bill thinking. Hillary probably proposed to him after a night of boozing.

Laura Bush had crazy eyes and creepy jack o'lantern insane smile.

Michelle has the sex appeal of a corpse that has been fished out of a lake after a month.

[peenie 2,040]

The picture was taken with a cell phone..

 

She reminds me of one of those apes that grab peoples winter coats when they get too close at the zoo.

i find the comparison of an ape to our first lady to be quite offensive and racist. i'm surprised no one else is offended. now, if i were to respond in kind to this i think many would be offended by my words.

 

mugwater, i'm giving you an opportunity to edit this racist post.

[itsbigmoni 1]

i find the comparison of an ape to our first lady to be quite offensive and racist. i'm surprised no one else is offended. now, if i were to respond in kind to this i think many would be offended by my words.

 

mugwater, i'm giving you an opportunity to edit this racist post.

 

Peenie, you know the typical response on this board. "Oh, you took offense, that means YOU'RE the one thats racist peenie." Apparently, us two are the two most racist posters here.

[peenie 2,040]

i was actually going to write something really mean to mungwater but i got so busy at work i didn't have time to come back to this thread. it's a dead issue now.

 

as for us being racist, please. we deserve a medal of honor for even coming to this racist piece of sht of a website. i find more racist threads here than on stormfront.

 

great job mike!