Food crisis, global depression worsens
Not only are people cutting back on organic food, but now NPR reports that some people can’t even afford meat:
So Nunez and her daughter are mostly stuck at home.
The rising cost of food means their money gets them about a third fewer bags of groceries — $100 used to buy about 12 bags of groceries, but now it’s more like seven or eight. So they cut back on expensive items like meat, and they don’t buy extras like ice cream anymore. Instead, they eat a lot of starches like potatoes and noodles.
It’s one thing to hear that on the radio, but it’s another to see it on NPR’s website:
Perspective.
I’m telling you, it’s getting hard out there.
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Beyond parody. The Onion only wishes they could come up with something that funny.
Ummmm…e.rrrr……yeah. They ahhh…they don’t look like really, short on ummmm…food intake.
Just sayen.
I think the bags got bigger so they used less of them. It’s a global warming thing ya know.
Whoa. Get me a date.
I can’t imagine there have been many missed meals there. We’re not talking Biafra here.
I dare not click on the enlarge button.
I made that mistake and my screen tilted over.
One in four American’s are obese? If they could walk to the store and save money on the gas, they could probably get to that 12 bag minimum again, and possibly lose some weight.
They should give up meat, its tons of fun….err…..nevermind.
Surprised they aren’t turning into cannibals, there’s ALOT of beef there LOL
Good stuff!
Wow, they’re all skin and bones.
Right, but by my count, that one in four count might be close. There’s 8 people in that 1 picture.
“A generation ago, the livelihood of Gloria Nunez’s family was built on cars.”
…..and now, Gloria Nunez’s family is built like cars.
Funny but wrong… very, very wrong!
My mind can not grasp how much food someone has to eat a day to get this size. I bet salads isn’t on their menu.
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Looks to me like they could live off the fat of the land for 3 or 4 months, easy.
No, whats wrong is there’s no audio to go with it 30…if there was, i’m thinking it would be a cross between the tasmanian devil sounds when its eating, and hearing “nom nom nom nom, mmm gooood, nom nom nom”
“Even meat is out of reach”
I suppose that’s the case when you’re too obese to stand up and walk to the kitchen.
All I can draw from this statement is that we’re spending way too much money on food stamps.
Just walk away. And no one gets hurt.
There…that’s better.
“$100 used to buy about 12 bags of groceries, but now it’s more like seven or eight.”
Okay, so that takes care of Monday. What about the rest of the week?
“A generation ago, the livelihood of Gloria Nunez’s family was built on cars.”
Apparently, they ate that generation.
Yep…I think you could fit 11..maybe 12 Ethiopian children inside those waistbands.
Dang-all of the commentators have commented on what I would have commented on
OK-The “loss of meat” will help the ladies a LOT!
THAT WAS HILARIOUS!
According to the everlasting wisdom of lgm and Rusty and company we are not spending enough on social programs like that.
My adivce to the Nunez family: GET A JOB! Once that part is done wean yourself from the government teat, it might hurt your democrat voting heads for a little while but believe me you’ll thank me later. Then find a street to walk on the sidewalk alongside of, for many miles each day and keep going until the weight keeps coming off. Rest is permissible for healthy food, water, and sleep and of course work .
Problem solved.
Obviously, waaaaaay tooooo much!
I’ve never laughed so much!!!! Funny, funny stuff - I love this country!
good thing there isn’t a way to leave comments on that website……
I wonder why they even included the picture?
I’d say their meat is well within reach.
As for the missing bags of groceries? Someone should check under their ‘flaps’.
GOSH this is the funniest yet Michelle!
This made my morning!!!
Good luck trying to pinch those two. Maybe the meat and evertyhing else ought to be even further out of their reach.
ROFL! You guys are bad!!!
They can’t buy ice cream… booohooo!
Looks like they’ve spent at least $100.00 a week on ice cream.
C-Dub, you ought to be ashamed of yourself! I owe my employer the cost of a new monitor and keyboard! Have you no shame?!?!?
microwaves are the biggest contribution to obesity than anything…I just wanted to say that - no point really.
Maybe they should cut back on the carbs in potatoes and noodles and eat some chicken and fruit?
This is funny.
Only the Democrats believe that Americans are starving with soup kitchens and shelters in cities today.
abstractmind #17:
I can has cheezburger?
Setting aside the obvious fat pigs living off the taxpayer, what gets me is the whining about how tough it is for them. You know what, I would rather you just say “thank you” to the people who provide for your worthless b*tt, not implying how stingy we are becasue we don’t give you more $ to satisfy that ravenous hunger of yours. Gluttony anyone? H*ll, maybe if you ate a little less you might be able to go out and find a JOB. I am sick of these ingrates living off the sweat of others then showing no appreciation. Parasites on society.
One really does have to wonder the heck the editor of this particular article was thinking when s/he decided to juxtapose that picture next to the article….and really, NPR couldn’t find any other family to do this interview with that wasn’t the size of a mini van?
Obviously Phil Gramm’s comment about the US being a “nation of whiners” has a ton (har, har, get it?) of merit.
“Instead, they eat a lot of starches like potatoes and noodles.”
…now, I finally know what the real definition of “a lot” is.
HAHAHAHA, someone got it
nice 
you can has cheeseburgerz. and lettusth.
And something tells me this Richter Scale registering ladies dont do anything but sit around the house…and i do mean AROUND the house.
***i’m just cracking up at my desk here….this is great***
I listen to NPR. They are very liberal. Every thing from news, to film reviews always has a pro-liberal / anti-conservative slant. It’s cultural, in my opinion. Maybe a few of the people employed might think a little more like us, and is getting a stern talking to right now as to how this was inappropriate.
If these two complete pigs are “hungry”, I’d sure hate to see someone who is actuall full. G-ross!
Why am I getting an increased seismic activity reading? And it’s coming from somewhere in Ohio???
Too easy.
That anyone thinks that this is a reasonable solution shows you how devastating the welfare system is and how it only encourages poverty.
I have a tip for these two (four) as to how to save money on their hot water bill:
- When taking a bath, get into the bathtub first - and THEN fill it up.
I hear there are jobs available at the local aerobics studio.
One of the comments on moonbattery.com is also worth quoting:
In the story the Mom says “I just can’t get a job”.
Nothing says “go-getter energetic” to a future employer than 4 extra tons of globbing fat!
That level of obesity also leads to numerous health problems, but not to worry, the US taxpayers will cover your medical costs as well as more food stamps, isn’t that right lgm.
No way people that fat should be complaining they don’t have enough food. That’s ridiculous.
With the worst race problem in the US now being just mentioning “Devil’s Food Cake” and these two being the Democrat’s poster girls for “Starvation in America”, I’d say the country’s come a long way!
Of course, we still have to deal with that pressing “No BBQ ribs is slavery” issue, though!
Should drop them off in most any country in Africa and let the complain about not having enough to eat. That would make the reality TV mini series of the year if caught on film.
Wait, wait, wait a minute. I got this all wrong.
The picture shows them obviously carrying those 7-8 bags of groceries under their clothes, since they don’t have a car.
How could I be so naive?
After the interview, the couple then ate the reporter.
On the plus side (har, har), at least their heating bills are low.
I can see the starving in africa seeing this photo and sending back thier food to feed these poor folks.
On the plus side (har, har), at least their heating bills are low.
“She says she needs someone to give her a lift just to get to an interview.”
LOL. But it is so tempting, heh.
abstractmind #42:
You and I are clearly kindred spirits. And by “kindred spirits,” I mean HUGE nerds.
This may sound harsh, but anyone who can get that big on Social Security and Food Stamps shouldn’t *have* that much food available. Not only are we paying for them to feed (no pun intended) a habit of over-eating, but we’re also going to be paying for hospital and doctor visits, surgeries, etc. when they have to get their needs replaced and their stomachs stapled.
I take care of myself. I don’t always eat what I should, but I would never let myself get to that state and I would NEVER expect the government to pay for me. I shouldn’t have to support that kind of grossly unhealthy behavior.
As lgm resides in his chrysalis of liberal stupidity he doesn’t even know Barrack himself is against a truncated military withdrawal. Ugh, so ignorant lgm, you don’t even know the views of your own candidate.
Give them a job as crash barriers on freeway off-ramps.
Are they wearing Lardasche jeans?
ok, I’ll do it…
then they were hungry again an hour later.
Something tells me they have a poster of Harrison Ford frozen in carbonite in their living room.
The conspiracy theorist in me thinks that subsidizing this gluttony is just the first step to soilent green.
The sad thing is that over the past 8 years living in NOLA, Bmore, and Philly, I see this all the time.
tmkeith:
…wow.
Now, would they also have to have the companion Slave Leia (or Oola) standee? It might make them think less of themselves, which would be horrible since these two are such special snowflakes.
What happened to 18 months and off? Wasn’t it the ’90s GOP congress and President Bubba “reaching across the aisle” that instituted that program?
Obviously we’ve developed some really big cracks in the system for these two to fall through.
Couldn’t NPR have actually found a thinner working family to interview for this article? I’m guessing most of the potato starches these two eat comes out of a pringles can.
To be fair though, they did leave out pictures of the giant flat screen TV.
Does anyone know the views of Barack Hussein Obama??? He has changed his mind so many times I can’t keep track of what he believes in.
But don’t worry, lgm likes him because he looks good in jeans.
#63 - Where’s Charlton Heston when you really need him?
OMG they eat one meal a day. Does not tell you that meal starts from time they wake up till they pass out on the couch with the mustard running from their lips that the dog has to clean off. LOL Looks like they could go without a few meals. They look like they ate enough already to feed half of Africa. They are the reason the kids are straving now.
absolutely. my link on the name is for my wow guild, but i suck at building websites, so trying to get guildies to help
I wondering how many fat jokes we can put into one post?
I want to correct something though:
This may sound
harshcorrect, but anyone who can get that big on Social Security and Food Stamps shouldn’t*have*complain that they have that much food available. Not only are we paying for them tofeedgraze(pun intended) and over-eating, but we’re also going to be paying for hospital and doctor visits, surgeries, etc. when they have to get theirneedstubs of ice cream replaced and their stomachsstapledincreased to a total of two for more consumption ability.There. I’d correct more, but work calls for a minute
Its hard to maintain that 60,000 calorie diet on $700 a month you know.
I just had a scary thought. Look at the daughter. She is that big when NOT pregnant. Ouch.
I have a suggestion that my mother used when we were young and she was a single mother of 3, But a little red wagon. Put the food in there and WALK to the store.
The sad thing is… there are people who that it really doesn’t register to them the connection or irony of the story and the photo together. They are thinking…”I don’t understand, what are all the comments about?”
#66, the mother is on “disability” for depression and some other excuse. The 18 months doesn’t count. The daughter seems to be bringing in ZERO dollars.
On July 18th, 2008 at 2:41 pm, guitarguy said:
“A generation ago, the livelihood of Gloria Nunez’s family was built on cars.”
…..and now, Gloria Nunez’s family is built like cars.
ROTFLMAO!
From the picture, it looks like Gloria Nunez et al ATE cars. Big ones, too.
In this case, the “depression” is the crater size indentions these 2 legged bovine leave as they walk from grazing point A to grazing point b.
Agreed - you’d swear that this was a parody piece! But you owe the posting hat tip to see-dubya on this one.
Though I’m sure Michelle got a giggle outta it too; I expect many of us are still trying to get the coffee out of our keyboards and wiping off our monitors.
atheling said
>Does anyone know the views of Barack Hussein Obama??? He has changed his mind so many times I can’t keep track of what he believes in.
I know of one view — he wants to tax me up the yin yang.
Best.Thread.Ever.
snort, You guys are snort, not nice, snort snort snort. Where is your caring snort, and kind hearts snort.
This article has all kinds of gems…
So because she had an accident 17 years ago she is on social security for life due to depression???? I CALL BULL SH!T
So this is what people mean when they talk about spending on pork in Congress.
>snort, You guys are snort, not nice, snort snort snort. Where is your caring snort, and kind hearts snort.
I think those two ate them.
Seriously, my mother both grew up dirt poor in an immigrant household (my father was slightly better off). Even when my parents moved up and out to the suburbs, my mom would still eat the parts of chickens (hearts, kidneys, meet, etc) thatshe had to eat as a kid.
Maybe the daughter is one of the 72 virgins that Bin Ladin is promising?
Maybe she IS pregnant, but doesn’t realize it yet - wouldn’t be the first time that happened.
The fact that people suggest she gets pregnant so she can bludge even more money is sickening, but worse is that they apparently say it like it’s highly unusual that she hasn’t done it already.
That’s welfare abuse imho.
I think you just convinced 689,234 suicide bombers to live.
There, that’s better.
40 years old, never worked, 637 a month in SSI and 102 in Food Stamps.
Just using a rough guess she started collecting right away at 18 (not counting any welfare she got when she had her daughter and collected over the years) she has collected $7644 dollars a year of SSI multiplied times 22 years is $168,168 in SSI collected. Even if she only started (doubtful) after the “accident” 17 years ago that is caused her “depression” that is still $129,948 collected off you and I the taxpayer and putting zero of it back in.
Yup, that is why the liberals want bigger government and more money for social programs.
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Of course the daughter can’t get pregnant…they can’t afford flour.
How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat? If you don’t eat your meat, you can’t have any pudding.
Perhaps NPR’s spin here is that the starches in noodles and potatoes are bad and causing these women to become ‘big-boned’.
This could easily be the start of the ‘ban starches’ movement. First, it was cigs, then transfats. And now starches?
tmkeith,
flour ROTFLMAO
I am feeling slightly down over a comment someone made today, so I am going to need 12,200 in social security disability for that. For life.
thats 12,200 a month, sorry.
So let me get this straight. All I have to do is convince some Government hack that I’m depressed because of something that happened to me 17 years ago and I can go on the dole for life?
Wow, does my getting hired at my current job count? How about the birth of my teenage son? It was fun at first, but then I had to take him home with me.
Oh I know, how about, “you see here mister bureaucrat, watching how much money Al Gore is making on his global warming scam has caused me to be depressed and I can’t work. How ’bout some money so I can afford ice cream?” Whaddya think?
It was eaten.
If you ban my bi-polar daughters fries, she will come for you. Fair warning….
So she didn’t work between the ages of 16 - 23 either. I guess the work ethic of the last generation has skiped the last two generations. Thats what entitlements do for ya.