$1,659.57 each in food aid for 47 Million Americans

$78 Billion dollars.

47 Million Americans.

$1,659.57 each.

There are millions of Americans struggling just to eat, but the only thing we see on the news is sports, dangers around the world (see: war; terrorism), politics & just how much money the stock exchange is worth (not to mention Jerry Springer).

Something doesn't seem right about this.  When Jesus says, "The poor will always be with us," how do we still achieve a point where we shut our eyes on reality?

A 6 part series by Eli Saslow of The Washington Post

The food stamp economy: A look at how food stamps drive the economy in a Rhode Island town.

The recruiter: A food stamp recruiter deals with wrenching choices.

Summer lunches: A new way to help hungry children: A bus turned bread truck

Hard work: A Florida congressman pushing to overhaul the food stamp system toils to win over a divided Congress.

Too much of too little: A diet fueled by food stamps is making South Texans obese but leaving them hungry.

Waiting for the 8th: This is the sixth in a series of stories by Washington Post staff writer Eli Saslow looking at the U.S. food stamps program.

A bridge over the water

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Noun yields Verb

"But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it." ~Deuteronomy 30:14

   This "word of God" or, ultimately, any piece of knowledge or information that is true or part of us: we must do it. If we do not take what we know and do something then do we truly know it?

    If love is in your mouth and heart but not in your actions & deeds, is it love?

   If quality is in your statement and philosophy but not in you product, is it quality?

   If you say you have faith but don't do anything to prove it, would anyone believe you're actually faithful?

(Credit: NIKE)

Is everything about a profit? USC closes MPW program

"It's like breaking up with someone and hearing that it has nothing to do with you," says Barrington Smith, another student. "We need closure."

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USC's "Business Decision" to Ax Its Master of Professional Writing Program Leaves Unanswered Questions

by Gene Maddaus

February 20, 2014

http://m.laweekly.com/los-angeles/uscs-business-decision-to-ax-its-master-of-professional-writing-program-leaves-unanswered-questions/Content?oid=4448947&showFullText=true

Re: Never Be

I'll never be who you want me to be.

I'll never stay in one place long enough for you to see
me every day, never there to hold your hand;
always going to the places where someone else demands
my attention and love - even though I love you.

 

I can't stay or be that guy that doesn't care;
can't watch others die lonely and in despair
without someone to just try;
without someone willing to sacrifice and die
like I would for you, which is why you love me. 

I'll never stay where you are unless you go with me. 
I can't stop because it's my life, and I must be free
or I'll be caged like those I risk to attend
who have no hope without the love shown me; and in the end
I want to never be someone except known by faith, hope and love. 
And the greatest of these is love.

On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 4:37 PM, david sandler <david.s.sandler@gmail.com> wrote:

Never Be

Lost my brown leather journal

If you're in Alhambra and you found it, please email me sandler@alumni.usc.edu
:(

~~~David Sandler~~~

I don't think I've been a fool

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose."

   ~Jim Elliot, October 28, 1949

Sunrise in a fog

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A taste of Korea

Korean food is good. You know it's true when nothing's left!!!

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Climb higher. And higher. Then some more after that.

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