Are You Kidding Me?

The climate in the country towards "entitlements" has been hostile to say the least.  The hostility mainly results from the belief that Blacks are the main recipients of these "entitlements" or "handouts" or "social programs".  The right has come up with so many euphemisms for programs designed to help those that are less fortunate that they have almost exhausted the thesaurus.  They have held on to those code words that they like to use to retain some semblance of political correctness.

So I'm browsing the news on my phone and I run across this article about the bus monitor that was bullied, Karen Klien.  I haven't watched the video because I think that it is reprehensible for anyone to abuse an elderly person.  That shows a total lack of respect.  I think that the kids should be severely punished and their parents need to make them do community service for their dirty deeds.

The purpose of this article is not to lambast the young men.  They did something very stupid and in today's instant video culture, it got onto YouTube and went viral.  What I want to bring attention to is the fact that someone set up a website for Mrs. Klien and began accepting donations for her to "take the vacation of a lifetime."  The article is here (Karen Klien Trust Fund).  The fund is up to $700K and to top it off, the primary source for the article is none other than FOX News!

This is the same network that has been the most vociferous against "entitlements" and yet they see nothing wrong with this "entitlement" here.  That's odd.  This woman has said that she plans to buy cars for her grandkids with this money and yet the pundits at Fox say nothing...but if a single mother collects an assistance check to buy food for their child, that's an entitlement.  Maybe Desmond Hatchett should start a website and take donations (for those that do not know, Desmond Hatchett has 30 kids by 11 women and is seeking assistance from the state of Tennessee for child support). 

I think that it was a very nice gesture for the Canadian man to set up this website but I don't really see the need for taking donations up for Ms. Klien.  Yes she makes a very small salary but there are folks in inner cities making equal or less that she makes and they are the enemy of the right wing because they are seen as a liability.  I think that Ms. Klien should donate all of the money to charity or at least what is left of it after she takes her vacation.  It's funny because, and this is only my opinion, if the person was in dire need of funds and asking for money to pay a bill or something like that...they would probably get lambasted for looking for handouts.  Fox, as usual, sits in the place of the hypocrite but you won't hear them admit that.