This event and the reporting on it are about as SICK and TWISTED as you can get...
NEW YORK (AP) - A Chinese tycoon served up a fancy lunch Wednesday to homeless New Yorkers at a Central Park restaurant, but caught grief from attendees expecting cash.
Recycling magnate Chen Guangbiao selected a menu of sesame-seed-encrusted tuna, beef filet and berries with creme fraiche at The Loeb Boathouse restaurant for more than 200 residents of the New York City Rescue Mission, the nation's oldest shelter.
He even serenaded them with a rendition of "We Are the World" and did some magic tricks. Dozens of volunteer waiters sported green uniforms similar to those once worn by soldiers in China's People's Liberation Army, bearing the words "Serve the People."
"I'm looking forward to a good time and a good meal," said Antone Hills, a shelter resident. "I think he's a good guy and he's helping our country."
Wads of cash filled wire baskets at the restaurant, with Chen waving some of the money in front of the guests.
But when they discovered that they in fact would not be given any money, an uproar ensued, with some yelling, "We want it now!"
Shelter officials urged Chen not to give cash to the group because many are being treated for addictions and the money could be better used for their programsWhat a disgrace!
And then the right libertarians are all over this like "I told you so...." with Ingaham tweeting this:
THEY WANT HAND-OUTS, NOT HAND-UP: Chinese recycling magnate gets philanthropy thrown in his face by NYC homeless http://t.co/fPzntdBT6U
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) June 26, 2014
All of these people involved in this are sick and deeply disturbed, disgraced morons. BTW, including the shelter operators who should have told this Chinese guy to go F himself with this idea.
So the rich know better how to spend money in the interest of the poor than poor themselves but the government doesn't in case of any social spending which is always wasted.
ReplyDeleteOk...aren't libertarian double standards great?
Of course Septeus the key word in your comment here is "government" for the libertarians...
ReplyDeleteIngrham was involved in promoting Brat in VA-7 so you see the libertarian connection there...
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/us/dave-brat-was-aided-by-laura-ingraham.html?_r=0
So the election is over now back to the usual bashing the poor among us....
And she terms this outrageous behavior by this Chinese guy as "philanthropy" what a disgraced moron....
This Chinese guy ought to have his visa revoked and be thrown out of the country, meanwhile she thinks he's a philanthropist.
Shows you how sick and twisted the whole concept of "charity" and "philanthropy" is at the same time...
rsp,