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No job, no house, but I'm not giving up my BlackBerry! Posted in CrackBerry Humor on 15 Jun 2009 08:30 by David Boyd | 
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I had this forwarded to me as an email this weekend, and it was too funny not to share it (of course there's nothing funny about being jobless or homeless, but I'm sure all will see the irony in this piece). You can discuss this story in the forums... Recently Michelle Obama went to serve food to the homeless at a government funded soup kitchen.
Cost of a bowl of soup at homeless shelter: $0.00 dollars Having Michelle Obama serve you your soup: $0.00 dollars
Snapping a picture of a homeless person who is receiving a government funded meal Bookmark/Search this post with:
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It almost appears that the secret service guy behing the first lady is wondering how he has a pearl as well!
...and we know this guy is homeless and didn't just walk off the street to take a pic of Michelle O because he heard about it, right? Or is it because he's wearing a black tuque and sweater? ASSumptions. She's not even handing him a tray (which would be the case if he's in line for food). Poor people = laughs!
Having Michelle Obama serve you your soup: $0.00 dollars
Shouldn't that be 3 trillion dollars..........
Now that is funny!!!!
Im sorry but that picture is just to funny, it makes me laugh. Of course there's nothing funny about being homeless, but the mere fact this guy is homeless getting soup at a soup kitchen and still has his Blackberry, thats funny!
Under Obama, every homeless person has the "God Given Right" to have a cel phone. The government/Obama will give them food/housing/health care, that we will pay for. The cel phone was going to be next! How else can they keep up with POTUS, and all his TWITTING and FaceBook. God Bless the USA.
@greatsave32
Dude shut the hell up... A lot of us are sick of you people constantly poking fun at our president. We come to forums like crackberry just laugh at irony and share tips and info on blackberry phones. If you want to talk politics then go somewhere else.
Piss off. He didn't start the discussion. The picture is more sad than it is funny. And don't think the post you commented on is too far from the truth.
Dude! Hold off on having that "stroke", for anyother 2 years! By then the Health Care will be free, if you can get it.
It is a shame where our hard-earned tax money goes to sometimes... the loser in this pic is probably just too lazy to go find himself a job.
Republican? cry more...I thought I was on Crackberry.com
First of all its spelled "cell" and not cel. Perhaps you should add education under your list of government funded programs that we pay for that has failed you. And don't even say that misspellings happen as you misspelled it twice.
Moving on...everyone here is looking at the above picture and making huge assumptions. I have several cell phones including some Blackberry models that are not in service, yet I can still use all the other functions like the "camera." Go figure.
Hey, I take my clients to the soup kitchen all the time! Bad Economy, gotta cut corners somewhere! :) LOL (smell the sarcasm?)
No surprise. I drove by some government housing for those who are "struggling."
In the garage I saw a Z06 Corvette and a brand new Lexus
If anyone here is from Dallas and knows where is Maple Ave. and Kings Rd. there are some projects in there....I always feel jealous they have Lexus, Range and Land Rovers, Lincoln and they are supposed to be so poor that cant afford to get food or a decent place to live. Meanwhile I work and cant afford something that cool!....oh well maybe on the other life I will be a millionaire but for now work hard until u cant take it no more then keep moving forward.
liberal policy at its finest. lmao
Yup.. which is better.. Homeless guy has a $500 blackberry... or under the great bush policies, the execs at AIG got millions of dollars from the taxpayers with no accountability.. Your right.. a homeless guy having a $500 blackberry is much worse then millions that a few people took...
I guess the "go talk politics elsewhere" only applies when you're talking about people you like.
The title of the article says it all, 'No Job, no house, but not giving up the BlackBerry.' Some people need to get their priorities in line. I work hard everyday and pay my taxes so that people who really need help can get it but this guy is screwing the system. He may really be homeless and not have a job and if he doesn't that's fine but get rid of the phone that is the least of your worries right now.
Hey I didn't vote for the Obamas
and people wonder whats wrong with our country. :)
So its Obamas fault that this dude has a cell phone. This guy didnt become homeless while George "W" was in office?
They are just scared because they are now in the minority... Probably cause their boys (bush and mccain) didn't even get half the american peoples support when they ran...
When did Bush and McCain run together for anything, you moron?? You sound exactly like the type of supporter liberals want...
They didn't.. but neither of them won the popular vote... You sound exactly like the type of supporter that is the typical conservative.. Dont fully read what i said or think about it.. just assume what you want it to say so you can use it as a biased and untruthful attack...
Not saying I was a fan of Bush, but he got 50.7% of the vote in 2004. I'm pretty sure that's more than half.
ur an idiot. just stop talking now.
It probably goes back many more generations than that...
Shame to see the system getting cheated!!
She looks like an Orc from Lord of the Rings. Freaks me out.
your mother looks like froto baggins
The problem is not with Obama or any other President the problem is the system in general. It is a corrupt and broken system that people are taking advantage of. The system is so far gone that if they try to fix it, it will cause more problems than it solves and people who really need the help will probably lose it.
Being homeless doesn't mean you should forfeit everything you own to please people by making you look more destitute. Many homeless people actually have jobs but aren't are in a situation where they cannot afford a roof over their heads. Last time I checked, the Blackberry Pearl was being given away FREE (with contract) by many providers to make way for newer Blackberrys.
Maybe this person uses this Blackberry so he can be in touch via e-mail with work or to help him find work. Makes sense since it would probably be more difficult to have an actual computer for these tasks while homeless.
Are you people that are making fun of the current president (who inherited a huge mess from the prior administration) suggesting that he implement a policy to strip people of anything that is perceived to be a luxury item before being allowed to receive assistance? It's so easy to sit back and judge others without even knowing their stories isn't it? What a nice/comfortable position to be in.
Amen to that, amen to that.
Well said!
The person has to get his priorities right. The phone itself might be free but it costs $50-60/month to maintain it. That's a lot of money. Most jobs that I know of can contact you on the phone, so just a regular cellphone (or even a prepaid one) would suffice. And when you're in a situation where your finances are in the crapper, you do need to give up things you own. Food, shelter, and clothes should come before anything else. She could buy herself some good meals with that so that someone else who can't afford even that can get the free food.
I'm a die-hard Democrat, and has been my entire life. But YES, there's definitely something wrong with the picture. You shouldn't buy something you can't afford. The person in the picture can save at least 360 dollars a year (for the data plan).
Depending on the carrier, it could be as little as $20 a month for data. Some homeless centers provide cellphones - yes, sometimes even including data - at a reduced rate or free. Just assume for a moment that because he can search job sites and email a resume from his phone, he gets 4 hours of work extra a month. Not an unreasonable assumption. That would pay for the data plan. He might get more than that, and if not there's still a quality of life question if he's more able to stay in contact with family and friends.
Cellphone data is a luxury for most of us because most of us have homes with internet service there. If you don't have that, cell data can easily become more of a necessity. It may well allow him to more easily pull himself out of his current situation, why would we begrudge someone that, why would we want to take away their chances to get out of a bad situation?
what resume would a bum have?
It's pretty sad that you assume anyone homeless to be a "bum".
I'm newly homeless this year. I have a great resume and work ethic (never been out of work before). Prior to losing my job, home, and living in a parking lot, I was an Executive Assistant at a major company.
...and yes, I have a Blackberry. It's been very helpful in helping me find new work, and to stay safe in a highly undesirable situation.
http://www.girlsguidetohomelessness.com
Thank you for sharing that with us all. Hopefully, your comment will make people think a bit harder before rushing to judgment.
And good luck!
I'm sorry but for the fetaures and portability, a cell phone and especially a PDA/Blackberry/Smartphone beats a home phone hands down.
My home phone service for DSL,Unlimited local and natioanl calling and caller -id fetaurs costs us Around $105 a month in Texas. PLUS TAX.
By BB from Sprint is $30 for SERO and $30 for BIS plus tax (less than $70) and I can tether it to my laptop.
Has it been confirmed this man was indeed homeless, or part of the working "poor".
I don't think it's funny at all.
Who is paying $500 for a Pearl?! Homeless doesn't mean bad credit necessarily. If he has good credit he can get a 2 year contract from VZW and then get the Pearl for free. He doesn't have to enable BB services to use it as a phone and a camera. And to top it all over, he better have a cell phone so he can look for a job.
Good point.
I've talked with homeless people. And the goods that they can find are crazy. But yeah, even though he's there, doesn't mean he's actually homeless. I would have been there if I could have snagged a pic of her, or Obama. I'd have been there if Bush, Clinton, or Regan was there. Not many times that ordinary people get to meet people of this caliber.
A better title for this post would have been
No phones! No lights! No motor cars!... Not a single luxury (ok... maybe one)
"Woke up in alley this morning. Went to shelter for soup. Snapped pic of Obama's wife on Pearl. Soup was good."
Ha Ha, that is too funny! Maybe he was just out partying late and ended up there...took advantage of the chance to snap a picture! LOL
Maybe it was stolen?