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Entry: Responding to Justin Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/responding_to_justin#26587 Post contents: I'm afraid that may be all you deserve, OC. The whine-factor on this particular subject has reached fever pitch. Our parents raised eight kids on a single income, (to put this in chronological context, my youngest sister is currently 9 years of age... so technically, my parents are STILL raising most of those kids). Part of that time my father had nothing but a part-time lecturer's position teaching German language and literature. Do you know what we ate 45% of the time? It was a little dish that Dad called "krautfleckle" To you of non dirt-poor German descent, that's noodles and cabbage. Oh and soy sauce. 35% of the time we had potato pancakes. We'd also have on occasion home-made spaghetti and SOMETIMES a roast. There were no soft-drinks, no TV, no video games, no cell phones, no booze, No Named food, no holidays to Disneyland and. And for the first decade or so, no car, . I biked to school from the 3rd grade onwards and I personally was tormented for being "poor" and ugly (my nose was too big and my bike was stupid looking) by other White kids. There was no new clothing. My mother was a champion at scouring the goodwill stores and to this day if you pay more than a buck fifty for a top for a kid, you've been ripped off. I put myself through university working evenings and weekends. I am still working my ass off to pay off the loans. My second younger sister is currently doing the same. So, my point, OC, and to all you other puffy racist whiners out there, if you really want something you'll go for it and you won't blame the Chinese if you haven't gotten it yet. Hell, do you think that somebody somewhere in those UCLA kids' past didn't sacrifice so that they can be where they are now? Sent at: 2008 10 13