Shoe Riots in Mesquite TX

For all of you in the "it can't happen here" crowd, I wanted to post this as a reminder that poor people don't just riot in Atlanta over housing vouchers. And this from Houston.

God Almighty people! What the hell is going through your brains? It's just a pair of shoes.

The real question - how do people have time to stand in line since Wednesday at 7:30 AM to buy sneakers (riot happened this morning, Thursday)? So all of these folks are caught up at work, and at home, and their children are all adequately played-with, etc.? Amazing.

On the other hand, they could have been watching professional sports. What a tremendous sap of productivity THAT is.

The economy must be in pretty bad shape, huh?

In the meantime, these are probably the same folks who won't have time to vote (thankfully, probably) or have time to find out about pending legislation (unless someone starts talking about more handouts, I guess) or the qualifications of their representatives. Too busy in life, so busy that they "have to have" a cellphone, can't live without it.

Priorities seem to be skewed all over the place. This is just another example.