Democracy Now

From time to time, late at night on PBS, I watch a piece of garbage called Democracy Now, just for the laughs. It is invariably an hour of government bashing and/or a big pity party. Last night it did not disappoint, but this time I was mildly disturbed. During business hours, they interviewed a young mother, a survivor of Katrina, who was residing in a FREE trailer provided by FEMA and living on food stamps. She had the temerity to complain about the FREE services that her government was providing for her: the place smelled, the food sucked, she couldn't afford to move to better digs, etc. Nowhere in this diatribe did I hear one word about job-seeking or employment training. Democracy Now commiserated with her instead of suggesting she "get over it," and go get a job.