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Goverment Shutdown/ Avonte Oquendo

The government is shut down. While the bar on the corner of K street is still open for business. Yet, the man who makes his living off of this bar has little to no business because most of his clientele consist of government employees. The government workers will still be paid. The FDA has to cease most of their food safety operations. So I ask, how healthy and organic is the food we buy at Whole Foods in actuality? During the shutdown, the Department of Agriculture will stop supporting the Women, Infants and Children  (WIC) program, which helps pregnant women and new moms buy healthy food and provides nutritional information and health care referrals to those who need it. The program aids some 9 million Americans. As long as the government is shut down, the National Institutes of Health says it will turn away roughly 200 patients each week from its clinical research center, including children with cancer. Kids with Cancer will be turned away from treatment. There are some 1,600 Head Start programs around the country providing education, health, nutrition and other services to roughly 1 million low-income children and their families. Those will slowly begin closing during this shutdown. Avonte Oquendo an autistic 14year old boy is missing from Queens, New York. The government is shut down so an Amber Alert wont be issued for him.

This is the type of country we live in. The people in "power" are responsible for this disturbance all over the country. Yet we sit back and wait for something to happen. It disgust me that this type of shit can happen because some political bastards can't come to an agreement. Barack Obama is aware of everything I mentioned above, yet he's "sticking to his guns". The people in "power" are willing to sacrifice the health and well-being of Americans because they are so greedy, malicious and money hungry. Meanwhile the richer gets richer and the poorer gets poorer. I think it's more to it. This is bigger than "Obamacare".

Any and all economically disadvantaged people need to look to form an alliance against these corrupt malicious people in power. Until we stop tolerating this type of bullshit it will continue. The vision of life consist of Love, Happiness and Equality. This has never had any type of significance to any politician.  So I ask how much more will we have to put up with before it's our own son missing, Our own daughter being neglected for cancer treatment, or our own father suffering financially because his business is dying... People we are ONE. It's about time we start acting like we are before the assholes in power strip us of all things humane forever. 

 

MISSING CHILD

Avonte Oquendo. 

He is 14 years old, about 5'3, 125 pounds, and is Autistic. Avonte does not have the ability to verbally communicate. He was last seen running away from school around 12pm on Friday, October 4th, 2013. He attended The Riverview School of Long Island City/Queens, NY. Legally, Avonte is supposed to be supervised 24/7 while at school but he somehow managed to leave without being noticed.

Call the NYPD with any possible information on Avonte's whereabouts at 800-577-TIPS 

 Donate to the cause to find this handsome young boy:

http://www.gofundme.com/FindAvonte

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