We interrupt Oprah’s Lexus from Texas Luxury Car Giveaway show to bring you a special holiday message from Rudy McBride, C.E.O. of the Let Me Hold Five Dollars National Bank.
“Although I’m not Charles Dickens, I see a nation split disproportionately. No, I’m not a referee, but I see a lot of penalties. And guess who pays the price? This Christmas or Holiday season, the affluent remain in denial while the poor fight for survival. The economy is so tight it has working poor folk saying: ‘No blinking lights around the house this year, because utility companies tripled my electricity and gas bill.’
“The L.M.H.F.D. National Bank understands the frustrations and the needs of the financially challenged. We know about individuals who are broke on a fixed income. We realize the plight of the unemployed, all non-void, walking ’round like they’re Pretty-Boy-Floyds who have turned into stick-up kids—look what you’ve done did!
“To help our financially challenged citizens enjoy this holiday season, the L.M.H.F.D. National Bank has established the ‘Let Me Hold Five Dollars for Christmas Holiday Debt and Crime Prevention Program.’ If you are close to the edge, try not to lose your head, owe large sums of money on your Wal-Mart credit card account, or rob helpless senior citizens. Allow us to make your Christmas debt and crime free, because if you don’t owe you won’t steal. For more information call 1-800-L.M.H.F.D.N.B. Happy Kwanzaa!”
Ken Stiggers is a TV producer in Jackson and co-host of The Lyric Lounge Thursday nights at Santiago’s.
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Ken, interesting offer during Xmas time. Your story reminds me of an old case I had in Madison where a customer accidentally left his ATM card at a store. The cashier, instead of calling the customer to retrieve it, took his ATM card and went to Northpark Mall. She purchased several hundred dollars worth of clothes and toys. Once arrested, she wrote a statement saying, “Christmas was near and I didn’t know how I would purchase Christmas presents for my children. Then a customer forgot and left his ATM card. With that I said the Lord will provide.” This story annoyed me for days because I couldn’t see then, and can’t see now, how anyone would figure God was providing that. I can fathom stealing to eat or survive, but I couldn’t buy the context of her story although I consider toys for children at Xmas a wonderful thing eventhough I rarely got any. In my family there were too many children and too little money.
#71088 | Author: Ray Carter | Date: Dec 8 2005
Ken, I was sent a copy of your interview on Ebony Gee’s show Southern Spirit. Very enjoyable.
#71089 | Author: c a webb | Date: Dec 10 2005
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