Orlando Jones Quotes
There was a guy that was friends with my father, a very well-known and powerful hustler on the Eastern seaboard. He was a very interesting guy who would literally rent a passenger van and would take the poor kids from the ghettos and black neighborhoods down to the sporting goods store and just spend money. Buy them whatever they want.
Radish, Christina. "Orlando Jones on 'American Gods' and Mr. Nancy's Spectacular Introduction." Collider, Valnet Inc., 7 May 2017.
This statement was the first declaration of a "war on poverty". He never did eliminate poverty, but he did significantly improve conditions in Russia. Wikipedia: "During the first years of his reign, he was both popular and prosperous, and ruled well. He recognized the need for Russia to catch up with the intellectual progress of the West and did his best to bring about educational and social reforms. He was the first tsar to import foreign teachers on a large scale, the first to send young Russians abroad to be educated, and the first to allow Lutheran churches to be built in Russia."
Just before Christmas, 1991, the Salt Lake City Council overrode the mayor's veto of a bill that could send tenants to jail for not paying their rent.
This was a swipe at the Conservatives at the time who were opposed to a Federal Government that would actively provide assistance directly to individuals. There was a belief amongst some politicians that by assisting people in need, their character would be weakened and the people and the society would be hurt in the long run.
This quotation is one of the earliest social safety nets. It is also one of the strictures of Jesus, to which most Christian communities have not strongly adhered. It is the religious foundation for welfare.
This kind of ethical and moral commitment to others who are need distinguished Kasich from most Republicans of his time.
Orlando Jones is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He is known for being one of the original cast members of the sketch comedy series MADtv, for his role as the 7 Up spokesman from 1999 to 2002, and for his role as the African god Anansi on Starz's American Gods.
