This is a followup to jpzenger's Weekend Diary: "Today Obama Quietly Bought Food for a Widow and a Disabled Roofer in Need" , at:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
As a local (Colorado Springs) Kossack, I committed to see if we could provide some additional assistance to Miss Johnnie and Brother Jonah after Miss Johnnie spoke with Barack Obama Saturday regarding some Agent Orange VA claims associated with her deceased veteran husband, while BrotherJonah is dealing with an injured foot . Barack and/or the campaign provided a meal of Chinese Food (Socialist!) for her and Brother Jonah, who were low on cash.
I went over to the Restaurant (Coal Mine Dragon) that provided the food today. More after the flip.
JPZenger provided a great, informative and touching set of diaries/followups, supplemented by words from BrotherJonah, himself. BJ is a blogger at http://notmytribe.com As an engaged Kossack in Very Red Colorado Springs, I committed to see what if anything we could do to followup and assist Miss Johnnie and BJ during this tough time, in which, per the post, Barack Obama directly touched their lives.
The only contact I had was via the name and address of the Restaurant which was provided in Brother Jonah's comments. The Coal Mine Dragon Restaurant sits on the first of the foothills of the Front Range that arises from the Monument Creek valley, just to the West of downtown Colorado Springs. The restaurant presumably got its name from the multitude of small coal mines that operated in the area 100+ years ago. The area is an older section of Colorado Springs and certainly much less affluent than the newer areas of town to the North in Dobson/New Life territory.
I talked with the gentleman in the restaurant who advised me that he did have the address of Saturday's delivery and would certainly accommodate an arrangement for delivered food over the next couple of weeks. (He was not the individual (it was a female) who worked the order on Saturday. I do not know if Barack placed or paid for the order, or if the Obama Campaign canvassers did, or if they did so at Barack,s behest, nor do I think this is especially important. What's important, I believe, is that good people need a little help, and Obama (and DKos) has been able to touch their lives in a positive way, a harbinger of things to come for us all after January.
I made arrangements for Coal Mine Dragon to deliver food on consecutive Tuesdays and Thursdays through and including Election Day, to assist in getting over this rough spot. (As a good "Socialist," I helped redistribute the wealth by ensuring the drivers would be tipped...half-snark) I realize Chinese Food might get a little old, but I wanted to ensure Miss Johnnie and Brother Jonah's privacy and not push for a phone number or address to vary the menu. The food will be provided in the name of Daily Kos. The site gives me daily enthusiasm, hope and sometimes tears, so this is positive payback.
Finally, I'm including an e-mailing I received (only read today) from one of BrotherJonah's co-bloggers:
Hi there,
I'm Marie, one of Jonah's co-bloggers at Not My Tribe. Amazingly, I found out about Jonah's troubles when the DK thread was linked to on our blog. Normally he and Miss Johnnie are able to make ends meet and he's never told any of us that he needed help. I'm glad Miss Johnnie let the cat out of the bag. Until he gets his mobility back, my fellow bloggers and I will make sure Jonah and Miss Johnnie have what they need. If you and the DK readers want to send meals to him, that'd be fantastic. But, just so you know, we'll be watching out for him from now on.
Thank you so much for taking up his cause. My faith in humanity lives to see another day!
Marie W.