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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 05:53 AM Original message |
Yesterday a homeless veteran said: |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 05:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. And no longer an individual |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 06:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. that's a good point |
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ChoppinBroccoli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 09:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. No Longer An INDIVIDUAL??? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Yes, no longer human. Thanks for pointing out the duplicity of self-serving people! |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Outcasts, the new lepers, etc. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 12:52 AM Response to Reply #19 |
36. I'm surprised most of them bother with that much |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. I thought that Reagan said it was a choice ... |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 06:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. it's unreal that he could be so naive... this OP needs one more recommendation... |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. ... |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 03:33 AM Original message |
Not naive. Malicious. |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 03:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
46. Self Delete |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 06:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. ...like Just Say No? (rec) ....nt |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 08:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. that's a good example |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 06:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I say dig up his rotting corpse and drive a stake through it's black heart. |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 08:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. he also created news media, as we know it today.. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. That was over 30 years ago. What have the Dems done since to rectify it? |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 04:25 AM Response to Reply #22 |
37. with all the other issues congress never works its way down to this one |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Exactly! Everuything else is always more important. But, we homeless people |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. In this country you must have a physical address to really be a person. |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. it's true and you need actual income vs. housing expenses to get food stamps |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. The biggest problem... |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. I am ambivalent about some homeless |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. The point is that neither you nor they should be in that position! |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 02:30 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I understand that and I agree. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
8. Freeze the assets from those who have profited from this war, and house, and |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 09:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. first let's make sure we have no homeless vets. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Only vets? |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
14. He went on to say, "We're just an obstacle in the ally-way to step around." |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. one last kick for homeless vets. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. You can see how important it is to "progressives". |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. it seems to be doing pretty well, actually. |
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Dystopian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
16. KandR. |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 04:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. thanks for the K&R. this OP is important to me, personally |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. K&R.. |
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raouldukelives (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. k&r |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
25. You become invisible... |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
27. No doubt about it. I'd argue, all that applies once you are poor and gets worse with homelessness. |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
29. And Orrin Hatch wants you to pee in a cup |
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Shireling (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
31. Why are people so ignorant.? |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
32. That is SO fucking sad...No veteran should be homeless |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 09:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. No Human being should be homeless... |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 10:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I get your drift.....It just seems PARTICULARLY horrible that |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Dividing homeless people into groups and deciding who is more "worthy" is exactly the game |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
38. He's right, an address implies respectability, even if it is a crack house! |
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Spirochete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
40. If ever a term deserved to be an oxymoron |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
42. I was a homeless Vietnam vet for a while. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 05:42 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. some people, being homeless is their greatest fear |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 03:06 AM Response to Original message |
45. when I was TDY to Philadelphia |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. "you SAW me....I wasn't.....invisible " Exactly! Thank you for such a beautiful reminder! |
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