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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:19 AM Original message |
Did you know there is a community called Tent City, 40 miles east of Los Angeles? |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. There's an Ontario California? |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yes, as it says ... |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
69. 909, woot-woot! |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. That is where the John Wayne airport is, in Orange County. Very popular with those going |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. John Wayne's down in Irvine or Santa Ana. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Yup. John Wayne is right on the 405, south of downtown LA. Ontario is bisected by I-10 |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. I always fly into Ontario when I am heading to LA |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
67. Yes, there's an Ontario, California. |
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musiclawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
79. The Ontario Airport |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. I applaud the locals, but isn't this sad? In the United States of America |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. About 400 people at this one Tent City and I bet there are more of them |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. There's a crazy black pastor in Chicago . . . didn't you hear? nt |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Ontario Tent City Residents To Be Kicked Out Monday |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 08:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. This is sickening. But you know what? If another Republican |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 08:06 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. And McCain is all for continuing to spend $Trillions that we don't have in Iraq |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
68. WALKED to Ontario from Fontana??? |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 08:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. It just too damn bad some of you people just can't FOCUS on what is |
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Champion Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. same reason they kept telling us |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
52. Because its like... |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
82. If you've been to Santa Monica or downtown LA |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
46. Yes it is sad... |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
5. Shades of the early 1930's. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
7. George Bush's economy has brought back the Hoovervilles. Thanks President Hoover the 2nd. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. God, They Look So *Young* |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 08:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. They do look like babies. |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
55. Hoover was a better president |
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robertpaulsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
84. In honor of Dubya, Hoovervilles should be renamed Duburbs. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
10. Tent City is another symptom of compassionate conservatism. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
11. This is happening all over and we get daily Brittany updates on CNN |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
16. "when it first directed a handful of homeless ... to the city owned property" |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 08:17 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Hate to say it but Bush has turned it into every man for himself these days |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 08:25 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. That's not how we survive as a species though. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. It's handy to blame it on *, but that isn't the whole story. DEMS have been complicit. |
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TomBall Democrat (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #36 |
54. You're right - what did Henry Cisneros do for HUD? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. "Any ideas on how to get their attention?" It will take NUMBERS and |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Take a look at this, TomBall Democrat..... I think there's a clue in these lyrics: |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 08:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Shelters Have Rules, Too |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. ABsolutely! You NAILED it!! |
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il_lilac (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. most homeless prefer this option |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. There are churches that help. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Charity is NEVER enough. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. Shelters would be WORSE! |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
70. There are lots of shelters and food banks in this part of the world. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. MORE shelters are NOT needed! Really, shelters are NOT meant for permanent housing! |
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maseman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
20. Not to Exploit |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
39. YES, that would be exploitation. NEITHER dem has made homelessness a big issue. |
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maseman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. It's not using homeless people |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. You can show the world what's going on just fine without EXPLOITING it for politics! |
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maseman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Yeah we need to action |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. You don't seem to want to hear what I'm saying, and I resent being told to post somewhere else. |
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maseman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Good |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. that is exploitation |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Thank you, Two Americas! I'm so sick of being used in this way, |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
50. Some things are or should be above politics... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. Such a simple concept -- you are SOOOO on target! |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
22. bu$h gets his Grapes of Wrath |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
23. There was one in Portland at the time I left in 2003 |
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il_lilac (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
25. giving a k&r nt |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
29. Yes! I posted a video of that one night and someone said it was fake. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
32. What's needed is for NON-HOMELESS people to get out there, participate, and support it! |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Sicko |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. K and R |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
40. Yeah, it's been in the news lately. The city grew faster than the town intended. |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
45. Sounds like the "Sancturay Districts" in Star Trek DS9 |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
47. It's possible there because of a milder climate. |
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TomBall Democrat (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
53. Housing As a Human Right - forum in Houston next week |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. "How do we do better than this?" As a homeless person, this gives me REAL hope! |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Welcome to DU, TomBall Democrat! |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
56. The invisible made visible. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
62. Ripstop shanty towns. |
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Geek_Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
63. Yep I saw it reported on BBC |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
64. yes, we have a tent city in LA-probably more to come |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
65. Hooverville again.... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. Yes, the Bonus Army started the first Hooverville, as I was informed. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 06:46 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Not trampled, Bobbie, |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. "Will you join in our crusade?" |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
66. It was done 70 years ago south of Bakersfield, CA. Weedpatch camp |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
73. "Sounds like one-a-them wacko whining liberal conspeerisy theerees" |
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annonymous (850 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
74. There's a homeless camp in Baltimore near the JFX. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
77. So where are the families with kids and pets supposed to go?? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Off a cliff, unless "progressives" start getting active and outspoken about this horrendous issue! |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. It's way past time |
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sweetpotato (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. I suppose the *great idea* is that the pets could go to the pound |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. And the parents can kill themselves. |
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sweetpotato (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. It is truly disgusting |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. thanks |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
87. Kick since it is to late for me to rec. |
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