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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 09:29 AM Original message |
L.A. seeing more people living out of their cars. So WTF do you want these people to do? |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. "They can just pull themselves up by their own bald tires. Smirk." - Republicon Cronies |
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Two Truck (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. Truthfully? |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. uh, well, move, good for you. However, not everybody is in the exact same situation. |
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Two Truck (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. granted, |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Nobody here is talking about anything being easy. You say you didn't say kick them out. What was |
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Two Truck (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. I can't afford to live in Chicago |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. You say the following in your post: |
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Two Truck (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I mention Chicago since it's closest to me but |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
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Two Truck (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #76 |
89. Wow |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #89 |
94. well, maybe you can spread yourself around so we all know which hands are helpful and which are |
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Two Truck (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. It's easy, when I was little, I learned. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. uh, no. I'm just a liberal heathen |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #97 |
100. Oh Iris, Iris, Iris. Didn't you know that people are poor because they're lazy? |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. oh,right. I've been down-thread bitching about those ingrates who think they DESERVE a place to live |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #102 |
105. Absolutely. Freedom isn't free! When are people going to learn? |
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Two Truck (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #102 |
107. common ground? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #102 |
209. Oops . . . United Nations . . . . food, clothing, shelter, medical care . . . |
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Two Truck (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #100 |
103. not lazy. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. No, I don't know the source of that, what is it? |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #96 |
181. No, what is the source? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #96 |
200. ...and therefore the homeless just don't want to "help themselves" . . .?? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #96 |
203. CLUE -- it AIN'T the Bible. |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #89 |
99. Yeah, will it really isn't hard to feel sorry for someone such as yourself, you must be a really |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #99 |
121. you sound like a VERY MUCH more miserable person than TwoTruck- by a LONG shot. |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #121 |
122. I can imagine that would be all someone as yourself would see. eom |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #89 |
236. A pitiful handout? Wow, you must hate poor people. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #76 |
120. double-wow. |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #120 |
123. Is that the best you can do copy something from someone else's post? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #123 |
134. still not making any positive suggestions, i see... |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #134 |
140. Talking to Yourself - ? Evidently you have trouble with reading comprehension |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #140 |
161. i see plenty of posts of you shitting on someone elses' ideas... |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #161 |
163. You just proved you do have a reading comprehension problem. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #163 |
167. hahahahahahaha.....thanks for that...i needed a good laugh to start the day... |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 08:51 AM Response to Reply #167 |
169. I can tell it doesn't take much to do that for you as long as you can keep it |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 10:02 AM Response to Reply #169 |
187. hahahahahahahaha....you just don't stop do you...? |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #187 |
196. First of all it is hard to explain it to a child or someone of your intelligence which is |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #196 |
198. instead of constant shit-throwing, why don't you make even ONE positive suggestion...? |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #198 |
202. The truth hurts doesn't it. I along with others have had the discussions, |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #202 |
210. you really ought to look up the meaning of the word "discussions"... |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #210 |
211. And you are showing yourself with your 10 or 12 posts that have only |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #211 |
212. i've given you every opportunity to offer up even one positive suggestion... |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #212 |
214. Your post is so funny and ridiculous I would think most would be embarrassed. You say the following |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #212 |
275. this is dishonest |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:47 AM Response to Reply #198 |
242. subsidized housing. higher minimum wage. universal health care. |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
233. Uh, many progeressives believe that it is the repsonibility of the |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. good for you |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Oh, yes, we ALL *WANT* to live in our cars!!! |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
110. you should have replied you want to live IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER! |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
111. And what about people who have jobs? Where should they go? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
104. what do YOU suggest...? |
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Two Truck (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #104 |
109. Well, first |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #109 |
115. Would it make you feel better if she had 5 children as opposed to 5 dogs? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #115 |
119. i have more sympathy for the dogs in that situation, than the woman who chooses to keep them... |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #119 |
124. Oh, I'm sorry. Who's talking to you? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #124 |
131. you didn't see any problem with jumping in...why should i? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #131 |
135. I addressed him directly earlier. Go be the third-man-in somewhere else. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #135 |
160. maybe you need to start your own message board... |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #135 |
197. Devilgrrl- Wanna meet up at the Bugliosi talk tonight? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #197 |
213. I'm afraid I can't make it this evening. Let me know how it goes. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #197 |
278. Rats! |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #119 |
225. Of course the solution is obvious |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #109 |
118. that struck me as well... |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #118 |
125. Yes QuestionAll, your penchant for kicking people when they're down is well noted. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #125 |
162. when have i defended warrantless wiretapping...? |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #109 |
158. You certainly don't lack bravery |
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Snarkturian Clone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #158 |
286. you learn quickly. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I'll bet you've probably never been called a bleeding heart liberal |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
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Two Truck (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. very |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. "I really didn't expect it to go over well. Never does." MAYBE there's something to learn in that? |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
35. You Didn't Expect It To Go Over Well? |
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Two Truck (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. It's not about me |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. And, This Topic Didn't Warrant. . . |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
73. 3 months is not "a while" on DU nt |
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Two Truck (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #73 |
91. Ya know, you're right |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. There are rules here. If I could make one it would be that members not continue the war on the poor. |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Wow, you solved that problem FAST! |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
75. perhaps a potential running mate? Excellent VP material. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Whatever, dude. Just don't claim "compassion" is one of the things you're |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
30. . |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Why do people neglect to mention Security Deposits when bringing up the topic of moving? |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. THANK YOU. Yes, security deposits for the rent, also for electricity, |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. You're choosing to live |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #37 |
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Two Truck (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Exactly my point. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. So cops, teachers, etc. should have to move because they can no longer afford to live in big cities? |
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Two Truck (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. ugh. They can live anywhere they want, |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. "I'm not gonna be a teacher or a cop for long if I ain't making enough to support my family." |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Is there anywhere the working poor can live in the USA? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Oh, quit acting as if you're entitled or something. Get off your ass and get a second job you loser. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #53 |
69. I do have two jobs my friend |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #53 |
186. In his book, "All Together Now" Jared Bernstein calls them the YOYOs vs. the WITTs. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #186 |
243. except most yoyo's are the first to scream for gov't help when |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #52 |
77. No. A few years back Harpers included the number of counties where someone making minimum wage could |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. Oh, come now. They can always get roommates, now can't they? |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. yes, overcrowded tenemants are really underrated! |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Aren't they? |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #87 |
90. I don't know. Do you think those folks are really entitled to that kind of luxury? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. Not a chance. You give someone that kind of leeway, they'll just continue to exploit the situation. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. you are the devil, girl! |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #86 |
152. I slept on a sleepaway couch for 6 months when I moved to DC |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #45 |
80. Good point and you just brought up a pont either the head of the police dept |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Why, I guess those firemen will just have to find jobs that enable them to support their families. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. The article wasn't about me and where in Los Angeles is it affordable to live? |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. I think the whole point was NOT IN LOS ANGELES. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Please name some of these places and don't forget to mention the fabulous economic opportunities... |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. East of the Rockies south of Chicago and south of Northern Virginia |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. You can get $20 an hour in these places? Gee, then what's there to worry about? |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. Well not all those places (And some skills might help) |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #72 |
245. cheaper rents here: but $12/hr is considered "good pay" here |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #66 |
188. Not likely *south of Northern VA* |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #54 |
148. So- LA can exist without Teachers, or Firefighters? How about a living wage? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #37 |
226. The places with cheaper rent are the places no one wants to live in because |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
60. Why would you live somewere when rent is that much>????? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. I live here because I can afford to, I was simply illustrating what others may have to contend with. |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #63 |
83. Hang in there. Some of these other people may have been able |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. Where are these communities and what wonderful economic opportunities do they have to offer? |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. A lot less than LA I had a 15 minute commute before I started Telecommuting. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Where do you live? Is everyone in your community lucky enough to be able to telecommute? |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Many do. I live in the Tampa St Pete area (I know Florida) |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Awesome. You should contact with the subject of the article, tell them FL is the place to be. |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #78 |
84. Well considering she isn't paying rent she should have a tidy sum saved.... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #84 |
170. "What should the city of LA do?" PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:08 AM Response to Reply #74 |
247. if you "telecommute," i seriously doubt you know much about |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #68 |
227. An obvious solution |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. *shrug* |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #70 |
117. *shrug* I guess the disabled and jobless should move where you are then. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 08:06 PM Response to Reply #117 |
159. You're the one who asked where cheaper rent with jobs are at |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:21 AM Response to Reply #70 |
250. how nice for you. i can guess at your clientele. everyone's down but BMW. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #60 |
137. That's if you can go up stairs, don't have a pet, and have money. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #60 |
168. Like where? I doubt you could get all that in upstate SC, and this is a |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #168 |
207. Just speaking of my own experiance in Pinellas County, Florida. nt |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #60 |
189. What cities? LOL |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #189 |
205. Well plenty in Florida just gotta look. nt |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #205 |
215. So all these *losers* should just move to Florida |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
133. I was just thinking that. |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
32. I agree with this |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
57. Shh they're homeless in San Fransico because of the man... |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
128. Moving's expensive. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
199. You're comparing 1988 with 2008 . . . ? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
240. That's what they tell poor people in Mexico, too, but something |
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crickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
259. How do you move |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
279. Welcome to DU, Animated Corpse of Ronald Reagan! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
282. Family values; families have to uproot their lives elsewhere: |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. four wheels away from homelessness |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. it is like soylent green coming true |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Check out the movie "blood diamond". There are whole societies |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
58. Yeah but that sentence is a lie |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #58 |
106. well-said. n/t |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. "We've heard about drug dealing and prostitution in them." |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
9. I work 60 hours per week and can't afford an apartment by myself |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I so feel for you. I've heard these same stories from my two 'kids' |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Thank you for your reply |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. You almost have me in tears! I find myself apologizing to my kids |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. I wasn't bitter until you mentioned the dentist. |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. Sorry---didn't want you to become bitter only to understand, in my |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #61 |
79. thanks! |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #79 |
223. Just check your profile. |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #51 |
190. Junior Colleges with dental programs are always looking for volunteers |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #34 |
185. Snappyturtle - we forgot that we had the option to say "no" |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #185 |
265. No, you needn't add the 'sarcasm' smilie! All I can say in the end |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #18 |
178. "If only wages had stayed up with those at the top...." |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
13. Good time to have a van. Sleeping at the 57 Chevy Hotel or the Camaro Inn is a little cramped. |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
23. I was homeless living in my car in San Diego. After a time some friends let me sleep on their |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Thanks for taking the time to post your thoughts and about what you personally have gone through |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. You're absolutely right. |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
85. If you are being sarcastic I don't appreciate it. I am saying that you got to try things |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
208. I'm sorry some of us aren't homeless anymore.... Hope that doesn't |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
43. Great story |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
33. People better get used to the idea rather than making people criminals |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. "This country" is US. We are allowing homelessness. |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
59. yes we do . |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #59 |
153. Thank you for understanding, and more, for caring. |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #153 |
193. No, they are not homeless because of mental illness |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #193 |
230. self delete |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
38. Simple and to the point: "They" (we 'Murkins) want us to DIE. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
46. Don't count on getting a honless non-owner's relief bill passed |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:12 AM Response to Reply #46 |
175. Exactly. |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
50. Has minimum wage made it up to $9.00 an hour yet? |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
55. Well having done both there is a worlds diffeence between living in an RV and |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
62. Some of the homeless in that area (used to live there) are on bikes |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. A sickening attitude all around. |
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balantz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
88. Don't worry, the government will take care of them. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #88 |
101. What's wrong with Halliburton getting tax money? Who's going to built the debtors prisons? |
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balantz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #101 |
108. Hey, thanks, I wondered who the artist was. I just googled his art...good stuff! |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #108 |
113. I see that you were able to pull yourself up and MOVE to a more affordable location! |
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balantz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #113 |
114. No, I floated here to the desert on the dusty gust of a drug addiction. |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
112. For those on the thread who want people to move, here's a POV from someone who's done it |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #112 |
116. Thank you for sharing your experience... |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #112 |
138. bingo! |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #112 |
166. If I could recommend a reply |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
126. Undergroundpanther always has wonderful links |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #126 |
129. Thanks for those links, eom. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #126 |
132. Great post and expect the sound of crickets from those of whom you are addressing |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
127. There's been talk of this in Michigan, too. |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #127 |
130. The difference there: in the winter, the homeless in LA won't freeze to death. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #130 |
142. I know. We lost many last winter. Welcome to America. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:27 AM Response to Reply #127 |
251. yep. walking the alleys here, i see plenty of campers in backyards. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #251 |
269. Saw a few today in downtown Kalamazoo. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
136. What I've never really understood about these situation is don't these folks have friends? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #136 |
139. Golly, I guess she just isn't you, is she? |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #139 |
147. No, I'm just confused |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #147 |
191. some people don't have a lot of relatives, or maybe they are not close... |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #191 |
217. YEP! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:33 AM Response to Reply #147 |
253. lots of people have no one. particularly as they age. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #147 |
270. You'd be surprised how many have no one. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #136 |
173. Some family members/friends won't let you live with them. |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #136 |
180. Many DON'T have these aquaintances you say you have... |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #180 |
201. Darlene Knoll (the chick in the article) was not living on Skid Row |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #136 |
216. You find out you don't have as many friends as you thought |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #216 |
218. The poor are often more generous than the rich |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #218 |
220. Yes, it certainly appears that way! eom |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #136 |
228. The sociopathic shitstain element here wants them to move somewhere alone |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 10:13 PM Response to Reply #228 |
232. If she doesn't have friends, moving somewhere else might make sens |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #232 |
235. Make up your mind. Which is it? |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 11:53 PM Response to Reply #235 |
237. Does she even need a job? |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:39 AM Response to Reply #237 |
255. People on disability need to be under their doctor's care |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #255 |
277. Well, clearly you are up to speed on this person you never met before |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #237 |
276. Disability won't pay for the gas to Needles, assuming a 1978 trailer is even capable of trip n/t |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 08:32 AM Response to Reply #232 |
260. Who can afford to drive a 1978 RV any significant distance these days? n/t |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:25 AM Response to Reply #228 |
239. Well she clearly doesn't have any real friends she is living her her RV.... |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:43 AM Response to Reply #136 |
256. Perhaps you'll have the opportunity to find out for yourself |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
141. These threads always warm my heart. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #141 |
143. Don't they just make you feel warm & fuzzy? |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #143 |
149. I'm not blaming her |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #149 |
222. For example: |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:20 AM Response to Reply #222 |
258. I used to get sick a lot with sinus infections and bronchitis. |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #141 |
144. Can you believe... |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #144 |
145. You caught that too, there are a couple here that seem to be really upset |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:46 AM Response to Reply #145 |
164. Yeah cause compassion is so much more helpful than actual practical solutions... |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:04 AM Response to Reply #164 |
172. Yeah, will we have seen your solution and understanding. Compassion is |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:09 AM Response to Reply #172 |
174. There are worse fates than "Not living in LA" |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:16 AM Response to Reply #174 |
176. Well it appears what is disgusting are the attitudes of those such as |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #176 |
177. But we are not blaming the victim we are pointing out the obvious. |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #177 |
179. Again, you don't get it or you don't want to get it. I realize you don't like our |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #179 |
183. Nobody said throw any bums out... she has an RV and an Income. |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #183 |
184. Thats exactly what you said. "Move" without your even knowing anything |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #144 |
151. I can believe it. There's always at least one troll in these threads who can't hide their suckitude. |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #151 |
154. A week or so ago, I finally started using ignore in a way that works. |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #141 |
267. Don't they, though? |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
146. Jesus Christ on rollerblades. WTF has |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #146 |
150. what scares me, is wtf has happened |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #150 |
156. I still want to believe in the overall good of people. The right-wingers have always had it in |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:51 AM Response to Reply #156 |
165. But she is already on benefits (Disability) is it enough hell no. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #165 |
192. perhaps you've never really been there- or been 'near' there- |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #192 |
194. No I've been there. |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #165 |
219. How do you know the damned RV can travel any distance? |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #219 |
224. Which is not stopping everyone on both sides of this discussion from speculating wildly |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #146 |
155. I have been wondering now for a while as well. It looks like some of them |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #146 |
157. Threads like this bring them out. |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
171. Barbara Ehrenreich's 'Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting By in America' |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #171 |
182. That should be required reading for EVERYBODY. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #182 |
206. And that was written quite some while ago --- things even worse now . . . |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #182 |
271. I totally agree. |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
195. We need to refund Section 8 programs |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #195 |
221. The Section 8 situation is fucked |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:02 AM Response to Reply #221 |
238. That's what happens when greedy politicians get ahold of a program they don't like and fuck it up. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #221 |
272. And then there are the Section 8 landlords. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
204. Homelessness came in with Reagan and an undercutting of the safety nets --- |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
229. It reminds me of the last time a Bush was in the WH |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
231. "We've heard about drug dealing and prostitution in them." |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
234. this is an utter mystery to me |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:47 AM Response to Reply #234 |
241. Because people keep trying to give those in poverty some strange sainthood that |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #241 |
246. smash the crap out of them then |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:14 AM Response to Reply #246 |
249. It's not that, some people really hate the poor and the down trodden. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:31 AM Response to Reply #249 |
252. I think so |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 08:40 AM Response to Reply #246 |
262. Thanks Two Americas for your posts. This post and thread was going ok |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:12 AM Response to Reply #241 |
248. So if you are homeless, you have failed at some level. Riigggghtt. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:59 AM Response to Reply #241 |
254. nope, you're an asshole. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:49 AM Response to Reply #241 |
257. No, I'm afraid you are WRONG, some people cannot get themselves out |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 08:37 AM Response to Reply #241 |
261. And all you have done is trash and kick them down. Nobody on here has |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #241 |
264. If there is anyone who is on the right-wing republican side, it appears to |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #241 |
273. Excuse me?! What practical advice have you given? |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #241 |
280. You are absolutely positively a disgusting human being. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #241 |
281. Haha, you got TS'ed, looks like you're not a 'liberal' at all!!! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #234 |
244. that's why those people keep coming round. |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 08:42 AM Response to Reply #244 |
263. Hannah, you might have a point because I wasted a lot of time with |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #263 |
266. Oh, you mean this one? |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #266 |
268. Wow, hey thanks, now that makes my day even with the market hitting the |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #266 |
285. i'm gonna miss his Wonder Woman sig... |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #234 |
274. I'm with you, Two Americas. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #234 |
284. Libertarians are like parrots, only stupid. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
283. That rat-bastard Reagan is where this all started. |
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