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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:40 PM Original message |
Tent Cities Rise Up Across America |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Is there any way these folks can register to vote? Their voices need to be heard... |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. That's a good question. n/t |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. this thuggish government will find a way to squash their ability |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. They Have Rights? |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. arm the homeless |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. I know they can in CA (unless Ahnuld screwed that up too), I'm guessing they don't |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. What if they vote Republican? |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. McHoovervilles. |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Bushtowns. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. The problem is more than Bush or McCain... or Hoover. |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Agreed. How about |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Yes... Trickledown Tentcities... or maybe Freemarketvilles? |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
38. class warfare refugee camps |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. horrible. |
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DemoRabbit (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Homeless CAN register to vote! |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Thanks For the Information |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. That is excellent news...and activists DO need to be dispatched to these tent cities and other |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. :( |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. KnR |
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orestes (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
14. Bushtowns, with McCainvilles promising to sprout up |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 10:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Didn't see your post when I posted above. |
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curious one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
17. Sign of good economy. What is your opinion/solutions for this Senator McSame? |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. This is heartbreaking |
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Omnibus (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. The obvious result of Publican policy |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. If thinbgs get worse, perhaps we can pitch them to other countries where are jobs are. |
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99th_Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
21. I helped organize this "homeless" Tent City in Portland in 2000. Guess we were ahead of the curve. |
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Dj13Francis (343 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
22. Not Hoovervilles anymore |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
23. Tent City Residents Evicted, Dwellings Bulldozed |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
24. This is the legacy of conservative administrations... |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
26. My grandparents were young newlyweds in 1933 |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
27. all the people displaced by Ike, from Tx. to midwest, to the E. |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
28. Here is a great site for getting more information on tent cities. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Thanks For The Link |
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GreatCaesarsGhost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
31. Bushelters |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
32. Could we call them "McCain McMansions"? |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
33. They need to move in with McCain... |
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4 t 4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. The entire bad mortgage |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I believe it to be another leg of the plan. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
39. AMERICA'S TENT CITY OF FAILURE - FROM FRANCE 24 |
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