Here's A Thousand Words For Ya !!! - Most Of Them Swear...

[WillyT]

This is currently on the front page of Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

It's being used to promote an article on the Housing Crisis by the New York Times. Apparently the pictures did not come from that article.

But man... did they make me ashamed of my country and some of my fellow humans.

FUCK!!!

[tblue]

1. Dammit! That's so wrong in every way!

NO!!!!! We cannot allow this to be that kind of country. There has to be a better way.

:cry: Oh please! What do we do? Tell me and I will do it.

FDR saw the same sights and said, "Enough!"

[Greyhound]

2. Shame is exactly right.. K&R

[avaistheone1]

3. That is freaking sick.

I am ashamed of our country. What have we come to?

And we are told it is more important to be fighting in Iraq and Afganistan! Don't think so! What about the freedom and dignity of people like this, like you and me? These wars are not going to help us. The wars are only going to hurt us.

We need to be investing in our communities and our people so this never happens again in America.

[rockymountaindem]

4. That scene happened in Boulder IIRC

I think I read that he was able to find somewhere to live for the time being.

[WillyT]

5. Thank You For That

If you have a link handy I'd appreciate it.

Peace...

:hi:

[tblue]

6. Is there a moratorium on foreclosures?

I thought I heard there was one, a three month one or something. If there is, it's not good enough. This absolutely has to stop. Can't the president do something about this? Really, if you were president, wouldn't you?! Wouldn't you???! Or would you be lookmg at all the many ways it's out of your hands and beyond your control?

[jillan]

7. OMG - I am sitting here with tears in my eyes.

That poor man. I just want to adopt him.

[WillyT]

8. Me Too...

:grouphug:

[ihavenobias]

9. # 10. n/t

[Fumesucker]

10. Hey, just set us adrift on an ice floe when we get too old to be worth keeping around any more..

I'd be out in the cold with that guy if it weren't for my daughter and son in law helping me out and giving me a place to stay.

The men carrying out the guy's belongings reminded me of the song "Rain on the Scarecrow" by John Mellencamp..

Scarecrow on a wooden cross; blackbird in the barn;
Four-hundred empty acres that used to be my farm.
I grew up like my daddy did, my grandpa cleared this land;
When I was five I walked the fence while grandpa held my hand.

Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow;
This land fed a nation, this land made me proud;
And, son, I'm just sorry there's no legacy for you now . . .
Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow;
Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow.

The crops we grew last summer weren't enough to pay the loans;
Couldn't buy the seed to plant this spring and the Farmers Bank foreclosed.
Called my old friend Schepman up to auction off the land;
He said John it's just my job and I hope you understand.
Hey, calling it your job, ol' hoss, sure don't make it right,
But if you want me to I'll say a prayer for your soul tonight.
And grandma's on the front porch swing with a Bible in her hand;
Sometimes I hear her singing "Take me to the Promised Land."
When you take away a man's dignity, he can't work his fields and cows . . .

There'll be blood on the scarecrow, blood on the plow;
Blood on the scarecrow, blood on the plow.

Well there's ninety-seven crosses planted in the courthouse yard—
Ninety-seven families who lost ninety-seven farms.
I think about my grandpa and my neighbors and my name,
And some nights I feel like dyin', like that scarecrow in the rain.

Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow;
This land fed a nation, this land made me proud;
And, son, I'm just sorry they're just memories for you now . . .
Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow;
Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow.

[WillyT]

11. I'm Pretty Sure That Was The Republican Version Of Health Care Reform

No Death Panels, just Ice Flows.

:evilgrin:

[WillyT]

12. Why Not...

:kick: