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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 12:23 PM Original message |
The Highly Educated Homeless |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. kick |
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mstinamotorcity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is sad |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. I am one of them |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. +1 |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. So am I, but look at the lack of caring right here on DU. This is nothing new. |
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ishaneferguson (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. So am I |
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ishaneferguson (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. So am I |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 08:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Me too. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #26 |
50. "People have no idea how fast this can happen." |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 08:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Yep. Welcome to my world. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 05:10 AM Response to Reply #27 |
46. Oh, dear, I thought you were doing okay |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #46 |
73. Between us, my mom, my brother and I held four properties. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 11:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
44. !!!!!!! |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 06:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
47. ......... |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. Inb4 "he's the president and not a king" or some such apologia. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. So he is a King? |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. He's a Dem president, with a Dem congress, that's advocating RW policy. |
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de novo (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. He could order jobs, with New Deal like worker programs. |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Obama may end up a single term president while FDR was essentially president for life. |
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de novo (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. It is all about the jobs. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Jobs are very important, yes, but so are social assistance programs. Not everyone can work so |
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de novo (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 07:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Oh, I agree 100%. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. You are right about the politics of re-election, no doubt about it. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 09:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. Thank you for remembering us. I get so tired of being tossed under the bus. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. "Jobs are not enough" is my new mission. *hugs* |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I appreciate that more than you iknow! |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 09:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
53. Yep. No question about it. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Deleted sub-thread |
defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
40. We need some liberal/progressive Dems to begin stepping up for 2012..... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I don't believe an election will fix this. The corruption runs much too deep. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Certainly, I agree -- |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #43 |
55. I think he would sign single payer legislation if congress sent him a bill |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. No way Congress could have done that when Baucus Committee took single-payer off |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. So true... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. FDR: "You have nothing to fear but fear itself!" --- |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. Well, well, well |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. I'm with you .... |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #69 |
78. Oh, |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. and ..... |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #63 |
71. Thank you!!! The Unholy Trinity is right, and it can't be be pointed out too often. |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
58. POTUS |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. K&R :( n/t |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. I realize personal experience is anecdotal .... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 10:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
41. As long as our government supports predatory capitalism, this will be true.... |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. rec |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. This needs to be shoved into the face of any RWer that spews the... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. Recovery my ass. We still don't know what bottom is. |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. Kick |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. a sad and reluctant rec. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
24. recommend. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
25. K & R for visibility. n/m |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. Well, in some ways it is worse, but in the most significant way it isn't - hunger |
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Panaconda (672 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
29. K&R n/t |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. The mummified corpse in LA, that had been in a car for months, |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
31. K&R |
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political_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
32. Heartbreaking. There is so much damage from the Bush years, it is appalling. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. sigh..... assigning this all to * is one of the ways it continues. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
35. Anyone have any update on Elizabeth Warren's work she is doing? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
36. Think they're hoping for a recovery based on telling people there's a recovery ... !!! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
39. Putting emphasis on "finding" a job is a scam..... Obama needs to CREATE jobs .... |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 09:01 AM Response to Reply #39 |
49. And even *if* there were jobs available, the educated face another problem |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. I talked to a couple who had recently been unemployed and |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 04:22 AM Response to Original message |
45. K&R for truth. |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
48. Always money available for war, but never any for the poor. K&R. |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
51. That's our household. |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. kick nt. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. I'm sorry. You don't deserve that. But, then, neither do I, or the thousands like me. |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Thanks bobbolink, no one deserves it. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Yes, it definitely is the minority view. Living in your vehicle is a tough life, but the hardest |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
52. And let's not forget |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
60. Once more for good measure: |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. I'd opt for the 40 acres and a little bit of peace. |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Yes, |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. And the worst part is, we can't even talk about it. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #64 |
72. Sounds great. But peace when you're poor is very hard to come by. |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. I held out hope for years. |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #77 |
82. +1000 |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
74. K&R |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
75. saw the video last week - highly educated, mid career folks. Scary times |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
76. Kicked, but too late to recommend. |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
80. Some homeless have always been intelligent and educated. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
81. Bring back communes. |
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