This is funny. This too is just not true. You cannot live on and ever expect to get ahead on near subsistence income. Many homeless are sick, neurotic. I know, the Right does not want to here that, they are just lazy people sucking on the teat. Whatever. There are some of those, I agree. The run Enron and Exxon and Boeing. They suck the teat raw.
-Gary > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 2:37 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Ouch > > > There's already plenty of money for that. Most of the assistance programs > in many urban centers go begging for homeless to participate. I > did a story > about a homeless shelter in San Diego that always had beds open > while there > were hundreds of homeless people in the area. The homeless people were > quite up front about why they didn't go to that or any other > shelter -- all > of the shelters expected them to get their lives together -- get off > drugs/drink, wake up at a prescribed time in the morning, do > chores, do job > training. They didn't want any of that. > > Temporary unemployment aside -- in this country, the people who > want to work > and have shelter, do have work and have shelter. There are endless > opportunities for people of drive and discipline. > > Throwing more money at the homeless isn't going to do one whit of good. > > H. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Benjamin Falloon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 12:19 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Ouch > > > > Again -- I say -- since there is no logical reason not to build it, and > > since it will have so many practical benefits beyond just providing > > defense -- I say why not build it. > > How about spending the money helping homeless people find a living? > > Benjamin > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 6:38 PM > Subject: RE: Ouch > > > > Actually, the Lone Gunman had them flying into the WTC. But the > terrorists > > were directing the plane through computer hacking, not through physical > > presence. It was the premier episode of the series. I bet it's never > shown > > on TV again. > > > > But just because people have thought of it, doesn't have anything to do > with > > judging how remote a possibility it is. Obviously, people have > thought of > > some rich guy buying an ICBM and launching at the U.S. The TV show the > > Agency had an episode where a terrorist bought an entire Soviet sub, > > including crew and weapons (the CIA stopped delivery, of course). > > > > Again -- I say -- since there is no logical reason not to build it, and > > since it will have so many practical benefits beyond just providing > > defense -- I say why not build it. > > > > H. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Maureen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 9:15 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Ouch > > > > > > At 12:07 AM 12/15/01, Howard wrote: > > >Before Sept. 11, the thought of two planes flying into the WTC was > "remote > > >at best." > > > > Just a few weeks before the September 11 incident, the television Lone > > Gunman had an episode about a plane flying into a skyscraper. > > > > Tom Clancy's book Sum of all Fears ends with a plane being flown by a > > terrorist into the White House. > > > > So obviously some people had thought of it. The military > supposedly even > > had a scenario for it. > > > > My problem with all of this is the government's lack of action > to prevent > > known threats while spinning about how we need to protect > against threats > > that are improbable. > > > > It's about priorities, and the government's priorities have been screwed > > for years. > > > > I could give you a list of 50+ scenarios where kamikaze terrorists could > > bring this country to its knees and the government has no protection > > against any of them. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
