And this guy calls himself a Democrat??

[Lady Freedom Returns]

Hawaii lawmaker pounded for taking sledgehammer to homelessness
By Joshua Rhett Miller/
Published November 20, 2013/
FoxNews.com

A Hawaii lawmaker whose solution to dealing with the state's homeless problem was to take a sledgehammer to shopping carts says he's putting aside the hammer -- for now.

State Rep. Tom Brower, a five-term Democrat who represents Waikiki and Ala Moana, had been going block by block during his spare time in search of stray shopping carts used by the state’s estimated 17,000 homeless people, smashing them to pieces. The tool-toting legislator, who says he's "disgusted" with people who live on the street, reportedly smashed 30 carts in the past two weeks.


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Incredulous advocates of the homeless say simply hating on them won't solve the problem — and speaks volumes about the man swinging the hammer.

“It comes from a sense of discomfort and a fear of are we, ourselves, at risk of falling into destitution?” said Jerry Jones, executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless. “Poverty and destitution make average people like you and me uncomfortable.”

Read full story @ http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/11/20/hawaii-lawmaker-hammered-for-taking-sledge-to-homelessness/

[Orrex]

1. If you've seen one sledgehammer story, you've seen a maul.

[renie408]

3. DUzy!!

Man, I bet you have just been waiting for the day a sledgehammer story came along!!

[Buns_of_Fire]

7. And DUzy again!

[renie408]

2. I saw this on FB yesterday!

What a jerk!!!

And I repeat the comment I heard so often repeated...how is he doing this without being arrested for damaging property?

[DJ13]

4. The homless may be using them, but they're still store property

As the other poster above said, he should be arrested for destroying property.

[frylock]

5. i seriously doubt that armani boy is at risk of falling into destitution..

this shitbag has probably never wanted for anything in his entire miserable fucking life.

[Enthusiast]

6. His actions tell us that he is a DINO.

DINOs are no good.

[KamaAina]

9. Hawai'i is full of DINOs

because kama'aina (local people; now you know ) are generally too akamai (smart) to vote repuke.

Another celebrated example is state Sen. Mike Gabbard, father of U.S. Rep Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo. When he switched from repuke to Dem a few years ago, the Dem party actually had to caucus to decide whether they wanted the world-class homophobe.

[LeftishBrit]

8. What a horrible person!

[Buns_of_Fire]

10. The day will come when he'll raise his "Hammer of Freedom" one time too many.

Not all homeless people are little old bag ladies wearing tennis shoes.

And that day will be a bonanza for the lucky proctologist who winds up billing for the extraction of Tommy's Silver Hammer from his nether regions.