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GReedDiamond

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21. Very sad, very tragic. I live in a house behind a larger house, converted into...

Fri May 3, 2013, 08:55 PM

May 2013

...six or eight "studio apartments."

One of the units had a woman, well into her 80s, living in it with her 50-something year old son.

He's a nice enough guy, but not well educated, with no discernible skills, and not much enthusiasm for anything I know of.

He works at a local Home Depot, but only part time, and, of course, with no benefits.

Unfortunately, about two months ago, his mother passed away, and with her went her Social Security checks, so the son could no longer afford the rent, which was about as low as rent gets in a decent neighborhood in the Greater Los Angeles area.

He was forced to move out, don't know where he went, but I fear he's living on the streets now.

RIP Woody.

"The American Dream - You have to be asleep to believe it." -George Carlin

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I just got home a few minutes ago, cops everywhere, the coroner's van parked in the street [View all] DainBramaged May 2013 OP

k&r.. spanone May 2013 #1

Damn, Dain. elleng May 2013 #2

he could have been working in a factory Skittles May 2013 #3

^ This! Lizzie Poppet May 2013 #9

We no longer live in a country, we live in a corporation, USA, Inc., with a bottom line P&L. USA, RKP5637 May 2013 #57

Yes. I have family members who worked in unionized factory jobs until retiring comfortably whathehell May 2013 #69

AN UPDATE DainBramaged May 2013 #139

so sad Skittles May 2013 #140

. Little Star May 2013 #4

Damn indeed nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #5

Tragically, I expect to hear stories like that more and more in the years to come. n/t winter is coming May 2013 #6

Yep. But of course this is all going exactly according to plan. kestrel91316 May 2013 #17

Exactly. WinkyDink May 2013 #48

It is Nite Owl May 2013 #64

some show today on radio was saying that the people I want to say 40-65 have a higher suicide rate lunasun May 2013 #20

Oh, I think the under-40's know they're getting the shitty end of the stick, too. winter is coming May 2013 #30

Everyone is going to suffer in the new America, and those that still don't get it just haven't RKP5637 May 2013 #60

I read similar.. defacto7 May 2013 #44

I can not remember the radio show either ! but this link says Native Americans lunasun May 2013 #47

The Native American suicide rate has always been defacto7 May 2013 #52

Oh we know it will not fare well and all the injured they are already fucking with too lunasun May 2013 #58

;( defacto7 May 2013 #95

Could it have been Thom Hartmann? LongTomH May 2013 #125

I'm so sorry to hear this magellan May 2013 #7

It all gets shoved under the rug, like almost all of the dirt in USA, Inc. n/t RKP5637 May 2013 #63

This breaks my heart. gateley May 2013 #8

Oh, my dear DainBramaged... CaliforniaPeggy May 2013 #10

RIP Woody and some peace to you tonight also lunasun May 2013 #11

When death steps in my garden Xipe Totec May 2013 #12

I love these songs you post. Thoughts we all have. Good to have been loved once, just a little. freshwest May 2013 #33

Thank you annabanana May 2013 #56

Thank you for this Aerows May 2013 #82

It is. Very Painful. nt Xipe Totec May 2013 #92

Ahhh, the great Joan Manuel Serrat. Beacool May 2013 #105

Yes indeed Xipe Totec May 2013 #114

Yeah, it didn't affect the intent of the song. Beacool May 2013 #129

Beautiful. Sad, but beautiful. IrishAyes May 2013 #134

. Liberal_in_LA May 2013 #13

It is getting crueler every day... Lifelong Protester May 2013 #14

Fuck the oligarchs. woo me with science May 2013 #15

The oligarchs don't give a fuck what anyone thinks. n/t RKP5637 May 2013 #65

I have several friends and clients who are just about to fall off the cliff right now, kestrel91316 May 2013 #16

In the last few weeks, quite a few very well educated, highly experienced.... OneGrassRoot May 2013 #18

Being 50+ and out of work in this country has become a LibDemAlways May 2013 #32

this kind of stuff didn't used to happen as much olddots May 2013 #19

Sadly, many Americans have their head so far up their ass they will never see the light of day! n/t RKP5637 May 2013 #70

Very sad, very tragic. I live in a house behind a larger house, converted into... GReedDiamond May 2013 #21

"converted into six or eight 'studio apartments'" Cleita May 2013 #27

I would not really call this particular place... GReedDiamond May 2013 #37

It will be a slum in a few years. Saw many of those Cleita May 2013 #40

I tend to think not... GReedDiamond May 2013 #46

Neither was Santa Monica, but it did have slum housing tucked Cleita May 2013 #50

OK. You're talking about Santa Monica, I am not... GReedDiamond May 2013 #66

You are talking about LA and a lot more of SoCal. This is what our slums are Cleita May 2013 #77

Well, the "shithole" I made reference to in my... GReedDiamond May 2013 #79

Good night to you too. Sleep well. n/t Cleita May 2013 #80

I will, but it's too early to go to sleep...enjoy the rest of tonight, & have a great weekend...nt GReedDiamond May 2013 #81

You did not deserve the responses given No Vested Interest May 2013 #99

Thanks, but it is a weird world, it is. GReedDiamond May 2013 #104

That's too bad and also he may have had health issues that Cleita May 2013 #22

Free health care or Medicare for All would have helped a lot. It takes the edge off. Overseas May 2013 #120

Oh, God. Poor man. Poor, poor guy. He became one of the statistics we just read about... Honeycombe8 May 2013 #23

I personally have known 4 people(over many years) who have committed suicide and they virgogal May 2013 #24

We need to lower SSI to at least age 50 to put a net under these people. CK_John May 2013 #25

But they want to raise it to seventy. Cleita May 2013 #28

They want to kill off many children, old, disabled and ill. And those deemed unproductive to RKP5637 May 2013 #68

No, we have to work until we die. Or, just die. Skeeter Barnes May 2013 #67

You get it. If there are not enough jobs to go around, we have to give people money to live. reformist2 May 2013 #98

Untreated depression is a killer. Ikonoklast May 2013 #26

Is this depression or the result of economic flamingdem May 2013 #88

Seems he may have had some level of a problem all along. Ikonoklast May 2013 #90

It doesn't matter how he lost his job. juajen May 2013 #119

I love Hillary too. IrishAyes May 2013 #135

Just one of the side effects of the "free market," an increase in suicides. mountain grammy May 2013 #29

High rate among "Boomers". glinda May 2013 #96

Very Sorry :( Debbie357 May 2013 #31

How incredibly sad... Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #34

There are a LOT of people that fit the "Al Bundy" profile... Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #35

RIP Woody and Peace to you, DB. freshwest May 2013 #36

There's many a slip twixt cup and lip, a great many ways to fail and far fewer to succeed Fumesucker May 2013 #38

That breaks my heart. countmyvote4real May 2013 #39

rip. HiPointDem May 2013 #41

A great sickness has descended upon our world MannyGoldstein May 2013 #42

+1 harun May 2013 #117

This is so heartbreaking! DianaForRussFeingold May 2013 #43

. chknltl May 2013 #45

So sad.... ;( defacto7 May 2013 #49

DreadfulStuff there....Big Hugs to you.....what could you have done...? KoKo May 2013 #51

Another lost human being to the "New age" ...sigh... BlueJazz May 2013 #53

One more of many that will never be heard of by MSM in la la land America, home of delusional RKP5637 May 2013 #54

When there aren't enough jobs to go around, everyone deserves a basic income. reformist2 May 2013 #55

Heard this morning on the radio... Triana May 2013 #59

If you see his sister again madaboutharry May 2013 #61

Capitalism Claims Another Soul And We Let Capitalism Do So - Change The System! cantbeserious May 2013 #62

Godspeed Woody SalviaBlue May 2013 #71

Wasn't there an article on DU this week, which said the percentage Frustratedlady May 2013 #72

a lot about it in the media lately. not only in the us, either. HiPointDem May 2013 #86

Out Among The Stars ~~ Merle Haggard Wernothelpless May 2013 #73

It does suck. Baitball Blogger May 2013 #74

Post removed Post removed May 2013 #75

paying rich people for a DU star DainBramaged May 2013 #78

I hope the supervisor finds out. moondust May 2013 #76

Reports of suicides being up are very disturbing. SleeplessinSoCal May 2013 #83

That is so sad. People are committing suicide all over the world now because they have no sabrina 1 May 2013 #84

That is absolutely fucking terrible. ellie May 2013 #85

So sad flamingdem May 2013 #87

Another casualty of the "new economy." Brigid May 2013 #89

The upper class is a pack of Nazis to not care that they are killing people en masse. diane in sf May 2013 #91

May he rest in peace! hrmjustin May 2013 #93

Sad! RIP Woody! burrowowl May 2013 #94

Yeah....very very sad. tblue May 2013 #97

another one.... BlancheSplanchnik May 2013 #100

peace be with you woody hopemountain May 2013 #101

I know what he was going through I have been there. kevinmc May 2013 #102

Heartbreaking. Beacool May 2013 #103

i'm sorry. what a tragic story. orleans May 2013 #106

Our beloved "free market" system told your friend he was worthless. Ken Burch May 2013 #107

+100000000 woo me with science May 2013 #109

But that's pretty much reality, Ken condoleeza May 2013 #111

Then our work must be to reshape that reality. Ken Burch May 2013 #131

Jeebus! You just sort of described my upstairs neighbor dogknob May 2013 #108

Well, thanks to you, he will not be forgotten. Jamastiene May 2013 #110

This message was self-deleted by its author LisaL May 2013 #126

RIP Woody. LeftofObama May 2013 #112

RIP, Woody ReRe May 2013 #113

I cried like a baby when I read this post. I remember when I was kid in the 50s and 60s madlefty May 2013 #115

And this is the stupid part. If the rich weren't so effing greedy, they could still be winter is coming May 2013 #132

They don't even understand true self interest. IrishAyes May 2013 #136

american capitalism heaven05 May 2013 #116

A lot of 'supervisors' ARE stupid IrishAyes May 2013 #137

Such unnecessary tragedy. CrispyQ May 2013 #118

I get sick of hearing someone Worried senior May 2013 #121

He WAS uneducated, he DID a menial job, it was WHAT HE WAS. DainBramaged May 2013 #122

A Sad K & R !!! WillyT May 2013 #123

An uncounted casualty in the war on the 99% Doctor_J May 2013 #124

R.I.P and Godspeed for your friend! LongTomH May 2013 #127

The Elite 1% didnt want him dead, they just dont care that he is. nm rhett o rick May 2013 #128

My sympathy however mimi85 May 2013 #130

Where was Woody supposed to get $ for meds or a therapist WITH NO JOB? Think! IrishAyes May 2013 #138

So sad to hear IrishAyes May 2013 #133