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U4ikLefty

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22. Occupy LA camps out with the folks in Skid Row every Friday night. I was there last night.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Sat May 26, 2012, 11:19 PM

May 2012

Come on down and give a hug, share food & good conversation. You don't have to stay the whole night.

Every Angeleno should do this at least once.

http://occupylosangeles.org/?q=node/9043

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Just About The Saddest Thing I Have Ever Seen [View all] DemocratSinceBirth May 2012 OP

Reminds me of this song tawadi May 2012 #1

The Homeless Problem In Los Angeles Is Acute DemocratSinceBirth May 2012 #2

and this... handmade34 May 2012 #12

Yes tawadi May 2012 #18

This woman may be mentally ill -- a good fraction of homeless people are -- and the law pnwmom May 2012 #3

I'm so not religious, BUT... liberalmuse May 2012 #4

"Never Treat A Brother Like A Passing Stranger Because It Might Be The Prince Of Peace Returning. DemocratSinceBirth May 2012 #6

Your verse is correctly interpreted. Angels unawares. As to the person who asked "where is God" jwirr May 2012 #7

She Was In Extraordinarily Bad Shape DemocratSinceBirth May 2012 #8

From your discription it sounds like it. Poor lady. jwirr May 2012 #11

I Was On The Subway And Saw A One Hundred Year Old Woman With Her Granddaughter DemocratSinceBirth May 2012 #13

one sadthing is that by the time you are one hundred - truedelphi May 2012 #16

My father was a psychiatrist in Southern California for five decades, and I have never seen him so Flaxbee May 2012 #5

I Was Thinking Of Telling The Bus Driver Or Calling 911 But I Didn't Know What To Say DemocratSinceBirth May 2012 #9

so difficult... handmade34 May 2012 #14

I Lived In Fort Lauderdale The Summer Of 010 DemocratSinceBirth May 2012 #15

the things I see... handmade34 May 2012 #17

Your father was right but there were also a lot of people who had been locked in who did not need to jwirr May 2012 #10

My grandmother (1895-1974) was a cook at a home, and she took care of folks. Faygo Kid May 2012 #19

I have 2 homeless living in my backyard ErikJ May 2012 #20

have you ever read Alan Bennett's "The Lady in the Van"? renate May 2012 #21

Thanks. Actually I have no problem using the yard. ErikJ May 2012 #23

Occupy LA camps out with the folks in Skid Row every Friday night. I was there last night. U4ikLefty May 2012 #22

I'd like to repeat. Please come to Skid Row on Fridays after OLA's General Assembly. U4ikLefty May 2012 #24