bush* cuts force closure of Randall Homeless Shelter in DC (PHOTOS)

[diamond14]

and a lone protestor takes a stand....as 40 Homeless Human Beings are thrown out on the street, in freezing temperatures, just a few blocks from the White House (where bush* hosted 20 expensive greedy parties last week)....


After this article appeared in the Washington Post, bush* minions forced her off the ledge to avoid any further embarrassment to the bush* administration, during their decadent holiday parties....she is in jail now....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23380-2004Dec23.html


Jamie Loughner, 40, an activist for the homeless who was once homeless herself. (nickname: Bork)....a lone voice for the homeless...

Pictures of Bork being dragged off the ledge of the Wilson building, ending her 3-day long hunger-strike in protest of the Randall Shelter closing in SW DC. The Randall Shelter was the only shelter in the area, and it's closure has left more than 40 people to sleep outside this winter. She is currently in DC Jail...

[Webster Green]

1. Very compassionate.....

I'm sure Jesus would approve of this wonderful example of Christianity.

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[diamond14]

4. link to their protestors' site...they welcome your check to feed homeless

you can send checks to this activist group "MAYDAY DC", who are ALWAYS out there feeding/clothing the 18,000 Homeless Human Beings on the streets of DC, right outside the bush* White House parties...

you can also donate food, legal assistance, clothing, a truck or lots of other things on this site for the DC HOMELESS, and the people thrown out of the Randall Shelter...I am certain that your donation will get DIRECTLY to those homeless people, who need it most, and be brought there by unpaid volunteers....


http://maydaydc.mahost.org/

[quaoar]

5. Is that right?

"you could always stroke them a check."

And you could develop a conscience. Either that or go back to listening to Rush and Hannity and shut out the rest of the world.

[wicket]

6. yes, and atleast the poor will always have cake to eat

:eyes: Some compassion you've got there!

[Not_Giving_Up]

9. And this individual will not stand in the way of a check

being stroked. Isn't that nice?

[Not_Giving_Up]

8. Where should they cash the check?

Do you think they have proper ID to cash it with?

What they need are warm beds to sleep in, not a piece of paper they can do nothing with.

Besides, who in the hell says "stroke them a check"??? Don't most people say "cut them a check" or, just simply "write them a check"?

[AngryOldDem]

11. Gonna take more than a check...

...but that would be helpful, and appreciated.

I just wonder how many people were at that shelter for no other reason than that they could not find adequate and affordable housing? There are many working poor and homeless who do not earn enough to afford basic shelter. In most cities, housing is simply out of the reach of many of the working poor. Although there are many fronts on which we need to be fighting this issue, Section 8 cuts by Bush have done more than anything else of late to force the poor out into the streets.

And I'd like to remind you, friend, that we are not as removed from this problem as we would like to think. I have seen countless instances of people suffering a few turns of very bad luck that caused them to lose it all. "Never thought I'd wind up in a homeless shelter." "Never thought I'd be asking you for help."

All of us, to some degree, are living on the razor's edge. It is the poor of D.C. today; tomorrow, it could be you.

[diamond14]

16. half of the DC homeless are VETERANS, and they come from all over

America, most are NOT local DC Veterans....I carry food for Veterans with me all the time, and once in a while talk to them...wondering why they are here in DC, why they came HERE, from North Carolina or Michigan or North Dakota....seems that a LOT of Veterans get messed up in OUR wars: physically, mentally, Agent Orange, Depleted Uranium, etc....and all over America, the help for the Veterans continues to be CUT by bush* and more damaged Veterans are being created daily by bush* wars.....

then somewhere in America...on their last little bit of money, the Veteran takes a bus to DC to SEEK HELP, to get a Government decision, to gain permission for entry to VA treatment, to get the Government to help their family, suffering from Agent Orange/Depleted Uranium birth defects....

and after they get here in DC, they find out that that you can't just walk into a government building (security, locks, etc.), even the VA, and that your paperwork is somewhere else...Missouri Record Center, etc...and you find out that it takes AT LEAST $100/night for a CHEAP motel, and while you're considering your circumstances, in this BIG and violent city...something else happens, and soon, you are one of the 18,000 HOMELESS, with not enough money to get back to North Carolina...and your shell-shocked brain can't work this out, and your war wound gets much worse living on a park bench.....

this is the SHAME OF OUR NATION...and it's right outside the White House everyday....however, for Congress, they are grossed out by these VETERANS who once served OUR country at the mandate of Congress and the President..... so Congress has the POLICE beat them and drag them away and they stay away from OUR Capital, where all American citizens are supposed to be allowed on the grounds and the building....the Smithsonian Museums have also brutally removed the homelesss...they don't want reality sickens the tourists, with their little flag-waving and cheering for bush* wars...


MERRY CHRISTMAS TO HOMELESS VETS in DC
http://dc.indymedia.org/feature/display/111638/index.php


He agreed to be interviewed with no conditions. Jimmie is 57, and was a combat soldier in Viet Nam in 1968-1969. He was part of the Tet Offensive. He said the last job he had was in '86; he was a merchant marine. Now he cannot work because he is disabled. He said he has PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder, and he said he was paranoid szchizophrenic.

[AngryOldDem]

27. This points to a big failing of the VA system

I have come into contact with a lot of homeless veterans myself. I agree -- it is shameful and disgusting that they are treated this way. But what pisses me off most are the stories they tell about having to deal with the Veterans Administration, or whatever the hell it's called these days. The VA, at least where I live, seems to be of little or no use to these men. The VA, for God's sake, is SUPPOSED to be there for them! It's NOT!

This is just a crime.

[Not_Giving_Up]

17. About five years ago

I lost my job, my husband lost his job. We have two kids and we couldn't pay the rent. All of our family was in Texas, we were out of state. The Salvation Army helped us out with food, as well as a local food pantry. My mother in law paid by credit card for us to stay in a motel for a week...classy place, you know the type, rooms by hour, people upstairs openly selling illegal substances. But hey, we had a roof. I had gotten a job, but wouldn't get paid for two weeks. Needless to say, I don't ever want to be in that situation again.

All these people wanted was a warm place to sleep!

[Virginian]

3. to avoid any further embarrassment to the bush* administration...

The Wilson Building is an office building for the Government of Washington, DC, and is not a Federal building. It holds offices for registering a car in DC or for the DC unemployment office -- the sort of things that are normally done by states and state agencies.

It is part of DC district government and should not be used by federal groups for anything, especially for parties.

PS: Local news said the ledge was unsafe and could have fallen.

[diamond14]

7. bush* cabal is entirely in charge of DC....bush* commands the DC

National Guard (but can never get to a funeral for DC NG)....Congress funds DC....

it is the massive bush* CUTS in Federal-funded social programs that are creating this crisis....there are now 18,000 homeless human beings on the streets of DC....half are VETERANS, 20% are children/families...

Virginia and every State has suffered from the Federal cuts......if you can't see it, you really don't care.....must be the smell of Virginia's 'compassionate conservatism'....

on edit: Virginia has so many homeless people now, that HOMELESS PEOPLE can register to vote in Virginia by writing in the nearest cross street, and then noting that you are living 'under a bridge' 'on a park bench' 'in a bus stop shelter' or whatever....

under bush*, there's going to be more "poor and homeless" than there are "volunteers" to help them...

[Virginian]

10. Yes, Bush has had more impact on DC than on a lot of states.

He also has called up (Federalized) the NG in a lot of states.

As DC is not a state, it is more vulnerable to the BFEE than other areas.
With no voting member of congress, DC is at the mercy of the Republican puppet congress. I think the mayor (Tony Williams) is afraid of them as he gives them a lot of concessions. With a stroke of a pen, they can take away the office of DC Mayor, not just unseat him as the elected official.

I don't lack compassion for the homeless, If I don't get a job soon, I will be one of them. But I don't think there were any Bush parties held in the Wilson building. And I was just repeating what local MSM had to say about it.
(I dont' think any DU member lacks compassion. That's a Republican trait.)

[theboss]

14. Williams sold the shelter to the Corcoran Museum

The city made a lot of money on the deal, Southwest gets the art museum, and the poor....well....in Anthony Williams' vision of DC, the poor go to Montgomery County or something.

This is why Marion Barry can win an election in 2004.

[diamond14]

19. Corcoran is a PRIVATE museum owned by and for bush* "HAVE MORES"

bush* rich 'have more' gluttons in DC do NOT want to take their children over to the 17 PUBLIC Smithsonian Museums or the PUBLIC National Galleries for the Arts.....those PIGs would have to use public bathrooms or sit down in a public cafeteria, and wait in line to get in, if they went into any of the WORLD CLASS Museums, right next to the Corcoran Museum.....


so bush* "HAVEs and the HAVE MORES" decided that the best solution was to create their OWN MUSEUM for the wealthy, a private museum with entry fees (Smithsonian and National Gallery is FREE), and special classes for their children to learn (gawd forbid that they would have THEIR children over at the Smithsonian classes, where they might actually sit next to one of the n**gers)......you can often see the HAVE MORE crowd for the EVENING events, a long stream of jewels, furs, diamonds, tuxes and limosines streaming....if you are walking on the public sidewalk at the time of HAVE MORE arrivals, the Corcoran guards will quickly and violently remove you....


here's the Corcoran web link, they don't reveal their board of trustees or their ownership.....they're PRIVATE....money from war-profiteers built this, including the BFEE family back to the Nazi-funder Prescott bush*....
http://www.corcoran.org/

[theboss]

25. Mayor Williams - who is black - sold the building

Is he a HAVE MORE who won't sit next to n***ers?

You need to educate yourself on what is actually happening here.

[diamond14]

28. THE BUILDING sold by Williams was the Randall Homeless Shelter

The bush* "HAVE MORES" bought the Randall Homeless Shelter and will tear it down. These 'unidentified bushite HAVE MORES' own the Corocan Museum, a PRIVATE museum close to the White House.

Williams did what he was told...to have disobeyed would have cost him his career...Williams doesn't have enough MONEY to be one of the bush* "HAVE MORES"...he's a long ways from being ALLOWED into that elite club....

[MsTryska]

12. it's like the reagan years all over again. nt

nt

[theboss]

13. This has nothing to do with Bush; everything to do with Williams

The shelter wasn't closed due to budget cuts. It was closed because the city sold the building in order to build an art museum.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18381-2004Dec22.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21129-2004Nov30.html

Not everything is about W. Anthony Williams deserves a lot of scorn over this.

[Javaman]

15. This is just the beginning folks

[theboss]

18. Williams has been doing this in DC for years

Downtown has never been better for business and never been worse for poor people.

[tsuki]

20. Sorry, I cannot "stroke" a check, just gave to the tsumani victims.

But I can write the Mayor of DC. Is it Mayor Barry again?

[diamond14]

22. write to your Congressional Representatives.....that's where you

can make the most impact.....

[theboss]

24. And tell them to do what?!?!?!

Tell them to override the vote of the DC council?!?!?!

God, read the damn articles. This has nothing to do with Bush or budget cuts. This has to do with Mayor Williams and the council selling every part of DC off to developers. They've been doing it for years.

I wish people paid attention to this city and knew what was going on.

[imax2268]

21. I believe this is just the beginning...

wait until he starts cutting and freezing more domesting spending...wait until people start seeing their budgets cut...

I wonder how they will view Resident dipshit then...?

[theboss]

23. Bush has nothing to do with this....

I wish people would direct their anger at the appropriate people - Mayor Williams and the DC Council.

The shelter was NOT shut down for budget cuts. It was shut down because the Corcoran offered $6.5 million for the building. DC opened another shelter, but far away from the current one.

Blame DC, not Bush.

[fishingriver]

26. What about the tsunami then?

I suppose Bush had nothing to do with that either? Always making excuses for the pig.

[diamond14]

29. gawwwwd forbid that we should blame bush* for anything, we all know

that bush* is perfect...he told us that he can't think of a single mistake he's ever made...


but just because YOUR name is theboss, it doesn't mean you can push around DUers....

[theboss]

30. Do we need to make stuff up?

Jeez, you would think with the war and the economy and the collapse of the dollar and the arrogance, you could find something to blame on Bush without making things up.

I live in DC. This has been a fairly high profile story here for the last few months. Not front page Washington Post stuff but Colby King and the metro columnists have been on it, as has The City Paper. It's example 2,524 of Mayor Williams putting the desires of large developers ahead of everything else. Williams has yet to meet a hardhat he did not want to wear.

The budget has nothing to do with this. There is money for a new shelter. Unfortunately, they are building it miles from the old one, lest they offend museum patrons.