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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 07:19 PM Original message |
The homeless in the US |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. thank you for reminding us about this horrific problem in this "best country in the world" |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. No problem, in the recent past I have |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. Kicking for visibility |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Kick. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. Thank you for thinking of us. |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
62. Be well, Bobbolink, all |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. k&r |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-01-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Thanks |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. More photos...crowded shelters, women suffering, etc. |
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mcollins (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. did you take these? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. No.... I have mixed emotions, because I think photographing homeless people is exploitive of a |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Kick |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Thank you, Michigan Vote. These pictures affect me deeply! |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Good to hear from you. How did your night go? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Scary. I was worried about frostbite...this is the coldest I have been through |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 07:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I'm fine bob..just have a care about yourself. Don't neglect warm food. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. k&r |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. some going homeless due to the bankster bailout that prioritizes repaying the losses of |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. That money wasn't going to go into low-income housing anyway. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. talking about the austerity program that is geared to making the people pay for the banksters' |
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Leithan (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. K&R |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
15. The criminalization of homelessness |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. We spend many billions of dollars in foreign aid, which from photos |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. 11 percent of all homes in the US are vacant |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 02:33 AM Response to Reply #17 |
49. If anyone thinks that our society makes sense |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
18. K&R nt |
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cate94 (573 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. It makes me sick |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. Ugh |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
23. Kick to the Moon |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
24. Kick |
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AmandaMae (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. k&r. |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
27. reminders of the inequity - so much for some, so little for others... |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
28. Thanks for this and your other OP about the mountain poor, Nadine. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
42. You welcome we need to change our national |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
29. kick again for this very important topic |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
30. Thank you for this thread - particularly given the weather |
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foxfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
31. K&R |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
34. kick. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
35. those people just don't know the power of positive thinking |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
37. That there is ANYBODY in this country without a home is enraging. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 11:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. . |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 12:04 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Thanks! |
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Toon Me Out (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
38. Obscene amounts of foreign Military aid... |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Yes, provided we demanded that it was used the right way. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 12:06 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Same thought at the same time.... |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 12:35 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I'm a scary, scary person. LOL *hugs* |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. That money wouldn't be "redirected" unless you and a lot of others speak out and Speak Out |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 03:35 AM Response to Reply #38 |
51. $50 billion by 2012 was Obama's goal during the campaign |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
43. 22% of kids in Texas are unsure whether or not they'll get their next meal. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 12:08 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. The "relativism" matters insofar as this |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #43 |
56. capitol area food bank advocacy director just spoke about that |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
47. Every week at my food pantry, I see new faces. |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
50. So many of them are Veterans... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. There are more women vets from Iraq and Afghanistan becoming homeless than the men. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 04:01 AM Response to Original message |
52. Thanks for posting this |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
54. kick |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Because "we" have been programmed to blame homeless people themselves. |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Access to affordable housing for all |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. You have described the attitude towards the housing issue exactly right. More than sad.. tragic. |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. It must be really frustrating on your end |
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raouldukelives (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
57. Kick |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-11 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
59. nobody even noticed the first picture = stuffed clothing, not a person. |
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