tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post7105956837726645801..comments2023-03-30T03:50:08.703-07:00Comments on Fredd: 'Homelessness" is a choiceFreddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-4706837973890267542019-10-11T08:39:10.708-07:002019-10-11T08:39:10.708-07:00Padre: How far we now have come, from Sturdy Begga...Padre: How far we now have come, from Sturdy Beggars to Filthy Degenerates (the same professions, all). Large liberal cities grow them like a crop, because come election time they round them up in buses, drive them to the polls and tell them there's a pack of Marlboros in it for them if they select every candidate with a D behind their name.<br /><br />And once the polls close, I doubt they even bus them back to the sidewalk that they originally grabbed them from. <br /><br />This abuse of our electoral system works, sadly. There oughtta be a law. Oh, that's right, there is one, but it is never enforced (by liberal police forces with standing orders to look the other way).Freddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-68116656399539232482019-10-10T18:57:33.172-07:002019-10-10T18:57:33.172-07:00They were called "Sturdy Beggars" in Eli...They were called "Sturdy Beggars" in Elizabethan England and they're a right menace now. See how they multiply in Democrat run cities. But I like LL's compassion and think of the Saints, without exception they cared for the poor.<br /><br />Now, part of that medicine might mean stopping dependence on the welfare state or even, please, getting rid of socialism altogether. But what do I know, just a padre.LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-37294908126150273822019-10-03T04:38:38.284-07:002019-10-03T04:38:38.284-07:00Unknown: all true. The polite citizens in these l...Unknown: all true. The polite citizens in these liberal meccas of idiocy usually move to more civilized environs. The tax base in these liberal dumpster fire cities accordingly declines, and things just spiral down and you get Oakland, Santa Monica, San Francisco and other toilets where the taxpayers that stay just ignore the mess. No way to live, if you ask me.<br /><br />Freddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-47535123297921394122019-10-02T20:42:33.179-07:002019-10-02T20:42:33.179-07:00We have always had what we used to call hobos and ...We have always had what we used to call hobos and bums. For the most part, if they<br />they were hungry, they would beg for food and many would work a week or two to<br />make some money. Then they would hop a freight train and move to another city.<br />The current homeless crisis was initially caused by leftist civil libertarians<br />who convinced many states that it was cruel to keep people in mental institutions<br />against their will. Many of them were a danger to themselves or others and belonged<br />in institutions.<br /><br />Santa Monica CA was a beautiful city until they declared themselves a sanctuary<br />city and it drew drug addicts and alcoholics like a magnet. Santa Monica (the original<br />sanctuary city,) went to pot once it made that move. Now, there are drug needles,<br />trash, human waste, and empty wine bottles all over the place. The mentally ill<br />caused violent crime and murder rates up.<br /><br />There is one more insane liberal policy to blame for this mess. Starting in the early<br />80s, the government in their infinite wisdom declared drug addiction and alcoholism a<br />"disability," which led to other problems. It made them eligible for disability<br />benefits. Some government programs were created to pay liquor stores to provide<br />them with alcohol and Methadone clinics sprouted all over the country. These "clinics<br />are situated in Sid Rows, near trailer parks and other low rent districts. An<br />"unintended" consequence of this insanity was a steep increase in property and violent crimes. If these people were not being paid by the government, if you discount the mentally ill, the alcoholics, and drug addicts, the myth of homeless families would evaporate. I ran out of damns to give decades ago!<br /><br /> <br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00198944158443979863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-43919324334027323242019-10-02T15:07:39.710-07:002019-10-02T15:07:39.710-07:00Sheeesh - I keep forgetting that you're LuckyD...Sheeesh - I keep forgetting that you're LuckyDuck, Fredd. Thanks for reminding me over at my little corner of the internet.<br /><br />I never rented a house or apartment that I didn't immediately start putting in some sort of garden or landscaping, painting the walls, and otherwise "decorating." It's an obsession. <br /><br />I remember my first trip to western Canada and seeing small towns where people were living in itty little houses, but all the houses were painted and had beautiful gardens. I was beyond impressed. You don't have to have a ton of money to appreciate beauty. <br /><br />As we "speak" I''m busy decluttering and rearranging my abode. Hubby may be heading into stroke territory. He, like most men, <i>hates</i> change.Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562944653624224107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-1618912344318007062019-10-02T14:32:31.765-07:002019-10-02T14:32:31.765-07:00Adrienne: I think the numbers of the homeless in t...Adrienne: I think the numbers of the homeless in the U.S. today are approaching a million people. Of a population of approx 340,000,000, that would mean that 339,000,000 of us are NOT homeless. (That would be .9970588%).<br /><br />That seems to indicate that most of us are with you: to be homeless or not to be homeless, that is the question - only .003 of us choose this option. And NONE of those who choose to live on the streets are inclined to spruce up the place like you, Adrienne. Freddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-83354950511898117912019-10-02T11:52:30.102-07:002019-10-02T11:52:30.102-07:00It is so far removed from any cogent thought I hav...It is so far removed from any cogent thought I have to be homeless. I can remember being on the brink and heading out and getting a job in one day. Some of those jobs were pretty ugly, but it sure beat living on the street. Besides, if I ever ended up in a homeless camp, my first act of business would be to clean it up, plant flowers, and otherwise "decorate."Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562944653624224107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-50566091506955292422019-10-02T08:21:37.880-07:002019-10-02T08:21:37.880-07:00Kid: 90% sounds pretty close to the number that I ...Kid: 90% sounds pretty close to the number that I believe to be reasonably accurate. 10% are just plain nuts. Both of them need to be off the streets one way or another.Freddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-77281645556895916172019-10-01T16:03:59.632-07:002019-10-01T16:03:59.632-07:00For 90+% of them, I do believe homeless is a choic...For 90+% of them, I do believe homeless is a choice.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05287399775879832602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-74243793909414049682019-10-01T14:28:43.815-07:002019-10-01T14:28:43.815-07:00LL: China has more problems that anyone knows, esp...LL: China has more problems that anyone knows, especially when it comes to their huge population. 250M is a LOT of bums. Boy howdy...<br /><br />The insane, when on the street, by definition do not know right from wrong, and do wrong things virtually every hour on the hour. They need to be rounded up and isolated, maybe ship them off to the hobo jungles in China. Then again, President Xi might rankle at that suggestion....Freddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-44028823425612710672019-10-01T13:55:48.455-07:002019-10-01T13:55:48.455-07:00Google "The Floating Population" in Chin...Google "The Floating Population" in China. There are roughly 250,000,000 homeless people in China that are driven out of the cities and live in hobo jungles. It's not an American problem alone. There are almost as many homeless in China as there are people in the USA.<br /><br />Putting the insane into asylums is an act of kindness. When they are on the street, they usually end up as victims.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-8804512496878990972019-10-01T12:37:57.488-07:002019-10-01T12:37:57.488-07:00Gorges: the mentally ill need either institutional...Gorges: the mentally ill need either institutionalization or incarceration, either way they need to be removed from polite society. Back in the day, we would stone them (old school), burn them at the stake (witches, too), lock them up in loony bins (a bit more civilized) and jailed. Regardless, we can't have them wreaking havoc on us because their brains are broken. They have to be isolated.<br /><br />ANd I know they don't have a choice. When your brain is broken, that's bad.Freddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-3583665369948806892019-10-01T12:12:10.660-07:002019-10-01T12:12:10.660-07:00I'm not sure some of the mentally ill have muc...I'm not sure some of the mentally ill have much choice.Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.com