the steps of saul...

[piece-itpete]

To the lazy bum side?

John, I couldn't spell it to save my life.

Pete

[merrylander]

Ah, fogotten the story of the Good Samaritan I see.

Strange how all the righties are so down on lazy bums but not a one ever applies that epithet to a Wall Street banker. Yet there is not a one of them that does an honest days work.

[piece-itpete]

Most of the homeless folks I've met are crazy, or at best chemical dependents. I won't wear my works on my sleeve, but helping people should be the cornerstone of a civilized society. Btw, some of the largest charities in the world are Christian.

Wasn't it Rockefeller that lost all body hair due to stress? I'm not covering for folks be they bankers or street sweepers.

Pete

[merrylander]

Too many homeless folks around here are veterans, probably foreclosed on while they were in Iraq.

[piece-itpete]

That is slimey.

Pete

[Boreas]

Because of our climate California is a magnet for the homeless. A lot of those I see around here are disabled - wheel chairs and walkers outside their makeshift shelters - so their ability to obtain gainful employment is severely curtailed. Their ability to obtain living assistance in light of their physical and/or mental restrictions is essentially non-existent.

Something else we have St. Ronnie to thank for.

John

PS: in light of the several threads that contain a fair amount of Mexican bashing, or just plain immigrant bashing, even in California, with it's large Chicano/Latino community, I almost never see any "brown" homeless folks. Something to think about, eh?

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Because of our climate California is a magnet for the homeless. A lot of those I see around here are disabled - wheel chairs and walkers outside their makeshift shelters - so their ability to obtain gainful employment is severely curtailed. Their ability to obtain living assistance in light of their physical and/or mental restrictions is essentially non-existent.

Something else we have St. Ronnie to thank for.

John

PS: in light of the several threads that contain a fair amount of Mexican bashing, or just plain immigrant bashing, even in California, with it's large Chicano/Latino community, I almost never see any "brown" homeless folks. Something to think about, eh?

Mexicans are the hardest working ethnic group here. NYC

Immigrant groups are very sympathetic to their fellow country folks and will
quickly lend a hand.

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Mexicans are the hardest working ethnic group here. NYC

Immigrant groups are very sympathetic to their fellow country folks and will
quickly lend a hand.

They sound like solid citizens to me.

Regards,

D-Ray

[piece-itpete]

I saw that working with Chinese immigrants (legal) years ago as a RE agent. They did not borrow from banks, but each other.

Pete

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Mexicans are the hardest working ethnic group here. NYC.

I have a lot of respect, admiration and just plain liking for pretty much every Mexican or Latino I've met out here. I'm afraid I can't make the same statement with respect to the "dominant culture".

John