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Title: Houston Homeless Man Killed for a Dollar
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URL Source: http://www.chron.com/news/houston-t ... homeless-man-for-1-3489480.php
Published: Apr 18, 2012
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Post Date: 2012-04-18 11:15:40 by Lod
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#1. To: Lod, 4 (#0)
Depressing. I'm thinking Houston isn't a place I'd want to visit, eh?
Equally depressing:
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
I do believe we're seeing the death throes of a once great nation.
Seems that way sometimes. Or the birth of BRA.
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
Where would be? Lotta feral people on the streets here in Ft. Wayne. Driving down 930 on the southeast end is a hazard with all the people walking on the highway. So many people have lost everything in this depression. Jobs, houses, cars, tools of the trade, etc. :P It's always good to see you Dak. I hope all is well with you and yours.
Hanging in there, yourself?
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
Egad. Living in this bubble, tucked between the mountains, I feel a million miles away from what you're describing, yet I know it's true. It's not that I'm immune here, it's just that the OTHERS hate the cold and there is one way in and one way out of this town. But to the larger mess you describe, WE ARE TOAST. I have never felt stronger that the end of the line is here. I'm far from cheap, but I'm saving my coins and storing my food as if my life depended on it, and that's because it does. I can't see this slop continuing past this selection. I do believe it's time we start to meet each other and prepare for what we all know is the inevitable. No one here is going to take a knee and all I ask for is to go on my own terms with fellow patriots. Pardon the rant but it's time to rant. Lock and load, brothers and sisters.
Pretty good Dak, albeit wondering when this ride is going to stop. I'm thinking soon.
It sounds like Ft Wayne has been hit a lot harder than Indy. The only thing I've noticed is some of the people holding signs asking for help look like they might have actually been employed recently. The others, the guys that look like Flea from RedHotCP, the obvious hardcore tweekers, the hard luck alkies, the black people who can't grasp the concept that there is no such thing as spare change. Money is entirely fungible, I tell them, occasionally wondering if at my own peril, have been at it for at least a decade. More like forever, their advance men just keep coming up with exciting new product to keep sloth seductive.
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
We are in the soup in a big way financially, and we may go down for that reason, rather sooner than later. But as far as violent crime goes, most sources tell us that the crime rate is actually going down, so it's good to keep things in perspective. I've lived in Houston for ten years and haven't seen any mayhem or crime any place that I've been in this city. That's in contrast to the years I spent in DC where I had bars on my doors and windows and was burgled once and saw two beatings in front of my house. The bent and the twisted have always been with us - monsters like the trio that victimized this poor fellow just trying to eke out an existence on his bike with a bag full of cans. The pundit punks that write for the mainstream press are pulling out their hair trying to explain the reduction in the violent crime rate during a recession. It just goes against the standard class warfare analysis that they're accustomed to. They say that policing is better and that we are locking more people up, but they are skeered to touch the proliferation of carry laws and the explosion in gun sales. Gun-unfriendly cities like NYC and Philly are bucking the downward trend of violent crime while crimes like assaults, rapes and murders are declining in most of the rest of the nation. The relationship between the number of law abiding gun owners and slowing crime is has become so obvious that the light has come on even among the stubbornly anti-gun libs. Come to find that DKOS has its own pro-2nd Amendment forum. I dunno. Those spent-fuel pools at Fukushima 2 & 4 give way, nothing else matters. "On the Beach" or "The Road" scenario.
I'm not asserting this as fact, but I've read credible (I love writing my own propaganda, it's everyone elses I can't stand) news magazine articles that suggest the declining crime rate is proportional with the rate of incarceration. Not that I believe that, of course. I used to think social engineering in general was the problem, then I remember it can be used for good. Haha, who gets to define good? That's why I keep deferring to those rusty old fallbacks, right to life, liberty, and property. Altruism is a wonderful quality, but it ceases to exist at gunpoint. "I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
We do have one of the highest rates of incarceration in the "civilized" world, but even our numbers in this regard are falling at the same time that crime figures here are on the way down. As the percentage of people behind bars has decreased in the past few years, violent crime rates have fallen as well. For those who believed that higher incarceration rates inevitably led to less crime, “this would also be the last time to expect a crime decline,” he said. “The last three years have been a contrarian’s delight — just when you expect the bananas to hit the fan,” said Mr. Zimring, a visiting law professor at New York University and the author of a coming book on the decline in the city’s crime rate. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/24/us/24crime.html Can't wait for that quote to show up on MSNBABC. "I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
That might suit them. That is one banana chompin' monkey house they got there. The alphabet media is the unwatchable performed by the unspeakable. Worshipped by the unteachable. "I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
Thanks for this reference, I need to rewatch ASAP.
Thanks for one terrific post randge. I also think an armed populace has helped
with the crime rate, but *NOTHING* compares to abortion. Yep, be you pro-life or
pro-choice there is no question in my mind that the decrease in crime is a
direct relationship to an increase in abortion. The ghettos have less rug rats
in them pure and simple.
LBJ's Great Society was evil on so many levels it would take a Sapuakela just to print up a program.
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
I think you hit the proverbial nail on the head with that
one, JT. Are you guys serious, you mean I don't have to become financially liable for every mutant pointy-headed baby the women down on 34th street can pump out?
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
Hell, no. It's a brave new world. Knock yourself out.
One factor that I've not seen mentioned is the effect that Agent Orange might be having in the 'nam vets' kids and even grandkids. My BIL, RIP, has a 33YO son just diagnosed with MS and two grandkids who are not right. (Searching for agent orange ms children returned thousands of results earlier this week.) Break the Conventions - Keep the Commandments - G.K.Chesterson I'll do my best. :)
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
It's not just the butchery of the wars the elites have induced the folks to fight; it's what comes after that is so insidious. The mental scars and the physical effects suffered by those that have survived it eat into the fabric of the following generations. I am sincerely sorry to hear about your brother-in-law's family. The money/power/elites have stolen the show since the end of WWII. bill buckley and his band of magpies have outpropagandized all us hated patriots put together.
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
Thank you. I fear that the outcomes for the DU vets and their families will make the agent orange outcomes look positively healthful. Break the Conventions - Keep the Commandments - G.K.Chesterson
#2. To: Jethro Tull, Lod (#1)
#3. To: Dakmar, Lod, 4 (#2)
#4. To: Jethro Tull (#3)
#5. To: Jethro Tull (#1)
I'm thinking Houston isn't a place I'd want to visit, eh?
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#6. To: Dakmar (#4)
Or the birth of BRA.
#7. To: Jethro Tull (#6)
#8. To: Esso, 4 (#5)
Lotta feral people on the streets here in Ft. Wayne. Driving down 930 on the southeast end is a hazard with all the people walking on the highway. So many people have lost everything in this depression. Jobs, houses, cars, tools of the trade, etc.
#9. To: Dakmar (#7)
#10. To: Esso (#5)
#11. To: Jethro Tull (#3)
I do believe we're seeing the death throes of a once great nation.
What'll they think of next?
Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a DKos group of second amendment supporters who also have progressive and liberal values. We don't think that being a liberal means one has to be anti-gun. Some of us are extreme in our second amendment views (no licensing, no restrictions on small arms) and some of us are more moderate (licensing, restrictions on small arms.) Moderate or extreme or somewhere in between, we hold one common belief: more gun control equals lost elections. We don't want a repeat of 1994. We are an inclusive group: if you see the Second Amendment as safeguarding our right to keep and bear arms individually, then come join us in our conversation. If you are against the right to keep and bear arms, come join our conversation. We look forward to seeing you, as long as you engage in a civil discussion. If you're just here to disrupt or troll, expect to get a Do Not Respond (DNR) comment and then be ignored. Insults, lies, and willful ignorance will be dealt with by normal community moderation. Disagreement by itself is not considered trolling.
#12. To: Jethro Tull, Dakmar (#8)
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#13. To: randge (#11)
most sources tell us that the crime rate is actually going down, so it's good to keep things in perspective.
#14. To: Dakmar (#13)
Nationally, the drop in violent crime not only calls into question the theory that crime rates are closely correlated with economic hardship, but another argument as well, said Frank E. Zimring, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
#15. To: randge (#14)
“The last three years have been a contrarian’s delight — just when you expect the bananas to hit the fan,”
#16. To: Dakmar (#15)
#17. To: randge (#16)
The alphabet media is the unwatchable performed by the unspeakable.
#18. To: Esso (#12)
"On the Beach"
#19. To: randge, Bump 11 please (#11)
#20. To: Jethro Tull (#19)
#21. To: Jethro Tull (#19)
The ghettos have less rug rats in them pure and simple.
#22. To: randge (#21)
#23. To: Dakmar (#22)
#24. To: randge, all here, 4 (#21)
#25. To: randge (#23)
#26. To: Lod (#24)
#27. To: randge, Lod (#26)
#28. To: randge (#26)
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