caseycoon
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Thu Apr-03-08 04:07 PM
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When the media calls some of these politicians liberal my eyes bug out & I scream HUH???? Well, actually I scream  but I try not to cuss on here.  |
| -Low-Income Housing? NIMBY!!!!! |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 12:57 PM |
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Whoa, did you come to the wrong place for sympathy. Theres |
acmavm |
Apr-03-08 12:59 PM |
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Thank you very much for your honesty! I've been saying for quite a while, and I have the bruises |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 01:05 PM |
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'Progressives' aren't all that 'progressive' when it comes to their |
acmavm |
Apr-03-08 01:17 PM |
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Quite accurate. Also, it's just not a "sexy" issue, as a commentator on Air America radio |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 01:26 PM |
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I own |
reggie the dog |
Apr-03-08 04:01 PM |
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I've thought a lot about what you've said in this piece.... |
bobbolink |
Apr-07-08 01:07 PM |
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When the middle class "sneezes", the poor get the flu |
eleny |
Apr-03-08 01:03 PM |
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I knew I was feeling something coming on.... |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 01:07 PM |
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One reason I kinda like small towns |
sandnsea |
Apr-03-08 01:04 PM |
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Well my small town... |
dajoki |
Apr-03-08 01:46 PM |
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Well you need to take them the Constitution |
sandnsea |
Apr-03-08 01:49 PM |
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6,000... |
dajoki |
Apr-03-08 02:10 PM |
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ACLU |
sandnsea |
Apr-03-08 02:50 PM |
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They want elitism, and expect workers (read: servants) to disappear when the work is |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 02:14 PM |
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BTW, "downtown" refers to not only a city a ways away, but a whole other country! |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 01:10 PM |
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Heh.. that is COUNTY. sigh.... |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 02:15 PM |
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The El Rancho, where ever that is, project seems like a great one. It's so true that many people |
sinkingfeeling |
Apr-03-08 01:13 PM |
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I've heard 1/3 of the homeless are mentally ill |
Juche |
Apr-03-08 01:16 PM |
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You heard wrong. Check my source. THEY are the experts on this. |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 01:29 PM |
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How quaint |
Juche |
Apr-03-08 01:42 PM |
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I knew I'd get a DUer to be ugly on this thread. Thanks for your sneer. |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 01:52 PM |
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Bigotry is bigotry... |
dajoki |
Apr-03-08 02:01 PM |
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Maybe they are. |
Tandalayo_Scheisskopf |
Apr-03-08 01:44 PM |
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Please, could we PLEASE recognize the difference here??? |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 01:54 PM |
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Excellent summary here |
Naturyl |
May-13-08 07:37 PM |
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They're doing the same thing in the area where I live |
Paint It Black |
Apr-03-08 01:20 PM |
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What are the liberals in your area doing about it? |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 01:30 PM |
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wouldn't low-income housing make people less likely to commit crimes? |
Cant trust em |
Apr-03-08 01:37 PM |
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Of course. It's just a red-herring. What's really funny, is that when they talk about |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 01:56 PM |
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You are always out there on the battle front. |
demgurl |
Apr-03-08 01:33 PM |
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I was just blasted today on the Edwards forum for being too "militant", so I appreciate your kind |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 01:41 PM |
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Edwards supporters are saying you're too militant? |
Cant trust em |
Apr-03-08 01:50 PM |
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Yup, I'm too militant. |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 02:06 PM |
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Ms. Ehrenreich is far too sanguine. |
Tandalayo_Scheisskopf |
Apr-03-08 02:55 PM |
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You could well be right. She didn't see some of the worst, although I respect her work |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 02:58 PM |
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Please do. |
Tandalayo_Scheisskopf |
Apr-03-08 03:02 PM |
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Thanks. What I'm working on writing now is so depressing, this kind of humor is a boon. |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 03:04 PM |
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It's going to take cataclysmic social/political event for people to understand poverty |
Cant trust em |
Apr-03-08 03:08 PM |
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Many people are saying the same thing, as empathy is now a relic of the past. |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 08:58 PM |
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Sending out big hugs to you. |
demgurl |
Apr-03-08 03:05 PM |
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Friendly hugs greatfully received! I and a few others speaking out for poor folk |
bobbolink |
Apr-04-08 11:21 AM |
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Thank you for this... |
Naturyl |
May-13-08 07:44 PM |
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What is progressivism if not a focus on poverty? |
Cant trust em |
Apr-03-08 01:33 PM |
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I ask the same question. And get darts thrown at me for my effort. |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 01:42 PM |
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The risk factors for people... |
Tandalayo_Scheisskopf |
Apr-03-08 01:37 PM |
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I agree with you, but I want to correct one thing.. this is a WORKING community being proposed. |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 01:46 PM |
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It seems that the new urbanism does not |
realpolitik |
Apr-03-08 01:44 PM |
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And what's happening is more IMMIGRANTS coming in for JOBS! |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 02:03 PM |
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Shameless begging here... could I please have more recs from you good people |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 01:47 PM |
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You got one! Hope you are doing OK, Bobbolink. :hug: nt |
raccoon |
Apr-03-08 02:21 PM |
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THanks!! |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 02:27 PM |
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K&R I'm still trying to figure out what a progressive is! |
caseycoon |
Apr-03-08 02:48 PM |
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But, but, but!!! |
Tandalayo_Scheisskopf |
Apr-03-08 02:57 PM |
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"Personal responsibility for thee, but not for me!" |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 03:02 PM |
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OH ain't that the truth! |
caseycoon |
Apr-03-08 03:42 PM |
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If I never heard the term "personal responsibility" again... |
Naturyl |
May-13-08 07:56 PM |
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OMG, you are a prophet! This is ELOQUENT!! |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 03:01 PM |
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Bobbie, you have more eloquence in your little finger |
caseycoon |
Apr-03-08 03:38 PM |
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aw, pshaw! but thanks..... I used your words for the piece I've copied and |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 08:48 PM |
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Progressive is the new buzzword since Liberal is a swear word |
Cant trust em |
Apr-03-08 03:13 PM |
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I am a LIBERAL |
caseycoon |
Apr-03-08 03:34 PM |
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political labels are just a way for the media to put us in a box. |
Cant trust em |
Apr-03-08 03:40 PM |
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Most things the media says are useless. |
caseycoon |
Apr-03-08 03:48 PM |
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The "He's liberal! Oh no!" issue will always make me rant. |
Cant trust em |
Apr-03-08 03:50 PM |
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LOL! |
caseycoon |
Apr-03-08 04:07 PM |
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HAH! I got you beat! ^_^ |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 08:23 PM |
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True! One a them WILD EYED radicals no less! |
caseycoon |
Apr-03-08 08:59 PM |
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Don't shoot!!! |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 09:08 PM |
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Before the 80s, homelessness was rare where I lived, and the few that were homeless |
eridani |
Apr-04-08 04:53 AM |
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Yes, it was rare. And since the "looney bins" were emptied in the 50's and 60's, it's time to put |
bobbolink |
Apr-04-08 11:09 AM |
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So are you suggesting that we go back to having bigger |
TexasBushwhacker |
Apr-11-08 09:37 PM |
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K&R |
flashl |
Apr-03-08 04:56 PM |
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Kick n/t |
caseycoon |
Apr-03-08 08:55 PM |
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Update... I printed out copies of what I wrote here, and got them to a lot of people today, |
bobbolink |
Apr-03-08 09:10 PM |
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Know them by their actions, k&r n/t |
blindpig |
Apr-04-08 07:25 AM |
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One day my 10 year old daughter came with me to a homeless shelter |
wellstone dem |
Apr-05-08 10:13 AM |
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Such an important point! I *hate* the term "the homeless* -- taking away our humanity. |
bobbolink |
Apr-05-08 01:30 PM |
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It's interesting that the people who are |
Kajsa |
Apr-05-08 10:39 AM |
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Good post. More mixed-income housing is needed here. |
KillCapitalism |
Apr-10-08 10:54 PM |
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This sounds appealing to me, also, but.... I've heard from some NOLA people |
bobbolink |
Apr-11-08 12:30 PM |
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I'd totally live in a mixed-income neighborhood |
Karl_Bonner_1982 |
Jun-09-08 01:35 AM |
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Yep, outta sight, outta mind! |
maryf |
Jun-10-08 05:08 PM |
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We're having the same issue in Austin |
TexasBushwhacker |
Apr-11-08 09:26 PM |
#77 |
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