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6. "...I almost had to pull over." Maybe there's your answer.

Fri May 24, 2013, 11:33 AM

May 2013

Everyone thinks the same, don't they? That the homeless are somebody else's problem. I'm not trying to insult you or anything, I just wonder why the 'Good Samaritan' impulse seems so rare in all of us.

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I Just Saw Something Really Sad. And Then I Got Angry. [View all] Le Taz Hot May 2013 OP

Too many people just vote for the person with the most ads n2doc May 2013 #1

We've allowed others to Le Taz Hot May 2013 #3

Amen. K&R n/t OneGrassRoot May 2013 #2

HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT May 2013 #4

k&r. tosh May 2013 #5

"...I almost had to pull over." Maybe there's your answer. randome May 2013 #6

I don't know that it's so much Le Taz Hot May 2013 #7

Absolutely not. And it should be the primary goal of government -local, state and federal-... randome May 2013 #9

But they're not going to address it Le Taz Hot May 2013 #12

well there was a growing federal coalition azurnoir May 2013 #40

While "...I was driving home from the gym..." bike man May 2013 #49

I have pulled over to try to help homeless people. Why do you think people do not? I have talked to sabrina 1 May 2013 #63

Exactly Right. cer7711 May 2013 #8

I doubt that very seriously. Sadly the average American is very apathetic and totodeinhere May 2013 #16

Ah, but wait and see what happens when they get rid of "free" broadcast television corkhead May 2013 #26

They will never get rid of television. woo me with science May 2013 #45

Yes one of the biggest dumbing down tools is the idiot box lunasun May 2013 #52

I Agree So Very Much grilled onions May 2013 #10

I agree 100% with what you say! BobbyBoring May 2013 #11

"Them," like "us" have people with varying Le Taz Hot May 2013 #14

Couldn't agree more dreamnightwind May 2013 #59

I'm just bawling over that image...... a kennedy May 2013 #13

An excellent post, Le Taz Hot. You have pinpointed iemitsu May 2013 #15

Easy solution! bigbadR May 2013 #17

The problem is that the people Le Taz Hot May 2013 #21

The problem in one concise graphic: CrispyQ May 2013 #32

There ya go. Le Taz Hot May 2013 #33

I no longer believe change will come from the ballot box. CrispyQ May 2013 #36

AMEN!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! (changed the post) woo me with science May 2013 #18

It's no wonder the 1% are doing so well, and everyone else isn't AndyA May 2013 #19

K&R marions ghost May 2013 #20

Class warfare! Class warfare! tularetom May 2013 #22

This post needs to be at the top of the Greatest Page. woo me with science May 2013 #23

. . . Le Taz Hot May 2013 #24

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A watershed post BelgianMadCow May 2013 #27

Very unlikely that Einstein actually said that. merrily May 2013 #28

Ok. Uh, Thanks. Le Taz Hot May 2013 #29

I can't believe someone threw out a perfectly good homeless person. Animal Chin May 2013 #30

Aren't you clever. Le Taz Hot May 2013 #34

k&r n/t RainDog May 2013 #31

I did some business one time with a gentleman up in Cleveland. toby jo May 2013 #35

So, because you had a bad experience with Le Taz Hot May 2013 #37

My own experience supports that rich assholes come in all parties, not just Republican Dragonfli May 2013 #62

kr HiPointDem May 2013 #38

As long as situations like this exist The Wizard May 2013 #39

I had a similar epithany several years ago Boomerproud May 2013 #41

Both sides are not "culpable", I get so sick of hearing that. It's all because of RepubliCONs! xtraxritical May 2013 #42

When the Working Class & The Poor realize... bvar22 May 2013 #43

Bravo, well said! n/t N_E_1 for Tennis May 2013 #73

sorry to be a wet blanket. But you 'almost' had to pull over. pasto76 May 2013 #44

Well maybe you should take some home to shower and clean up? xtraxritical May 2013 #46

Call county offices and charities as they have a way to pick up and take those in this shape to a DhhD May 2013 #75

Wow dreamnightwind May 2013 #60

This makes me think Curmudgeoness May 2013 #47

K&R ReRe May 2013 #48

FWIW, it's pretty damn unlikely Einstein actually ever said that. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #50

As was pointed out to me upthread. Le Taz Hot May 2013 #51

I see. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #54

And after all that, Le Taz Hot May 2013 #55

And after all that, you don't correct your OP. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #56

Yes... dreamnightwind May 2013 #61

If I only I could write a book about how the GOP gets the base to vote against their economic Warren DeMontague May 2013 #65

YES! That is EXACTLY the point. im1013 May 2013 #64

the problem is that ordinary people don't control the GOP BainsBane May 2013 #66

And the idea that if we would just be *nice* to the crazy theocrats, Bachmannoids and Randiots, we Warren DeMontague May 2013 #67

Worse than fact free BainsBane May 2013 #68

And some very rich and powerful people have spent a lot of time figuring out how to get the GOP base Warren DeMontague May 2013 #69

Actually, It was Richard Nixon who first said, bvar22 May 2013 #81

Well, that explains The bustle in the hedgerow Warren DeMontague May 2013 #82

Well, that explains THAT. bvar22 May 2013 #83

This post hit me when I read the word "proles" PennsylvaniaMatt May 2013 #53

Agreed. abelenkpe May 2013 #57

Right on. davidthegnome May 2013 #58

K&R Heathen57 May 2013 #70

Awesome post! JNelson6563 May 2013 #71

Thanks, JN. Le Taz Hot May 2013 #72

Great news! JNelson6563 May 2013 #84

In the current manifestation of democracy chervilant May 2013 #74

I reject the premise that we are helpless little Le Taz Hot May 2013 #77

Wow... The LAST thing I expected chervilant May 2013 #79

Which is why I should never post Le Taz Hot May 2013 #80

the heaven05 May 2013 #76

Without a permanent Newest Reality May 2013 #78