Reply #71: eh.

[Soylent Brice]

no one denies that things will get substantially more difficult as the full impact of what's happening sinks in, but i am not going to run screaming.

i was homeless for 4 months about a decade ago. and i don't mean, sleeping on friends couches homeless. i mean, breaking into empty buildings, or someone's home, finding a place to hide so i can sleep, and scouring parking lots for change so i could buy a slim jim homeless.

i know what its like, and i know how much it sucks.

how did i get through that rough time? simple, someone eventually helped me and gave me an opportunity to get back on my feet. eventually people will realize that if it gets as bad as it appears it will be, the populace will pull together to help each other out. it may take a while, and it may take until it gets to an epidemic state of homelessness, but people will help each other.

that's the trick to pulling through tough times like this. just fucking help each other. the last eight years has encouraged people to become more selfish than i have ever seen in my short years. once we shed this stigma of "i got mine so fuck you" we'll all see a significant change. we pulled together as a country to elect the first black president, immediately following eight years of fundie hell and stupidity. it's not a coincidence folks. it's because we worked together. what will it take to get people to realize it's that simple?

stop panicking, and ACT in order to prevent it from getting as bad as it could be. stop using Bushista fear tactics in order to pass your talking points off as prophetic musings.

get involved with a community organization, volunteer at a homeless shelter. try getting a neighborhood program together and think of ways the neighborhood can pull together in case something does escalate. CALL YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND DEMAND proactive legislation to provide more assistance and to put more programs in place for the those who have lost their jobs/homes and are suffering now, and those projected to in the near future.

NO MORE FEAR. ONLY ACTION.