Hardworking And Homeless

Four years of President McBush and a lot of us will be living like this.

Just remember that you were warned.

Man, don't even think about it!

Gay people raise property value. It's true. Look at just about any city. Gay neighborhoods cost more to live in because they're so coveted. They're generally clean, low crime areas where educated people with good taste live. Not all of them mind you, but a lot of them. Most of them even.

San Fransisco is like one big gay district, complete with gay china town. You can make seventy grand a year and be homeless. I bet you this is due, at least in part, to how many gay people there are. I'm not trying to gay bash or blame homelessness on homosexuals, I'm just saying, they raise property value.

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Study_Gayfriend...

Now this is so sad that this man has to live like this and what is even worse there are those who are really struggling and people want to continue with Republicans who care less about the working poor!

I don't know why this is a surprise to anyone. This is just the tip of the iceberg. There are a great many more homeless and we watched it happen. No one has stood up to change the course of our once great nation. Now this is what we have become.

A better article would have been a family doing the same thing. I hope we can learn from this guy, because it won't be long at this rate that we will be joining him.

I have my tent ready. Sketter pellent, propane tanks for two burner stove, fishing poles and tackle. 48 qt cooler to! Make good two day fridges. Sleeps six so a small army cot with sleeping bag atop works fine. All, just in case.

Danbury, Conn. 2001. Labor Ready for a quick buck worked for a spell. The 12 dollar an hour job you saw 8 from with the Labor Ready keeping the rest as a temp service. Cleaning up Construction sites , or the local Sheriff might need a couple bodies to clear out a foreclosed house for Sheriffs sale. Brutal it was to see childrens toys, skates and belongings about, almost full refridgerator and cupboards. A family of four who left in a hurry. Another victum of the Bankers and economy, no better off then I tasked with throwing everything that they left in large bags for trash removal. A Family not unlike myself, I thought. Living now day to day, in a car with two young faces whose world had been turned upside down looking on through the uncertain reflections of thier eyes at a world even thier parents had changed. I could blame a divorce for my dispassionate luck. What could they possibly say to those youngins of comfort for thier bed time story, I thought? That daddy and mommy were moving and it was all an adventure?

The winter came fast, layered clothing and a good refridgerator box with a tarp behind a newly built Olive Garden in a patch of woods seemed homely enough. The shelter on SPring Street drew numbers, for only 24 beds after 6 pm were available, and the line of those waiting often as many as 40 meant the elements for 16 people. I gave mine to an elderly man who missed his number being called and looked as if he didnt get inside with the temps dropping to 15 forecast, he would be found like others lifeless somewhere in the town the next day.

With the cold front came the winds. The wind chill reached 8 degree's and even the air in the box became so frigid I was forced to build a fire. 4 am, just five hours more and the Library would be open and I could thaw out, finding a book and a reading nook and laying my head in my arm for a quick warm nap. The librarians were kind to let a few of us sit like this.

Yes, it can happen.

During a nasty divorice and working full time, I was forced to live in my Van coversion for over three years while living in California. Local law enforcement isnt so nice to many homeless, but otherwise stand up citizens, especialy in Sacramento. I was told the only place I could park at was a park and ride, and there I could sleep at night, of course the officer didnt quite figure it out that at that time the closest Park and ride location was well out of town and in a remote area that wasnt always a safe place to be, let alone not possable to get to on such a meager income while alos trying to eat. The price of gas and food was enough to make any man want to go hungery and die, but somehow I made it through. many times I would take advantage of friends offers to go visit, mostly cause it was a safe place to be when not at work, could usualy eat a good meal with friend and their family, as well as was offered a shower. My friends werent well off either, just hadnt hit as low as I, but fully knew my situation. On occasions I was invited to go ahead and pull into the side drive way and get a good night sleep there if I could, but keep a low profile as the LEO's had a tendency to notice even the smallest amount of light comming from a van parked in a drive way, and that would raise questions, and it is illegal to camp or sleep in a vehicle withen the county limits.
lucky for me I had a full kitchen,including refridge, bathroom, minus shower, and bed in my van conversion. I was able to cook my meals easly and to sleep in comfort of my own rv, but finding somewere to park that was safe, affordable, and reasonable was the hard part.
After a couple years doing what I could to sustain my own buss. get through the divorice, and live dirt cheap I had saved a couple grand, but otherwise was broke, and still couldnt afford to even rent an apartment.
Then a friend called me from another state, as I did keep my cell phone and laptop as well, anyways my friend called me from Washington state, and told me she needed help with a few things up there, and invited me to come up, I was on the next plane out of sacramento, and I have only been back twice since then, and that was to visit the friends who kept me from dying of hunger at times, and do for me the best they could also.

It is true once you move out of California, the chances of ever going back is pretty much none because of cost. I have lived all over this country and the most beautiful was California, as well as most expensive, then cam Arlington Va. now I live in South Dakota were I can rent a 3 bdrm two story house for $550 month, re-married and have a new baby, life has always been good to me, just better in recent years.
Yes it can happen to anyone, I went from the life of luxery to the life of homeless truely overnight!

If he is working and making that much money, he is homeless because he wants to be. He could rent a room for about $600 or $700 per month and be off the street. Amazng that people don't consider this option.

sean1030 wrote:

If he is working and making that much money, he is homeless because he wants to be. He could rent a room for about $600 or $700 per month and be off the street. Amazng that people don't consider this option.

Are you familiar with the current economy of California?Renting a room for that price is possable, but most cant even find that room to rent cause they are all taken by families who lost their house.
Alot of people say this is by choice, but the reality is there anrent any real options for a man who is also working and trying to be a part of society versus a leech upon it. Should you have doubts, just try to get services from a city or county for a single male adult! Our system does not protect everyone equaly, it however does a decent job at assisting our women and children, guess it is assumed that a 60 year old male can just get in the car and go get a job, never mind our current hiring practices of tits and ass, and if you aint got them or are part of the "incrowd" you are SOL!

Good for him that he is so resourceful. I hope he is able to save up enough money to live comfortably eventually.

For being homeless, he sure does have is act together.

sean1030 wrote:

If he is working and making that much money, he is homeless because he wants to be. He could rent a room for about $600 or $700 per month and be off the street. Amazng that people don't consider this option.

Maybe his wife threw him out, requesting that he never return. Quote from "The odd couple"

Melvin Watanabe wrote:

Four years of President McBush and a lot of us will be living like this.
Just remember that you were warned.

The first time I was homeless was during the Johnson presidency. I left my parents' house and struck out on my own. The last time I was homeless was during the Clinton presidency. That's when I split with my wife and left her with the house. The last 7 years have been the most productive of my life and have made me the most money. My wealth is almost one million dollars. I worked in construction and then as a union scale factory maintenance man. Years of saving and investment and working at high wages and low taxes has paid off for me.

It's funny how many homeless people can afford cigarettes.

for years i was the chief fundraiser for mothers inc.in va.beach va. ran by the late brenda mccormick,google her,see what a grass roots effort can do without accepting a dime of govt money.

Interesting.

Peaceful Man wrote:

Man, don't even think about it!

Hate to say this, but you'd BETTER think about it. It may become more prevelant with the libs and the congress we have that insists on importing labor. Advice? Try your best to keep current in your job skills, and be as FRUGAL as you can without screwing the country's economy.

dgshiner wrote:

Now this is so sad that this man has to live like this and what is even worse there are those who are really struggling and people want to continue with Republicans who care less about the working poor!

Now THIS is a clueless partisan comment. There is plenty of blame enough for BOTH sides of the isle in the senate. And this is partially a RESULT of some of the liberal philosophy brewed in California and sent to Washington. We have a MOSTLY democratic congress now. So you can't pin the blame on the reps. Seems they care more about making standards for toy manufacturing and importation than the important matters of the country. And don't forget the misplaced compassion for invaders that slowly take the jobs
"Americans don't want", add to that so many taxes and restrictions on business that they feel the need to "outsource" our jobs.

And I don't suppose you have even THOUGHT about the consideration for importing TECH workers that will go for cheaper wages.

Better look out; your liberal policies are coming back to haunt you.

Chrs Robinson wrote:

During a nasty divorice and working full time, I was forced to live in my Van coversion for over three years while living in California. Local law enforcement isnt so nice to many homeless, but otherwise stand up citizens, especialy in Sacramento. I was told the only place I could park at was a park and ride, and there I could sleep at night, of course the officer didnt quite figure it out that at that time the closest Park and ride location was well out of town and in a remote area that wasnt always a safe place to be, let alone not possable to get to on such a meager income while alos trying to eat. The price of gas and food was enough to make any man want to go hungery and die, but somehow I made it through. many times I would take advantage of friends offers to go visit, mostly cause it was a safe place to be when not at work, could usualy eat a good meal with friend and their family, as well as was offered a shower. My friends werent well off either, just hadnt hit as low as I, but fully knew my situation. On occasions I was invited to go ahead and pull into the side drive way and get a good night sleep there if I could, but keep a low profile as the LEO's had a tendency to notice even the smallest amount of light comming from a van parked in a drive way, and that would raise questions, and it is illegal to camp or sleep in a vehicle withen the county limits.
lucky for me I had a full kitchen,including refridge, bathroom, minus shower, and bed in my van conversion. I was able to cook my meals easly and to sleep in comfort of my own rv, but finding somewere to park that was safe, affordable, and reasonable was the hard part.
After a couple years doing what I could to sustain my own buss. get through the divorice, and live dirt cheap I had saved a couple grand, but otherwise was broke, and still couldnt afford to even rent an apartment.
Then a friend called me from another state, as I did keep my cell phone and laptop as well, anyways my friend called me from Washington state, and told me she needed help with a few things up there, and invited me to come up, I was on the next plane out of sacramento, and I have only been back twice since then, and that was to visit the friends who kept me from dying of hunger at times, and do for me the best they could also.
It is true once you move out of California, the chances of ever going back is pretty much none because of cost. I have lived all over this country and the most beautiful was California, as well as most expensive, then cam Arlington Va. now I live in South Dakota were I can rent a 3 bdrm two story house for $550 month, re-married and have a new baby, life has always been good to me, just better in recent years.
Yes it can happen to anyone, I went from the life of luxery to the life of homeless truely overnight!

Forgive me, I know this is a little off topic, but it's an interesting thing when the cops will chase off homeless folk (as if it will make them disappear); but they can't seem to do anything about criminal gangs and illegal invaders.