> They just ran a news item here mentioning that the US is preparing to
> celebrate Thanksgiving.
>
> Greetings to all concerned. Hope you all have much to be thankful for
> and you spend a happy time with families.
>
> They also noted in passing that 800,000 American homeless won't be
> enjoying the turkey.
>
> That is a sad thought, but we have all become pretty inured to the
> lot of those less fortunate. We feel sorry, do what we can where we
> can, but accept that poverty is part of life and an "insoluble"
> problem.
> The thing that astonished me was that 25%% of these homeless are War
> Veterans. (Korea, Viet Nam, and Afghanistan and the Gulf)
>
> Surely there must be programs to prevent servicepeople from just being
> thrown on the scrapheap? We wouildn't want to do that with ANYONE, but
> especially not those who have rendered service to their country and ...

> Pete Dashwood wrote:

>> They just ran a news item here mentioning that the US is preparing to
>> celebrate Thanksgiving.
>>
>> Greetings to all concerned. Hope you all have much to be thankful for
>> and you spend a happy time with families.
>>
>> They also noted in passing that 800,000 American homeless won't be
>> enjoying the turkey.
>>

> HeyBub gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:13kdm6jfaq3t0e0@corp.supernews.com...

>> Pete Dashwood wrote:

>>> They just ran a news item here mentioning that the US is preparing
>>> to celebrate Thanksgiving.
>>>
>>> Greetings to all concerned. Hope you all have much to be thankful
>>> for and you spend a happy time with families.
>>>
>>> They also noted in passing that 800,000 American homeless won't be
>>> enjoying the turkey.
>>>

>
> Assuming you, Heybub, are a US citizen:
>
> Americans at their best are wonderful, generous people who'll do
> anything to help their friends, and to a certain extent even their
> enemies. But the average American is ingorant, agressive, and
> parochial. At their worst, they are capable of most intense bigotry. ...

> "We take it, then, that Democrats are all paranoics and/or
> manic-depressives?"
>
> I said "paranoics, manic-depressives, AND Democrats..." It was a JOKE, son.

> As for interacting with the homeless, I've worked with and talked to
> possibly thousands more than you - I spent 8 years as a deputy sheriff.

> Pete Dashwood wrote:

>> They just ran a news item here mentioning that the US is preparing to
>> celebrate Thanksgiving.
>>
>> Greetings to all concerned. Hope you all have much to be thankful for
>> and you spend a happy time with families.
>>
>> They also noted in passing that 800,000 American homeless won't be
>> enjoying the turkey.
>>
>> That is a sad thought, but we have all become pretty inured to the
>> lot of those less fortunate. We feel sorry, do what we can where we
>> can, but accept that poverty is part of life and an "insoluble"
>> problem.
>> The thing that astonished me was that 25%% of these homeless are War
>> Veterans. (Korea, Viet Nam, and Afghanistan and the Gulf)
>>
>> Surely there must be programs to prevent servicepeople from just being ...

>
> HeyBub gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:13kdm6jfaq3t0e0@corp.supernews.com...

>> Pete Dashwood wrote:

>>> They just ran a news item here mentioning that the US is preparing to
>>> celebrate Thanksgiving.
>>>
>>> Greetings to all concerned. Hope you all have much to be thankful for
>>> and you spend a happy time with families.
>>>
>>> They also noted in passing that 800,000 American homeless won't be
>>> enjoying the turkey.
>>>

>
> Assuming you, Heybub, are a US citizen:
>
> Americans at their best are wonderful, generous people who'll do anything
> to ...

> HeyBub wrote:
>
>

>> "We take it, then, that Democrats are all paranoics and/or
>> manic-depressives?"
>>
>> I said "paranoics, manic-depressives, AND Democrats..." It was a JOKE,
>> son.

>
>
>

>> As for interacting with the homeless, I've worked with and talked to
>> possibly thousands more than you - I spent 8 years as a deputy sheriff.

>
>
>
> In no particular order:
> ...

>Pete Dashwood wrote:

>> They just ran a news item here mentioning that the US is preparing to
>> celebrate Thanksgiving.
>>
>> Greetings to all concerned. Hope you all have much to be thankful for
>> and you spend a happy time with families.
>>
>> They also noted in passing that 800,000 American homeless won't be
>> enjoying the turkey.

>
> Hmmmm.... let me see if I have this right...
>
> 1. Someone commits an anti-social act. (felony)
> 2. The society then disenfranchises him/her because they are not
> considered fit to be part of society?
>
> Doesn't that simply alienate them further and make the chance of
> rehabilitation that much less?

>>
>> Most systemic problems in America can be traced to an up-stream
>> liberal program that failed.
>>
>> In the case at hand, the institutionalization of the mentally
>> disturbed was challenged on the grounds that many were not a hazard
>> to themselves or to society and, therefore, should not be placed in
>> supervised facilities. The insane asylums were emptied.

>
> The defunding of mental health institututions is a matter of public
> record and easily researched.
>
> To call the requirement that a person be shown to be a danger to
> themselves or others in order to be involuntarily committed
> 'traceable to a failed liberal program' is the result of some
> rather... curious thinking, probably of a freedom-hating 'We Know
> What's Best For You' sort, and most...