Shelter for the homeless?

Setting aside "substantial" money for homeless people is a waste of money. Where will these cities and counties get the resources to fund these homeless camps and shelters? From tax dollars. The problem with having local governments support these people is all the legislation and bureaucracy that comes along with it. Most cities can't keep up with standard maintenance on their roads much less the people begging on each corner. Do all homeless people deserve to be homeless? No. Has some unfortunate event caused them this unfair situation? Sometimes. But giving these people a government handout to continue on the way they are, gives these people no reason to change. There is no carrot to aim for. It's only to go without, to really know that you don't want to be that way. People in jail respect freedom. Homeless people accustomed to being cared after will never want to change and be a contributing member of society, to maybe one day BE the person paying property taxes. Only then will that person understand what it means to support someone who is essentially a parasite. I don't mean for that to be a derogatory term, only a succinct one. Homeless people prey on the goodwill of others, tug at their heartstrings, seek sympathy. This is why you'll see plenty of wheelchairs and pets in your larger cities. It saddens me to see them but at the same time, there are also scammers who pose as the homeless because it's easier than a real job and it's tax free. (Google shows 669 stories matching "homeless scams") Cities should be aware of their homeless rate. They should care. They should do what they can to address the situation but they should not feel forced to promote it with such things as tent cities and other sponsored endorsements. It's time to let people be people and live their own lives, not have Big Brother take care of them.

I was there, Senator Doggett wasn't...

So the more I read, and react to this class, the more political I've started to feel. My parents are hardcore conservatives. When I mean hardcore, my father calls his senator weekly, and they send me e-mail links with interesting movements that the government is either trying to push through to a vote, or things our government has done in the past. So when they decided to come up to Austin from their house in Columbus to listen to our Senator Lloyd Doggett speak about health care reform, I thought it best to hear what he has to say. I was told that this was a probably about the health care reform, and went with an open mind. I personally think that the government will opt to kill the weak and sick given the option of paying money to extend life, but I'm open to the opinions of our elected officials.
I get to the rally at 11:05, five minutes later than it should have started. As I walk up to our capital I start hearing the chants of about three hundred people, still too distance, we walk closer to where the speech is going to be held. Pro-rally? LOL! There were 4 people there that were pro-rallyers, and the rest were against the healthcare reform. So as I'm sitting there looking around at all these people that care enough to come to this speech, right in the middle of the day, during church service, chanting and expressing their beliefs in this bill nowhere in sight is our Senator... 11:30 rolls around, thinking that he's a busy man, and has a lot on plate, I continue to wait. At this point I'm sitting in the shade due to the 95 degree weather. The more I sit there, the more disappointed I am in our elected official. I hear the word coward thrown around with his name attached to it more than I wanted to count. And for all purposes, I can't disagree. Rather than be unfavorable with his views on a bill that will impact us all, our Senator Lloyd Doggett decided to not show up. It seems that he's not too popular these days with the voters

Keep it classy Doggett, show up regardless of the outcome

clunkard to your mother

So I drive what the government would consider a “clunker”. I have a I've whored out to what I want it to be. It was a ten second car, and now it’s a moderate twelve second car on the dragstrip; yet, the government would consider it a clunker car worthy only of a trade in value of $4,500. Is my car only worth that much because it selfishly gets 12 miles to the gallon? Or because that government wants to look good in the public eye towards the whole U.N. China could give a rice paddie about greenhouse gases. Why does our government care about my car? Or your car? Now could I understand about Uncle Jethro's 84 Astro van, that is on its last leg? My car runs well, and gets me from point A to point B in the Texas heat with A/C. What if his van was the first car he ever made love in, voted in, met his wife in, carried his kids in…Is there a sentimental value involved? Will the government ever attribute a value to what its constituency thinks? Why does our government care so much when other countries (larger countries?) care so little about greenhouse gases. Is this about emissions, or the planet ,or just trying to keep up with the world’s status quo? This under-funded government program lacks a purpose and is just another piece of paperwork designed to get the public excited and then try to back out towards the restroom when it comes check time. It’s a pity, the things that might help the US out are bogged down by administration that will kill the planet for re-election.