What pisses me off...........

[Trula]

I think in my community at leat they invest more in middle-aged homeless who are probably not going to change their ways. They don't spend enough resources on prevention. My high school though did have a night program for students who would otherwise not be able to attend. I think this year they graduated 6 students from there. This does not include the kids who just took a couple of classes there so they could catch up. We also had one of the lowest drop out rates in the state though. It really was our teachers and our principal making the effort to keep it low. The other high school in town and those in surrounding towns have higher dropout rates. Year I graduated we were at 90.2% 2006 they were over 96% retention.

[Neck Deep]

I think in my community at leat they invest more in middle-aged homeless who are probably not going to change their ways.

What are the 'ways' of 'middle age' homeless people. Poverty, mental illness, substance abuse...? yep, 'they' are stubborn about these things aren't 'they?'

[Wilbur Kookmeyer]

Poverty, mental illness, substance abuse...? yep, 'they' are stubborn about these things aren't 'they?'

Not our fault.

Not our fault.

Not our fault.

or....

Effing crybabies.

There but for the grace of God go I.

Bad effing decision on their part.

You libs ned to wake up man..."addiction" or "substance abuse" is not a "disease".

You choose to stick a needle in your arm.

You choose to snort, smoke, cook, base, pop, etc...

You do not "choose" a disease.

Being predispoitioned genetically to addiction is one part of the problem. That may actually be a fact, however, the DECISION to do drugs and to continue doing them..is a choice...not a disease.

[Neck Deep]

True but not so simple. What leads to this 'choice' is often pretty crucial.

In about a decade or less, we'll have dozens of cracked out Iraq War veterans living on the streets. Not our fault, I suppose.

I'm not a liberal but I'm of the belief that people are allowed to make some bad decisions whether its signing up for a farcical war or shooting smack for a lark. And I don't think it should burden society too much, to help people out of the holes they've dug for themselves b/c ultimately, it does none of us any good to have our streets full of the mentally ill and drug addicted.

[budster]

non the less, it still pisses me off to see a couple of pan-handling azzholes at the intersection punching some imaginary shift clock in the their best beer- fund styles. it's quite a show. with gas well over 4 snaps/gal it is a test of my patience to not leap from my vehicle and smack that cigerillo from their "hopeless" lips. that's takes some sac with the price of smokes these days.

these fools look pretty able bodied to me. if you can stand and beg for several hours.....get an effing job.

you can start by picking up all that trash scattered about your co-op corner.

and that friends is what really grinds my gears!

[Neck Deep]

Don't give them anything then. No homeless people go hungry in Portland (if thats where you live).

[budster]

perhaps i'd been a bit hasty i thought. this Neck Deep character might have left a nugget of syntax in his statement. it would seem this hostility leaking from my beer soaked reasoning has nothing to do with the homeless and everything to do with me!

how has grassin-up the homeless during a minor commuting delay done sheit? yes, a few pints at the pub will definitely straighten out the keel and relax the capitalistic douche that has staged yet another hijacking of my government.


much better.

[clean_up_set]

when all you little squirmers slip from my white foamy fingers.

[budster]

perhaps spanking it into a sock or towel will cut-down on the clean-up in between sets. definitely less foam if you go with a traditional lube instead of granny's dishsoap. good luck!

[clean_up_set]

No one maintains an erection or thinks about self-pleasuring when I hold em down. No one.

[bluesilver]

I do

[gills]

rusty hot water heaters on beaches.

[Wilbur Kookmeyer]

Clean Up Set Pisses me off.

Or entertains me.

depending on my position in the Line Up.

[redalert]

Poverty, mental illness, substance abuse...? yep, 'they' are stubborn about these things aren't 'they?'

You choose to stick a needle in your arm.

You choose to snort, smoke, cook, base, pop, etc...

You do not "choose" a disease.

Yesit's all about the choices, no it is not always ablack and white issue.
If a loved one chooses to eff up their own life, would you choose to help them try to make it better? There's a choice.



my childhood pal chose to hang himself with his t-shirt while in the washington county jail.
I could have chose to help, weeks before. I did not.
yep, he could have made many choices,way before that final choice.

Who knows whats right.

Hand Outs
Ch. Bukowski

Sometimes I am hit
for change
3 or 4 times
in twenty minutes
and nine times out of
ten I'll
give.
the time or two
that I don't
I have an instinctive
reaction
not to
and I
don't
but mostly I
dig and
give
but each time
as I dig and give
I can't help but
remember
the many times
hollow-eyed
my skintight to the
ribs
my mind airy and
mad
I never asked
anybody
for anything
and it wasn't
pride
it was simply because
I didnt respect
them
didnt regard them
as worthy human
beings.
They were the enemy
and still are.

[gills]

Poverty, mental illness, substance abuse...? yep, 'they' are stubborn about these things aren't 'they?'

Not our fault.

Not our fault.

Not our fault.

or....

Effing crybabies.

There but for the grace of God go I.

Bad effing decision on their part.

You libs ned to wake up man..."addiction" or "substance abuse" is not a "disease".

You choose to stick a needle in your arm.

You choose to snort, smoke, cook, base, pop, etc...

You do not "choose" a disease.

Being predispoitioned genetically to addiction is one part of the problem. That may actually be a fact, however, the DECISION to do drugs and to continue doing them..is a choice...not a disease.

This is a massive oversimplification. Not everyone has the will to have will power. Sometimes life beats the crap out of you, and you insulate yourself because of that. Sometimes there isn't anyone around to tell you that you're phuckin up. Not everyone is prepared to face a choice with the tools to make a good decision.