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Don’t feed the future national security force they’ll get fat lazy and will not be angry when they need them
Government doesn’t like competition
I've got a liberal neighbor who is most upset that there is a homeless shelter just a few blocks away from our neighborhood. He's not opposed to feeding the hungry; he just doesn't want to live next to them.
“Connie Boyd, president and CEO of the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County, applauded the Herrings’ efforts but defended the city’s stance.”
Read between the lines: The professional poverty pimps put them out of business. They probably called city counilmembers who then put heat on the administrators. NO AMATEURS ALLOWED—grants and donation money at stake. Allways follow the money. POVERTY IS AN INDUSTRY.
This is the same santuary city that breaks the federal law and harbors crminals. I’m glad I don’t live there.
This vigilante charity has to stop. Charity begins at the legislature and ends at the cold disinterested hand of the bureaucrat.
Just another case where government has run amok and destroyed something good with it’s heavy handed “good intentions”.
We have created a heartless monster, i.e., Big Government. This is highly immoral and criminal in my opinion. Maybe they should have guised themselves as a Gay Outreach program to feed the homeless? I’m sure they would be exempted from “the law”.
Because poor people are the exclusive property of Holy Mother the State.
They’re trying to cut down on the pan-handling in the downtown area....
Here’s a cool idea, what we do in Wichita:
http://catholicdioceseofwichita.org/the-lords-diner/the-lords-diner-home
The regulations are all the more essential in the case of the homeless, Barton said, because “poor people are the most vulnerable to foodborne illness and also are the least likely to have access to health care.”<<<
That makes sense, it is much healthier for the homeless to consume that “safe” food they find in dumpsters. /sarc
I'd be interested in knowing the statistics on how many homeless people have become ill from eating food prepared in uncertified kitchens by volunteer outreaches.
Also, how is “public consumption” defined. If I worked in Houston would it against the law for me to give half my homemade turkey sandwich to a co-worker? Could I bring in a plate of homemade cookies?
When I lived in Portland, Maine in the 80’s the homeless were coming in droves. There was/is a hobo newspaper that circulates among these people and it was raving about all the freebies that Portland had to offer. In they came. The same paper will probably advice to go elsewhere.
Oh, you can't feed the poor in an uncertified kitchen because they're so weak they might get sick and so destitute they won't be able to see a doctor when they do.
Let 'em starve and no one will get in trouble.
Invite a homeless guy to your front doorstep. Give him some food and tell him that there will be more free food everyday. See how many show up the next day. Then see what they leave in your yard. Then see them knock on your neighbors doors. Then see them complain about your food.
A couple things come to my mind:
1) Jesus said you will ALWAYS have the poor and hungry
2) Talked with a young man who has diligently worked to solve the hunger problem in my county. He has collected food and developed a distribution system. Said to me “There is no excuse for anyone to be hungry in Story County anymore.”
Mark Twain, once said, “Any damn fool can begin a speech, but it takes considerable skill to end one.”
I said to him. “Anyone one can begin a ministry, but it takes considerable skill to end one.” Didn’t hear anything further from him.
Bottom line. I applaud what he is doing but it will not solve the problem. But on the other hand, me just talking about it doesn’t help either.
At least half the people people don’t need the help and shouldn’t be helped. The other half do need help and encouragement.
This kind of crap, in a city where there are hundreds if not thousands of itinerant Mexican vendors selling out of trucks, parked trailers, etc., all over town, is ludicrous.
The vendors set up shop on a vacant lot, in store parking lots, wherever they can get good traffic and parking. And I’m absolutely sure they maintain perfect sanitary and refrigeration conditions, and impeccable food handling and preparation procedures.
NOT !!
Somebody’s losing a buck due to the charitable folks in the article, and is using the city “health” clowns to hose them. This is the typical vice of “permitting” - it’s protectionist collusion between businesses and goobermint.
It’s certainly better for the bums to be eating out of garbage cans than eating home cooked meals from this charity !
Houston is run by a liberal lesbian.
Liberals oppose helping the poor and homeless.
It’s the money they want not the help.