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Homeless Man Returns Backpack of Money
Boston Globe ^
Posted on 09/16/2013 11:22:46 PM PDT by shineon
A humble homeless man who returned a backpack full of cash and traveler’s checks to police said he felt “very, very good” to do it and used a ceremony honoring him at police headquarters to thank all the people who have ever given him money on the street.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: backpack; boston; homeless; man; money; returns
Yay
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posted on
09/16/2013 11:22:46 PM PDT
by
shineon
To: shineon
Well, there's a man who, regardless of his other circumstances, is probably right with God. He can sleep well at night knowing he did the right thing. And he thanks those who have helped him.
Now if only the other "99%" of the fools in this country could take a lesson from this man and stop expecting that everything they see is theirs to grab and loot....
God bless this man.
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posted on
09/16/2013 11:26:48 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: dayglored
Truly a mensch.
An exemplary American.
This guy needs to be momentarily used to disabuse Hussein about his lame theories.
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posted on
09/16/2013 11:32:35 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(h)
To: shineon
The Policemen’s Ball will be especially merry this year.
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posted on
09/16/2013 11:35:56 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(I'll retire to Bedlam.)
To: shineon
You idiot! Have you never considered opportunistic expediency.
Just keedean ...
Good man.
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posted on
09/16/2013 11:42:31 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: shineon
Just last night, I was talking to my better half about how integrity cuts across the social classes — the homeless returning valuables was a point in our exchange.
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posted on
09/16/2013 11:47:27 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: shineon
Dude should run for Congress. He’d win in a landslide. Oh, wait, he in Massachusetts....
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posted on
09/16/2013 11:50:47 PM PDT
by
kevao
(Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
To: Gene Eric
Apparently, the lower economic level drivers are more law abiding and cooperative/accommodating to other drivers.
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posted on
09/17/2013 12:02:39 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(h)
To: shineon
A good man. Stupid but good.
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posted on
09/17/2013 12:36:58 AM PDT
by
BigCinBigD
(...Was that okay?)
To: shineon
The backpack contained $2,400 in cash, $39,500 in traveler’s checks, passports, and various personal papers, police said.Illegal aliens selling the American dream. The guy probably figured it was all illegal.
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posted on
09/17/2013 3:14:07 AM PDT
by
raybbr
(I weep over my sons' future in this Godforsaken country.)
To: shineon
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posted on
09/17/2013 3:55:30 AM PDT
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
To: shineon
Prayers sent for this man.
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posted on
09/17/2013 4:26:39 AM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
To: BigCinBigD
"A good man. Stupid but good." I would say that in this situation he was not stupid, but indeed very smart. He recognized that this had to be stolen stuff (what with multiple passports and all) and he didn't want to get mixed up in something illegal.
God bless him for having the integrity to do the right thing!
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posted on
09/17/2013 4:28:26 AM PDT
by
Apple Pan Dowdy
(... as American as Apple Pie)
To: Apple Pan Dowdy
I’m sure they made him take a bath b4 the ceremony.
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posted on
09/17/2013 5:25:16 AM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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