How George Bush Is Losing Two Wars [troll zotted]

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[nygop2]

The plain facts are shocking. Nine thousand families are currently homeless in New York City, the highest number on record. Indeed, homelessness is rising across the country as jobs vanish, incomes shrink and families are forced onto the streets. Meanwhile, George W. Bush is spending the astounding sum of $4 billion a month in taxpayers’ money to keep 146,000 U.S. troops in Iraq—troops who are being murdered on a daily basis, with over 70 dead American soldiers since the war ended on May 1 and no foreseeable improvement. This confusion of priorities is an embarrassment to this country and Mr. Bush’s Presidency. If Mr. Bush had true courage instead of bravado, he would direct the $4 billion a month to poverty programs throughout America. And he would be looking at a very different legacy. As it is, he’s losing the battle both overseas and here at home.

Many New Yorkers may be stunned to learn that homelessness has again edged its way into crisis mode. As The New York Times recently reported, there are nearly twice as many homeless families and children in the city as there were just five years ago. Altogether, more than 38,000 New Yorkers—including over 16,500 children—are spending this summer sleeping in shelters. On the bright side, the city has taken legal steps to move homeless families into permanent housing more quickly. The Times reports that in the first three weeks of June, 435 families were placed in housing, a 61 percent increase from last year. But bolder steps—and bigger dollars—are urgently needed. More and more, New Yorkers who are actively employed are nevertheless tumbling into homelessness: 20 percent of homeless families currently have a working head of the household, compared with 10 percent in the 1980’s.

In addition to the suffering endured by single adults and families who find themselves without a home, an epidemic of homelessness can have a profound impact on the city’s public image and hence its economic base. Tourists are less likely to visit, and residents more likely to move to the suburbs, when confronted by the sight of people sleeping in the streets and subways. Some of the homeless may resort to criminal activity in an attempt to better their plight. It’s not just a New York problem—cities across the country are becoming collection points for the homeless, yet there is no federal effort to ameliorate this problem.

The Bush administration is clearly failing in its effort to stabilize Iraq, while succeeding in destabilizing the condition of the poor in the United States. How about this: Just the interest on the moneys spent in Iraq over the next four years would provide housing for a million homeless people.

[x1stcav]

Do you have anything with electrodes attached to rat tender parts?

[dighton]

"nygop2" -- a fiendishly clever disguise, just like that other jerk's.

[Zavien Doombringer]

[x1stcav]

Isn't this the fellow from the Advocate?

[CFC__VRWC]

Where's Mitch Snyder when ya need him?

I think he went diving in the Great Dumpster in the Sky quite a few years ago.

[Prof Engineer]

Cool Rat!

[E Rocc]

[End Times Sentinel]

 

Buh-bye!  See ya back at DU, Clymer!

Owl_Eagle
" WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
DIVERSITY IS STRENGTH"

[4mycountry]

Pssst! Zav! Kitten Attak!!!

[Timesink]

White House photo?!

[Zavien Doombringer]

I beat ya to it...My 2nd Troll head for the day!

[4mycountry]

Yeeeeahh, tacos will do that to ya.

Howdy, Zavien! Long time no ping!

[MWS]

Wow, I haven't caught a troll thread in the longest time...

(BTW - is this a troll, or a gnome?)

[Timesink]

Not bad, but I kinda like the flaming rat.

The Flaming Rat would be a great name for a bar in Washington.

[4mycountry]

Photoshopped. The helmet was added on. Cool, no?

[Constitution Day]

White House photo?!

The Viking Kitties are everywhere. Make your time!

[truth_seeker]

If every liberal volunteered to keep a homeless person in their home, just one day per week, it would solve the problem completely. Call it...

"Your Home for the Homeless"

Since every liberal would want to serve, there will be a shortage of Homeless...they won't go around.

Liberals could volunteer for other activities, like...

"Bathe the Homeless"

"Detox the Homeless"

"Sing With the Homeless"

"Dress the Homeless"

[Zavien Doombringer]

Been a while, glad you could make it :)

[MWS]

Nice to see both of you again! :)

(I've been away from the troll threads for a while)

[dighton]

Isn't this the fellow from the Advocate?

Beats me.

Margulies calls himself, not convincingly, a Republican activist for Wesley Clark.