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Solve the Mexico drug crisis: legalize pot, then buy Canadian. Problem solved, eh?
That's it, sorry. It was a one-liner.
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But if you want to read something meaningful, check out Connecticut Man's post on the tent cities. I think it's called "Since you brought it up." Go there.
I have noticed that really poor people seldom say they "live" anywhere. It's always "I stay" as in "I stay at my sister's" or "I'm staying with my cousin's friend" and this applies whether the stay has been six months or six years. (By the way, does everybody know that the waiting list to get Section 8 housing is about six years? You have your baby, and six years later, you get a shot at affordable housing via government subsidy.)
Now that more people have to say "I stay in a tent under 7th street," maybe we will finally do something about this.
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Heh...good one with the title.
I actually thought (hoping) it was going to be a discussion about our regressive, costly, ineffective and counterproductive marijuana laws. A discussion for another thread I guess. I'll try to do a comprehensive blog post over the weekend on the subject.
Here is the link to Connecticut Man's post you mentioned...I agree, a very good post imho. We need the same kind of social safety nets like the European countries have. They are having a much easier time dealing with the economic downturn than we are here in the US. It is a disgrace that a country with the wealth of the US has people living in tents under bridges...
March 27, 2009 12:38 AM | Reply | Permalink
You blog about it, L. Who else could?!
March 27, 2009 8:20 AM | Reply | Permalink
Hehehe...well I know of a few others here who could bwak, and maybe do a much better job than me. But I will not name names... ;-)
But I will try to do one with my, ummmmmm, errrrr, hmmmmm...usual panache?
March 27, 2009 10:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hum, methinks I see. . .
Nah, couldn't be.
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March 28, 2009 12:35 AM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks for the link bwak...I told you there were many more. I knew PCA was one, lol.
Of course I gave my 2 cents worth...and will probably give much more. ;-)
=D
March 28, 2009 4:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm reading and would comments but.......
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um, wot?
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March 28, 2009 4:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks Erica, I like the title AND the suggestion
March 27, 2009 8:19 AM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks for the mention. :)
Just so's ya knows, the title ("Since you brought it up") is in reference to a couple of diaries on this topic here and, also, to the fact that the other day Obama pointed his finger at what I think would normally be an unusual source for a question at one of these press conferences.
I believe the person was a writer for Ebony (a magazine), and the question was, surprisingly, on the homelessness problem.
Why can't those regular political journamalists on the Washington beat ask important questions like this? Instead we see questions on puppies, first ladies' arms, political gotcha questions or softballs supplied by one side or the other.
March 27, 2009 11:45 AM | Reply | Permalink