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| Homelessness (Photo credit: Todd Huffman) |
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| English: A homeless man in Paris Français : Un sans domicile fixe à Paris. Tiếng Việt: Một người đàn ông vô gia cư ở Paris Polski: Bezdomny mężczyzna w Paryżu See below for more translations. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
There is 10's of millions of abandoned and empty homes around the USA that were taken by banks and loan companies.The folks once proudly living there have been thrown into the street.These houses and apartments may sit empty for decades till they become a hazard or are knocked down.
Those people could easily be re-established into society with our wasted resources.Eminent domain can force people into the street and bulldoze folks homes.Why not use that same law to force people back into homes when greedy institutions won't or can not sell....Estates being left for bickering,greedy siblings the same.
The best example of it is this is ancient :a baby was claimed by two mothers.The King said to take a sword and split the baby,both women would then get half.One women said please ,give the baby to that women.She got the baby because as the real mother,she would give it up to save its life.The other women would have agreed to deny the true mother.
Yet there is homeless people living in tents in -20degree weather in the snow.Not just a few human beings ,but enough for small city populations in a town.There is hundreds of folks being forced to endure and many are dying of this terrible cold.This is not happening in a remote dictators country.This is happening in the ENTIRE USA. THE USA.This is a disgrace in such a prosperous country.
To add insult to injury there is a rash of beatings by usually young white men under the age of 20 who get into cars with aluminum baseball bats,knives and various weapons.They hunt down homeless folks who are already at a low place in their lives.The victims are usually sleeping when the cowards approach and start beating them.386 have died from these sort of attacks on another human being.The homeless are down on their luck,out numbered,malnutritioned and sometimes cold and sick from living with little.
The attitude of the more fortunate, usually poke their noses into the air and pretend its all
that person/ fallen angels fault. There is no life situation that these individuals could even imagine,comprehend or relate to..The actual facts is this:every country in the world has refuges for some reason.The other point is this,Until 4years ago I was one of those people who could not even imagine being jobless,homeless and out in the cold.It can quickly happen to anyone.When the slide into social darkness starts,it overtakes you as if your life was hit by a gigantic whirlwind.It can happen to anyone,Even you my dear reader.
Whether economics,Warfare,Politics,Religion,Race ,greed or just plain stupidity.The greatest victims are those who life has hammered into the emotional pit of life.The jobless.
The handicapped.The uneducated.The socially impaired who are shy,to tall,to short,Black,White, or any other of the "reasons" found to victimize anyone by weak minded bullies.Those Individuals victimizing others are the virus in our societies.They do not belong among reasonable human beings.How much better would this world be without them?
There are organizations trying desperately to help the increasing amount of people to recover their lives.To get back into a situation that makes life better.There is a problem here also.
Homeless is as the label of leper was in the dark ages.Ignorance of those not effected are quick to avoid anyone with that label.Combine the labels mental,homeless,sick,hygiene.
Now place a further stigma on the already beaten homeless that is a social killer.You can not obtain a home,an apartment,credit,a job.Without this item there is a very distinct chance that you will be beaten,maced,stun gunned and incarcerated by the law.After all,who do you report a beating from a gang of thugs.A policeman or the locals who just are out to feel superior to those fallen.A very good example of the abuse of power is the politician in Hawaii that spent his time wandering the streets of paradise smashing and bullying the people
He deemed homeless.Who would you call if you had no way of Identifying yourself.You could not produce any permanent address.and so called society had mislabeled you with any of the above fantasies of those living the beautiful life...
The organizations and people who have hearts of the Angels are the folk running soup kitchens as volunteers.The folks trying to defend the down trodden with little compensation.
The organizations that are trying to help are being more and more pressed to find funds.
The world is being squeezed by wasteful political systems that squander our moneys being paid in the form of taxes.The waste is enormous in the governmental black hole of our lives. If the government was forced to atone for its money as much as we are to ITS collectors.
We must change our ways.WE THE PEOPLE are in command of our destinies as long as we work together.We owe it to our countries and fellow humans to pull each other up as brothers and sisters of our Human race.
Please pitch in and support those less able to rise above the dust as we have.One day soon it may be your turn or some one you love struggling to just find a meal.Some one who has no safe place to rest.Next time you step out of that shower,imagine what weeks without one would make you feel like.Next time you need clothes imagine if you could not chose what would look good and fit well.Imagine the clothes being handed out with a thought of this is all we have for you.
I ride along the streets and see things that could easily be reused by those in need.Then I realize that that selfish individual has smashed the item intentionally so it is UN usable.
My heart sinks to know that person is so self centered and selfish.What matter is it that they paid for it years ago and some one in need may pay pennies on the dollar from a Salvation Army Store.It is no longer important enough to own.So you destroy it?Would you know anyone that would marry that?Heaven help The spouse or pardner That was no longer needed....
The situation in this world and in this country is not going to improve unless PEOPLE decide to change it.The cruelties that are depicted in the movies have been blamed so often,but the nature of man predated movies by millenniums.Reflect on the public hanging of the 19th century when entire towns made it a carnival atmosphere.Look up pictures of beheading in the French revolution.As far as you can go back in history it is the same.
Let the Humans societies Evolve into a place that everyone can sit as the family of man.
Donate to a worthy cause.Volunteer in a church or establishment that helps the needy,elderly,or anywhere it is a place you pray never to be forced to go.I do!
I often return to the church that fed me with what ever the budget allows.I still shop in second hand places and donate my unused unbroken items to the Volunteers of America.
I know that my unneeded things will find a good home.I used to donate the toys out of the claw machines to battered women's shelter till a supervisor threw out 50 brand new toys just before Christmas last year.Said New York State Past a law against stuffed animals due to germs.That ended my donation to children that just needed to hug something outside the battleground they were living.So now I give to the soldier funds every year for their children.
Don't be deterred from your quest of being a good spirit...Find a way with this rule:
If the path is blocked,There is always a way.Over,Under,Around Or through...
Till next time dear readers
RJP
PS.My blog over at wordpress is once again up an running if you wish to read them.rjp
