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Can Web site offer homeless man hope?
sfgate ^
| March 7, 2009
| MONICA RHOR
Posted on 03/08/2009 10:28:53 AM PDT by JoeProBono
Until a few weeks ago, Tim Edwards was just another one of the men begging for change at a busy Houston underpass, ignored by most drivers who sped on past without a glance. Now, thanks to an Internet marketing campaign and unlikely allies, Edwards has become the human face of homelessness to thousands of online viewers drawn to his Web site by its deliberately controversial name — Pimp This Bum. During regular Webcasts, dozens of visitors to www.pimpthisbum.com/ ask questions about Edwards' life and his slow fall from office manager with a home, a car, and a future to an outcast short of hope and with little prospect of help.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ebum; gimmick; homeless; internet; website
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Tim Edwards has become the human face of homelessness to thousands of online viewers drawn to his Web site by its deliberately controversial name Pimp This Bum.
To: JoeProBono
Just a bum with a really, really big sign.
To: JoeProBono
Who gives money to this? credit card donation on the internet? Unbelievable.
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
03/08/2009 10:37:18 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Can Web site offer homeless man hope?
Electing this putz was supposed to do that.
To: mamelukesabre
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posted on
03/08/2009 10:38:28 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
To: JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
LOL, good one
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posted on
03/08/2009 10:41:48 AM PDT
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Las Vegas Ron
(FUBO, he says we should listen to our enemies, but not to Rush - and zer0 has already failed)
To: frankenMonkey
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posted on
03/08/2009 10:42:49 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
OT -— it annoyed me that the main character in The Road was pushing a grocery cart down the highway. And into the sand at the beach. Can’t be done.
And he could have easily found a regular pushcart of some kind.
Author was asleep.
To: Las Vegas Ron
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posted on
03/08/2009 10:47:15 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
03/08/2009 10:51:13 AM PDT
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Las Vegas Ron
(FUBO, he says we should listen to our enemies, but not to Rush - and zer0 has already failed)
To: JoeProBono; Tijeras_Slim; Slings and Arrows; Lady Jag
I'm bumming off his bandwidth.
Hey, it's just until I get on my feet! YOU DON'T KNOW ME!
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
03/08/2009 10:59:39 AM PDT
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listenhillary
(Rahm Emmanuel slip - A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.)
To: JoeProBono
That one’s my favorite. Hell, I’d probably give that guy a buck or two just for his honesty.
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posted on
03/08/2009 11:05:26 AM PDT
by
Paul Heinzman
(Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive. --William F. Buckley Jr)
To: JoeProBono
Tim Edwards has become the human face of homelessness a cynical fraud to thousands of online viewers drawn to his Web site by its deliberately controversial name Pimp This Bum. There. Fixed.
To: listenhillary
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posted on
03/08/2009 11:14:42 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
03/08/2009 11:15:59 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Paul Heinzman
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posted on
03/08/2009 11:18:17 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: martin_fierro; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; NYC GOP Chick; ...
www.pimpthisbum.comBarney Frank is running rentboys again?
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posted on
03/08/2009 11:18:34 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("I HOPE you like your CHANGE."--MrB)
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