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Compassion often evades the less fortunate among us (Naive lefty alert)
Kansas City Star ^ | 3/9/05 | Lewis W. Diuguid

Posted on 03/09/2005 6:42:00 PM PST by Huntress

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I'm not sure it's possible to be deliberately naive, but if it is, Mr. Diuguid fits the bill. Mr. Diuguid, dressed up as a bum, probably didn't stink, accost people, or act crazy or disruptive. But a lot homeless people do, and that's why others avoid them.
1 posted on 03/09/2005 6:42:03 PM PST by Huntress
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To: Huntress

Courage!


2 posted on 03/09/2005 6:43:19 PM PST by Temple Owl (19064)
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To: Temple Owl

At least once a year, I like to put on a ski mask, and walk into a local bank holding a pistol. Tellers who have assisted me for years often scream and don't appear to be interested in helping me. And now the Bush administration is making everything worse. They don't appear to want to give everyone everything for no reason, unlike compassionate Democrats. Barf


3 posted on 03/09/2005 6:49:27 PM PST by abovethefray
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Good one, abt. About as scientific as this nitwit reporter, with the major difference that you actually know what you are talking about. For a group that, by any count, makes up less than one-tenth of one percent of the population, the press spends an awful lot of time talking about homeless people.


4 posted on 03/09/2005 6:51:51 PM PST by speedy
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To: abovethefray

Make that atf. Sheesh, can't do initials anymore.


5 posted on 03/09/2005 6:53:11 PM PST by speedy
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Wow..that really helped me understand.
Uh, duh. Understand what?

Hey Reporter Jerk....how about you get a REAL job.Like actually working with homeless mentally ill people..You probably wouldn't last 3 hours! Or maybe just do what a lot of us "nicely dressed" people do...work our butts off so that we can donate to charities, our houses of worship to help the unfortuante.

Maybe I'm on the cell phone working so I can PAY TAXES to take care of homeless people who harrass me on the street and just don't feel like working.


6 posted on 03/09/2005 6:54:22 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (Free Lt Pantano! Let the Warriors do their job.)
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Mr. Diuguid, dressed up as a bum, probably didn't stink, accost people, or act crazy or disruptive. But a lot homeless people do, and that's why others avoid them.

Exactly what I was thinking when I read the article. The author entirely missed the point.

7 posted on 03/09/2005 6:58:06 PM PST by The Toad
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The point being having money is better then being broke.

WOW.....what a concept....whoda thunk???!!!!


8 posted on 03/09/2005 7:05:48 PM PST by Blackirish (Death to Tyrants)
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To: Huntress

Did ya catch the part near the end of the aticle about the woman our reporter thought was so marvelous who was in the library READING A BOOK about being wonderful and compassionate? Duh!


9 posted on 03/09/2005 7:13:30 PM PST by Irene Adler
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What a load of crap.


10 posted on 03/09/2005 7:19:31 PM PST by lotusblos
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That became her signal to hurriedly walk in another direction.

Probably because he was leeering at her.

11 posted on 03/09/2005 7:35:18 PM PST by expatpat
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"Duiguid?" "Doo-Good?" Too droll...


12 posted on 03/09/2005 7:47:52 PM PST by redhead
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I make up for his liberal "compassion", I don't have a compasonate bone in my body, I work for and pay for everything that i've ever had and the so called poor can do the same.

As far as i'm concerned, the day I can't take care of myself 100% I don't have any right taking up space on this planet.


13 posted on 03/09/2005 7:48:30 PM PST by dalereed
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To: speedy
ATF
14 posted on 03/09/2005 7:50:23 PM PST by Buddy B (MSgt Retired-USAF)
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Hey, thanks for the link. Gave me a chance to brush up on the "Most Wanted" list. Looks like I still haven't made it.


15 posted on 03/09/2005 7:58:53 PM PST by speedy
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In my old clothes, no one knew me. But one person, Betty Howard, who was on a break from her bank job, seemed to care. I sat at her table. When I asked, she didn't mind saying she was reading The Laws of Spirit: Simple, Powerful Truths for Making Life Work by Dan Millman.

Maybe Im just anti-social, but when Im at the library trying to read a book and someone sits down next to me to make small talk, Im going to look annoyed with you, homeless or not. If I wanted to talk about the book Im reading, I would join a book club.
16 posted on 03/09/2005 8:07:45 PM PST by somniferum (All warfare is deception - Sun Tzu)
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Shabby-looking smelly homeless person leers directly at a woman walking alone in the city, and she has the gall to walk away. What kind of monster is she??


17 posted on 03/09/2005 8:11:33 PM PST by billybudd
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To: Huntress
Let's begin by debunking this "less fortunate" crap. Fortune is defined as: "supremely favored, having unexepected good fortune, lucky, bringing something good and unforseen."

OK, exactly what is unexpected about acquiring wealth from hard work, avoiding drugs, not having kids you can't afford, getting an education, making wise spending decisions, etc. On the other hand, if you fail in these endeavors, is it unexpected that you will live in poverty. A much better name would be "the more irresponsible." Allow me to give credit to Neil Boortz for these observations. They are dead on target.

18 posted on 03/09/2005 8:18:10 PM PST by SALChamps03
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To: Huntress; MeekOneGOP
Time to play!
19 posted on 03/09/2005 8:50:33 PM PST by Thunder90
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Oh, please. I'm not a troll. I've been around here close to a year. Go look at my other posts on this forum.


20 posted on 03/09/2005 9:46:12 PM PST by Huntress (Possession really is nine tenths of the law.)
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