The guy's commentary is incorrect. It's not a holograph, but an actual skinhead guy having sex with a sheep. The sheep being the Lamb of God, getting F'd by Satan. And this thing is going on, suspended by wires, high above of the heads of WIlly Boy and the Elite Wealthy of the World - a most satanic and vulgare display of bestiality and offence of Christ, which is what it is meant to be.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
DEMON a sheep Hologram at ELITE Royal GALA on 6/9/2011
The guy's commentary is incorrect. It's not a holograph, but an actual skinhead guy having sex with a sheep. The sheep being the Lamb of God, getting F'd by Satan. And this thing is going on, suspended by wires, high above of the heads of WIlly Boy and the Elite Wealthy of the World - a most satanic and vulgare display of bestiality and offence of Christ, which is what it is meant to be.
DEMON a sheep Hologram at ELITE Royal GALA on 6/9/2011
The guy's commentary is incorrect. It's not a holograph, but an actual skinhead guy having sex with a sheep. The sheep being the Lamb of God, getting F'd by Satan. And this thing is going on, suspended by wires, high above of the heads of WIlly Boy and the Elite Wealthy of the World - a most satanic and vulgare display of bestiality and offence of Christ, which is what it is meant to be.
DEMON a sheep Hologram at ELITE Royal GALA on 6/9/2011
The guy's commentary is incorrect. It's not a holograph, but an actual skinhead guy having sex with a sheep. The sheep being the Lamb of God, getting F'd by Satan. And this thing is going on, suspended by wires, high above of the heads of WIlly Boy and the Elite Wealthy of the World - a most satanic and vulgare display of bestiality and offence of Christ, which is what it is meant to be.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Rupert Murdoch's signature
In service to Satan, his upside down cross reveals his spiritual nature. This man controls nearly half of all the media in the world. Especially Fox News, etc. He only hires those in the Satanic Network: who obey orders and will do whatever they are told to do.
Rupert Murdoch's signature
In service to Satan, his upside down cross reveals his spiritual nature. This man controls nearly half of all the media in the world. Especially Fox News, etc. He only hires those in the Satanic Network: who obey orders and will do whatever they are told to do.
Rupert Murdoch's signature
In service to Satan, his upside down cross reveals his spiritual nature. This man controls nearly half of all the media in the world. Especially Fox News, etc. He only hires those in the Satanic Network: who obey orders and will do whatever they are told to do.
Rupert Murdoch's signature
In service to Satan, his upside down cross reveals his spiritual nature. This man controls nearly half of all the media in the world. Especially Fox News, etc. He only hires those in the Satanic Network: who obey orders and will do whatever they are told to do.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Going to "church"
It may suprise some people that when our family goes to church, for us, we go to Dad's pure creation - the ocean, mountains, rivers, and streams. For there we find spirit unsullied by the machinations of evil...of the network...and things are more pure. More REAL. Honest.
And life affirming.
THis is our daily bread. Connecting with Our Father First and Last. Then to his angelic creation. THe messengers. The elementals. Which are and always have been, wholly visible to us. As visible as your hand is to you.
FOr many years I've documented this reality. Mainly, to remind this world that being lost in the mundane and trivial -the illusions of Earth will have your life spent chasing ephemeral realities that in the end, count for nothing. That's your choice.
Because of this increasingly loving connection to Dad's Grace, Love, and COmpassion, by extension, His Creation has with it, that same connection point. All we do is bring our best selves - open, kind, sincere, without guile, and eager to love and be loved by, all that Dad has given this planet without letup. It's that simple. Then the doors open, stay open, with new doors opening all the time.
In the pics below. You see simple joy, translated wherever we go, being the children we seem to always be. You may call us idiot fools - or worse. Have it your way.
But we Love GOD, Our Father. And all he is, was and ever will be. It fills us with a simple peace and serenity. And His Creations responds to that.
LOOK IN THE WATER INSIDE THE RED SQUARE.
Going to "church"
It may suprise some people that when our family goes to church, for us, we go to Dad's pure creation - the ocean, mountains, rivers, and streams. For there we find spirit unsullied by the machinations of evil...of the network...and things are more pure. More REAL. Honest.
And life affirming.
THis is our daily bread. Connecting with Our Father First and Last. Then to his angelic creation. THe messengers. The elementals. Which are and always have been, wholly visible to us. As visible as your hand is to you.
FOr many years I've documented this reality. Mainly, to remind this world that being lost in the mundane and trivial -the illusions of Earth will have your life spent chasing ephemeral realities that in the end, count for nothing. That's your choice.
Because of this increasingly loving connection to Dad's Grace, Love, and COmpassion, by extension, His Creation has with it, that same connection point. All we do is bring our best selves - open, kind, sincere, without guile, and eager to love and be loved by, all that Dad has given this planet without letup. It's that simple. Then the doors open, stay open, with new doors opening all the time.
In the pics below. You see simple joy, translated wherever we go, being the children we seem to always be. You may call us idiot fools - or worse. Have it your way.
But we Love GOD, Our Father. And all he is, was and ever will be. It fills us with a simple peace and serenity. And His Creations responds to that.
LOOK IN THE WATER INSIDE THE RED SQUARE.
Going to "church"
It may suprise some people that when our family goes to church, for us, we go to Dad's pure creation - the ocean, mountains, rivers, and streams. For there we find spirit unsullied by the machinations of evil...of the network...and things are more pure. More REAL. Honest.
And life affirming.
THis is our daily bread. Connecting with Our Father First and Last. Then to his angelic creation. THe messengers. The elementals. Which are and always have been, wholly visible to us. As visible as your hand is to you.
FOr many years I've documented this reality. Mainly, to remind this world that being lost in the mundane and trivial -the illusions of Earth will have your life spent chasing ephemeral realities that in the end, count for nothing. That's your choice.
Because of this increasingly loving connection to Dad's Grace, Love, and COmpassion, by extension, His Creation has with it, that same connection point. All we do is bring our best selves - open, kind, sincere, without guile, and eager to love and be loved by, all that Dad has given this planet without letup. It's that simple. Then the doors open, stay open, with new doors opening all the time.
In the pics below. You see simple joy, translated wherever we go, being the children we seem to always be. You may call us idiot fools - or worse. Have it your way.
But we Love GOD, Our Father. And all he is, was and ever will be. It fills us with a simple peace and serenity. And His Creations responds to that.
LOOK IN THE WATER INSIDE THE RED SQUARE.
Going to "church"
It may suprise some people that when our family goes to church, for us, we go to Dad's pure creation - the ocean, mountains, rivers, and streams. For there we find spirit unsullied by the machinations of evil...of the network...and things are more pure. More REAL. Honest.
And life affirming.
THis is our daily bread. Connecting with Our Father First and Last. Then to his angelic creation. THe messengers. The elementals. Which are and always have been, wholly visible to us. As visible as your hand is to you.
FOr many years I've documented this reality. Mainly, to remind this world that being lost in the mundane and trivial -the illusions of Earth will have your life spent chasing ephemeral realities that in the end, count for nothing. That's your choice.
Because of this increasingly loving connection to Dad's Grace, Love, and COmpassion, by extension, His Creation has with it, that same connection point. All we do is bring our best selves - open, kind, sincere, without guile, and eager to love and be loved by, all that Dad has given this planet without letup. It's that simple. Then the doors open, stay open, with new doors opening all the time.
In the pics below. You see simple joy, translated wherever we go, being the children we seem to always be. You may call us idiot fools - or worse. Have it your way.
But we Love GOD, Our Father. And all he is, was and ever will be. It fills us with a simple peace and serenity. And His Creations responds to that.
LOOK IN THE WATER INSIDE THE RED SQUARE.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Best Day Foundation
Best Day helps children with special needs build confidence and self-esteem through safe, fun, adventure activities like surfing, bodyboarding, kayaking, snow sports, and more, in creating special days for special children with Autism, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Blindness, Cancer, Spinal Cord Injuries, and other physical & developmental
Last Saturday was another "best day" for the children. These are extremely disabled kids who likely would never get a chance to surf, wave ride, kayak, etc, in a safe and professional environment, filled with eager, loving volunteers. There was a big turnout of special needs kids from all over several counties, as well as at least a hundred volunteers/organizers.
The radiance and smiles from those children said it all and it was non-stop. Talk about soaring hearts... I didn't see one scowl or frown all day at the beach. It was amazing. And it proves to me that when such a disparate group of people come together for the purpose of helping those unable to help themselves, love leads the way and the day.
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Last Saturday was another "best day" for the children. These are extremely disabled kids who likely would never get a chance to surf, wave ride, kayak, etc, in a safe and professional environment, filled with eager, loving volunteers. There was a big turnout of special needs kids from all over several counties, as well as at least a hundred volunteers/organizers.
The radiance and smiles from those children said it all and it was non-stop. Talk about soaring hearts... I didn't see one scowl or frown all day at the beach. It was amazing. And it proves to me that when such a disparate group of people come together for the purpose of helping those unable to help themselves, love leads the way and the day.
Best Day Foundation
Best Day helps children with special needs build confidence and self-esteem through safe, fun, adventure activities like surfing, bodyboarding, kayaking, snow sports, and more, in creating special days for special children with Autism, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Blindness, Cancer, Spinal Cord Injuries, and other physical & developmental
Last Saturday was another "best day" for the children. These are extremely disabled kids who likely would never get a chance to surf, wave ride, kayak, etc, in a safe and professional environment, filled with eager, loving volunteers. There was a big turnout of special needs kids from all over several counties, as well as at least a hundred volunteers/organizers.
The radiance and smiles from those children said it all and it was non-stop. Talk about soaring hearts... I didn't see one scowl or frown all day at the beach. It was amazing. And it proves to me that when such a disparate group of people come together for the purpose of helping those unable to help themselves, love leads the way and the day.
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Last Saturday was another "best day" for the children. These are extremely disabled kids who likely would never get a chance to surf, wave ride, kayak, etc, in a safe and professional environment, filled with eager, loving volunteers. There was a big turnout of special needs kids from all over several counties, as well as at least a hundred volunteers/organizers.
The radiance and smiles from those children said it all and it was non-stop. Talk about soaring hearts... I didn't see one scowl or frown all day at the beach. It was amazing. And it proves to me that when such a disparate group of people come together for the purpose of helping those unable to help themselves, love leads the way and the day.
Best Day Foundation
Best Day helps children with special needs build confidence and self-esteem through safe, fun, adventure activities like surfing, bodyboarding, kayaking, snow sports, and more, in creating special days for special children with Autism, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Blindness, Cancer, Spinal Cord Injuries, and other physical & developmental
Last Saturday was another "best day" for the children. These are extremely disabled kids who likely would never get a chance to surf, wave ride, kayak, etc, in a safe and professional environment, filled with eager, loving volunteers. There was a big turnout of special needs kids from all over several counties, as well as at least a hundred volunteers/organizers.
The radiance and smiles from those children said it all and it was non-stop. Talk about soaring hearts... I didn't see one scowl or frown all day at the beach. It was amazing. And it proves to me that when such a disparate group of people come together for the purpose of helping those unable to help themselves, love leads the way and the day.
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Last Saturday was another "best day" for the children. These are extremely disabled kids who likely would never get a chance to surf, wave ride, kayak, etc, in a safe and professional environment, filled with eager, loving volunteers. There was a big turnout of special needs kids from all over several counties, as well as at least a hundred volunteers/organizers.
The radiance and smiles from those children said it all and it was non-stop. Talk about soaring hearts... I didn't see one scowl or frown all day at the beach. It was amazing. And it proves to me that when such a disparate group of people come together for the purpose of helping those unable to help themselves, love leads the way and the day.
Best Day Foundation
Best Day helps children with special needs build confidence and self-esteem through safe, fun, adventure activities like surfing, bodyboarding, kayaking, snow sports, and more, in creating special days for special children with Autism, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Blindness, Cancer, Spinal Cord Injuries, and other physical & developmental
Last Saturday was another "best day" for the children. These are extremely disabled kids who likely would never get a chance to surf, wave ride, kayak, etc, in a safe and professional environment, filled with eager, loving volunteers. There was a big turnout of special needs kids from all over several counties, as well as at least a hundred volunteers/organizers.
The radiance and smiles from those children said it all and it was non-stop. Talk about soaring hearts... I didn't see one scowl or frown all day at the beach. It was amazing. And it proves to me that when such a disparate group of people come together for the purpose of helping those unable to help themselves, love leads the way and the day.
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Last Saturday was another "best day" for the children. These are extremely disabled kids who likely would never get a chance to surf, wave ride, kayak, etc, in a safe and professional environment, filled with eager, loving volunteers. There was a big turnout of special needs kids from all over several counties, as well as at least a hundred volunteers/organizers.
The radiance and smiles from those children said it all and it was non-stop. Talk about soaring hearts... I didn't see one scowl or frown all day at the beach. It was amazing. And it proves to me that when such a disparate group of people come together for the purpose of helping those unable to help themselves, love leads the way and the day.
Blog posts
Going to change the direction of the blog posts from pointing out how our Satanic reptile overlords have messed up this place, to things more spirit and life affirming, whatever that is.
I think by now, most of us understand the real play of Earth and what must needs be done about it, according to our gifts.
So, let's move along, see what beauty we can shake out of this whole clusterF of a situation.
I think by now, most of us understand the real play of Earth and what must needs be done about it, according to our gifts.
So, let's move along, see what beauty we can shake out of this whole clusterF of a situation.
Blog posts
Going to change the direction of the blog posts from pointing out how our Satanic reptile overlords have messed up this place, to things more spirit and life affirming, whatever that is.
I think by now, most of us understand the real play of Earth and what must needs be done about it, according to our gifts.
So, let's move along, see what beauty we can shake out of this whole clusterF of a situation.
I think by now, most of us understand the real play of Earth and what must needs be done about it, according to our gifts.
So, let's move along, see what beauty we can shake out of this whole clusterF of a situation.
Blog posts
Going to change the direction of the blog posts from pointing out how our Satanic reptile overlords have messed up this place, to things more spirit and life affirming, whatever that is.
I think by now, most of us understand the real play of Earth and what must needs be done about it, according to our gifts.
So, let's move along, see what beauty we can shake out of this whole clusterF of a situation.
I think by now, most of us understand the real play of Earth and what must needs be done about it, according to our gifts.
So, let's move along, see what beauty we can shake out of this whole clusterF of a situation.
Blog posts
Going to change the direction of the blog posts from pointing out how our Satanic reptile overlords have messed up this place, to things more spirit and life affirming, whatever that is.
I think by now, most of us understand the real play of Earth and what must needs be done about it, according to our gifts.
So, let's move along, see what beauty we can shake out of this whole clusterF of a situation.
I think by now, most of us understand the real play of Earth and what must needs be done about it, according to our gifts.
So, let's move along, see what beauty we can shake out of this whole clusterF of a situation.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Sheriffs murder NFL player
HERE IS THE STORY FROM THE SON WHO WATCHED HIS FATHER’S MURDER
A man who played running back for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1978 to 1980 was shot and killed by a Kern County Sheriff’s deputy in front of his 19-year-old son.
It happened early Sunday at the Fastrip store, 2200 Nile St., in northeast Bakersfield.
According to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, a group of teenagers were outside of the Fastrip trying to get adults to buy alcohol for them. When deputies arrived, they approached 56-year-old David Lee Turner, who was leaving the store with his son.
Turner’s son was too shaken to speak with Eyewitness News on Sunday, but he told his sister what he witnessed.
“They asked my dad if he was the person buying alcohol for underage youth,” Jerrica Cor-Dova said.
According to Turner’s son, his father denied the claims, but deputies continued to question him. Turner then asked officers if he was being arrested. The deputies said no, and Turner grabbed his stuff and began to walk away.
“As he was walking away, the officers came up behind him and hit him in the back of the legs with a club, causing him to fall on his knees,” Cor-Dova said.
Turner’s son said the bag his father was carrying fell to the ground and the beer in the bag exploded. The next thing he heard was two shots being fired.
“My brother said he yelled my dad’s name, and my father was lying there still,” Cor-Dova relayed the story.
But according to the sheriff’s department, the shots were fired because one of the officers was hit over the head with the items in the bag. His son said that never happened.
“I know that there is a video recording, so we are relying heavily on the video recording from Fastrip,” Cor-Dova said.
Eyewitness News contacted Fastrip in an effort to obtain the surveillance video, but, due to the ongoing investigation, it cannot release the video.
The family is asking for answers.
“All we want is for justice to be served. We need some closure here. This is devastating,” Turner’s girlfriend Doralene Hicks said.
Deputy Welsey Kraft, the man who shot Turner, is currently on paid administrative leave as the investigation into the shooting continues.
Expect the usual departmental whitewash and coverup America has come to know as standard operation procedure from law enforcement.
A man who played running back for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1978 to 1980 was shot and killed by a Kern County Sheriff’s deputy in front of his 19-year-old son.
It happened early Sunday at the Fastrip store, 2200 Nile St., in northeast Bakersfield.
According to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, a group of teenagers were outside of the Fastrip trying to get adults to buy alcohol for them. When deputies arrived, they approached 56-year-old David Lee Turner, who was leaving the store with his son.
Turner’s son was too shaken to speak with Eyewitness News on Sunday, but he told his sister what he witnessed.
“They asked my dad if he was the person buying alcohol for underage youth,” Jerrica Cor-Dova said.
According to Turner’s son, his father denied the claims, but deputies continued to question him. Turner then asked officers if he was being arrested. The deputies said no, and Turner grabbed his stuff and began to walk away.
“As he was walking away, the officers came up behind him and hit him in the back of the legs with a club, causing him to fall on his knees,” Cor-Dova said.
Turner’s son said the bag his father was carrying fell to the ground and the beer in the bag exploded. The next thing he heard was two shots being fired.
“My brother said he yelled my dad’s name, and my father was lying there still,” Cor-Dova relayed the story.
But according to the sheriff’s department, the shots were fired because one of the officers was hit over the head with the items in the bag. His son said that never happened.
“I know that there is a video recording, so we are relying heavily on the video recording from Fastrip,” Cor-Dova said.
Eyewitness News contacted Fastrip in an effort to obtain the surveillance video, but, due to the ongoing investigation, it cannot release the video.
The family is asking for answers.
“All we want is for justice to be served. We need some closure here. This is devastating,” Turner’s girlfriend Doralene Hicks said.
Deputy Welsey Kraft, the man who shot Turner, is currently on paid administrative leave as the investigation into the shooting continues.
Expect the usual departmental whitewash and coverup America has come to know as standard operation procedure from law enforcement.
Sheriffs murder NFL player
HERE IS THE STORY FROM THE SON WHO WATCHED HIS FATHER’S MURDER
A man who played running back for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1978 to 1980 was shot and killed by a Kern County Sheriff’s deputy in front of his 19-year-old son.
It happened early Sunday at the Fastrip store, 2200 Nile St., in northeast Bakersfield.
According to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, a group of teenagers were outside of the Fastrip trying to get adults to buy alcohol for them. When deputies arrived, they approached 56-year-old David Lee Turner, who was leaving the store with his son.
Turner’s son was too shaken to speak with Eyewitness News on Sunday, but he told his sister what he witnessed.
“They asked my dad if he was the person buying alcohol for underage youth,” Jerrica Cor-Dova said.
According to Turner’s son, his father denied the claims, but deputies continued to question him. Turner then asked officers if he was being arrested. The deputies said no, and Turner grabbed his stuff and began to walk away.
“As he was walking away, the officers came up behind him and hit him in the back of the legs with a club, causing him to fall on his knees,” Cor-Dova said.
Turner’s son said the bag his father was carrying fell to the ground and the beer in the bag exploded. The next thing he heard was two shots being fired.
“My brother said he yelled my dad’s name, and my father was lying there still,” Cor-Dova relayed the story.
But according to the sheriff’s department, the shots were fired because one of the officers was hit over the head with the items in the bag. His son said that never happened.
“I know that there is a video recording, so we are relying heavily on the video recording from Fastrip,” Cor-Dova said.
Eyewitness News contacted Fastrip in an effort to obtain the surveillance video, but, due to the ongoing investigation, it cannot release the video.
The family is asking for answers.
“All we want is for justice to be served. We need some closure here. This is devastating,” Turner’s girlfriend Doralene Hicks said.
Deputy Welsey Kraft, the man who shot Turner, is currently on paid administrative leave as the investigation into the shooting continues.
Expect the usual departmental whitewash and coverup America has come to know as standard operation procedure from law enforcement.
A man who played running back for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1978 to 1980 was shot and killed by a Kern County Sheriff’s deputy in front of his 19-year-old son.
It happened early Sunday at the Fastrip store, 2200 Nile St., in northeast Bakersfield.
According to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, a group of teenagers were outside of the Fastrip trying to get adults to buy alcohol for them. When deputies arrived, they approached 56-year-old David Lee Turner, who was leaving the store with his son.
Turner’s son was too shaken to speak with Eyewitness News on Sunday, but he told his sister what he witnessed.
“They asked my dad if he was the person buying alcohol for underage youth,” Jerrica Cor-Dova said.
According to Turner’s son, his father denied the claims, but deputies continued to question him. Turner then asked officers if he was being arrested. The deputies said no, and Turner grabbed his stuff and began to walk away.
“As he was walking away, the officers came up behind him and hit him in the back of the legs with a club, causing him to fall on his knees,” Cor-Dova said.
Turner’s son said the bag his father was carrying fell to the ground and the beer in the bag exploded. The next thing he heard was two shots being fired.
“My brother said he yelled my dad’s name, and my father was lying there still,” Cor-Dova relayed the story.
But according to the sheriff’s department, the shots were fired because one of the officers was hit over the head with the items in the bag. His son said that never happened.
“I know that there is a video recording, so we are relying heavily on the video recording from Fastrip,” Cor-Dova said.
Eyewitness News contacted Fastrip in an effort to obtain the surveillance video, but, due to the ongoing investigation, it cannot release the video.
The family is asking for answers.
“All we want is for justice to be served. We need some closure here. This is devastating,” Turner’s girlfriend Doralene Hicks said.
Deputy Welsey Kraft, the man who shot Turner, is currently on paid administrative leave as the investigation into the shooting continues.
Expect the usual departmental whitewash and coverup America has come to know as standard operation procedure from law enforcement.
Sheriffs murder NFL player
HERE IS THE STORY FROM THE SON WHO WATCHED HIS FATHER’S MURDER
A man who played running back for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1978 to 1980 was shot and killed by a Kern County Sheriff’s deputy in front of his 19-year-old son.
It happened early Sunday at the Fastrip store, 2200 Nile St., in northeast Bakersfield.
According to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, a group of teenagers were outside of the Fastrip trying to get adults to buy alcohol for them. When deputies arrived, they approached 56-year-old David Lee Turner, who was leaving the store with his son.
Turner’s son was too shaken to speak with Eyewitness News on Sunday, but he told his sister what he witnessed.
“They asked my dad if he was the person buying alcohol for underage youth,” Jerrica Cor-Dova said.
According to Turner’s son, his father denied the claims, but deputies continued to question him. Turner then asked officers if he was being arrested. The deputies said no, and Turner grabbed his stuff and began to walk away.
“As he was walking away, the officers came up behind him and hit him in the back of the legs with a club, causing him to fall on his knees,” Cor-Dova said.
Turner’s son said the bag his father was carrying fell to the ground and the beer in the bag exploded. The next thing he heard was two shots being fired.
“My brother said he yelled my dad’s name, and my father was lying there still,” Cor-Dova relayed the story.
But according to the sheriff’s department, the shots were fired because one of the officers was hit over the head with the items in the bag. His son said that never happened.
“I know that there is a video recording, so we are relying heavily on the video recording from Fastrip,” Cor-Dova said.
Eyewitness News contacted Fastrip in an effort to obtain the surveillance video, but, due to the ongoing investigation, it cannot release the video.
The family is asking for answers.
“All we want is for justice to be served. We need some closure here. This is devastating,” Turner’s girlfriend Doralene Hicks said.
Deputy Welsey Kraft, the man who shot Turner, is currently on paid administrative leave as the investigation into the shooting continues.
Expect the usual departmental whitewash and coverup America has come to know as standard operation procedure from law enforcement.
A man who played running back for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1978 to 1980 was shot and killed by a Kern County Sheriff’s deputy in front of his 19-year-old son.
It happened early Sunday at the Fastrip store, 2200 Nile St., in northeast Bakersfield.
According to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, a group of teenagers were outside of the Fastrip trying to get adults to buy alcohol for them. When deputies arrived, they approached 56-year-old David Lee Turner, who was leaving the store with his son.
Turner’s son was too shaken to speak with Eyewitness News on Sunday, but he told his sister what he witnessed.
“They asked my dad if he was the person buying alcohol for underage youth,” Jerrica Cor-Dova said.
According to Turner’s son, his father denied the claims, but deputies continued to question him. Turner then asked officers if he was being arrested. The deputies said no, and Turner grabbed his stuff and began to walk away.
“As he was walking away, the officers came up behind him and hit him in the back of the legs with a club, causing him to fall on his knees,” Cor-Dova said.
Turner’s son said the bag his father was carrying fell to the ground and the beer in the bag exploded. The next thing he heard was two shots being fired.
“My brother said he yelled my dad’s name, and my father was lying there still,” Cor-Dova relayed the story.
But according to the sheriff’s department, the shots were fired because one of the officers was hit over the head with the items in the bag. His son said that never happened.
“I know that there is a video recording, so we are relying heavily on the video recording from Fastrip,” Cor-Dova said.
Eyewitness News contacted Fastrip in an effort to obtain the surveillance video, but, due to the ongoing investigation, it cannot release the video.
The family is asking for answers.
“All we want is for justice to be served. We need some closure here. This is devastating,” Turner’s girlfriend Doralene Hicks said.
Deputy Welsey Kraft, the man who shot Turner, is currently on paid administrative leave as the investigation into the shooting continues.
Expect the usual departmental whitewash and coverup America has come to know as standard operation procedure from law enforcement.
Sheriffs murder NFL player
HERE IS THE STORY FROM THE SON WHO WATCHED HIS FATHER’S MURDER
A man who played running back for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1978 to 1980 was shot and killed by a Kern County Sheriff’s deputy in front of his 19-year-old son.
It happened early Sunday at the Fastrip store, 2200 Nile St., in northeast Bakersfield.
According to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, a group of teenagers were outside of the Fastrip trying to get adults to buy alcohol for them. When deputies arrived, they approached 56-year-old David Lee Turner, who was leaving the store with his son.
Turner’s son was too shaken to speak with Eyewitness News on Sunday, but he told his sister what he witnessed.
“They asked my dad if he was the person buying alcohol for underage youth,” Jerrica Cor-Dova said.
According to Turner’s son, his father denied the claims, but deputies continued to question him. Turner then asked officers if he was being arrested. The deputies said no, and Turner grabbed his stuff and began to walk away.
“As he was walking away, the officers came up behind him and hit him in the back of the legs with a club, causing him to fall on his knees,” Cor-Dova said.
Turner’s son said the bag his father was carrying fell to the ground and the beer in the bag exploded. The next thing he heard was two shots being fired.
“My brother said he yelled my dad’s name, and my father was lying there still,” Cor-Dova relayed the story.
But according to the sheriff’s department, the shots were fired because one of the officers was hit over the head with the items in the bag. His son said that never happened.
“I know that there is a video recording, so we are relying heavily on the video recording from Fastrip,” Cor-Dova said.
Eyewitness News contacted Fastrip in an effort to obtain the surveillance video, but, due to the ongoing investigation, it cannot release the video.
The family is asking for answers.
“All we want is for justice to be served. We need some closure here. This is devastating,” Turner’s girlfriend Doralene Hicks said.
Deputy Welsey Kraft, the man who shot Turner, is currently on paid administrative leave as the investigation into the shooting continues.
Expect the usual departmental whitewash and coverup America has come to know as standard operation procedure from law enforcement.
A man who played running back for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1978 to 1980 was shot and killed by a Kern County Sheriff’s deputy in front of his 19-year-old son.
It happened early Sunday at the Fastrip store, 2200 Nile St., in northeast Bakersfield.
According to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, a group of teenagers were outside of the Fastrip trying to get adults to buy alcohol for them. When deputies arrived, they approached 56-year-old David Lee Turner, who was leaving the store with his son.
Turner’s son was too shaken to speak with Eyewitness News on Sunday, but he told his sister what he witnessed.
“They asked my dad if he was the person buying alcohol for underage youth,” Jerrica Cor-Dova said.
According to Turner’s son, his father denied the claims, but deputies continued to question him. Turner then asked officers if he was being arrested. The deputies said no, and Turner grabbed his stuff and began to walk away.
“As he was walking away, the officers came up behind him and hit him in the back of the legs with a club, causing him to fall on his knees,” Cor-Dova said.
Turner’s son said the bag his father was carrying fell to the ground and the beer in the bag exploded. The next thing he heard was two shots being fired.
“My brother said he yelled my dad’s name, and my father was lying there still,” Cor-Dova relayed the story.
But according to the sheriff’s department, the shots were fired because one of the officers was hit over the head with the items in the bag. His son said that never happened.
“I know that there is a video recording, so we are relying heavily on the video recording from Fastrip,” Cor-Dova said.
Eyewitness News contacted Fastrip in an effort to obtain the surveillance video, but, due to the ongoing investigation, it cannot release the video.
The family is asking for answers.
“All we want is for justice to be served. We need some closure here. This is devastating,” Turner’s girlfriend Doralene Hicks said.
Deputy Welsey Kraft, the man who shot Turner, is currently on paid administrative leave as the investigation into the shooting continues.
Expect the usual departmental whitewash and coverup America has come to know as standard operation procedure from law enforcement.
Tips for Talking to the Police
Tips for Talking to the Police
The police want to search my server, my personal computer, or my phone. What do I do now?
Don’t consent to a search.
• Say “No,” and tell the police to come back with a warrant.
• If you voluntarily agree to a search, they don’t need a warrant to enter your house or search your computer.
Ask to see a search warrant.
• If the police say they have a warrant, you have a right to see it.
• Make sure they are only searching the areas the warrant authorizes them to search.
You can stay silent.
• You don’t have to say a word to the police or help their search.
• You don’t have to give your encryption keys or passwords to the police.
• If you decide to talk to the police, tell them the truth — lying to the police is a crime.
• Once the police are searching your home or computer, don’t interfere or obstruct their search.
Talk to a lawyer.
• If the police want to search your home, your business, or your electronic devices — or even just talk to you — you should talk to a lawyer before any search or discussion with the police, if possible.
• A lawyer can help you deal with the police, and may be able to help you get back any electronic devices the police took from you while searching.
The police want to search my server, my personal computer, or my phone. What do I do now?
Don’t consent to a search.
• Say “No,” and tell the police to come back with a warrant.
• If you voluntarily agree to a search, they don’t need a warrant to enter your house or search your computer.
Ask to see a search warrant.
• If the police say they have a warrant, you have a right to see it.
• Make sure they are only searching the areas the warrant authorizes them to search.
You can stay silent.
• You don’t have to say a word to the police or help their search.
• You don’t have to give your encryption keys or passwords to the police.
• If you decide to talk to the police, tell them the truth — lying to the police is a crime.
• Once the police are searching your home or computer, don’t interfere or obstruct their search.
Talk to a lawyer.
• If the police want to search your home, your business, or your electronic devices — or even just talk to you — you should talk to a lawyer before any search or discussion with the police, if possible.
• A lawyer can help you deal with the police, and may be able to help you get back any electronic devices the police took from you while searching.
Tips for Talking to the Police
Tips for Talking to the Police
The police want to search my server, my personal computer, or my phone. What do I do now?
Don’t consent to a search.
• Say “No,” and tell the police to come back with a warrant.
• If you voluntarily agree to a search, they don’t need a warrant to enter your house or search your computer.
Ask to see a search warrant.
• If the police say they have a warrant, you have a right to see it.
• Make sure they are only searching the areas the warrant authorizes them to search.
You can stay silent.
• You don’t have to say a word to the police or help their search.
• You don’t have to give your encryption keys or passwords to the police.
• If you decide to talk to the police, tell them the truth — lying to the police is a crime.
• Once the police are searching your home or computer, don’t interfere or obstruct their search.
Talk to a lawyer.
• If the police want to search your home, your business, or your electronic devices — or even just talk to you — you should talk to a lawyer before any search or discussion with the police, if possible.
• A lawyer can help you deal with the police, and may be able to help you get back any electronic devices the police took from you while searching.
The police want to search my server, my personal computer, or my phone. What do I do now?
Don’t consent to a search.
• Say “No,” and tell the police to come back with a warrant.
• If you voluntarily agree to a search, they don’t need a warrant to enter your house or search your computer.
Ask to see a search warrant.
• If the police say they have a warrant, you have a right to see it.
• Make sure they are only searching the areas the warrant authorizes them to search.
You can stay silent.
• You don’t have to say a word to the police or help their search.
• You don’t have to give your encryption keys or passwords to the police.
• If you decide to talk to the police, tell them the truth — lying to the police is a crime.
• Once the police are searching your home or computer, don’t interfere or obstruct their search.
Talk to a lawyer.
• If the police want to search your home, your business, or your electronic devices — or even just talk to you — you should talk to a lawyer before any search or discussion with the police, if possible.
• A lawyer can help you deal with the police, and may be able to help you get back any electronic devices the police took from you while searching.
Tips for Talking to the Police
Tips for Talking to the Police
The police want to search my server, my personal computer, or my phone. What do I do now?
Don’t consent to a search.
• Say “No,” and tell the police to come back with a warrant.
• If you voluntarily agree to a search, they don’t need a warrant to enter your house or search your computer.
Ask to see a search warrant.
• If the police say they have a warrant, you have a right to see it.
• Make sure they are only searching the areas the warrant authorizes them to search.
You can stay silent.
• You don’t have to say a word to the police or help their search.
• You don’t have to give your encryption keys or passwords to the police.
• If you decide to talk to the police, tell them the truth — lying to the police is a crime.
• Once the police are searching your home or computer, don’t interfere or obstruct their search.
Talk to a lawyer.
• If the police want to search your home, your business, or your electronic devices — or even just talk to you — you should talk to a lawyer before any search or discussion with the police, if possible.
• A lawyer can help you deal with the police, and may be able to help you get back any electronic devices the police took from you while searching.
The police want to search my server, my personal computer, or my phone. What do I do now?
Don’t consent to a search.
• Say “No,” and tell the police to come back with a warrant.
• If you voluntarily agree to a search, they don’t need a warrant to enter your house or search your computer.
Ask to see a search warrant.
• If the police say they have a warrant, you have a right to see it.
• Make sure they are only searching the areas the warrant authorizes them to search.
You can stay silent.
• You don’t have to say a word to the police or help their search.
• You don’t have to give your encryption keys or passwords to the police.
• If you decide to talk to the police, tell them the truth — lying to the police is a crime.
• Once the police are searching your home or computer, don’t interfere or obstruct their search.
Talk to a lawyer.
• If the police want to search your home, your business, or your electronic devices — or even just talk to you — you should talk to a lawyer before any search or discussion with the police, if possible.
• A lawyer can help you deal with the police, and may be able to help you get back any electronic devices the police took from you while searching.
Tips for Talking to the Police
Tips for Talking to the Police
The police want to search my server, my personal computer, or my phone. What do I do now?
Don’t consent to a search.
• Say “No,” and tell the police to come back with a warrant.
• If you voluntarily agree to a search, they don’t need a warrant to enter your house or search your computer.
Ask to see a search warrant.
• If the police say they have a warrant, you have a right to see it.
• Make sure they are only searching the areas the warrant authorizes them to search.
You can stay silent.
• You don’t have to say a word to the police or help their search.
• You don’t have to give your encryption keys or passwords to the police.
• If you decide to talk to the police, tell them the truth — lying to the police is a crime.
• Once the police are searching your home or computer, don’t interfere or obstruct their search.
Talk to a lawyer.
• If the police want to search your home, your business, or your electronic devices — or even just talk to you — you should talk to a lawyer before any search or discussion with the police, if possible.
• A lawyer can help you deal with the police, and may be able to help you get back any electronic devices the police took from you while searching.
The police want to search my server, my personal computer, or my phone. What do I do now?
Don’t consent to a search.
• Say “No,” and tell the police to come back with a warrant.
• If you voluntarily agree to a search, they don’t need a warrant to enter your house or search your computer.
Ask to see a search warrant.
• If the police say they have a warrant, you have a right to see it.
• Make sure they are only searching the areas the warrant authorizes them to search.
You can stay silent.
• You don’t have to say a word to the police or help their search.
• You don’t have to give your encryption keys or passwords to the police.
• If you decide to talk to the police, tell them the truth — lying to the police is a crime.
• Once the police are searching your home or computer, don’t interfere or obstruct their search.
Talk to a lawyer.
• If the police want to search your home, your business, or your electronic devices — or even just talk to you — you should talk to a lawyer before any search or discussion with the police, if possible.
• A lawyer can help you deal with the police, and may be able to help you get back any electronic devices the police took from you while searching.
The Great Depression II
The below story is everyone's story, sooner or later, if you try to live honestly. In 2007, I lived in my truck for 11 months. Even now, with no employment to be had, we are facing this again. My four sons and I face this constantly, like staring into the face of a monster that refuses to leave. Ever.
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econimccollapseblog.com
Economic despair is beginning to spread rapidly in America. As you read this, there are millions of American families that are just barely hanging on by their fingernails. For a growing number of Americans, it has become an all-out battle just to be able to afford to sleep under a roof and put a little bit of food on the table. Sadly, there are more people than ever that are losing that battle. Tonight, tens of thousands of formerly middle class Americans will be sleeping in their cars, even though that is illegal in many U.S. cities. Tens of thousands of others will be sleeping in tent cities or on the streets. Meanwhile, communities all over America are passing measures that are meant to push tent cities and homeless people out of their areas. It turns out that once you lose your job and your home in this country you become something of an outcast. Sadly, the number of "outcasts" is going to continue to grow as the U.S. economy continues to collapse.
Most Americans that end up living in their cars on in tent cities never thought that it would happen to them.
An article in Der Spiegel profiled one American couple that is absolutely shocked at what has happened to them....
Chanelle Sabedra is already on that road. She and her husband have been sleeping in their car for almost three weeks now. "We never saw this coming, never ever," says Sabedra. She starts to cry. "I'm an adult, I can take care of myself one way or another, and same with my husband, but (my kids are) too little to go through these things." She has three children; they are nine, five and three years old.
"We had a house further south, in San Bernardino," says Sabedra. Her husband lost his job building prefab houses in July 2009. The utility company turned off the gas. "We were boiling water on the barbeque to bathe our kids," she says. No longer able to pay the rent, the Sabedras were evicted from their house in August.
How would you feel if you had a 3 year old kid and a 5 year old kid and you were sleeping in a car?
Sadly, if child protective services finds out about that family those kids will probably be stolen away and never returned.
America is becoming a very cruel place.
Unfortunately, what has happened to that family is not an isolated incident. As rampant unemployment has spread across America, the number of people that have lost their homes has soared.
Today, it is estimated that approximately a third of the homeless population in Seattle live in their cars.
It is even happening to my readers. A reader named JD left the following comment on one of my articles a while back....
I was laid off from my construction job almost 2 yrs ago was on unenjoyment for over a yr they cut me off last september so i lost my apartment. Since then ive been couch surfing and hotel hopping. Now i occaisonally sleep in my car. I was lucky enough to have a friend with a lawn care business so i can at least put ever increasing gas in my car\house. I hate to say it but i think we will see hoovervilles in the major cities soon. When the welfare & food stamps & all the other govt. programs end the anarchy begins.
Desperation is rising all over America. Most people had hoped to see an economic recovery by now but it just hasn't happened.
The phenomenon of Americans living in their cars has become so prominent that even Time Magazine has done a story about it....
For people who cannot afford rent, a car is the last rung of dignity and sanity above the despair of the streets. A home on wheels is a classic American affair, from the wagon train to the RV. Now, for some formerly upwardly mobile Americans, the economic storm has turned the backseat or the rear of the van into the bedroom. "We found six people sleeping in their cars on an overnight police ride-along in December," says John Edmund, chief of staff to Long Beach councilman Dee Andrews. "One was a widow living in a four-door sedan. She and her husband had been Air Force veterans. She did not know about the agencies that could help her. I had tears in my eyes afterwards."
Unfortunately, it turns out that sleeping in cars has been made illegal in many areas of the United States.
In many cities, police are putting boots on the cars and when the homeless owners can't pay the fines the vehicles are being taken away from them.
Venice, California is one place where people have been arrested for living in vehicles. Venice had been a popular spot for people living in their RVs to go, but police started arresting people that were living in RVs and they began towing away their vehicles. The following is an excerpt from an article that appeared on the Daily Kos website....
They took Eric while he was changing his battery in his car. Claimed he lived in his car. A few days later they went to 3th Street and took his RV because he was in jail and no one moved it for 72 hours. Saturday they did a sweep of 7th and took Bear and his RV. They also took Elizabeth's RV but do not know if they took Elizabeth but can not find her. The police went to 6th and took the white RV that always parks by Broadway on 6th. Everyday they take 1 to 4 RVs. Very soon there will be no one left.
Once you are down on your luck in America you will quickly find that authorities will try to take everything else you still have away from you.
The United States can be a very brutal place to be if you are poor.
All over America, communities are making tent cities illegal or they are simply just chasing them away.
It turns out that many Americans really don't like large numbers of homeless people camping out in their neighborhoods.
But many of those now living in tent cities used to be just like you and me.
What is being done to tent cities in some areas of the country is absolutely disgusting.
For example, who could ever forget this video of police in St. Petersburg, Florida using box cutters to slash up the tents of the homeless....
What goes through your mind when you watch something like that?
If you don't feel at least a little bit of compassion for those people then something is wrong.
You never know - you might be the next one forced to take refuge in a tent city.
In many U.S. cities, it is even illegal to sleep on the street. If you are homeless I am not sure what you are supposed to do. In some areas of the U.S. you can't sleep in your car, you can't sleep in a tent city and you can't sleep on the street.
So what should we do with all of the Americans that are being forced out of their homes by this economy?
Should we just round them all up and put them into fenced camps?
Don't laugh - we are getting closer to that kind of thing every day.
We live in very frightening times.
Poverty is absolutely exploding in America. The number of Americans that are going to food pantries and soup kitchens has increased by 46% since 2006. There are 44 million Americans on food stamps. If it was not for measures like these, the streets of America would be filled with destitute people.
Things are tough out there and they are about to get tougher.
At the beginning of next year, the extended unemployment benefits that have been helping the unemployed during this economic downturn will expire. Up to now, many unemployed Americans have been able to enjoy up to 99 weeks of unemployment benefits. Now that is coming to an end.
According to the New York Times, this is going to drain 37 billion dollars out of the wallets of unemployed Americans that are just barely hanging on.
What in the world is that going to do to the economy?
This all comes at a time when it looks like unemployment is going to start rising once again.
Cisco has just announced that they are going to be laying off 10,000 workers. Other large firms are expected to announce more layoffs shortly. The number of good jobs continues to shrink.
There are other signs that the economy is slowing once again. Pre-orders for Christmas toys are way down. Vacancies at U.S. shopping malls are rising again. Nearly every major poll shows that Americans are extremely pessimistic about the economy right now.
So why in the world is all of this happening?
Where in the world did all of our jobs go?
Well, it turns out that millions of our jobs have been shipped overseas where the labor is far, far cheaper and it is really starting to catch up with us.
On The American Dream website, I just finished an article entitled "How Globalism Has Destroyed Our Jobs, Businesses And National Wealth In 10 Easy Steps". It is a 2500 word essay that explains how globalization has absolutely gutted our economy. The article will hopefully help you understand why so many good jobs have left the United States and why they aren't coming back.
Many of our great cities that used to be the envy of the entire globe are now a bad joke to the rest of the world.
The following is what one reporter from the UK found when he visited one of the worst areas of Detroit....
Occasionally a half-ruined or half-burned house still stands to remind you that this used to be a cityscape. Pathetic, besieged knots of surviving homes remind you of what was once here. Sometimes amazing efforts have been made to keep them smart. More often, they haven’t.
Many bear menacing notices warning visitors to stay away. On the door of one, easy to imagine as a neat home with an iron-pillared porch where the head of the family must once have sat on summer evenings, are the words ‘Enter at ya own risk’ accompanied by a crude drawing of an angry face.
I ventured into a nearby ruin, smashed, charred and half-filled with garbage. You have no idea who or what might be lurking in these houses.
But don't laugh at Detroit. What is happening in Detroit is coming to your area soon enough.
America is in an advanced state of decay. The number of "outcasts" is going to multiply as more Americans lose their jobs and their homes. Millions more Americans will be sleeping in their cars, in tent cities or on the streets before this is all over.
The U.S. economy is never going to get back to "normal". What we are living through now is the "new normal" and it is rip-roaring prosperity compared to what is coming.
Please show compassion to the people around you that are hurting right now.
You never know, as the economy continues to unravel it may be you that needs some compassion soon.
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econimccollapseblog.com
Economic despair is beginning to spread rapidly in America. As you read this, there are millions of American families that are just barely hanging on by their fingernails. For a growing number of Americans, it has become an all-out battle just to be able to afford to sleep under a roof and put a little bit of food on the table. Sadly, there are more people than ever that are losing that battle. Tonight, tens of thousands of formerly middle class Americans will be sleeping in their cars, even though that is illegal in many U.S. cities. Tens of thousands of others will be sleeping in tent cities or on the streets. Meanwhile, communities all over America are passing measures that are meant to push tent cities and homeless people out of their areas. It turns out that once you lose your job and your home in this country you become something of an outcast. Sadly, the number of "outcasts" is going to continue to grow as the U.S. economy continues to collapse.
Most Americans that end up living in their cars on in tent cities never thought that it would happen to them.
An article in Der Spiegel profiled one American couple that is absolutely shocked at what has happened to them....
Chanelle Sabedra is already on that road. She and her husband have been sleeping in their car for almost three weeks now. "We never saw this coming, never ever," says Sabedra. She starts to cry. "I'm an adult, I can take care of myself one way or another, and same with my husband, but (my kids are) too little to go through these things." She has three children; they are nine, five and three years old.
"We had a house further south, in San Bernardino," says Sabedra. Her husband lost his job building prefab houses in July 2009. The utility company turned off the gas. "We were boiling water on the barbeque to bathe our kids," she says. No longer able to pay the rent, the Sabedras were evicted from their house in August.
How would you feel if you had a 3 year old kid and a 5 year old kid and you were sleeping in a car?
Sadly, if child protective services finds out about that family those kids will probably be stolen away and never returned.
America is becoming a very cruel place.
Unfortunately, what has happened to that family is not an isolated incident. As rampant unemployment has spread across America, the number of people that have lost their homes has soared.
Today, it is estimated that approximately a third of the homeless population in Seattle live in their cars.
It is even happening to my readers. A reader named JD left the following comment on one of my articles a while back....
I was laid off from my construction job almost 2 yrs ago was on unenjoyment for over a yr they cut me off last september so i lost my apartment. Since then ive been couch surfing and hotel hopping. Now i occaisonally sleep in my car. I was lucky enough to have a friend with a lawn care business so i can at least put ever increasing gas in my car\house. I hate to say it but i think we will see hoovervilles in the major cities soon. When the welfare & food stamps & all the other govt. programs end the anarchy begins.
Desperation is rising all over America. Most people had hoped to see an economic recovery by now but it just hasn't happened.
The phenomenon of Americans living in their cars has become so prominent that even Time Magazine has done a story about it....
For people who cannot afford rent, a car is the last rung of dignity and sanity above the despair of the streets. A home on wheels is a classic American affair, from the wagon train to the RV. Now, for some formerly upwardly mobile Americans, the economic storm has turned the backseat or the rear of the van into the bedroom. "We found six people sleeping in their cars on an overnight police ride-along in December," says John Edmund, chief of staff to Long Beach councilman Dee Andrews. "One was a widow living in a four-door sedan. She and her husband had been Air Force veterans. She did not know about the agencies that could help her. I had tears in my eyes afterwards."
Unfortunately, it turns out that sleeping in cars has been made illegal in many areas of the United States.
In many cities, police are putting boots on the cars and when the homeless owners can't pay the fines the vehicles are being taken away from them.
Venice, California is one place where people have been arrested for living in vehicles. Venice had been a popular spot for people living in their RVs to go, but police started arresting people that were living in RVs and they began towing away their vehicles. The following is an excerpt from an article that appeared on the Daily Kos website....
They took Eric while he was changing his battery in his car. Claimed he lived in his car. A few days later they went to 3th Street and took his RV because he was in jail and no one moved it for 72 hours. Saturday they did a sweep of 7th and took Bear and his RV. They also took Elizabeth's RV but do not know if they took Elizabeth but can not find her. The police went to 6th and took the white RV that always parks by Broadway on 6th. Everyday they take 1 to 4 RVs. Very soon there will be no one left.
Once you are down on your luck in America you will quickly find that authorities will try to take everything else you still have away from you.
The United States can be a very brutal place to be if you are poor.
All over America, communities are making tent cities illegal or they are simply just chasing them away.
It turns out that many Americans really don't like large numbers of homeless people camping out in their neighborhoods.
But many of those now living in tent cities used to be just like you and me.
What is being done to tent cities in some areas of the country is absolutely disgusting.
For example, who could ever forget this video of police in St. Petersburg, Florida using box cutters to slash up the tents of the homeless....
What goes through your mind when you watch something like that?
If you don't feel at least a little bit of compassion for those people then something is wrong.
You never know - you might be the next one forced to take refuge in a tent city.
In many U.S. cities, it is even illegal to sleep on the street. If you are homeless I am not sure what you are supposed to do. In some areas of the U.S. you can't sleep in your car, you can't sleep in a tent city and you can't sleep on the street.
So what should we do with all of the Americans that are being forced out of their homes by this economy?
Should we just round them all up and put them into fenced camps?
Don't laugh - we are getting closer to that kind of thing every day.
We live in very frightening times.
Poverty is absolutely exploding in America. The number of Americans that are going to food pantries and soup kitchens has increased by 46% since 2006. There are 44 million Americans on food stamps. If it was not for measures like these, the streets of America would be filled with destitute people.
Things are tough out there and they are about to get tougher.
At the beginning of next year, the extended unemployment benefits that have been helping the unemployed during this economic downturn will expire. Up to now, many unemployed Americans have been able to enjoy up to 99 weeks of unemployment benefits. Now that is coming to an end.
According to the New York Times, this is going to drain 37 billion dollars out of the wallets of unemployed Americans that are just barely hanging on.
What in the world is that going to do to the economy?
This all comes at a time when it looks like unemployment is going to start rising once again.
Cisco has just announced that they are going to be laying off 10,000 workers. Other large firms are expected to announce more layoffs shortly. The number of good jobs continues to shrink.
There are other signs that the economy is slowing once again. Pre-orders for Christmas toys are way down. Vacancies at U.S. shopping malls are rising again. Nearly every major poll shows that Americans are extremely pessimistic about the economy right now.
So why in the world is all of this happening?
Where in the world did all of our jobs go?
Well, it turns out that millions of our jobs have been shipped overseas where the labor is far, far cheaper and it is really starting to catch up with us.
On The American Dream website, I just finished an article entitled "How Globalism Has Destroyed Our Jobs, Businesses And National Wealth In 10 Easy Steps". It is a 2500 word essay that explains how globalization has absolutely gutted our economy. The article will hopefully help you understand why so many good jobs have left the United States and why they aren't coming back.
Many of our great cities that used to be the envy of the entire globe are now a bad joke to the rest of the world.
The following is what one reporter from the UK found when he visited one of the worst areas of Detroit....
Occasionally a half-ruined or half-burned house still stands to remind you that this used to be a cityscape. Pathetic, besieged knots of surviving homes remind you of what was once here. Sometimes amazing efforts have been made to keep them smart. More often, they haven’t.
Many bear menacing notices warning visitors to stay away. On the door of one, easy to imagine as a neat home with an iron-pillared porch where the head of the family must once have sat on summer evenings, are the words ‘Enter at ya own risk’ accompanied by a crude drawing of an angry face.
I ventured into a nearby ruin, smashed, charred and half-filled with garbage. You have no idea who or what might be lurking in these houses.
But don't laugh at Detroit. What is happening in Detroit is coming to your area soon enough.
America is in an advanced state of decay. The number of "outcasts" is going to multiply as more Americans lose their jobs and their homes. Millions more Americans will be sleeping in their cars, in tent cities or on the streets before this is all over.
The U.S. economy is never going to get back to "normal". What we are living through now is the "new normal" and it is rip-roaring prosperity compared to what is coming.
Please show compassion to the people around you that are hurting right now.
You never know, as the economy continues to unravel it may be you that needs some compassion soon.
The Great Depression II
The below story is everyone's story, sooner or later, if you try to live honestly. In 2007, I lived in my truck for 11 months. Even now, with no employment to be had, we are facing this again. My four sons and I face this constantly, like staring into the face of a monster that refuses to leave. Ever.
------------------
econimccollapseblog.com
Economic despair is beginning to spread rapidly in America. As you read this, there are millions of American families that are just barely hanging on by their fingernails. For a growing number of Americans, it has become an all-out battle just to be able to afford to sleep under a roof and put a little bit of food on the table. Sadly, there are more people than ever that are losing that battle. Tonight, tens of thousands of formerly middle class Americans will be sleeping in their cars, even though that is illegal in many U.S. cities. Tens of thousands of others will be sleeping in tent cities or on the streets. Meanwhile, communities all over America are passing measures that are meant to push tent cities and homeless people out of their areas. It turns out that once you lose your job and your home in this country you become something of an outcast. Sadly, the number of "outcasts" is going to continue to grow as the U.S. economy continues to collapse.
Most Americans that end up living in their cars on in tent cities never thought that it would happen to them.
An article in Der Spiegel profiled one American couple that is absolutely shocked at what has happened to them....
Chanelle Sabedra is already on that road. She and her husband have been sleeping in their car for almost three weeks now. "We never saw this coming, never ever," says Sabedra. She starts to cry. "I'm an adult, I can take care of myself one way or another, and same with my husband, but (my kids are) too little to go through these things." She has three children; they are nine, five and three years old.
"We had a house further south, in San Bernardino," says Sabedra. Her husband lost his job building prefab houses in July 2009. The utility company turned off the gas. "We were boiling water on the barbeque to bathe our kids," she says. No longer able to pay the rent, the Sabedras were evicted from their house in August.
How would you feel if you had a 3 year old kid and a 5 year old kid and you were sleeping in a car?
Sadly, if child protective services finds out about that family those kids will probably be stolen away and never returned.
America is becoming a very cruel place.
Unfortunately, what has happened to that family is not an isolated incident. As rampant unemployment has spread across America, the number of people that have lost their homes has soared.
Today, it is estimated that approximately a third of the homeless population in Seattle live in their cars.
It is even happening to my readers. A reader named JD left the following comment on one of my articles a while back....
I was laid off from my construction job almost 2 yrs ago was on unenjoyment for over a yr they cut me off last september so i lost my apartment. Since then ive been couch surfing and hotel hopping. Now i occaisonally sleep in my car. I was lucky enough to have a friend with a lawn care business so i can at least put ever increasing gas in my car\house. I hate to say it but i think we will see hoovervilles in the major cities soon. When the welfare & food stamps & all the other govt. programs end the anarchy begins.
Desperation is rising all over America. Most people had hoped to see an economic recovery by now but it just hasn't happened.
The phenomenon of Americans living in their cars has become so prominent that even Time Magazine has done a story about it....
For people who cannot afford rent, a car is the last rung of dignity and sanity above the despair of the streets. A home on wheels is a classic American affair, from the wagon train to the RV. Now, for some formerly upwardly mobile Americans, the economic storm has turned the backseat or the rear of the van into the bedroom. "We found six people sleeping in their cars on an overnight police ride-along in December," says John Edmund, chief of staff to Long Beach councilman Dee Andrews. "One was a widow living in a four-door sedan. She and her husband had been Air Force veterans. She did not know about the agencies that could help her. I had tears in my eyes afterwards."
Unfortunately, it turns out that sleeping in cars has been made illegal in many areas of the United States.
In many cities, police are putting boots on the cars and when the homeless owners can't pay the fines the vehicles are being taken away from them.
Venice, California is one place where people have been arrested for living in vehicles. Venice had been a popular spot for people living in their RVs to go, but police started arresting people that were living in RVs and they began towing away their vehicles. The following is an excerpt from an article that appeared on the Daily Kos website....
They took Eric while he was changing his battery in his car. Claimed he lived in his car. A few days later they went to 3th Street and took his RV because he was in jail and no one moved it for 72 hours. Saturday they did a sweep of 7th and took Bear and his RV. They also took Elizabeth's RV but do not know if they took Elizabeth but can not find her. The police went to 6th and took the white RV that always parks by Broadway on 6th. Everyday they take 1 to 4 RVs. Very soon there will be no one left.
Once you are down on your luck in America you will quickly find that authorities will try to take everything else you still have away from you.
The United States can be a very brutal place to be if you are poor.
All over America, communities are making tent cities illegal or they are simply just chasing them away.
It turns out that many Americans really don't like large numbers of homeless people camping out in their neighborhoods.
But many of those now living in tent cities used to be just like you and me.
What is being done to tent cities in some areas of the country is absolutely disgusting.
For example, who could ever forget this video of police in St. Petersburg, Florida using box cutters to slash up the tents of the homeless....
What goes through your mind when you watch something like that?
If you don't feel at least a little bit of compassion for those people then something is wrong.
You never know - you might be the next one forced to take refuge in a tent city.
In many U.S. cities, it is even illegal to sleep on the street. If you are homeless I am not sure what you are supposed to do. In some areas of the U.S. you can't sleep in your car, you can't sleep in a tent city and you can't sleep on the street.
So what should we do with all of the Americans that are being forced out of their homes by this economy?
Should we just round them all up and put them into fenced camps?
Don't laugh - we are getting closer to that kind of thing every day.
We live in very frightening times.
Poverty is absolutely exploding in America. The number of Americans that are going to food pantries and soup kitchens has increased by 46% since 2006. There are 44 million Americans on food stamps. If it was not for measures like these, the streets of America would be filled with destitute people.
Things are tough out there and they are about to get tougher.
At the beginning of next year, the extended unemployment benefits that have been helping the unemployed during this economic downturn will expire. Up to now, many unemployed Americans have been able to enjoy up to 99 weeks of unemployment benefits. Now that is coming to an end.
According to the New York Times, this is going to drain 37 billion dollars out of the wallets of unemployed Americans that are just barely hanging on.
What in the world is that going to do to the economy?
This all comes at a time when it looks like unemployment is going to start rising once again.
Cisco has just announced that they are going to be laying off 10,000 workers. Other large firms are expected to announce more layoffs shortly. The number of good jobs continues to shrink.
There are other signs that the economy is slowing once again. Pre-orders for Christmas toys are way down. Vacancies at U.S. shopping malls are rising again. Nearly every major poll shows that Americans are extremely pessimistic about the economy right now.
So why in the world is all of this happening?
Where in the world did all of our jobs go?
Well, it turns out that millions of our jobs have been shipped overseas where the labor is far, far cheaper and it is really starting to catch up with us.
On The American Dream website, I just finished an article entitled "How Globalism Has Destroyed Our Jobs, Businesses And National Wealth In 10 Easy Steps". It is a 2500 word essay that explains how globalization has absolutely gutted our economy. The article will hopefully help you understand why so many good jobs have left the United States and why they aren't coming back.
Many of our great cities that used to be the envy of the entire globe are now a bad joke to the rest of the world.
The following is what one reporter from the UK found when he visited one of the worst areas of Detroit....
Occasionally a half-ruined or half-burned house still stands to remind you that this used to be a cityscape. Pathetic, besieged knots of surviving homes remind you of what was once here. Sometimes amazing efforts have been made to keep them smart. More often, they haven’t.
Many bear menacing notices warning visitors to stay away. On the door of one, easy to imagine as a neat home with an iron-pillared porch where the head of the family must once have sat on summer evenings, are the words ‘Enter at ya own risk’ accompanied by a crude drawing of an angry face.
I ventured into a nearby ruin, smashed, charred and half-filled with garbage. You have no idea who or what might be lurking in these houses.
But don't laugh at Detroit. What is happening in Detroit is coming to your area soon enough.
America is in an advanced state of decay. The number of "outcasts" is going to multiply as more Americans lose their jobs and their homes. Millions more Americans will be sleeping in their cars, in tent cities or on the streets before this is all over.
The U.S. economy is never going to get back to "normal". What we are living through now is the "new normal" and it is rip-roaring prosperity compared to what is coming.
Please show compassion to the people around you that are hurting right now.
You never know, as the economy continues to unravel it may be you that needs some compassion soon.
------------------
econimccollapseblog.com
Economic despair is beginning to spread rapidly in America. As you read this, there are millions of American families that are just barely hanging on by their fingernails. For a growing number of Americans, it has become an all-out battle just to be able to afford to sleep under a roof and put a little bit of food on the table. Sadly, there are more people than ever that are losing that battle. Tonight, tens of thousands of formerly middle class Americans will be sleeping in their cars, even though that is illegal in many U.S. cities. Tens of thousands of others will be sleeping in tent cities or on the streets. Meanwhile, communities all over America are passing measures that are meant to push tent cities and homeless people out of their areas. It turns out that once you lose your job and your home in this country you become something of an outcast. Sadly, the number of "outcasts" is going to continue to grow as the U.S. economy continues to collapse.
Most Americans that end up living in their cars on in tent cities never thought that it would happen to them.
An article in Der Spiegel profiled one American couple that is absolutely shocked at what has happened to them....
Chanelle Sabedra is already on that road. She and her husband have been sleeping in their car for almost three weeks now. "We never saw this coming, never ever," says Sabedra. She starts to cry. "I'm an adult, I can take care of myself one way or another, and same with my husband, but (my kids are) too little to go through these things." She has three children; they are nine, five and three years old.
"We had a house further south, in San Bernardino," says Sabedra. Her husband lost his job building prefab houses in July 2009. The utility company turned off the gas. "We were boiling water on the barbeque to bathe our kids," she says. No longer able to pay the rent, the Sabedras were evicted from their house in August.
How would you feel if you had a 3 year old kid and a 5 year old kid and you were sleeping in a car?
Sadly, if child protective services finds out about that family those kids will probably be stolen away and never returned.
America is becoming a very cruel place.
Unfortunately, what has happened to that family is not an isolated incident. As rampant unemployment has spread across America, the number of people that have lost their homes has soared.
Today, it is estimated that approximately a third of the homeless population in Seattle live in their cars.
It is even happening to my readers. A reader named JD left the following comment on one of my articles a while back....
I was laid off from my construction job almost 2 yrs ago was on unenjoyment for over a yr they cut me off last september so i lost my apartment. Since then ive been couch surfing and hotel hopping. Now i occaisonally sleep in my car. I was lucky enough to have a friend with a lawn care business so i can at least put ever increasing gas in my car\house. I hate to say it but i think we will see hoovervilles in the major cities soon. When the welfare & food stamps & all the other govt. programs end the anarchy begins.
Desperation is rising all over America. Most people had hoped to see an economic recovery by now but it just hasn't happened.
The phenomenon of Americans living in their cars has become so prominent that even Time Magazine has done a story about it....
For people who cannot afford rent, a car is the last rung of dignity and sanity above the despair of the streets. A home on wheels is a classic American affair, from the wagon train to the RV. Now, for some formerly upwardly mobile Americans, the economic storm has turned the backseat or the rear of the van into the bedroom. "We found six people sleeping in their cars on an overnight police ride-along in December," says John Edmund, chief of staff to Long Beach councilman Dee Andrews. "One was a widow living in a four-door sedan. She and her husband had been Air Force veterans. She did not know about the agencies that could help her. I had tears in my eyes afterwards."
Unfortunately, it turns out that sleeping in cars has been made illegal in many areas of the United States.
In many cities, police are putting boots on the cars and when the homeless owners can't pay the fines the vehicles are being taken away from them.
Venice, California is one place where people have been arrested for living in vehicles. Venice had been a popular spot for people living in their RVs to go, but police started arresting people that were living in RVs and they began towing away their vehicles. The following is an excerpt from an article that appeared on the Daily Kos website....
They took Eric while he was changing his battery in his car. Claimed he lived in his car. A few days later they went to 3th Street and took his RV because he was in jail and no one moved it for 72 hours. Saturday they did a sweep of 7th and took Bear and his RV. They also took Elizabeth's RV but do not know if they took Elizabeth but can not find her. The police went to 6th and took the white RV that always parks by Broadway on 6th. Everyday they take 1 to 4 RVs. Very soon there will be no one left.
Once you are down on your luck in America you will quickly find that authorities will try to take everything else you still have away from you.
The United States can be a very brutal place to be if you are poor.
All over America, communities are making tent cities illegal or they are simply just chasing them away.
It turns out that many Americans really don't like large numbers of homeless people camping out in their neighborhoods.
But many of those now living in tent cities used to be just like you and me.
What is being done to tent cities in some areas of the country is absolutely disgusting.
For example, who could ever forget this video of police in St. Petersburg, Florida using box cutters to slash up the tents of the homeless....
What goes through your mind when you watch something like that?
If you don't feel at least a little bit of compassion for those people then something is wrong.
You never know - you might be the next one forced to take refuge in a tent city.
In many U.S. cities, it is even illegal to sleep on the street. If you are homeless I am not sure what you are supposed to do. In some areas of the U.S. you can't sleep in your car, you can't sleep in a tent city and you can't sleep on the street.
So what should we do with all of the Americans that are being forced out of their homes by this economy?
Should we just round them all up and put them into fenced camps?
Don't laugh - we are getting closer to that kind of thing every day.
We live in very frightening times.
Poverty is absolutely exploding in America. The number of Americans that are going to food pantries and soup kitchens has increased by 46% since 2006. There are 44 million Americans on food stamps. If it was not for measures like these, the streets of America would be filled with destitute people.
Things are tough out there and they are about to get tougher.
At the beginning of next year, the extended unemployment benefits that have been helping the unemployed during this economic downturn will expire. Up to now, many unemployed Americans have been able to enjoy up to 99 weeks of unemployment benefits. Now that is coming to an end.
According to the New York Times, this is going to drain 37 billion dollars out of the wallets of unemployed Americans that are just barely hanging on.
What in the world is that going to do to the economy?
This all comes at a time when it looks like unemployment is going to start rising once again.
Cisco has just announced that they are going to be laying off 10,000 workers. Other large firms are expected to announce more layoffs shortly. The number of good jobs continues to shrink.
There are other signs that the economy is slowing once again. Pre-orders for Christmas toys are way down. Vacancies at U.S. shopping malls are rising again. Nearly every major poll shows that Americans are extremely pessimistic about the economy right now.
So why in the world is all of this happening?
Where in the world did all of our jobs go?
Well, it turns out that millions of our jobs have been shipped overseas where the labor is far, far cheaper and it is really starting to catch up with us.
On The American Dream website, I just finished an article entitled "How Globalism Has Destroyed Our Jobs, Businesses And National Wealth In 10 Easy Steps". It is a 2500 word essay that explains how globalization has absolutely gutted our economy. The article will hopefully help you understand why so many good jobs have left the United States and why they aren't coming back.
Many of our great cities that used to be the envy of the entire globe are now a bad joke to the rest of the world.
The following is what one reporter from the UK found when he visited one of the worst areas of Detroit....
Occasionally a half-ruined or half-burned house still stands to remind you that this used to be a cityscape. Pathetic, besieged knots of surviving homes remind you of what was once here. Sometimes amazing efforts have been made to keep them smart. More often, they haven’t.
Many bear menacing notices warning visitors to stay away. On the door of one, easy to imagine as a neat home with an iron-pillared porch where the head of the family must once have sat on summer evenings, are the words ‘Enter at ya own risk’ accompanied by a crude drawing of an angry face.
I ventured into a nearby ruin, smashed, charred and half-filled with garbage. You have no idea who or what might be lurking in these houses.
But don't laugh at Detroit. What is happening in Detroit is coming to your area soon enough.
America is in an advanced state of decay. The number of "outcasts" is going to multiply as more Americans lose their jobs and their homes. Millions more Americans will be sleeping in their cars, in tent cities or on the streets before this is all over.
The U.S. economy is never going to get back to "normal". What we are living through now is the "new normal" and it is rip-roaring prosperity compared to what is coming.
Please show compassion to the people around you that are hurting right now.
You never know, as the economy continues to unravel it may be you that needs some compassion soon.
The Great Depression II
The below story is everyone's story, sooner or later, if you try to live honestly. In 2007, I lived in my truck for 11 months. Even now, with no employment to be had, we are facing this again. My four sons and I face this constantly, like staring into the face of a monster that refuses to leave. Ever.
------------------
econimccollapseblog.com
Economic despair is beginning to spread rapidly in America. As you read this, there are millions of American families that are just barely hanging on by their fingernails. For a growing number of Americans, it has become an all-out battle just to be able to afford to sleep under a roof and put a little bit of food on the table. Sadly, there are more people than ever that are losing that battle. Tonight, tens of thousands of formerly middle class Americans will be sleeping in their cars, even though that is illegal in many U.S. cities. Tens of thousands of others will be sleeping in tent cities or on the streets. Meanwhile, communities all over America are passing measures that are meant to push tent cities and homeless people out of their areas. It turns out that once you lose your job and your home in this country you become something of an outcast. Sadly, the number of "outcasts" is going to continue to grow as the U.S. economy continues to collapse.
Most Americans that end up living in their cars on in tent cities never thought that it would happen to them.
An article in Der Spiegel profiled one American couple that is absolutely shocked at what has happened to them....
Chanelle Sabedra is already on that road. She and her husband have been sleeping in their car for almost three weeks now. "We never saw this coming, never ever," says Sabedra. She starts to cry. "I'm an adult, I can take care of myself one way or another, and same with my husband, but (my kids are) too little to go through these things." She has three children; they are nine, five and three years old.
"We had a house further south, in San Bernardino," says Sabedra. Her husband lost his job building prefab houses in July 2009. The utility company turned off the gas. "We were boiling water on the barbeque to bathe our kids," she says. No longer able to pay the rent, the Sabedras were evicted from their house in August.
How would you feel if you had a 3 year old kid and a 5 year old kid and you were sleeping in a car?
Sadly, if child protective services finds out about that family those kids will probably be stolen away and never returned.
America is becoming a very cruel place.
Unfortunately, what has happened to that family is not an isolated incident. As rampant unemployment has spread across America, the number of people that have lost their homes has soared.
Today, it is estimated that approximately a third of the homeless population in Seattle live in their cars.
It is even happening to my readers. A reader named JD left the following comment on one of my articles a while back....
I was laid off from my construction job almost 2 yrs ago was on unenjoyment for over a yr they cut me off last september so i lost my apartment. Since then ive been couch surfing and hotel hopping. Now i occaisonally sleep in my car. I was lucky enough to have a friend with a lawn care business so i can at least put ever increasing gas in my car\house. I hate to say it but i think we will see hoovervilles in the major cities soon. When the welfare & food stamps & all the other govt. programs end the anarchy begins.
Desperation is rising all over America. Most people had hoped to see an economic recovery by now but it just hasn't happened.
The phenomenon of Americans living in their cars has become so prominent that even Time Magazine has done a story about it....
For people who cannot afford rent, a car is the last rung of dignity and sanity above the despair of the streets. A home on wheels is a classic American affair, from the wagon train to the RV. Now, for some formerly upwardly mobile Americans, the economic storm has turned the backseat or the rear of the van into the bedroom. "We found six people sleeping in their cars on an overnight police ride-along in December," says John Edmund, chief of staff to Long Beach councilman Dee Andrews. "One was a widow living in a four-door sedan. She and her husband had been Air Force veterans. She did not know about the agencies that could help her. I had tears in my eyes afterwards."
Unfortunately, it turns out that sleeping in cars has been made illegal in many areas of the United States.
In many cities, police are putting boots on the cars and when the homeless owners can't pay the fines the vehicles are being taken away from them.
Venice, California is one place where people have been arrested for living in vehicles. Venice had been a popular spot for people living in their RVs to go, but police started arresting people that were living in RVs and they began towing away their vehicles. The following is an excerpt from an article that appeared on the Daily Kos website....
They took Eric while he was changing his battery in his car. Claimed he lived in his car. A few days later they went to 3th Street and took his RV because he was in jail and no one moved it for 72 hours. Saturday they did a sweep of 7th and took Bear and his RV. They also took Elizabeth's RV but do not know if they took Elizabeth but can not find her. The police went to 6th and took the white RV that always parks by Broadway on 6th. Everyday they take 1 to 4 RVs. Very soon there will be no one left.
Once you are down on your luck in America you will quickly find that authorities will try to take everything else you still have away from you.
The United States can be a very brutal place to be if you are poor.
All over America, communities are making tent cities illegal or they are simply just chasing them away.
It turns out that many Americans really don't like large numbers of homeless people camping out in their neighborhoods.
But many of those now living in tent cities used to be just like you and me.
What is being done to tent cities in some areas of the country is absolutely disgusting.
For example, who could ever forget this video of police in St. Petersburg, Florida using box cutters to slash up the tents of the homeless....
What goes through your mind when you watch something like that?
If you don't feel at least a little bit of compassion for those people then something is wrong.
You never know - you might be the next one forced to take refuge in a tent city.
In many U.S. cities, it is even illegal to sleep on the street. If you are homeless I am not sure what you are supposed to do. In some areas of the U.S. you can't sleep in your car, you can't sleep in a tent city and you can't sleep on the street.
So what should we do with all of the Americans that are being forced out of their homes by this economy?
Should we just round them all up and put them into fenced camps?
Don't laugh - we are getting closer to that kind of thing every day.
We live in very frightening times.
Poverty is absolutely exploding in America. The number of Americans that are going to food pantries and soup kitchens has increased by 46% since 2006. There are 44 million Americans on food stamps. If it was not for measures like these, the streets of America would be filled with destitute people.
Things are tough out there and they are about to get tougher.
At the beginning of next year, the extended unemployment benefits that have been helping the unemployed during this economic downturn will expire. Up to now, many unemployed Americans have been able to enjoy up to 99 weeks of unemployment benefits. Now that is coming to an end.
According to the New York Times, this is going to drain 37 billion dollars out of the wallets of unemployed Americans that are just barely hanging on.
What in the world is that going to do to the economy?
This all comes at a time when it looks like unemployment is going to start rising once again.
Cisco has just announced that they are going to be laying off 10,000 workers. Other large firms are expected to announce more layoffs shortly. The number of good jobs continues to shrink.
There are other signs that the economy is slowing once again. Pre-orders for Christmas toys are way down. Vacancies at U.S. shopping malls are rising again. Nearly every major poll shows that Americans are extremely pessimistic about the economy right now.
So why in the world is all of this happening?
Where in the world did all of our jobs go?
Well, it turns out that millions of our jobs have been shipped overseas where the labor is far, far cheaper and it is really starting to catch up with us.
On The American Dream website, I just finished an article entitled "How Globalism Has Destroyed Our Jobs, Businesses And National Wealth In 10 Easy Steps". It is a 2500 word essay that explains how globalization has absolutely gutted our economy. The article will hopefully help you understand why so many good jobs have left the United States and why they aren't coming back.
Many of our great cities that used to be the envy of the entire globe are now a bad joke to the rest of the world.
The following is what one reporter from the UK found when he visited one of the worst areas of Detroit....
Occasionally a half-ruined or half-burned house still stands to remind you that this used to be a cityscape. Pathetic, besieged knots of surviving homes remind you of what was once here. Sometimes amazing efforts have been made to keep them smart. More often, they haven’t.
Many bear menacing notices warning visitors to stay away. On the door of one, easy to imagine as a neat home with an iron-pillared porch where the head of the family must once have sat on summer evenings, are the words ‘Enter at ya own risk’ accompanied by a crude drawing of an angry face.
I ventured into a nearby ruin, smashed, charred and half-filled with garbage. You have no idea who or what might be lurking in these houses.
But don't laugh at Detroit. What is happening in Detroit is coming to your area soon enough.
America is in an advanced state of decay. The number of "outcasts" is going to multiply as more Americans lose their jobs and their homes. Millions more Americans will be sleeping in their cars, in tent cities or on the streets before this is all over.
The U.S. economy is never going to get back to "normal". What we are living through now is the "new normal" and it is rip-roaring prosperity compared to what is coming.
Please show compassion to the people around you that are hurting right now.
You never know, as the economy continues to unravel it may be you that needs some compassion soon.
------------------
econimccollapseblog.com
Economic despair is beginning to spread rapidly in America. As you read this, there are millions of American families that are just barely hanging on by their fingernails. For a growing number of Americans, it has become an all-out battle just to be able to afford to sleep under a roof and put a little bit of food on the table. Sadly, there are more people than ever that are losing that battle. Tonight, tens of thousands of formerly middle class Americans will be sleeping in their cars, even though that is illegal in many U.S. cities. Tens of thousands of others will be sleeping in tent cities or on the streets. Meanwhile, communities all over America are passing measures that are meant to push tent cities and homeless people out of their areas. It turns out that once you lose your job and your home in this country you become something of an outcast. Sadly, the number of "outcasts" is going to continue to grow as the U.S. economy continues to collapse.
Most Americans that end up living in their cars on in tent cities never thought that it would happen to them.
An article in Der Spiegel profiled one American couple that is absolutely shocked at what has happened to them....
Chanelle Sabedra is already on that road. She and her husband have been sleeping in their car for almost three weeks now. "We never saw this coming, never ever," says Sabedra. She starts to cry. "I'm an adult, I can take care of myself one way or another, and same with my husband, but (my kids are) too little to go through these things." She has three children; they are nine, five and three years old.
"We had a house further south, in San Bernardino," says Sabedra. Her husband lost his job building prefab houses in July 2009. The utility company turned off the gas. "We were boiling water on the barbeque to bathe our kids," she says. No longer able to pay the rent, the Sabedras were evicted from their house in August.
How would you feel if you had a 3 year old kid and a 5 year old kid and you were sleeping in a car?
Sadly, if child protective services finds out about that family those kids will probably be stolen away and never returned.
America is becoming a very cruel place.
Unfortunately, what has happened to that family is not an isolated incident. As rampant unemployment has spread across America, the number of people that have lost their homes has soared.
Today, it is estimated that approximately a third of the homeless population in Seattle live in their cars.
It is even happening to my readers. A reader named JD left the following comment on one of my articles a while back....
I was laid off from my construction job almost 2 yrs ago was on unenjoyment for over a yr they cut me off last september so i lost my apartment. Since then ive been couch surfing and hotel hopping. Now i occaisonally sleep in my car. I was lucky enough to have a friend with a lawn care business so i can at least put ever increasing gas in my car\house. I hate to say it but i think we will see hoovervilles in the major cities soon. When the welfare & food stamps & all the other govt. programs end the anarchy begins.
Desperation is rising all over America. Most people had hoped to see an economic recovery by now but it just hasn't happened.
The phenomenon of Americans living in their cars has become so prominent that even Time Magazine has done a story about it....
For people who cannot afford rent, a car is the last rung of dignity and sanity above the despair of the streets. A home on wheels is a classic American affair, from the wagon train to the RV. Now, for some formerly upwardly mobile Americans, the economic storm has turned the backseat or the rear of the van into the bedroom. "We found six people sleeping in their cars on an overnight police ride-along in December," says John Edmund, chief of staff to Long Beach councilman Dee Andrews. "One was a widow living in a four-door sedan. She and her husband had been Air Force veterans. She did not know about the agencies that could help her. I had tears in my eyes afterwards."
Unfortunately, it turns out that sleeping in cars has been made illegal in many areas of the United States.
In many cities, police are putting boots on the cars and when the homeless owners can't pay the fines the vehicles are being taken away from them.
Venice, California is one place where people have been arrested for living in vehicles. Venice had been a popular spot for people living in their RVs to go, but police started arresting people that were living in RVs and they began towing away their vehicles. The following is an excerpt from an article that appeared on the Daily Kos website....
They took Eric while he was changing his battery in his car. Claimed he lived in his car. A few days later they went to 3th Street and took his RV because he was in jail and no one moved it for 72 hours. Saturday they did a sweep of 7th and took Bear and his RV. They also took Elizabeth's RV but do not know if they took Elizabeth but can not find her. The police went to 6th and took the white RV that always parks by Broadway on 6th. Everyday they take 1 to 4 RVs. Very soon there will be no one left.
Once you are down on your luck in America you will quickly find that authorities will try to take everything else you still have away from you.
The United States can be a very brutal place to be if you are poor.
All over America, communities are making tent cities illegal or they are simply just chasing them away.
It turns out that many Americans really don't like large numbers of homeless people camping out in their neighborhoods.
But many of those now living in tent cities used to be just like you and me.
What is being done to tent cities in some areas of the country is absolutely disgusting.
For example, who could ever forget this video of police in St. Petersburg, Florida using box cutters to slash up the tents of the homeless....
What goes through your mind when you watch something like that?
If you don't feel at least a little bit of compassion for those people then something is wrong.
You never know - you might be the next one forced to take refuge in a tent city.
In many U.S. cities, it is even illegal to sleep on the street. If you are homeless I am not sure what you are supposed to do. In some areas of the U.S. you can't sleep in your car, you can't sleep in a tent city and you can't sleep on the street.
So what should we do with all of the Americans that are being forced out of their homes by this economy?
Should we just round them all up and put them into fenced camps?
Don't laugh - we are getting closer to that kind of thing every day.
We live in very frightening times.
Poverty is absolutely exploding in America. The number of Americans that are going to food pantries and soup kitchens has increased by 46% since 2006. There are 44 million Americans on food stamps. If it was not for measures like these, the streets of America would be filled with destitute people.
Things are tough out there and they are about to get tougher.
At the beginning of next year, the extended unemployment benefits that have been helping the unemployed during this economic downturn will expire. Up to now, many unemployed Americans have been able to enjoy up to 99 weeks of unemployment benefits. Now that is coming to an end.
According to the New York Times, this is going to drain 37 billion dollars out of the wallets of unemployed Americans that are just barely hanging on.
What in the world is that going to do to the economy?
This all comes at a time when it looks like unemployment is going to start rising once again.
Cisco has just announced that they are going to be laying off 10,000 workers. Other large firms are expected to announce more layoffs shortly. The number of good jobs continues to shrink.
There are other signs that the economy is slowing once again. Pre-orders for Christmas toys are way down. Vacancies at U.S. shopping malls are rising again. Nearly every major poll shows that Americans are extremely pessimistic about the economy right now.
So why in the world is all of this happening?
Where in the world did all of our jobs go?
Well, it turns out that millions of our jobs have been shipped overseas where the labor is far, far cheaper and it is really starting to catch up with us.
On The American Dream website, I just finished an article entitled "How Globalism Has Destroyed Our Jobs, Businesses And National Wealth In 10 Easy Steps". It is a 2500 word essay that explains how globalization has absolutely gutted our economy. The article will hopefully help you understand why so many good jobs have left the United States and why they aren't coming back.
Many of our great cities that used to be the envy of the entire globe are now a bad joke to the rest of the world.
The following is what one reporter from the UK found when he visited one of the worst areas of Detroit....
Occasionally a half-ruined or half-burned house still stands to remind you that this used to be a cityscape. Pathetic, besieged knots of surviving homes remind you of what was once here. Sometimes amazing efforts have been made to keep them smart. More often, they haven’t.
Many bear menacing notices warning visitors to stay away. On the door of one, easy to imagine as a neat home with an iron-pillared porch where the head of the family must once have sat on summer evenings, are the words ‘Enter at ya own risk’ accompanied by a crude drawing of an angry face.
I ventured into a nearby ruin, smashed, charred and half-filled with garbage. You have no idea who or what might be lurking in these houses.
But don't laugh at Detroit. What is happening in Detroit is coming to your area soon enough.
America is in an advanced state of decay. The number of "outcasts" is going to multiply as more Americans lose their jobs and their homes. Millions more Americans will be sleeping in their cars, in tent cities or on the streets before this is all over.
The U.S. economy is never going to get back to "normal". What we are living through now is the "new normal" and it is rip-roaring prosperity compared to what is coming.
Please show compassion to the people around you that are hurting right now.
You never know, as the economy continues to unravel it may be you that needs some compassion soon.
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