What is going on in this country? Maybe I'm too young to know when the last time was that this may have happened ... but... what the
HELL??? And we have the nerve to call other countries "Developing Nations"? (or for those of you who are still stuck in the 20th Century and have yet to evolve, "
Third World" nations.)
Here's some history from one of the bloggers. I have no way of verifying this but, ... Damn...
hineddh2 10:21:12 PM Oct 19 2007
iwasmaking 1.60 an hour right out of vietnam aand worked forty hours aweek and owned a new camaro paid a house payment back hole of 69.00 a month gas bill was 3.60 a month water about same 6.40 and electricity about 25.00 amonth gasoline was .27 a gallon my rent was 80.00 a month and 35.00 of grociees went along ways 35.00 spending money to go out and eat burgers with the family those were the good old days folks.
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But wait... There's more!
After being discharged from the military, Jason Kelley, 23, of Tomahawk, Wis., who served in Iraq with the Wisconsin National Guard, took a bus to Los Angeles looking for better job prospects and a new life.
Kelley said he couldn't find a job because he didn't have an apartment, and he couldn't get an apartment because he didn't have a job. He stayed in a $300-a-week motel until his money ran out, then moved into a shelter run by the group U.S. VETS in Inglewood, Calif. He's since been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, he said.
In all of 2006, the National Alliance to End Homelessness estimates that 495,400 veterans were homeless at some point during the year.
Lance Corporal William A. Staley, a 24-year-old mortar man from Lockport, New York, reads the book "Cruel Winter" by Anthony Izzo during his free time inside Veteran Affairs Building in western Ar Ramadi, Iraq.
Featured Blogger Comment:
blpilot43 03:54:00 AM Nov 08 2007
Hello-
I am a Vietnam vet and have been out of the military for 32 years, and I cannot believe our young men and women are coming home from war having to face life in the streets like this.
Uncle Sam needs to take care of our men and women coming home from war. We go to foreign countries as kids and come home as adults. We see and smell death every day and we come home with blood on our hands... and then the ones who have trouble re-adjusting or have no family end up in the street. That's one hell of a way show appreciation for "walking the wall" to these people who go and do our dirty work.
We live in the wealthiest, most productive country on earth and we have nearly 1 million people living in the streets; vets and non-vets... that's about as low as any country can go... it's pathetic.
Just my opinion...
Fly safe - Capt. Bob
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Meanwhile...
4. Still Waters Run Deep
Tap water may indeed be "still" -- no bubbles -- but that's not what your server is offering when he queries "still or sparkling?" The mark-up on bottled water is easily 200%, so going bottled can be as much of a rip-off as ordering a cocktail. Industrywide, bottled water pulls in $200 to $350 million in profits annually, according to Clark Wolf Company, a restaurant consultant. In stores, a 33.8-ounce flat Voss Mineral Water goes for $3.49; in Riingo, located in New York's Alex Hotel, you'd pay $9 for the same bottle.
Worse, once you order a bottle, it's rare that you'll be asked if you want another. Your server will simply open another to top off your glass -- and your tab.
Today's Tip: If you want tap water, ask for it specifically.
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In the summer of 2007, the
EPA granted NYC a 10-year waiver that will allow the city to continue to draw Catskills water unfiltered. Translation: NY water is so clean, the EPA says it doesn't need to be filtered.
