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bobbolink
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Sat Dec-06-08 04:09 PM Original message |
****THE REAL FACTS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND "MENTAL ILLNESS" |
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maryf
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Sat Dec-06-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. K and R |
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Donnachaidh
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Sat Dec-06-08 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. Tell it Bobbo! K&R!! n/t |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf
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Sat Dec-06-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah, it's a chicken and egg thing, too. |
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bobbolink
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Sat Dec-06-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. You have a point, there. I would wager that not many who like to portray homeless people as being |
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Warpy
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Sat Dec-06-08 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Thank you for bringing this up |
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formercia
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Sat Dec-06-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. The other 6% work for the Bush Administration. |
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Manifestor_of_Light
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Sat Dec-06-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. kick |
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mntleo2
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Sat Dec-06-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. If anything people who are homeless |
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bobbolink
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Sat Dec-06-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Sane, and in deep PAIN! "Because they have had to face the dirty truth about humanity " |
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Two Americas
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Fri Dec-12-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
39. absolutely |
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varelse
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Sat Dec-06-08 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. True (and K&R for this thread) |
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medeak
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Sat Dec-06-08 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
11. certain rate was incredibly higher in the '80's |
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bobbolink
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Sun Dec-07-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Can you find the stats on that? What I've found doesn't support your conclusion. |
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medeak
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Sun Dec-07-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. ok...when was it |
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bobbolink
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Mon Dec-08-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. "Most patients were released from mental hospitals in the 1950s and 1960s" |
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bobbolink
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Tue Dec-09-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. No reply to the dates? |
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undeterred
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Sat Dec-06-08 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. thank you! |
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ColbertWatcher
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Sat Dec-06-08 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. k+r, n/t |
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wellstone dem
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Sat Dec-06-08 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. I was doing intake at a homeless shelter one evening |
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bobbolink
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Sun Dec-07-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. "But they didn't look like homeless people, they just looked like us." |
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maryf
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Sun Dec-07-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. What a great mom! |
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truedelphi
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Mon Dec-15-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
43. Yep the people at the homeles shelter are just like us except for maybe |
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Beaverhausen
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Sat Dec-06-08 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. Glad to K&R this to put the meme to rest |
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struggle4progress
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Sun Dec-07-08 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
16. There's another (often unmentioned) aspect of mental illness among the homeless: |
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bobbolink
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Sun Dec-07-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Which leads to another aspect... those who are complacently allowing people to be homeless in the |
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tosh
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Sun Dec-07-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. So well said, bobbo! K&R |
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Two Americas
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Sat Dec-13-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
42. yes |
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Lyric
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Sun Dec-07-08 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
17. Quick K&R |
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bobbolink
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Sun Dec-07-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. . |
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tomp
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Sun Dec-07-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
18. how about a link? nt |
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maryf
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Sun Dec-07-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Here you go tomp |
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bobbolink
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Sun Dec-07-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Thanks, Mary! Excellent source, and it's time for "progressives" to understand the REAL facts. |
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FirstLight
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Sun Dec-07-08 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
19. K&R for the morning crew |
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bobbolink
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Sun Dec-07-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. "remember that poverty in itself, is a huge stressor and factor in depression and other illnesses " |
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maryf
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Sun Dec-07-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Catch 22 |
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bobbolink
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Sun Dec-07-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Reminds me of my fave quotation.... Jean Vanier |
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maryf
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Sun Dec-07-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Thanks Bobbie... |
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bobbolink
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Sun Dec-07-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I'm thinking we need some good song writers! The guitarist today is enthusing me about that! |
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Morpheal
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Fri Dec-12-08 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
36. NO SUCH THING AS THE HEALTHY HOMELESS PERSON |
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maryf
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Fri Dec-12-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Where do you get this "information"? |
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Two Americas
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Fri Dec-12-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. cause and effect confusion |
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bobbolink
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Sat Dec-13-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. What you have written has a lot of merit, and it's IMPORTANT to remember |
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maryf
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Sat Dec-13-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Wow! |
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Naturyl
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Sat Dec-20-08 11:20 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. It's too bad a single post can't be recommended |
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smokey nj
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Sat Jan-03-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #38 |
56. Great post, TA! |
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Citizen Number 9
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Thu Dec-18-08 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
44. Before you get too set on the concept |
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journeytalker
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Fri Dec-19-08 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
45. good thing? |
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tofutti cutie
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Sat Dec-20-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
46. Why is it important anyway? Should mental illness be a source of shame? |
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Political Heretic
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Sun Dec-21-08 04:12 AM Response to Original message |
48. I understand your point, but mental illness among homeless population is disporportionate |
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undergroundpanther
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Fri Dec-26-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. PSTD is a psychiatric injury. |
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mentalslavery
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Tue Feb-03-09 02:30 AM Response to Reply #48 |
58. US conference of Mayors? O, the authority of such a body |
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undergroundpanther
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Fri Dec-26-08 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
49. There are many VETERANS who are homeless |
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bobbolink
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Sat Dec-27-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Excellent as always, Panther! |
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undergroundpanther
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Sun Dec-28-08 12:44 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Thanks bobbolink! |
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bobbolink
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Mon Dec-29-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Thanks! well, except for one thing... *I* was the "OP" |
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Kajsa
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Fri Jan-02-09 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
54. There are varied statistics on the percentages |
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smokey nj
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Sat Jan-03-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
55. KICK! |
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maryf
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Mon Jan-05-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
57. Kick nt |
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charleslb
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Sun Nov-14-10 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
59. The Most Disturbing Fact About Homelessness |
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