Mar 15, 2009: Tent City

xoxoxoBruce · 03-15-2009, 03:17 AM

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A tent city in Sacramento, Calif., shown here on Thursday, March 5, is growing as the worsening economy leads more
people to losing there jobs and being forced out of their homes. More than 1200 are estimated to live in the encampment,
which is growing by up to 50 people a week.

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The tent city has sprouted up in almost the same location along the American River as an earlier one inhabited by
transplanted Tennesseans who had moved West looking for work during the Great Depression.

Although they say 1200 people, and this is just one camp, we're talking about out of over 300 million, but it's an interesting phenomenon.
In reality, there are probably more homeless on the streets that don't even have a tent.

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spudcon · 03-15-2009, 05:36 AM

I thought homeless people were all gone after Reagan/Bush Sr.

Medic63 · 03-15-2009, 06:07 AM

Is that why I saw so many panhandlers in D.C. during the Clinton administration?

capnhowdy · 03-15-2009, 07:41 AM

Why are most people who are homeless and begging for a life sustaining morsel from those of us who are "far more fortunate" always fat and pudgy? They don't look hungry to me.

Perry Winkle · 03-15-2009, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by capnhowdy

Why are most people who are homeless and begging for a life sustaining morsel from those of us who are "far more fortunate" always fat and pudgy? They don't look hungry to me.

They lack self control, self respect and direction. Don't give them anything because they're just going to eat it, drink it or fuck it.

Undertoad · 03-15-2009, 10:42 AM

I admire their culinary understanding. Lady #1's jumbo size mustard is cheap and doesn't need refrigeration. Lady #2 is working the saute skills with what looks like it could be seasoned salt, preparing the nightly meal for her highly expectant, glaring spouse. Hard times don't mean you have to eat poorly, if you have some understanding of seasonings; and a simple cast iron skillet, which doesn't need to be washed between uses, is every chef's first tool.

classicman · 03-15-2009, 10:53 AM

:bites tongue:

Shawnee123 · 03-15-2009, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

I admire their culinary understanding. Lady #1's jumbo size mustard is cheap and doesn't need refrigeration. Lady #2 is working the saute skills with what looks like it could be seasoned salt, preparing the nightly meal for her highly expectant, glaring spouse. Hard times don't mean you have to eat poorly, if you have some understanding of seasonings; and a simple cast iron skillet, which doesn't need to be washed between uses, is every chef's first tool.

I noticed him too. Shouldn't he be out hunting wild game or something?

xoxoxoBruce · 03-15-2009, 11:07 AM

I think he's glaring at the photographer.

Shawnee123 · 03-15-2009, 11:09 AM

"You ain't leerin' at my waf, are ya?"

ukamikanasi · 03-15-2009, 11:43 AM

They're fat because they eat mostly carbs. Meat and vegetables are expensive, but bread, noodles, and potatoes are cheap and make you fat.

chrisinhouston · 03-15-2009, 12:31 PM

Hey, my old Boy Scout Troop still uses tents like in the 1936 photos!

capnhowdy · 03-15-2009, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I noticed him too. Shouldn't he be out hunting wild game or something?

You mean hunting handouts, right?

classicman · 03-15-2009, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ukamikanasi

They're fat because they eat mostly carbs. Meat and vegetables are expensive, but bread, noodles, and potatoes are cheap and make you fat.

Perhaps they live a sedentary lifestyle too.

Clodfobble · 03-15-2009, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by ukamikanasi

They're fat because they eat mostly carbs. Meat and vegetables are expensive, but bread, noodles, and potatoes are cheap and make you fat.

Doesn't matter what you eat; if you eat a small enough amount, you will be skinny.

03-15-2009, 07:41 AM	#4
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Why are most people who are homeless and begging for a life sustaining morsel from those of us who are "far more fortunate" always fat and pudgy? They don't look hungry to me. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

03-15-2009, 10:53 AM	#7
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	:bites tongue: __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

03-15-2009, 11:07 AM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I think he's glaring at the photographer. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-15-2009, 11:09 AM	#10
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	"You ain't leerin' at my waf, are ya?" __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-15-2009, 05:36 AM	#2
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	I thought homeless people were all gone after Reagan/Bush Sr. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

03-15-2009, 06:07 AM	#3
Medic63 Disorderly Disciplinarian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Butler, Pennsylvania Posts: 21	Is that why I saw so many panhandlers in D.C. during the Clinton administration?

03-15-2009, 10:42 AM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I admire their culinary understanding. Lady #1's jumbo size mustard is cheap and doesn't need refrigeration. Lady #2 is working the saute skills with what looks like it could be seasoned salt, preparing the nightly meal for her highly expectant, glaring spouse. Hard times don't mean you have to eat poorly, if you have some understanding of seasonings; and a simple cast iron skillet, which doesn't need to be washed between uses, is every chef's first tool.

03-15-2009, 11:43 AM	#11
ukamikanasi Complex Simpleton Join Date: May 2003 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 18	They're fat because they eat mostly carbs. Meat and vegetables are expensive, but bread, noodles, and potatoes are cheap and make you fat.

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chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Hey, my old Boy Scout Troop still uses tents like in the 1936 photos!

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