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The Ruse

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So, it was announced recently that "some group" of people were offering homeless people a one way ticket out of town. Obviously they are kind-hearted folks just giving homeless people a hand. Certainly this isn't some expedient measure to rid Nashville of homeless people.

Short Ruminations On The Controversial DTP/Metro PD "Free Bus Tickets"

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I spoke yesterday to a number of my clients yesterday about the new "program" available to those who are homeless; get a ticket out of paradise by asking the Metro PD and the DTP for it. We hashed it out for quite some time and ultimately, the overwhelming consensus might surprise you.

But first, lets take a better look at the issue.

Afghanistan 2002

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I was scared. We all were, though not one would show it or verbalize it. Few of us had ever been in actual combat before. Our Special Forces team was flying on a Talon EC-130 into post-9/11 Afghanistan just months after our initial invasion. Our mission was to rout the Taliban and to deny Al-Queda sanctuary and freedom of movement within the borders of Afghanistan - and sometimes beyond.

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