abject poverty

For my regular readers, you know I am an ardent supporter of the 'One' organization.

I received this blog post via email to repost on my blog, and I am more than happy to do so.

It is written by Virginia Simmons.

Daschle as HHS - Experience and Quotes
posted by Virginia Simmons

TaxingTennessee generates another improvised exaggerated device to lob at any passing chance of funding services that aid people.  This time, Ben Cunningham lumps all Christian progressives under a Social Gospel banner, without regard to historical accuracies of either Christian progressives or the Social Go

Not too long ago, I was in Dave's camp down on the Cumberland and was just amazed at what he'd been able to accomplish with his site using dumpster items and less money than I spend on a weekend going to a Saturday matinée with the wife.

Can there be anything more stupid, more pathetic than a bunch of young men killing each other over something as asinine as "malehood honor?" I'll bet as the life slipped from that man's body he didn't give two [bleep]s about his "honor" and wished he'd just turned the other cheek and gone home.

While I am put off by some of the more "descriptive" portions of the discussion, I shared this here because it provides powerful insight into the minds of residents who must deal with "controversial" housing issues in their neighborhoods.

If this is what it takes to create awareness of just how difficult it is to survive as an impoverished person in the world, I hope everyone who has never spent a day wondering where their next meal is coming from will devote some time and take a "plunge2poverty."

(This video was shot in Australia but the message resonates globally...)

A great many of my clients are "older" individuals who've spent some hard days and nights on the streets of this country. For all her prosperity and opportunity, America has a whole lotta folks living in abject poverty.

Now, I'm not making excuses for anyone here; a good portion of the poverty suffered by folks is self induced as a direct result of very bad choices and extremely bad behaviors, but it gets harder and harder to recover from one's ignorance and stupidity as one ages.