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Offline thundley4

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Desperate victims of the economic slump forced to live in makeshift homes in fo
« on: September 12, 2011, 04:10:12 PM »
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ensho (1000+ posts)           Sun Sep-11-11 10:32 AM
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N.J. - Desperate victims of the economic slump forced to live in makeshift homes in forest
   

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2021173/America...


The Tent City of New Jersey: Desperate victims of the economic slump forced to live in makeshift homes in forest


In scenes reminiscent of the Great Depression these are the ramshackle homes of the desperate and destitute U.S. families who have set up their own 'Tent City' only an hour from Manhattan.
More than 50 homeless people have joined the community within New Jersey's forests as the economic crisis has wrecked their American dream.
And as politicians in Washington trade blows over their country's £8.8 trillion debt, the prospect of more souls joining this rag tag group grows by the day.

Building their own tarpaulin tents, Native American teepees and makeshift balsa wood homes, every one of the Tent City residents has lost their job.
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asjr   (1000+ posts)           Sun Sep-11-11 10:51 AM
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3. This didn't get to us through a U.S.
   
newspaper--even one that knows what is happening. What ever happened to America the Beautiful? These people should and can be helped. This is another reason Democrats should be taking the lead. If Republicans gain the presidency no one will help them. Goodbye Fema; goodbye EPA; goodbye social security. And do not become ill--you are a goner. We are fast becoming a third-world country.

most of the MSM are Obama sycophants and wouldn't publish this.

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fasttense   (1000+ posts)           Sun Sep-11-11 11:38 AM
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4. Hoovervilles???
   
With over 24 million people without full time jobs we will be seeing a lot more of these.

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no_hypocrisy   (1000+ posts)           Sun Sep-11-11 12:41 PM
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7. Bushvilles

Wrong again DUmmie.  Obamavilles, call a spade a spade, not a hoe.

None of the DUmmies seem to want to defend Obama on this one.  I'll do it.  Obama is just giving these urban citizens a great chance to reconnect with nature and to live as their ancestors did. On the other hand, they may be the lucky ones from his base supporters, they are learning some survival skills for WTSHTF.
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Re: Desperate victims of the economic slump forced to live in makeshift homes in fo
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2011, 04:19:58 PM »
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4. Hoovervilles???
   
With over 24 million people without full time jobs we will be seeing a lot more of these.

Try again:

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Re: Desperate victims of the economic slump forced to live in makeshift homes in fo
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2011, 04:27:14 PM »
I was told that when 0bama took over there would be nothing but economic bliss.  IIRC, leftards want the 0 to take over sooner than the Constitution demanded so his genius could fix things sooner.

Socialism always fails, ALWAYS.
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Re: Desperate victims of the economic slump forced to live in makeshift homes in fo
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2011, 04:28:32 PM »
balsa wood homes....Well DUmmies, tear down the house, sell the wood and move into a small house.....ooops forgot about the property taxes and such.....get a ticket to San Francisco. San Francisco will pay you $800 a month to live on the street. They like to decorate their city with over dressed bums everywhere. It kind of clashes with the naked queers and offsets the ...uh...uh... something or other.
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Re: Desperate victims of the economic slump forced to live in makeshift homes in fo
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2011, 07:14:22 PM »
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Re: Desperate victims of the economic slump forced to live in makeshift homes in fo
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2011, 09:04:51 PM »
Detroit has a bunch of vacant houses, they can move there.
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Re: Desperate victims of the economic slump forced to live in makeshift homes in fo
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2011, 12:29:14 PM »
From the Daily Mail article, this passage struck me:

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One member of the motley crew who lives in Tent City claims to be the nephew of country great Johnny Cash.
'I used to be a guitarist and played at BB Kings' club in New York City,' said Mark.

'But my girlfriend left me, I lost my home and I travelled round Toms River near here sleeping rough.

'My family can't seem to help me no more and I have accepted that every time that they have tried to I have let them down and failed to sort my life out.

'I don't know what I would do if I didn't have this place to live in.'

  His life reads like a Blues song!  That's where he got the lie about playing with B. B. King and being related to Johnny Cash. 

They showed two people over there, the woman used to be a waitress, and her boyfriend cleaned restaurants.  Are they saying that there are no jobs with those backgrounds?  None?  Most of the people are trying to work the system somehow to receive, as the article put it, "welfare schemes and assisted housing."  A good waitress can always find a job.  So can cleaners.  It's just hard work, that's all.     
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Re: Desperate victims of the economic slump forced to live in makeshift homes in fo
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2011, 12:49:33 PM »
I still want to know where they got the "BALSA" wood...did it come from a sustainable forest, do they have the proper paperwork....why hasn't Eric Holder sent the swat team in to confiscate it like he did to GIBSON guitar?
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