tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post9199074829690002208..comments2024-03-10T23:44:30.359-05:00Comments on Racine Post: HALO, shut out of city funding, may get another chance at CDBG moneyDustin http://www.blogger.com/profile/10717778498642473701noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-87572079321063617772009-10-29T08:44:52.788-05:002009-10-29T08:44:52.788-05:00AMEN!AMEN!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-5068086256555526142009-10-29T02:42:35.375-05:002009-10-29T02:42:35.375-05:00Properly understood and implemented, socialism is ...Properly understood and implemented, socialism is a win-win solution to economic problems. The ordinary citizens receive cradle-to-grave security and the rich receive peace of mind coupled with freedom from fear that the populace may rise up and slaughter them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-11987706055201045622009-10-29T02:38:03.645-05:002009-10-29T02:38:03.645-05:00That's how the billionaires and millionaires h...That's how the billionaires and millionaires have managed to survive in the Western European social democracies. By accepting the taxes necessary to fund the rank-and-file citizens' social safety net, they've helped to build a system which lets them function without having to worry about a violent revolution which could take their stashes and their lives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-7173515781542750132009-10-28T03:53:05.841-05:002009-10-28T03:53:05.841-05:00If the rich were smart, they'd shell out cash ...If the rich were smart, they'd shell out cash to the taxman and build a cradle-to-grave social safety net for all American citizens. Then ordinary people wouldn't resent the elite's obscene wealth and a modified form of capitalism would have a decent chance of survival.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-57837742682234490782009-10-27T22:21:37.080-05:002009-10-27T22:21:37.080-05:00Dear 10:03, If you think that revolutions are figm...Dear 10:03, If you think that revolutions are figments of the imagination, start studying history. Unless the government aids the poor, the working class and the lower-middle class soon,America could explode.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-64118687150836732242009-10-27T16:56:39.690-05:002009-10-27T16:56:39.690-05:00There is NO "Mr. Angry." Furthermore, ou...There is NO "Mr. Angry." Furthermore, our organization does not threaten anybody. However, we do tell people what could happen if social injustices are not corrected. Read any history of the French Revolution and you'll observe the uncanny similarities between France in the seventeen-eighties and modern America. Our people are watchmen who warn the people about dangerous situations, not agitators who cause socio-economic upheavals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-91335060684084385952009-10-27T15:22:01.347-05:002009-10-27T15:22:01.347-05:0010:03 - Mr. Angry, As long as we have gifiting opp...10:03 - Mr. Angry, As long as we have gifiting opportunities and trusts the rich and their families will continue to be rich. Your revolution again is a figment of your imagination. Quit living the future on the past. And stop threatening people - we will find out who you are and have you arrested.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-9805639759045634192009-10-27T10:03:49.302-05:002009-10-27T10:03:49.302-05:00When large numbers of previously-purse proud unemp...When large numbers of previously-purse proud unemployed middle class people wind up sleeping in their cars or on a friend's couch, watch out. Then the American bourgeoisie will stop supporting the elite's capitalist system and start demanding serious change.(Historically speaking, once the bottom half of the middle class sinks into penury, a society is ripe for revolution. Thanks to the present economic crisis, we're on the verge of reaching that benchmark.If a gal I'll call "Hellwitch" wants her quintet of sons to inherit lots of loot, she'll tell her Bugspray Bankers to halt the foreclosures. An impoverished lower-middle class whose members side with the working class and the poor could bring down her capitalist system and force her progeny to work for a living.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-71169750333128655702009-10-25T22:36:02.893-05:002009-10-25T22:36:02.893-05:00Amen!Amen!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-72696524019718604712009-10-25T12:59:32.838-05:002009-10-25T12:59:32.838-05:00As the current depression deepens, more and more p...As the current depression deepens, more and more previously-comfortable middle class people will start to identify with the poor instead of the rich. Eventually, an alliance of the poor, the working class and the lower-middle class will elect men who'll smash the corporate elite, build a social safety net for all our citizens and eradicate homelessness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-67350586955124741302009-10-25T05:35:07.829-05:002009-10-25T05:35:07.829-05:00Even Thomas Paine--a favorite writer among Glenn B...Even Thomas Paine--a favorite writer among Glenn Beck's followers--supported the government's right to seize and redistribute wealth. Once we build a social safety net and provide adequate housing for all our citizens, homelessness will cease to be a problem. (Over in the Western European social democracies, there's very little homelessness. When you find homeless people there, they tend to be illegal aliens from Third World countries or nomadic Romanies who've chosen to have no fixed abode.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-45152688448186006742009-10-24T22:16:22.606-05:002009-10-24T22:16:22.606-05:00Whether we like big government or fear it, the bot...Whether we like big government or fear it, the bottom line is that a strong people's government is the only force capable of reining in and eventually smashing the corporate elite. A powerful federal government with the authority to seize and redistribute wealth if necessary will end homelessness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-31165932981936157362009-10-24T17:46:39.469-05:002009-10-24T17:46:39.469-05:00As long as the average American family is three pa...As long as the average American family is three paychecks away from homelessness, HALO will be necessary. Until we build a social safety net for all our citizens, economic insecurity will prevail.(Why are things that way in the U.S.A.? We've got a wealthy class which wants the rest of us to be poor desperate wage slaves. Once the government rescues the workers from poverty, the oligarchs can't exploit them any more. Since the elite can't envision a world without easily-exploited serfs, it does everything it can to block social programs which would help the rank-and-file.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-44435174482704467802009-10-23T22:09:39.292-05:002009-10-23T22:09:39.292-05:00Other non-profits, like Neighborhood Watch, have h...Other non-profits, like Neighborhood Watch, have had their CDBG funding cut for years. Maybe Halo got priority for whatever reason. You take from one to give to another. The problem I see is that Halo probably serves a large population who come up from Illinois. Let's keep the money local. I know a very large population of homeless, served by the Shalome center in Kenosha was from Illinois. Sorry, things are tough, and Illinois has few homeless shelthers. That's because Wisconsin takes them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-57226311261206362002009-10-23T19:29:27.237-05:002009-10-23T19:29:27.237-05:00More to the point, working Joe and Jane see innova...More to the point, working Joe and Jane see innovators as threats to their jobs and, hence, their economic survival. As they see it, high-tech and the cyber-revolution destroyed millions of clerical jobs which high school graduates could perform without pricey additional training. If all the inventors were to pack up and relocate in Asia, most rank-and-file Americans wouldn't miss them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-90980393625892942512009-10-23T19:23:09.756-05:002009-10-23T19:23:09.756-05:00I'm sorry that I didn't spell "group&...I'm sorry that I didn't spell "group" correctly. Still, I'll stand by my statement that most regular people aren't interested in ingenuity and view overly-clever people with extreme suspicion. (It may come as a shock to some of us that many cultures despise innovators and see them as trouble makers. People who've been taught to play it safe by following tradition tend to be hostile to change because it threatens their self-identity.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-19982286632768795592009-10-23T17:01:14.842-05:002009-10-23T17:01:14.842-05:00By the way, although there is no "Mr. Angry.&...By the way, although there is no "Mr. Angry." there are many angry men in Racine. Lord willing, our gruop will help the downtrodden people destroy capitalism using legal, peaceful methods only.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-16629257021904157832009-10-23T16:55:29.852-05:002009-10-23T16:55:29.852-05:00Helping marginalized citizens register to vote is ...Helping marginalized citizens register to vote is one activity in which I engage. When more people who have zero stake in capitalism cast their ballots for progressive candidates, a people's government will replace capitalism with socialism and provide every citizen with an economic safety net. (It works in The Netherlands. Just ask PR=PR about the great programs and short work week they've got in Holland. Although PR=PR didn't like what he viewed as the stifling of ingenuity over there, most ordinary folks wouldn't care if our precious brand of Yankee ingenuity moved to Mars for the duration. Ask almost any blue collar guy--he'd rather have the social safety net and a guaranteed annual income than all the clever inventions that ever came down the pike.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-46914528637087238022009-10-23T09:12:32.070-05:002009-10-23T09:12:32.070-05:00Mr. Angey - so what are you specifically doing to ...Mr. Angey - so what are you specifically doing to achieve your plan other than ranting on this site. Let's hear specifics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-45621757602228017902009-10-23T07:51:14.180-05:002009-10-23T07:51:14.180-05:00Amen!Amen!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-60856462661639135622009-10-22T18:01:19.487-05:002009-10-22T18:01:19.487-05:00I'm not "Mr. Angry." Regarding happi...I'm not "Mr. Angry." Regarding happiness, I'll rejoice when we've built a social democratic America in which no citizen will ever be homeless again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-48256996357614922852009-10-22T13:30:14.734-05:002009-10-22T13:30:14.734-05:00Mr. Angry - you'd be much happier if you were ...Mr. Angry - you'd be much happier if you were not angry!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-75766650257390284022009-10-21T19:39:01.451-05:002009-10-21T19:39:01.451-05:00Although there is no "Mr. Angry," there ...Although there is no "Mr. Angry," there are many angry men in our group. As for originality, it's secondary to truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-69820221076483222212009-10-21T13:50:13.416-05:002009-10-21T13:50:13.416-05:009:37 - No, it because you cannot come up with an o...9:37 - No, it because you cannot come up with an original thought. You keep recycling one anothers. And there is a Mr. Angry within your ranks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-29392473957273665472009-10-21T09:37:28.810-05:002009-10-21T09:37:28.810-05:00Dear 8:38 A.M., If "Waxies" and "ri...Dear 8:38 A.M., If "Waxies" and "richie-poos" appear frequently in our comments, it is because these evil, hyper-privileged people are responsible for much of the misery in this community.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com