BajaNomad - Fear, Fear, Fear!!!

Fear, Fear, Fear!!!

Pages: 1 2 3 4

nancyinpdx - 3-19-2009 at 07:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Skeet/Loreto
Flyfish:

Was in Houston and Dallas this past 2 days -- No TENT Cities!
Found out the report of 1200 odd Homeless kids included many from the Storms and it is good to report all but two are well taken care of>

No Tent Cities in Texas; have a contact who thinks there may be one in Sacramento Calif. Awaiting Photos.

Here in Amarillo we have many Jobs for People including the Homeless who stand at 6^th St. every morning and all the job s are taken before noon.

Will post the Photo of the Tent City in Sacto when it is received.

Skeet

There is one here in portland called Dignity Village

tigerdog - 3-20-2009 at 09:27 AM

Quote:

Skeet, you don't have to wait to see a photo of the tent city in Sacto. I posted this link before but perhaps you didn't see it. There are several photos of the Sacto tent city there for you to see with your own eyes:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1159677/Pi...

Here's a link to show that it is not just Sacramento having this problem. This 2008 article focuses on Reno but addresses the issue across the country. Note that besides the tent cities, there is a large increase of families living in cars and vans. Santa Barbara, CA has designated a car park for such people to stay the night in and be safe.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26776283/

In Orange County, CA families are living in cheap motel rooms rather than tent cities; they are counted among the homeless even though they have a roof over their heads.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/us/11motel.html?ref=us

I'm very happy that there are no tent cities or hungry children in Texas, and that all the homeless in Amarillo manage to get jobs every day.
http://www.newschannel10.com/global/story.asp?s=9983839

Since you're a generous man I hope that won't prevent you from giving a helping hand to the homeless and hungry in other locations.

Iflyfish - 3-20-2009 at 10:00 AM

Pomp

Good one:

5 Top Questions that men 'Fear' the most.

The 5 questions most feared by men are:
1...What are you thinking about?
2...Do you love me?
3...Do I look fat?
4...Do you think she is prettier than me?
5...What would you do if I died?

To which I would add "what are you feeling?" and "don't you think these are wonderful shoes, don't you think they would go well with my burnt umbra blouse and toupe slacks?"

Iflyfish

[Edited on 3-20-2009 by Iflyfish]

oldlady - 3-20-2009 at 10:07 AM

Hmmmmm. I would have thought "Where have you been?" would have made the list?

(Taupe, and burnt umbre should be fine, depending on the shades)

[Edited on 3-20-2009 by oldlady]

vandenberg - 3-20-2009 at 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by oldlady
Hmmmmm. I would have thought "Where have you been?" would have made the list?

That question shouldn't be scary to a seasoned husband. Should have multiple answers at the ready for any occasion. :saint:

Iflyfish - 3-20-2009 at 10:57 AM

oldlady adds to the list: "Hmmmmm. I would have thought "Where have you been?" would have made the list?"

Hmmm, funny we would have excluded that one! Is our slip showing? As I recall the question it's usually asked "Where have you been!!?" followed by "is that lipstick on your shirt?"

Iflyfish

Iflyfish - 3-20-2009 at 10:59 AM

oldlady says: (Taupe, and burnt umbre should be fine, depending on the shades)

I am firmly convinced that the boys got smaller boxes of crayons.

Iflyfish

oldlady - 3-20-2009 at 11:06 AM

You guys make me smile!

Bajahowodd - 3-20-2009 at 11:24 AM

Sacramento just announced that they are going to close the tent city, consisting of around 200 folks. They are not going to bulldoze it, but spend several weeks "convincing" people to leave. Should be interesting.

As for the near record number of posts here, aside from the few frivilous ones, I think it is a reflection of the curious times in which we find ourselves.

tigerdog - 3-20-2009 at 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Sacramento just announced that they are going to close the tent city, consisting of around 200 folks. They are not going to bulldoze it, but spend several weeks "convincing" people to leave. Should be interesting.

As for the near record number of posts here, aside from the few frivilous ones, I think it is a reflection of the curious times in which we find ourselves.

I saw that this morning, too; it's what brought me back to this thread when I saw (surprise) that it was still going.

I may be evil, Bajawodd. Read this: :spingrin:

http://www.newschannel10.com/global/story.asp?s=9983839

We do indeed live in curious times, don't we.

Bajahowodd - 3-20-2009 at 12:03 PM

Thanks for the link, tiger. Obviously, they do everything big in Texas. So now I know two things they lead the nation in. Homeless children and executions. Couldn't be any connection.

Sharksbaja - 3-20-2009 at 01:44 PM

Boredom rules!

Let's talk about your aunt Susies' trip to Rome! :bounce:

tigerdog - 3-20-2009 at 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sharksbaja
Boredom rules!

Let's talk about your aunt Susies' trip to Rome! :bounce:

Have I told you about my operation? :biggrin:

Sharksbaja - 3-20-2009 at 02:20 PM

Yes.

David K - 3-20-2009 at 02:30 PM

Speaking of fear, do you really believe there's a water shortage this year?

If you think you should use less water... I can help! :yes:

DENNIS - 3-20-2009 at 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by David K

If you think you should use less water... I can help! :yes:

This must mean you're buying the Pacificos. OK...I'm in.

oxxo - 3-20-2009 at 03:20 PM

Drink more Pacifico?

DENNIS - 3-20-2009 at 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by oxxo
Drink more Pacifico?

Yes....David's buying in his effort to conserve water.

David K - 3-20-2009 at 05:12 PM

I like that idea!!! About drinking Pacificos, that is...

As for who's buying, well... I need some irrigation jobs, and I will be happy to!

Actually, I did a small sprinkler repair today and sold a medium size job I start on Monday... So, that's a good thing!

nancyinpdx - 3-20-2009 at 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by oldlady
Hmmmmm. I would have thought "Where have you been?" would have made the list?

I 100% agree!

Another is 'Can I come with you?'

[Edited on 3-21-2009 by nancyinpdx]

BajaGringo - 3-21-2009 at 06:55 PM

I fear this thread is kicking the bucket...

Hook - 3-21-2009 at 07:20 PM

Naw, it's like a Timex watch.

How close are we, Dennis?

[Edited on 3-22-2009 by Hook]

robrt8 - 3-21-2009 at 08:10 PM

Alright, which one of you said the peso was going to 16.5??
Own up!
Shouldn't there be a law that says speculators will be pozolero'd?

Hook - 3-21-2009 at 08:31 PM

Dave's not here right now...................

DENNIS - 3-21-2009 at 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Hook
Naw, it's like a Timex watch.

How close are we, Dennis?

345 is a tie for low end of the top five. GAWD....is this ever getting exciting.

Sharksbaja - 3-21-2009 at 09:41 PM

puff puff pant pant ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Bajahowodd - 3-21-2009 at 11:54 PM

Shame! This is like paying someone to take your algebra test in high school.

oxxo - 3-22-2009 at 07:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Shame! This is like paying someone to take your algebra test in high school.

With my mathematical skills, it was maoney well spent. Wiosh could have someone ta take my speling test for me. GED is beter than nothin.

comitan - 3-22-2009 at 08:07 AM

robrt8

I did just be patient it will get there.

Packoderm - 3-23-2009 at 05:02 PM

Yes, I'd have to agree with the many posters here that fear is packaged and spread about by the media, peddlers and manufacturers that sell items and substances of comfort and safety, and our past presidential administration. We have been conditioned to react to such taunts in ways that gives up our money and freedom. I can't see it being pushed effectively forever because people will just get fatigued by the whole thing after a while. It will likely become fashionable to buy the $25 dollar bottle of wine and turn our noses at the $150 variety. That's not fear, but I don't see how buying the $125 wine for appearance's sake is showing fear either, so I really don't follow how being spoiled parleys to fear. I'd like to hear you expound on that a bit if it suits you. Last word: if our economy tanks completely, it might be possible that we'll go into survival mode and emerge from it a braver people. Good subject to discuss - for sure.

robrt8 - 3-23-2009 at 08:03 PM

Okay,
I'll be patient.
But you do know what happens in the long run. :barf:

Bajahowodd - 3-23-2009 at 11:12 PM

Pack- Maybe you could spearhead a fear convention. Take it all around the country. Sell ginzu knives and such.

Packoderm - 3-24-2009 at 06:12 AM

But really, to loosely paraphrase, the only thing we have to scared of is being scared itself. I'd rather spearhead an effort to rationally deal with fear of the unknown. But I guess that is what colleges and universities are for.

oldlady - 3-24-2009 at 06:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Packoderm
But really, to loosely paraphrase, the only thing we have to scared of is being scared itself. I'd rather spearhead an effort to rationally deal with fear of the unknown. But I guess that is what colleges and universities are for.

Now, that an interesting way to look at it.
I thought colleges and universities were for spawning fears of the unknown.

CaboRon - 3-24-2009 at 12:07 PM

Quote:

Just in an attempt to keep history accurate, and in this thread on Fear, I am posting here that memorable quote from Franklin D Roosevelt's first inagural address in 1933 ....

“Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself”:

FDR’s First Inaugural Address:

"I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our people impel. This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory. I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.

In such a spirit on my part and on yours we face our common difficulties. They concern, thank God, only material things. Values have shrunken to fantastic levels; taxes have risen; our ability to pay has fallen; government of all kinds is faced by serious curtailment of income; the means of exchange are frozen in the currents of trade; the withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side; farmers find no markets for their produce; the savings of many years in thousands of families are gone.

More important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence, and an equally great number toil with little return. Only a foolish optimist can deny the dark realities of the moment.

Yet our distress comes from no failure of substance. We are stricken by no plague of locusts. Compared with the perils which our forefathers conquered because they believed and were not afraid, we have still much to be thankful for. Nature still offers her bounty and human efforts have multiplied it. Plenty is at our doorstep, but a generous use of it languishes in the very sight of the supply. Primarily this is because the rulers of the exchange of mankind’s goods have failed, through their own stubbornness and their own incompetence, have admitted their failure, and abdicated. Practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opinion, rejected by the hearts and minds of men.

True they have tried, but their efforts have been cast in the pattern of an outworn tradition. Faced by failure of credit they have proposed only the lending of more money. Stripped of the lure of profit by which to induce our people to follow their false leadership, they have resorted to exhortations, pleading tearfully for restored confidence. They know only the rules of a generation of self-seekers. They have no vision, and when there is no vision the people perish.

The money changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths. The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit.

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits. These dark days will be worth all they cost us if they teach us that our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men.

Recognition of the falsity of material wealth as the standard of success goes hand in hand with the abandonment of the false belief that public office and high political position are to be valued only by the standards of pride of place and personal profit; and there must be an end to a conduct in banking and in business which too often has given to a sacred trust the likeness of callous and selfish wrongdoing. Small wonder that confidence languishes, for it thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection, on unselfish performance; without them it cannot live.

Restoration calls, however, not for changes in ethics alone. This Nation asks for action, and action now.

Our greatest primary task is to put people to work. This is no unsolvable problem if we face it wisely and courageously. It can be accomplished in part by direct recruiting by the Government itself, treating the task as we would treat the emergency of a war, but at the same time, through this employment, accomplishing greatly needed projects to stimulate and reorganize the use of our natural resources.

Hand in hand with this we must frankly recognize the overbalance of population in our industrial centers and, by engaging on a national scale in a redistribution, endeavor to provide a better use of the land for those best fitted for the land. The task can be helped by definite efforts to raise the values of agricultural products and with this the power to purchase the output of our cities. It can be helped by preventing realistically the tragedy of the growing loss through foreclosure of our small homes and our farms. It can be helped by insistence that the Federal, State, and local governments act forthwith on the demand that their cost be drastically reduced. It can be helped by the unifying of relief activities which today are often scattered, uneconomical, and unequal. It can be helped by national planning for and supervision of all forms of transportation and of communications and other utilities which have a definitely public character. There are many ways in which it can be helped, but it can never be helped merely by talking about it. We must act and act quickly.

Finally, in our progress toward a resumption of work we require two safeguards against a return of the evils of the old order; there must be a strict supervision of all banking and credits and investments; there must be an end to speculation with other people’s money, and there must be provision for an adequate but sound currency.

There are the lines of attack. I shall presently urge upon a new Congress in special session detailed measures for their fulfillment, and I shall seek the immediate assistance of the several States.

Through this program of action we address ourselves to putting our own national house in order and making income balance outgo. Our international trade relations, though vastly important, are in point of time and necessity secondary to the establishment of a sound national economy. I favor as a practical policy the putting of first things first. I shall spare no effort to restore world trade by international economic readjustment, but the emergency at home cannot wait on that accomplishment.

The basic thought that guides these specific means of national recovery is not narrowly nationalistic. It is the insistence, as a first consideration, upon the interdependence of the various elements in all parts of the United States—a recognition of the old and permanently important manifestation of the American spirit of the pioneer. It is the way to recovery. It is the immediate way. It is the strongest assurance that the recovery will endure.

In the field of world policy I would dedicate this Nation to the policy of the good neighbor—the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others—the neighbor who respects his obligations and respects the sanctity of his agreements in and with a world of neighbors.

If I read the temper of our people correctly, we now realize as we have never realized before our interdependence on each other; that we can not merely take but we must give as well; that if we are to go forward, we must move as a trained and loyal army willing to sacrifice for the good of a common discipline, because without such discipline no progress is made, no leadership becomes effective. We are, I know, ready and willing to submit our lives and property to such discipline, because it makes possible a leadership which aims at a larger good. This I propose to offer, pledging that the larger purposes will bind upon us all as a sacred obligation with a unity of duty hitherto evoked only in time of armed strife.

With this pledge taken, I assume unhesitatingly the leadership of this great army of our people dedicated to a disciplined attack upon our common problems.

Action in this image and to this end is feasible under the form of government which we have inherited from our ancestors. Our Constitution is so simple and practical that it is possible always to meet extraordinary needs by changes in emphasis and arrangement without loss of essential form. That is why our constitutional system has proved itself the most superbly enduring political mechanism the modern world has produced. It has met every stress of vast expansion of territory, of foreign wars, of bitter internal strife, of world relations.

It is to be hoped that the normal balance of executive and legislative authority may be wholly adequate to meet the unprecedented task before us. But it may be that an unprecedented demand and need for undelayed action may call for temporary departure from that normal balance of public procedure.

I am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommend the measures that a stricken nation in the midst of a stricken world may require. These measures, or such other measures as the Congress may build out of its experience and wisdom, I shall seek, within my constitutional authority, to bring to speedy adoption.

But in the event that the Congress shall fail to take one of these two courses, and in the event that the national emergency is still critical, I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis—broad Executive power to wage a war against the emergency, as great as the power that would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe.

For the trust reposed in me I will return the courage and the devotion that befit the time. I can do no less.

We face the arduous days that lie before us in the warm courage of the national unity; with the clear consciousness of seeking old and precious moral values; with the clean satisfaction that comes from the stern performance of duty by old and young alike. We aim at the assurance of a rounded and permanent national life.

We do not distrust the future of essential democracy. The people of the United States have not failed. In their need they have registered a mandate that they want direct, vigorous action. They have asked for discipline and direction under leadership. They have made me the present instrument of their wishes. In the spirit of the gift I take it.

In this dedication of a Nation we humbly ask the blessing of God. May He protect each and every one of us. May He guide me in the days to come."

[Edited on 3-24-2009 by CaboRon]

toneart - 3-24-2009 at 12:47 PM

Thank you Ron! This is a good time to revisit those words. :yes:

Pages: 1 2 3 4