O'boovervilles get a reprieve in N.J.
Chief Egalitarian
Apr 15, 2010 11:00 pm US/Eastern
Camden Tent City Residents Get A Reprieve
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) ? Homeless people who built a community of campground
tents just a few blocks from downtown Camden got a reprieve Thursday,
allowing them to remain, at least for now, at the self-governing settlement
in one of the nation's poorest cities.
Both the residents and social service agencies were nervous about Thursday's
deadline from a Camden County official to shut down the community. They
feared adequate housing would not be found by the deadline, forcing the 30
or so remaining homeless people to move out of a relatively safe environment
and into the streets.
Gino Lewis, the official who wanted to close the enclave, arrived there
Thursday morning to tell community founder Lorenzo "Jamaica" Banks that Tent
City would not be closed yet -- and that efforts would continue to find
housing.
Lewis says that the residents have formed a real community over the years.
But he said the settlement, wedged in the woods between a highway off-ramp
and train tracks, is unsafe and unsanitary.
"They've done a great job," Lewis said. "The problem is, right now we need
to take the next step for them and help them."
But he won't force them out now.
Banks, a Vietnam War veteran who says it's been 37 years and 11 months since
he had a home, said he found the woods a few blocks from downtown Camden
about four years ago.
He and some other homeless people cleaned it up, wrote rules and invited
others to live there.
Residents of the encampment consider Banks the mayor of "Tent City." Some
hold positions there that include cook, security director, spokesmen and
even community outreach coordinator.
Residents have begun growing their vegetables. Other food is donated by some
of the volunteers who stop by.
There are weekly meetings and church services. Tent City leaders say they
try to get sick residents to doctors.
During summer months, the population can grow as high as 100.
The push to close the camp began after Banks went to officials last year
seeking help for his constituents. A task force was formed. The county
pledged to use some of its roughly $1 million in federal economic stimulus
money for homeless aid to get the tent dwellers into homes.
Banks called for the deadline, but said he wanted to use it as motivation
for residents to get out -- not to shut down Tent City. But he fretted that
the county might enforce it.
As the deadline approached this spring, the population began to grow rather
than shrink. By last week, about 60 people were living there.
Some, like Banks, who professes that he "doesn't do inside," said they would
not move by the Thursday deadline.
Many did, though.
After the reprieve, Lewis won't name a new deadline to close Tent City.
But Banks said his goal is July 1.
Banks said he would stay to clean up the settlement, which he has been
calling Transitional Park.
He's also been thinking about how nice it would feel to take a hot bath or
to brighten a room when night falls. Perhaps he'll try living under a roof
again, he said.
"I think it's about time," he said.
Iarnrod
> http://cbs3.com/local/tent.city.camden.2.1632515.html
>
> Apr 15, 2010 11:00 pm US/Eastern
> Camden Tent City Residents Get A Reprieve
>
> CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) ? Homeless people who built a community of campground
> tents just a few blocks from downtown Camden got a reprieve Thursday,
> allowing them to remain, at least for now, at the self-governing settlement
> in one of the nation's poorest cities.
You fuckin' moron. this tent city was established FOUR YEARS AGO.
Guess these folks knew what AWOL Bush was doing to the economy and
decided to get a head start. <chuckle>
READ your cites before you post shit that contradicts you, fuzznuts.
Chief Egalitarian
"Iarnrod" <iar...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Bush didn't win a third election, although he would have if allowed to run
again. No, my friend, Obama has had plenty of time to think about what to do
with the situation. He decided to post a new sign at the city limits with
his own name on it.
WELCOME TO O'BOOVERVILLE. President Barack O'boover.
Gunner Asch
<Egal@legal_egal.law> wrote:
>Lewis says that the residents have formed a real community over the years.
>But he said the settlement, wedged in the woods between a highway off-ramp
>and train tracks, is unsafe and unsanitary.
So install porta potties and add some street lighting.
Its gonna be a hell of a lot cheaper than paying for housing
Gunner
"First Law of Leftist Debate
The more you present a leftist with factual evidence
that is counter to his preconceived world view and the
more difficult it becomes for him to refute it without
losing face the chance of him calling you a racist, bigot,
homophobe approaches infinity.
This is despite the thread you are in having not mentioned
race or sexual preference in any way that is relevant to
the subject." Grey Ghost
Gunner Asch
wrote:
So you are saying that Liberal City cant find housing for its homeless
in 4 yrs?
And you guys want to run America?
No wonder its going down the drain.
Strabo
> http://cbs3.com/local/tent.city.camden.2.1632515.html
>
> Apr 15, 2010 11:00 pm US/Eastern
> Camden Tent City Residents Get A Reprieve
>
> CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) ? Homeless people who built a community of campground
> tents just a few blocks from downtown Camden got a reprieve Thursday,
> allowing them to remain, at least for now, at the self-governing
> settlement in one of the nation's poorest cities.
>
With the rising unemployment and with no more money to support public
housing, the unfortunates can also move into City Hall and the
Governor's mansion.
Liberal Progressives will better appreciate their hard work. Mexico City
has a little homeless problem. Millions of displaced Indians live in
cardboard shacks on the outskirts.
Central Park is a good place for the NYC tent brigade.
Hawke
Call it whatever you want. I say it's just another sign of how great
America is. We have wonderful slums, blighted areas, and run down cities
and towns full of poor people. But hey, this is as good as it gets.
We're the richest, the mightiest country in the world. Everyone is rich
here. Life is great in America. We're exceptional. Nobody lives better
than we do, right? Capitalism is a ringing success. Just look at how
Americans are living. Remember, that's O'boovervill, America you're
talking about, so show some respect for the greatness of the American
system. The rest of the world envies a life like we have in
O'booverville. They do, don't they? Not the ones living in the
"socialist" countries of Europe.
Hawke
Hawke
> On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:57:08 -0500, "Chief Egalitarian"
> <Egal@legal_egal.law> wrote:
>
>> Lewis says that the residents have formed a real community over the years.
>> But he said the settlement, wedged in the woods between a highway off-ramp
>> and train tracks, is unsafe and unsanitary.
>
>
> So install porta potties and add some street lighting.
>
> Its gonna be a hell of a lot cheaper than paying for housing
>
>
> Gunner
Not everyone can afford to live in the palatial surroundings that you
do. So quit looking down on the poor. That's not nice for the well off
like yourself to do. Not everyone can afford a mansion in Taft.
Hawke
Buerste
"Hawke" <davesm...@digitalpath.net> wrote in message
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<snip>
> Call it whatever you want. I say it's just another sign of how great
> America is. We have wonderful slums, blighted areas, and run down cities
> and towns full of poor people. But hey, this is as good as it gets. We're
> the richest, the mightiest country in the world. Everyone is rich here.
> Life is great in America. We're exceptional. Nobody lives better than we
> do, right? Capitalism is a ringing success. Just look at how Americans are
> living. Remember, that's O'boovervill, America you're talking about, so
> show some respect for the greatness of the American system. The rest of
> the world envies a life like we have in O'booverville. They do, don't
> they? Not the ones living in the "socialist" countries of Europe.
>
> Hawke
>
>
I see you are creating your own facts...again.
http://www.neurope.eu/articles/81667.php
Close to one billion people, or one in every six, live in an urban slum. At
the European Parliament in Strasbourg recently, MEP Gay Mitchell of Ireland
the Commissioner for Development Louis Michel about what is being done to
improve the lives of slum dwellers. MEP Mitchell said: "A staggering 900
million people, live in slums and squatter settlements which lack the most
basic infrastructure and services. Their populations are marginalised and
largely disenfranchised and face multiple threats to their health and
security. They are exposed to disease, crime and are vulnerable to natural
disasters in these squalid unsafe environments. These people have little or
no legal right to their homes, have little or no access to electricity,
water or sanitation, and access to other social services is very poor. And
slum settlements are growing at alarming rates, projected to double in 25
years with conditions worsening." He said, "A comprehensive targeted
strategy to deal with the multifaceted dimension of slum development is
required to improve the lives of millions and the EU should be to the
forefront of this strategy." Mitchell said the slums are the products of
failed policies, bad governance, corruption, dysfunctional land markets and
a fundamental lack of political will. He raised the issue with Michel and
asked "What exactly is being done to achieve the UN Millennium Development
Goal which seeks to significantly improve the lives of 100 million slum
dwellers by 2020?" In his response, Michel emphasised the Commission's
involvement in Cities Alliance and UN Habitat, two programmes designed to
improve living conditions of the poor in cities. Michel also stressed the
need for reform of financial control and management in Africa and for the
re-assessment in the way financial resources are distributed if investment
is to be made. The Commissioner stressed that giving power to local
government and decentralisation is the principal focus for the future. The
Commissioner underlined access to water and sanitation as a key area for
improving the lives of people in urban slums. He said: "Improving access to
water and sanitation in urban and peri-urban sectors is obviously an
integral part of our sectoral policy. In the specific case of poor people in
cities, the specific priority is to improve the provision of decentralised
and municipal services." Mitchell said he intends to bring this issue up at
regular intervals to ensure that progress is being made to improve the
livelihoods of these people.
Iarnrod
> "Iarnrod" <iarn...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
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>
>
>
> > On Apr 16, 10:57 pm, "Cheap Egalitarian" <Egal@legal_egal.law> wrote:
> >>http://cbs3.com/local/tent.city.camden.2.1632515.html
>
> >> Apr 15, 2010 11:00 pm US/Eastern
> >> Camden Tent City Residents Get A Reprieve
>
> >> CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) ? Homeless people who built a community of campground
> >> tents just a few blocks from downtown Camden got a reprieve Thursday,
> >> allowing them to remain, at least for now, at the self-governing
> >> settlement
> >> in one of the nation's poorest cities.
>
> > You fuckin' moron. this tent city was established FOUR YEARS AGO.
> > Guess these folks knew what AWOL Bush was doing to the economy and
> > decided to get a head start. <chuckle>
>
> > READ your cites before you post shit that contradicts you, fuzznuts.
>
> Bush didn't win a third election,
Who said he did, you fuckin' brainless bozo?
> although he would have if allowed to run again.
BWAHAHAHAAAHHAAAA!!!! He would have received a NEGATIVE number of
votes and run out of DC on a rail. You kooker klowns were even too
embarrassed to have him and Psycho Cheeeeeney come to your convention
to talk. OOOOPS!! Too fuckin' funny. If more than two terms were still
permitted, AWOL never would have been "s"elected as president in the
first place because Clinton would still be Prez.
> No, my friend, Obama has had plenty of time to think about what to do
> with the situation.
And in that time he has managed to save America's economy from GOP
disaster and extend health care to more than 30 million uninsured
Americans. He also has saved America from several Islamic terror plots
nipped in the bud and rebuilt our prestige from the dark days of
AWOL.
> He decided to post a new sign at the city limits with
> his own name on it.
>
> WELCOME TO O'BOOVERVILLE. President Barack O'boover.
You apparently are TOO STUPID to have read your own fuckin' citation,
you clueless clown. The Camden tent city was started FOUR FUCKIN'
YEARS AGO. It's a BUSHVILLE, you asswipe.
Pretty funny when you America-hating traitors post your phony attacks
on your president and your cites actually point to YOUR guy being
culpable. If you weren't such an unremitting dope, you might think
that was funny yourself.
Iarnrod
> On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:25:10 -0700 (PDT), Iarnrod <iarn...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >On Apr 16, 10:57 pm, "Cheap Egalitarian" <Egal@legal_egal.law> wrote:
> >>http://cbs3.com/local/tent.city.camden.2.1632515.html
>
> >> Apr 15, 2010 11:00 pm US/Eastern
> >> Camden Tent City Residents Get A Reprieve
>
> >> CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) ? Homeless people who built a community of campground
> >> tents just a few blocks from downtown Camden got a reprieve Thursday,
> >> allowing them to remain, at least for now, at the self-governing settlement
> >> in one of the nation's poorest cities.
>
> >You fuckin' moron. this tent city was established FOUR YEARS AGO.
> >Guess these folks knew what AWOL Bush was doing to the economy and
> >decided to get a head start. <chuckle>
>
> >READ your cites before you post shit that contradicts you, fuzznuts.
>
> So you are saying that Liberal City cant find housing for its homeless
> in 4 yrs?
Your moron hero AWOL was still in office, kookshit. Buy a fuckin'
CALENDAR, Popgun, and catch up with the times.
> And you guys want to run America?
>
> No wonder its going down the drain.
Obama prevented it from going down the Republican drain. FACT. THANK
YOU, Prez Obama!!
Chief Egalitarian
"Iarnrod" <iar...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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The sign says WELCOME TO O'BOOVERVILLE!
You kook!
Chief Egalitarian
"Iarnrod" <iar...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Obama tokes his crack pipe as our country burns.
Iarnrod
Hint: Set up FOUR FUCKIN' YEARS AGO, kook. BUSHVILLE.
Obama was not president four years ago. If he were, the Great
Republican Recession of 2007 would not have occurred.
Get yerself a calendar, dearie. You're smoking crack or something.
Iarnrod
> "Iarnrod" <iarn...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
Yer thinking of AWOL, bozo. Obama saved America. FACT.
Chief Egalitarian
"Iarnrod" <iar...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Idiot. Nobody knew Obama would be President four years ago. Obama is still
having a hard time believing it. They changed the name on the sign when he
took office. It says, "WELCOME TO O'BOOVERVILLE, FREE NOBEL PEACE PRIZES
AVAILABLE AT WELCOME CENTER"
Chief Egalitarian
"Iarnrod" <iar...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Crackpipe Obama is destroying America.
Iarnrod
Is that your new sig?
Meanwhile, asswipe, I remind your crack-addled brain of three words in
your very own cite:
"FOUR YEARS AGO."
It's a Bushville. Four years ago, Obama had not yet saved America and
Bush and the GOP were still busy cratering the economy. FACT.
Iarnrod
Sorry, crack addict, but he is saving it from cokehead Bush's
mismanagement. FACT.
Chief Egalitarian
"Iarnrod" <iar...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Nobody heard of or cared about Obama four years ago. Then he was elected
Mayor of O'boorville. They changed the sign when he took office. Get your
facts straight lamerod.
Chief Egalitarian
"Iarnrod" <iar...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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We all miss him, but you really need to move on. What do you suppose can be
done about B.O.'s crack addiction?
Strabo
Fortunately, Barry Soetoro is a known fraud. The actions of the Great
Pretender will be nullified.
Iarnrod
And that, dearie, is when the Bushville was established.
Knock knock, anyone home?
> Then he was elected
> Mayor of O'boorville. They changed the sign when he took office. Get your
> facts straight lamerod.
BWAHAHAHHA!! You think Obama was president four years ago, and *I* am
supposed to get facts straight? Oh the fuckin' IRONY!
Hint: The homeless camp had to be set up when AWOL was president.
Obama since has reversed the Republican recession. Like any great
Republican disaster, full recovery to Democratic prosperity will take
time.
But since you admit knowing Obama wasn't president four years ago,
there's really no excuse for your blindingly stupid stance here, kook.
Iarnrod
Why would you miss the moron whose administration brought us to the
brink of Great GOP Depression II? Are you a masochist?
> but you really need to move on.
We have. Dems and Obama have moved on to saving America.
> What do you suppose can be
> done about B.O.'s crack addiction?
What do you suppose can be done about your mental retardation?
Chief Egalitarian
"Iarnrod" <iar...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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It may have started out as Bushville once, but it's now dug in as a
full-fledged O'BOOVERVILLE with it's own gift shop selling Nobel Peace
Prizes, free with an order of fries.
Chief Egalitarian
"Iarnrod" <iar...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Answer the question about Obama's crack addiction. Are you still wearing
your daddy's penis?
Iarnrod
What is it about "FOUR YEARS AGO" that keeps going over your stupid
kooker head, nut job? <snicker>
Iarnrod
False premise, kook.
> Are you still wearing
> your daddy's penis?
Why do kooks always go perverted? You must have penises on your mind a
lot, dearie. Seek help.
Shall not be infringed
> Strabo <str...@flashlight.net> wrote:
> >With the rising unemployment and with no more money to support public
> >housing, the unfortunates can also move into City Hall and the
> >Governor's mansion.
>
> empty - evictions and desertions, but apartment occupancy is down, way
> down. Where to they go? Some home to parents and other families
> members, but is that all of it?
Proof of the Rapture. And, dammit, I missed the boat.
Shall not be infringed
> whole heartedly believe in the rapture also put a huge effort into
> preparations to endure the tribulation. Don't they think they are
> going to make the cut? And do they think they are going to
> out-survive a pissed off, omnipotent God?
You make a very good point, Winston.
Some of us Christains see a lot of symbolism in scripture, but it is
important to us none-the-less.
Only very, very thick or deliberately obtuse people like Alberto Cur-
Lee Mitchell think all Christains are fundies.
To each his own; at least that's why I think America exists, and
probably why Cur-Lee ran away.
Because We Carry the Fire?
"Winston_Smith" <not_...@bogus.net> wrote in message
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> You bring up something that has amused me for years. The folks that
> whole heartedly believe in the rapture also put a huge effort into
> preparations to endure the tribulation. Don't they think they are
> going to make the cut? And do they think they are going to
> out-survive a pissed off, omnipotent God?
My hope is to see it through to the end if possible. Heaven can wait. I want
a ringside seat, not some nosebleed section of the second balcony.