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Read the Heartbreaking Post From a Dad Admitting He Can’t Provide for His Kids — and See the Happy Ending

December 7, 2012 at 2:38pm

In reply to whatthecrazy.

Challenge them. Ask them what they need and why. If it’s money for gas, offer to buy them gas. If it’s money for a bus ticket, offer to meet them at the bus station. If they want food, offer to go pick them something up. This will 100% filter out the needy from the typical “pan handlers” as the needy will do what it takes and take you up on your offer. I’ve helped fill a couple of gas tanks and provided some meals but even more, watched people switch and ask me to just give them the money–ain’t gonna happen.
Read the Heartbreaking Post From a Dad Admitting He Can’t Provide for His Kids — and See the Happy Ending

December 7, 2012 at 2:29pm

In reply to jackact.

Well said!
Read the Heartbreaking Post From a Dad Admitting He Can’t Provide for His Kids — and See the Happy Ending

December 7, 2012 at 2:27pm

Having been on both ends of this scenario myself, it’s far more difficult to ask for help than it is to give it yet I argue that giving has the greatest reward. I have had more than one Christmas that just showed up on my doorstep. We’re good people. If you want to help don’t ask if people need help, ask them what they would like most right now. They’ll tell you that. If it’s something extravagant, they likely haven’t hurt enough yet. I remember a friend asking me what I wanted most one Christmas and my answer was to be able to pay the mortgage. My mortgage was paid and presents under the tree from people I had rarely even talked with.

God bless ProZacDose! It takes a real man to put his family before his pride!
This Chart Implies Something Very Troubling About the Price of Gas

December 5, 2012 at 12:19pm

While I love to read all of the “Big Oil” conspiracies, I fear that the truth may be a bit more sobering. While I do have to admit I haven’t researched the fundamentals, my gut is telling me that what we are seeing is the result of that 34% not affected by the price of oil, which is bad. If I’m correct, we’re seeing that gas prices have been able to remain high as stimulus cash dumps into the economy, meanwhile demand for oil for non-fuel purposes is falling. In other words, the demand for oil to make stuff (like plastics and other core goods) is dropping. Tell-tale sign that the economy is about to slow, again.
Romney Roundhouse Kicks Obama Through A Wall…in The Hysterical Taiwanese Animation of the Debate

October 5, 2012 at 2:19pm

How long before riots are blamed on this?
Jay Carney on Unrest in Middle East: ‘This Is Not a Case of Protests Directed at the United States’

September 14, 2012 at 12:59pm

WTF? This guy must have the worst job in the world trying to spin this crap! I don’t recall seeing Egypt, Libyan, French, German, etc. flags on fire. These are not protests, these are attacks and our response has been shameful!
Romney Essentially Calls Obama a Liar: ‘The President Tends to, How Shall I Say it, to Say Things That Aren’t True’

September 14, 2012 at 12:24pm

I wouldn’t be surprised if Obama fakes an injury!
It’s Official: Here’s the Fed’s Major Announcement (QE3 Is Here!)

September 13, 2012 at 2:18pm

In reply to watersRpeople.

There doesn’t need to be. This was announced as, “open-ended”. This can go on for ever.
The Incredible, Unlikely Story of a Boy Being Reunited With His Stuffed Monkey That Will Likely Make You Cry

September 11, 2012 at 1:57pm

2009.. Okay, so it wasn’t the Bush administration. There’s gotta be a way to blame it on him! There’s a movie in this, I want to know what happened between Colorado and Florida!
The Incredible, Unlikely Story of a Boy Being Reunited With His Stuffed Monkey That Will Likely Make You Cry

September 11, 2012 at 1:51pm

So, he lost it during the Bush administration! I’m just saying…