News that makes you sad.

Spiritsoar · Nov 20, 2013

Not to take away from Thing in the news, but there's been just so many things I read lately that make me sad and disappointed in humanity.

Report: Legislator takes hammer to homeless carts

rogue49 · Nov 20, 2013

Oh, there's tons of sad...
Personally, I try to avoid them.

It's just stupid...and it hits me too much. And it frustrates me no one caught it...or perhaps even acted after.
And forget about why they did it in the first place.

I mostly pay attention to those that are political...that at least can be changed. That I can express my anger.

But sad news...nope, I got enough to be sad at in my life.

Spiritsoar · Dec 17, 2013

Here victims of misfortune, have another kick.

Brothers Kicked Out Of School After Becoming Homeless
Two students who were kicked out of school after becoming homeless will temporarily be allowed back in their Pennsylvania district until a judge makes a final ruling on their case.

The two brothers -– whose names have not been released to the public -– were expelled from the Eastern Area School District earlier this month because they currently live outside the district in a camping trailer, according to local outlet The Morning Call. The district’s actions directly contradict the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, which says that homeless children who live in “motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds” outside their district are allowed remain in the school they attended prior to becoming displaced.

The special education students, who are in 8th and 12th grade, were displaced after their home was foreclosed on in 2011, local outlet The Express-Times reported. The family was previously told in 2011 that the boys could remain enrolled the district, where their mother works part-time.

However, after the school district decided that the trailer constituted an adequate home, officials decided to bar the boys from their previous school, according to The Express-Times. The family subsequently sought legal help, and last week a federal judge said the district must re-enroll the students until a formal decision is issued.

"We're very happy. This is a positive step in the right direction for these students," Maura McInerney, an attorney with the Education Law Center of Pennsylvania, the organization that filed the lawsuit on behalf of the students, told The Morning Call.

The district solicitor, John Freund, told the outlet that the district previously made the decision to ban the boys for financial reasons.

"The education of the children is an expensive proposition borne largely by the taxpayers of each district," Freund said. "The question of entitlement by way of residency to a free and public education is something that is very closely scrutinized."

The two students are hardly alone in their struggle. According to data released earlier this year by the National Center for Homeless Education, which is funded by the Department of Education, the number of homeless students attending U.S. public schools during the 2011–2012 school year was at an all-time high of 1.1 million.
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Spiritsoar · Feb 8, 2014

Florida Ordinance Makes It Illegal For Homeless To Use Blankets | The Libertarian Republic

Being Homeless Is Not A Crime

By Father Nathan Monk
Living in Florida, we don’t often have the opportunity to use the heat setting on our thermostat, but this winter we got the chance in a big way. And as a matter of fact, so many people in my neighborhood were using heaters that it blew out the transformer.
So there I was with my wife and three kids, all of us huddled under blankets with the fireplace roaring, watching the temperature continue to drop from a comfortable 65 degrees down to 45. But outside it was 17 degrees and raining and sleeting, and if you were homeless, you had to consider that if you used a blanket to shield yourself from the elements, that you might be hauled off to jail for a violation of a local ordinance prohibiting using blankets, cardboard, or newspaper to cover yourself.

This was part of a series of ordinances which prohibited using public restrooms for washing your face, panhandling, and “camping”. Though the mayor’s office and members of the city council tried to say that these ordinances were not targeted at the homeless, email correspondence between them and other city officials proved otherwise.

The anti-camping ordinance went the furthest in its limitation of basic civil liberties, making it essentially illegal, not only to cover yourself for any reason, but also effectively making it illegal to be homeless. It was a tough ordinance to fight, because if you opposed them, it gave the impression that you were supporting blight in the city. Not to mention the city council wasn’t interested in having the discussion. The then council president either would cut people off or have them thrown out during the public discussion.

The ordinances were passed, in spite of the public outcry.
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I don't understand how people can lack all sense of human compassion.

rogue49 · Feb 9, 2014

For some, if it's not them...it's not human.

And for others, if it's inconvenient...it's a crime.

Selfishness knows no bounds.

They should have a section in the news that announces Dick Moves.

RedSneaker · Feb 9, 2014

Reminds me of a term they used in the show Cold Case. NHI - No Humans Involved. Sounds like that's their philosophy. Sad.

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