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I'm a homeless student, writer, and activist... currently panhandling my way through school (and life.).

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       Thursday, February 28, 2013
What Constitutes "Work"?
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I am tired of people using the cop out "get a job" as though that is going to solve all life's problems for me. When it's more about keeping everyone moving and distracted while they screw us all.
       Thursday, February 28, 2013
"You Have No 'Choice.'" -George Carlin
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Writing about this stuff is easy. Too easy. Like seeing the inherent corruption in our species, and knowing we need to have regulations applied to us, otherwise we are ALL eligible for corruption, even if we don't want what they're selling, because of the pressure applied to people with control or power.
       Wednesday, February 27, 2013
It Wasn't Meant To Be, Obviously!
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I've been told to "get a job!" in the past and people just don't get it.
       Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Berkeleyside.com Seems A Right-Wing Cyber-Rag, Allegedly
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All the fear-based nonsense that is going on in the "news" media and elsewhere are nauseating and I am tired of it. I'm also sickened by all the scapegoating and name calling by those who claim they embrace a certain culture, but when pressed to reveal how they really feel, show they could care less about those things, unless it's to make capital on it, then they like it.
       Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Disposable Nation: "Waste Not, Want Not"
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Just a simple observation about how wasteful us Americans can be. And these are just the average people, everyone! These aren't the "Weirdos" or "Jagoffs"!
       Tuesday, February 12, 2013
What Would You Do *TO* Jesus?
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Just tired of hypocrites running stuff is all.
       Monday, February 11, 2013
Free Form: Reverberations
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Just wanted to see where a thought would take me.
(2 comments)        Monday, February 11, 2013
Church of Bukowski
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Lately, the spirit of Charles Bukowksi guides me through my journey as a writer. His words are so apt, so on-point, that I had to write something in his honor. I had to let others out there who may not know who he is... others like me. People who live on the street. The characters are all out there. The story is all out there. The dialogue, though... that's me. That's in MY head. But all the rest, Bukowski shows me it's okay. And it's SOURCE!
       Thursday, February 7, 2013
Let It Rain!
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This is just a little diary of my morning in the rain... and how I love it... how I embrace it, not Fear it, like I was raised to do.
       Saturday, February 2, 2013
A Day In The Life... So Who You Callin' A "Bum"?!
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This is an average day in my life... where most of it is some sort of "work," even though some think I should "get a job"... but screw them, because they are unenlightened....
       Monday, December 17, 2012
Same Tired Diatribe: Part: 3
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This article is a response to a "letter to the editor" from "The Berkeley Voice."
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       Friday, December 14, 2012
Epilogue: Laughing While Being Homeless (L.W.B.H.)
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This diary is about how, sometimes, karma is not linear... or maybe it's most times, I dunno.
       Thursday, December 13, 2012
"Jesus Was A Terrorist" by Jello Biafra and NoMeansNo
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This article outlines the hypocrisy of religion and conveys to the reader my utter dislike for religious groups. And all you have to do is look at the historical record for evidence.
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(1 comments)        Thursday, December 13, 2012
Self-Fulfilled Propecies And Other Silly Superstitions (Perception And Reality, And Never The Twain Shall Meet)
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This diary is about how people are afraid of their own shadows. How it is so freaking easy to control people through superstitious nonsense.
       Thursday, December 6, 2012
Misdemeanor or Felony?
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This article shows how taxpayers' resources are squandered in order to push a Fascist agenda of having the Berkeley, California Police Department harass American citizens through the Downtown [Berkeley/Bourgeois] Business Association (DBA), in order to displace American citizens because they do not wish to spend money to fix the problem.
       Saturday, December 1, 2012
Blind Loyalty (is Dangerous)
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This article is sure to ruffle some feathers, as this subject always does.
       Monday, November 5, 2012
"Insanity" Is Relative
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This is just a casual observation about how sometimes, "insanity" is "relative."
       Thursday, November 1, 2012
Measure B1: 2012 Alameda County Transportation Expenditure Plan
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This article is about how the United States (and the East Bay) needs to rebuild the nation's infrastructure, and support alternative modes of transportation.
(1 comments)        Friday, October 26, 2012
"There Isn't a 'War On 'Homelessness' in the United States Because There Isn't Any Money In It." -George Carlin
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This article is to show everyone REAL statistics, not phony "polls," designed to scare everyone into believing the homeless and mentally handicapped are responsible for all the violent crime around the downtown Berkeley area, when violent crime in fact *dropped* 17% the previous year. And that statistic is important because it shows the impetus to "clean up the streets" is a false one and was made for financial gain.
       Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Smoking and Sitting and Drones... Oh My!
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This article is a collage of articles I have written in the past and one new one.

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