tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post5842030281755124694..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: A Small MalignancyJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-59329105198243849652010-05-22T00:54:33.167-04:002010-05-22T00:54:33.167-04:00I was a little steamed about Brooks' aricle in...I was a little steamed about Brooks' aricle in the NYT today. It explained why the average Joe hates irresponsible people that couldn't get jobs or bought houses they couldn't afford. <br /><br />Like you say here, my argument was that these "news" organizations spend inches of ink and minutes of camera time on small-timers, where the vast majority of panhandling dollars desertscopehttp://www.desertscope.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-85095262049474736642010-05-16T23:37:35.304-04:002010-05-16T23:37:35.304-04:00I like how, at the end of the segment, she goes in...I like how, at the end of the segment, she goes into that scary place that no camera has gone before, or in her words, "The Hole." She then casually notices that people "have been making camp back here" without any apparent acknowledgement of it as evidence that at least some of these people, at least some of the time, live outdoors.<br /><br />But no, she blows right past TMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16972726941993291842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-13343224417922400472010-05-14T16:26:23.484-04:002010-05-14T16:26:23.484-04:00Maybe y'all need a bum certification associati...Maybe y'all need a bum certification association which will issue nice laminated Certified Panhandler cards, each with a unique number which can be filed on the computers in Indianapolis. Here in NC the Dept. of Transportation apparently mis-engineered the concreek in about 40 miles of I-40 around Rawleigh to where they had to jackhammer it all up and repour. As a result, we still are usingFiddlin Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083633111240927563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-57629267958347656322010-05-14T15:45:53.582-04:002010-05-14T15:45:53.582-04:00Well, generally speaking panhandlers do not buy ad...Well, generally speaking panhandlers do not buy advertising on TV or golf with those who do. Owners of major local contracting firms or NBA teams on the other hand...77southnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-18985781427441757322010-05-14T15:32:03.655-04:002010-05-14T15:32:03.655-04:00The Simons demand an extra $15 million/year lest t...<i>The Simons demand an extra $15 million/year lest they find some other city which wants the Crappiest Product in the NBA...</i><br /><br />As a semi-interested observer of the Washington Wizards, I may have a bone to pick with you, sir.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060437136014976663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-26133491130158733182010-05-14T13:51:24.658-04:002010-05-14T13:51:24.658-04:00It really is a stroke of genius that Tom Tomorrow ...It really is a stroke of genius that Tom Tomorrow depicts these creatures as talking clip-art. Jeezuz, a six-month undercover investigation of fucking panhandling. I wonder if even old <i>Izvestia</i> hands could learn a thing or two from our modern hairheads about the art of institutionalized distraction.<br /><br />(Lest you think this is a Midwest phenomenon, local teevee news is as R. Porrofattonoreply@blogger.com