Hence we strongly asserted that the famed father of Gonzo may have been playing a role when he used an expense account to subsidize living large.
Next we discussed the bogus aspect of the image of the homeless as free wheeling "king of the road" people who could come and go as the mood strikes them. Unfortunately the reality is the complete opposite. Often their movements are very restricted because they have to worry about finding a place to temporarily store their possessions if they want to move about during the day.
We volunteered to do a column delineating the problem. If (for example) a homeless woman wants to go into a public building and use the women's rest room, the backpack and bedroll is an open invitation for hassling. If she can leave her gear with a trusted friend, she can run off, use the facility, and return very quickly. The problem is exponentially more complicated if the homeless person wants to stash their backpack and go across to
Storage lockers are a quaint reminder of the past. (We will expand on this topic for use as a full column in the future.) So where can a person leave all his worldly possessions while taking a one day trip over into
A few hours later we were at the opposite end of the social spectrum. We were in
As it turns out, the woman had met Hunter S. Thompson at the wedding of one of her close relatives. The philanthropy coach corroborated our impression of Thompson as a fellow who created a public persona that was very different from the private person.
The prolonged economic "recession" has added some additional new challenges to the task of encouraging wealthy citizens to make well informed decisions about making philanthropic donations to an every growing list of worthy non-profit organizations.
As it turns out, on that very day that we were discussing the particular financial needs of various organizations devoted to women's causes, radio personality Rush Limbaugh may have inadvertently drawn added attention to women's causes in particular by apologizing for calling a collage student a slut, earlier in the week. Liberal pundits noted that the apology was "out of character" for the bombastic radio talk show host.
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