Comments on: Controversy Over Veteran’s Program in Downtown St. Louis http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/02/controversy-over-veterans-program.html Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy Wed, 23 May 2012 17:39:11 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jake Voss http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/02/controversy-over-veterans-program.html/comment-page-1#comment-1780 Jake Voss Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:35:25 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=3195#comment-1780 Fantastic post David. You know, I worked last summer in this area, at the STL Board of Elections at 12th and...either Olive or Locust. Anyway, taking the Metro to work everyday you do see some interesting characters, including the mute homeless man at the Metro entrance every day or the mix bag of nuts on any of the miscellaneous streets. One thing I did not see were doped out veterans chasing grandchildren all over Washington Ave. with their bayonets. I want to see this fantasy world these people are living in where the pot smoking Nam veteran is automatically going to turn their town into a smoldering pit of ash. That only happened the <a href="http://www.impawards.com/1982/posters/first_blood_ver1.jpg" rel="nofollow"> one time. </a> Fantastic post David. You know, I worked last summer in this area, at the STL Board of Elections at 12th and…either Olive or Locust. Anyway, taking the Metro to work everyday you do see some interesting characters, including the mute homeless man at the Metro entrance every day or the mix bag of nuts on any of the miscellaneous streets. One thing I did not see were doped out veterans chasing grandchildren all over Washington Ave. with their bayonets. I want to see this fantasy world these people are living in where the pot smoking Nam veteran is automatically going to turn their town into a smoldering pit of ash. That only happened the one time.

]]> By: Geri Greene http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/02/controversy-over-veterans-program.html/comment-page-1#comment-1778 Geri Greene Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:54:31 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=3195#comment-1778 It's amazing how those veterans weren't inconvenient when they served for those of us who were home in our warm, dry beds with 7-4 or 8-5 work schedules, a some pasta or steak waiting for us at home, having dinner with our kids. God and I would like to know where we are to put these disposable veterans who came home wounded in spirit and body. The inhumanity of man pains me greatly while we worry about having some painful reminders of those who gave their all and now ask for a bed and some semblance of safety. The downtown has hardly flourished for as long as I have lived here and I don't think it has anything to do with housing people who have been thrown away by society. It’s amazing how those veterans weren’t inconvenient when they served for those of us who were home in our warm, dry beds with 7-4 or 8-5 work schedules, a some pasta or steak waiting for us at home, having dinner with our kids.

God and I would like to know where we are to put these disposable veterans who came home wounded in spirit and body. The inhumanity of man pains me greatly while we worry about having some painful reminders of those who gave their all and now ask for a bed and some semblance of safety. The downtown has hardly flourished for as long as I have lived here and I don’t think it has anything to do with housing people who have been thrown away by society.

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