Well, I don't really know which State you are in, but the Statistics I
quoted were from a report from "CBS 60 Minutes", if my memory serves me
excellently, and addressed several Nationwide-Worldwide (human) charities,
major ones, and specifically how after "overhead" about only 15 percent, or
less, wound up to those in need, after "overhead", pencils, brunch, comfy
desk chairs, etc, oh yes, and giant salaries.

Yes, there are some very good (human) Charities around.  A small problem
*remains*, however, that most people contributing to them have no idea what
percentage goes to those for whom the funds are collected, nor are they
inclined to take the time to look into their financial breakdown, nor have
they viewed that special report on "60 Minutes", or if they did they already
forgot it.  (Statistics, lol, I love Statistics, have indicated that many
Americans tend to have about a 2 week short term memory span when it comes
to "News Reports", but for some reason never forget the name "WalMart",
lol).  And, yes, very true, there are some people so low in America even
still (gee, what a surprise that there are still some Bad People in America,
lol) that they took advantage of the 911 tragedy, posed as A Charity, and
bilked millions out of the unsuspecting.

No offense, but you've obviously never been in a homeless shelter in NYC,
unless I'm mistaken.  I have.  I've seen several of them.  I even
interviewed people who stayed there over a period of months.  Some of the
shelters are insanely despicable, you sleep with your wallet next to your
stomach inside your pants and hope you are alive in the morning and that
someone has not removed your shoes, and are riddled with drug dealers,
junkies, sexual deviants, and other "criminal elements" (not counting The
Homeless themselves).  The whole idea that the NYC mayor had at the time was
to get rid of all the homeless in NYC, just completely eliminate them, and
ship them out of the state on trains and busses "so the tourists would never
again be so unfortunate as to see any shadows in our wonderful spotless Oz".
They didn't even want them even in the State anymore.  If my memory serves
me correctly, I believe they tried to ship them to New Jersey or somewhere
and New Jersey just laughed at them.  At that time, the "people at the top"
had no plans whatsoever to "help the homeless", they just wanted to get rid
of them, any way possible.

Of course, it's been a while since I've lived in Manhattan.  Perhaps things
have changed for the better as far as the quality of homeless shelters there
goes.

Regards,

Patrick

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It is still at:

http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&th=66d7ed389115e862

if you ever decide you actually wish to review it, which it's rather
overobvious at this late date that you haven't.

Three question marks....?  Lol....   2 would have been sufficient, but I'll
go for the gusto, my beloved parents raised me that way.

The "evil computer":

I built this computer myself many many, many, years ago.  Waaay back when,
when I actually had green american cash, long before mother and father got
sick and died, and long before many had even heard of "the internet", much
less even owned a "personal computer", or even remotely knew how to operate
one.

As far as the "isp", I am now several months behind on paying them, they
know my story though, and know that when I get $ I will pay them, I've known
them for years and years now and remain a "reliable customer".

If it's really a Necessity that The Poor destroy their computers so they can
no longer have *any* communication *whatsoever* with The Outside World, then
I will immediately comply.

I'm not sure what destroying any potentially constructive items The Poor
have left that they might be able to even minisculely find a small
productive use for will do, but if it will make people happy, I'll get to
work on it muy pronto.

However, I am in a small quagmire as to the process.  Should I just take a
hammer to it, or should I put it out in the middle of the street so cars can
run over it for a more dedicated and splashy cleansing of nasty earthly
possessions.....?

I also, god help me, still have "an Ebay account", with about 4 dollars in
it, lol.  I'll go to work on eliminating that as well.  That should really
assist me to bow before the passing masses and take my deserving place as
one of the "Humbled Thoroughly Researched Truly Poor and Desperately Needy".

But, seriously, I suggest you take your donations and give them to
Legitimate no-kill shelters, tons of them are scattered around America and
*are* in dire need of funds and other things, instead of giving $ to people
like me in similar situations who couldn't get money from A Charity if our
butts were on fire.

And we'll just continue to go down with the ship singing about the land of
The Free........

After all, that's all we really deserve, isn't it.......?

The *above* reply, children, comes from reading all the results after daring
to go onto The Internet when you direly need funds to keep your family of
cats alive, healthy and together, but are just an "individual" and not "a
charity", looking for help, and then you find that instead of actual help
that many people literally have the cahungas to chide you for being "Not
Poor Enough" or wish to take butt-prints and run them through a federal
butt-print database to ensure you deserve their "charity".  No thanks, I
seem to have had enough now of people who insist on popping their rubber
gloves on and telling you to turn your head and cough just to see if you are
deserving enough of their compassion.  I think I'll just strangle the cats
tonight to do them a favor of not having to be relocated to any of those
people's homes.

Don't try this at home, kids, leave it to The Expert Poor.

I've been to several =Cat Forums= on The Internet now, pleading our case.

Here are =The Results=, just for The Curious (not for The Poor, for as we
all know The Poor should not be on The Internet to begin with, write your
Congressman now, people!!):

1.  There are some people who cannot help us with $, but offer information,
kind words, and are even in similar situations.  I thank those people.  God
bless you.

2.  There are some who seem to be focused only on "Spay and Neuter all your
animals NOW!!", and seem to have not noticed that we are in need of $ to
just stay together as A Family.

3.  There are some who are only focused on "You DO NOT need to be a Family,
nor deserve to be one, WE know what's best for you AND for your cats, Adopt
out all your animals NOW!!".

4.  There are some, a scant few, who have actually sent us $.  God bless
them.  God bless you.

5.  There are some who have sat around and crowed such things as:

"Whatever you do, don't give any $ to those people, they are =probably= scam
artists (they've done about ZERO research to come to that conclusion, which
winds up being devastating to people in similar situations), give to
Charities instead"

knowing full well ahead of time that "charities" (animal ones) are not in
the habit of contributing to Individuals, which leaves Individuals in my
position, or in worse positions, out in the cold, or at the mercy of the
"Adopt them all out now, do what's best for the animals, not what's best for
you, we're smarter and more experienced than you, you should NOT remain A
Family!!!!" people.

Jesus Christ Almighty.

                                                           LOL......

Ya know, I figured the **one** group of people that I could appeal to in my
current situation would be ====THE CAT PEOPLE====, and then I find, mixed
inbetween all the *Truly* Kind and Compassionate people, a beauracracy that
emulates my worst nightmares about "government", and now learn that one of
the most logical steps I *should* have taken long ago was to burn my
computer immediately.

No thanks again.

At this point *anything* seems much more pleasant than begging from people
who apparently haven't given any $ to "An Individual" in a long long long,
long, time, for various founded and unfounded reasons, and forgot long ago
why it is necessary to do so from time to time.

But then again, I must reprimand myself, for I have forgotten where I am,
America, where The Individual will apparently remain completely expendable
in the face of the needs of the masses, just as it has always been, for
there will always be various people more experienced and smarter than lowly
Individuals who have stupidly wandered into The Poor's booth at the opera

I dunno....  They taught me different than that in school when I was growing
up.

I guess things have changed since way back then.

Go figure.

Again, yes, disavowing eternally any real assistance to undeserving
=Individuals= with animals who couldn't get financial assistance from an
animal charity even if all our cats were butt-printed and put in a federal
database, I suggest you give your $ to a reputable animal charity or to the
*many* no-kill shelters/compounds, as there are *many* knowledgeable people
who help Animals who subscribe to them, know them, and can point you in
their direction.

They're scattered all across America.

Just like the rest of us.

Regards,

Patrick

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I know a number of poor people who use a computer (that was either given to
them or purchased in more prosperous times). It's often their only creative
occupation and past time, and the cheapest one too. Subscribing to a
newspaper is more expensive, phoning is, using public transport is - and
don't forget - a lot of these people have very little social contact,
because who on earth wants to socialise with the poor? So the computer is a
way to keep people from complete loneliness. Or do you think it's more
appropriate to spend the time going round searching for food in garbage bins
or to sing at the corner?
We don't have to help everybody, we just simply can't. But I think it's not
fair to put the low down even more. I'm writing this in a friendly way, but
concerned because it happens all the time, in politics, everywhere.

But honestly: Is there no organisation that would be prepared to help neuter
all the many cats Patrick has? If not for his sake then for the cat's sake?

Carola