Kids... who do they think they are that they deserve human dignity? Who says they deserve that? Oh, human rights maybe. Oops.

A unanimous vote... to reject a shelter for children. Welcome to the land of the free and home of the brave. When did so many in America become so uncharitable? When did so many people become so ignorant, so unwilling to help those in need? Is this what our Country has become? That we sneeringly ignore the plight of children who came here in the hopes of a better life? We're talking about CHILDREN. What the fuck is wrong with these people? Bigger political concerns? What the hell is a political concern in comparison to the life of a child? All of those people who opposed this shelter for children can go fuck themselves with a harpoon.

There must be someone we can petition, some place where someone has the land and the resources to offer these kids some shelter, some hope.

I feel sick.

I hear both the '70s and '80s referred to as the "me decade". But in any case, thanks to a new individualist, anti-welfare state wave in America that began with the election of Reagan and continued in the '90s with Clinton "ending welfare as we know it" and then the rise of libertarianism in the new millennium - this "I've got mine, screw you" mindset has become hip in America, with a ignorant, selective view of American history as framed by the "power of the individual" or name your "me me me" type of language you see on right wing media.

You know what's funny when you hear people say "I don't want illegals being on welfare or getting free tuition?" It seems that lots of people in America tolerate a welfare state - as long as, y'know, the right people use the resources.

I think about my own son, living far away from me now, in another State. I think about how I would feel if something happened and he had to flee to another Country. I think of how I would hope for him, hell, even pray for him - though I've been agnostic for years. I would desperately want whatever land he went to to at least give him a chance, to offer him food and shelter and the possibility of a better life. That's why a lot of our own ancestors came to America in the first place.

Now they're finding bodies in mass graves, rejecting shelters to house children, screaming in arrogant, ignorant, selfish, egotistical rants that these people are somehow subhuman, that because they weren't here first or here legally, they should all be shipped back over to the border to face who knows what. They're children.

Yet these same assholes, these motherfucking shits without charity, honor, or any sense of decency... they call themselves Christian. They have the nerve to call themselves Christ like, they attend churches that supposedly honor and worship a man (and God) who said that we should be generous. Who said that we should be charitable, that we should forgive. That we should feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit those in prison.

You know, the more time goes by, the less I like being an American. These assholes don't speak for me - if we're going to ship anyone out, it should be them.

and working to change it; the 80s was the 'me generation' that many of us abhorred as they went for the money instead of mankind and the planet; and the 90s were said to be the 'we generation' that would pull all of us together. In my life, the ones who were humane or liberal or progressive didn't change with the generations, and battled those of our same generation. Example being the anti-war like myself, in conflict with the hawks. These groups most likely have not changed. I see the major problem is that this country has an identity problem as consumerism and mass media define everything. Without the constant influence of hateful media, this would be a vastly different world. And some people simply gave up and let the voices become their own thinking, without thinking. We are now being faced with nihilism and sociopathic views that will lead to the death of many of us.

One thing I thought of as I read the piece, it was a home for elders that was now vacant being offered. Well, where did the elders go?

I've seen places where elderly lived in for years and then were sold off, with some NGOs in collusion with state agencies to sell them to a developer and dump them all out when they are poor and unable to defend themselves. I don't know the area this happened in at all but I wonder if the protestors cared about the elders, either.

The KPBS article has some gray haired people in the photo. I'd say yes to your last question, but I guess as long as the "elders" = their own parents or whoever.

Escondido even passed a "ban on renting to illegals" in 2006. It's not an especially rich community, just a very ideologically paranoid, bunker mentality place. Politically way more aligned with Lancaster & Bakersfield than San Diego proper. (both SD City Council and County Board are majority Democratic)

lawnmowers, gardeners, janitors, cooks, or in any other "dirty job" (a.k.a. "jobs Americans won't do&quot ?

With typical RW tunnel vision, the Escondido mind cannot entertain two thoughts at once, hence zero aptitude recognizing irony.

A lot of Hell's Angels and crack dealers and assorted pathomarginals live in Escondido/Fallbrook & the locals seem perfectly comfortable around them. Never a peep of protest.

I wish problems like this were solved in a 20s-40s style. The US used to be a country that could get things done in times of no budget.

They've shown they are anal, hate-filled, and unworthy. How can anyone get that ugly?