Posts Tagged ‘Homeless’

Mile 122.1 – Give Me Shelter

July 15, 2009 – It was reported today that congressman Jim Matheson is Utah’s first “campaign millionaire” in this election cycle. According disclosures filed today with the Federal Election Commission, Matheson’s campaign has 1.02 million dollars in the bank. Senator Bob Bennett’s campaign has the second largest coffers at 933 thousand dollars. The 2010 elections are still 16 months away.  It was also reported today that Utah is ranked fifth in the nation in home foreclosures with one in sixty nine homes being in foreclosure.

Mile 38.1 - For those who sleep rough this stretch of weather must be agonizing. To be cold is bad but to be wet is to be miserable.

June 12, 2009 – Two climbers fell to their deaths yesterday afternoon, June 11, on North America’s tallest mountain – Mount McKinley. Park Rangers reported that the two men fell at least 2000 feet.

33.7 miles - Is there a point where people cross a personal Rubicon?

June 11, 2009 - The World Health Organization declared a swine flu pandemic today, it’s the first global flu epidemic in 41 years.

June 3, 2009 – It’s nice to see signs of ingenuity upon the social landscape. Take a close look at the gentleman’s shoes in this picture . They are made out of, or at least held together by, the same fabric as his nap sacks. Now that is ingenuity.

Microsoft announced yesterday, June 2,  that  Windows 7 will go on sale Oct. 22, in the  hopes of possibly giving the slumping  PC industry a lift in the holiday season. Windows 7 is intended to replace Windows Vista.

.1 miles – Michael – It took a little less than 500 feet to move from an icon of Salt Lake City to a scene that generally gets ignored by many of the city’s residents. It is interesting to me how often people associate panhandling with fraud and deceit. I am certainly willing to concede that there may be a great deal of fraud being perpetrated by the city’s panhandling population, but what is so interesting to me is how upset and insulted many people get about panhandling fraud. We fully expect and tolerate dishonesty and deceit from our politicians, lawyers, bankers, brokers and car salesmen but damn it we are going to draw the line at someone asking us for a buck when he or she doesn’t really need it.

June 1, 2009 – “As GM goes, so goes the nation.”  GM declared chapter 11 bankruptcy today. Apparently Rick Wagoner (the former CEO of General Motors) panhandling the federal government and receiving billions of tax payers’ dollars just wasn’t enough to save the sinking ship.