The incident with the 60 year old, well spoken, dressed decently woman, in the Chase Bank / Chili's parking lot, a tad over ideal weight, with a running vehicle - showed no interest in going to the church for help, just 2 miles away that I have attended for 24 years - even with the simple three turns directions.

Giving them money A) does them no good, and B) keeps them on the street. Of those two things you can be certain.

Try hauling one of these guys to a county welfare office and sheperd them for an afternoon, if you can get 'em in your car - or better yet, bring 'em home for a few days and see how that goes, if you really want to help them out. Get involved in the nuts and bolts of their lives 24/7 for a week or more seems like a reasonable plan of action. After all, you want to help them, don't you??

I had a thought earlier Saturday about this homeless gig/routine. I'm going to start packing my camera in the front seat area of my MB and coach, take some pictures of them to prove how well-dressed these Dallas, Texas bums are. The ones out in the adjoining suburbs are across the board the most well heeled of all I see in my travels. Almost all of them are vastly younger than I am, and able bodied as they work the islands next to the 6-lane parkways. It'll be interesting to see their reactions to being photographed. I'll bet some will get all freaked-out, and may exhibit signs of belligerence. In which case a quick call to 911 dispatching a uniformed cruiser to the location will be made. Dangerous streets are not a place these truly needy people should be.

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