Internet Giving Homeless a Home

Wired is reporting that many individuals currently without permanent housing still manage to stay connected via a cellphone, laptop, or some other gadget. Many homeless have email addresses and find that it offers them a way to get their foot back in the door of 'normal' society. From the article: "Hellerich slept on benches but she frequented a women's shelter with a cluster of internet-connected computers used mostly by the children who arrived at the safe house with their mothers. She started blogging and conducting a business. As an independent internet marketer, she was able to maintain bank accounts, nurse existing client connections and forge new business relationships. The business brought in only about $100 a month, but that was enough to help get her life back on track."

Re:hmm

[MrSquirrel]

"Will spam for food"

Re:hmm

[Spad]

Of course not, if she were a spammer she'd be making far more than $100/month

Re:Yeah, a new home.

[Maelwryth]

"And it's appearently the library."

Apparently it has dictionaries.

Re:wait

[numbski]

no no no no no no......

Build a man a fire, keep him warm for the night. Set a man on fire and keep him warm for the rest of his life. ;)

You, sir, must be a stinking Democ-rat

[Anonymous Coward]

As we all know, poor people [shelleytherepublican.com] are a huge problem in our great nation, therefore, they must be eliminated.

Maybe you're even worse than a Democ-rat - you might even be a Euro-hippy. Stop polluting our minds with your socialist nonsense like science [shelleytherepublican.com] or worse, "Linux" [shelleytherepublican.com] - we all know the true history [shelleytherepublican.com].

Fortunately, I have an idea to solve these problems. I call it A Modest Proposal:

What do we have an excess of in the USA? That's right - LIBERALS. These tend to be exactly the poor homeless people who can't afford to buy Operating Systems like Microsoft Genuine Advantage Windows, and must make do with the inferior communist alternatives. Remember, these are the people who actually OPPOSE the war on terror in Iraq, even after September 11 showed how evil Saddam Hussein was!

Also, we import much of our oil from disgusting foreigners (like Venezualans, who we must liberate soon BTW). Why don't we grind up the liberal hobos who lower valuable property prices in our neighborhoods, and use the oil from their bodies to power up our SUVs?

This way everyone wins.

What do you think, slashdot.org?

Re:really?

[LewsTherinKinslayer]

I don't imagine anyone going off to 'forge new business relationships' if they hadn't brushed their teeth for a week

are you sure? its probably been a couple weeks since i last brushed mine, none of my coworkers or customers have said anything so far!

Re:Advertising opportunities

[Lord Kano]

Goodbye and good riddance, Senator Santorum and your filthy ilk. I can't wait until this fall when we kick your asses out.

Prepare for disappointment.

LK

Beowulf

[cerberusss]

... a women's shelter with a cluster of internet-connected computers

Oh NO, even the homeless have Beowulf clusters! Am I the ONLY ONE left on the planet who doesn't run a cluster??

Re:really?

[Samus]

That's because they are afraid you'll talk back.

Re:Homeless

[ElephanTS]

the mentally insane

As opposed to the physically insane?

BTW, I disagree with you. I often give homeless people money - some won't want handouts from a church.

Re:You, sir, must be a stinking Democ-rat

[Gryle]

Why don't we grind up the liberal hobos who lower valuable property prices in our neighborhoods, and use the oil from their bodies to power up our SUVs?

If we did gas would really cost an arm and a leg. *rimshot*

Re:hmm

[JonTurner]

"Cold. Hungry. Using Dialup.
Please help."

You bastard!

[biglig2]

The poor bugger's homeless and you just slashdotted him!