Funny How Things Go

So, I learned something tonight. Remember a while back when the Nashville City Council passed an ordinance tightly restricting panhandling? Well, even though it passed council, it did not pass city lawyers on grounds of constitutionality. So, the ordinance never became law. Well, folks, I don't recall that very important point making the newspapers, or any press media. BTW it was a council member who told me this.

One would think that during the long process of creating and passing a city ordinance, issues of constitutionality would be dealt with - first.

This makes me believe that this whole rigmarole was just a ruse by the city council and other city officials in an attempt to appease the whiners and complainers about homeless people in the city.

Still, for all that has been done in recent years to drive homeless people out of downtown Nashville, the homeless are still there, just as numerous as before, still panhandling like before.

Of course I said from the beginning that these efforts would not create the desired results. That the only thing this harassment of the homeless would do, would be to make the state of homelessness worse, and even more difficult to overcome than before. But, don't listen to me, don't listen to experts in the industry.

You successful business people, full of ego and self love, full of spite and prejudice for others - because you have succeeded in business, you con yourselves into thinking you can do no wrong - that all your ideas are good ideas.

And just as has happened throughout all of history, just as surely as the sun will rise again in the morning, the over-confident, selfish person, without real humility for the power he has to change society, even believing him/herself to be god like, will drive society into ruin, socially, economically, and any other way you can think of.

The Republicans of this country represent the interests of the powerful business owners. And the Republicans have been in charge of this country for the past 8 years. And this country is heading into the toilet.

I doubt it, but hopefully people will remember the state our country is currently in, the next time they consider putting another Republican in the White House.

No doubt, with Obama in the White House, our economy will being to recover, peace will be the norm, homelessness will diminish.