more on cops

there are homeless people who get into pools of water in las vegas, trying to scoop up coins that have been tossed in there. the cops who are filmed arresting this guy who did that, tried repeatedly to get him to admit that he was wrong in "stealing" the coins.

it is true that there are few resources in this country for the poor, the homeless. and when they do try to get some coins, they are persecuted for having stolen coins from casinos, who themselves use systems to get money from the public. these systems are fixed, and so you have the story of the man in las vegas who wandered down the street, shouting, "you took all my money!" that is the insanity of las vegas.

yet for a homeless man, a man who has been homeless for some time, he ends up as a TV star in a reality show, ending up in jail for stealing some coins. that is the cops show. that is what i watch at night, since i don't have cable TV, i have to take what i can get, in terms of TV.

and that is our social welfare net: either homelessness or jail. and a TV crew to film the homeless as "criminals."