RIP

[ashling]

Willie Mae White, 55, of Joliet, who died in sub-zero wind chills Tuesday morning.

Glenn Donovan, 53, of Highland Falls, New York. He was found in the woods near the Hudson River on Friday night.

A Philadelphia man in his 30s. His body was found in the freezing cold Thursday morning. Officials have not been able to determine his name yet.

A Jersey City man in his 40s. “Even the people who saw him on a daily basis said they did not know his name,” wrote The Jersey Journal. He slept in abandoned junk cars. His body was found Wednesday morning as the temperature hit 5 degrees.

A Chicago man who remains unidentified after dying from hypothermia on Tuesday.

[Scuba]

1. I hope Jamie Dimon doesn't catch a chill.

[Hotler]

43. I'd like Jamis Dimon to catch my fist right in the mouth... n/t

[In_The_Wind]

2. RIP

[snappyturtle]

3. ...............

[UtahLib]

4. Shame on America. n/t

[Aristus]

6. You got that right...

[SoapBox]

8. Absolute shame.

[hlthe2b]

5. In the "richest" country in the world.... yeah, no problem here...

RIP, indeed.

[JanMichael]

7. kick

thank you.

[Orrex]

9. Seriously, though, the important thing is that the stock market had a rough week

[hrmjustin]

10. K&R!

[AsahinaKimi]

11. Seriously?

I don't think REPUBLICANS give a damn. Maybe the more deaths the better, because many of us little people would probably be "sucking on the government teat"...and that makes Rich people very sad.

God, I hate Republicans.

[840high]

25. I wonder if Dems give a damn.

[Art_from_Ark]

35. Some of them obviously do

I'm sure this lady does



http://www.ontheissues.org/Economic/Elizabeth_Warren_Welfare_+_Poverty.htm

[Little Star]

12. :( RIP

[LeftofObama]

13. I wish I could rec this more than once.

Shame on America!

[mrmpa]

16. Rec'd it for you......eom

[orleans]

14. very sad. n/t

[cinnabonbon]

15. RIP

[tosh]

17. Our National Disgrace.

[ReRe]

18. Have I said it recently???

... how much I hate Republicans? No? Well, I'll say it again: I hate Republicans. I hold them responsible for all those poor soul's demise. I didn't know any of them, but I bet you every one of them were good people. They were just poor and/or tired and/or sick and/or cold. They probably thought "If I can just stop here and get warm and get some rest for a minute, I can go on..."

[Progressive dog]

19. Local Highland Falls paper

[link:http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140123/NEWS/401230321/-1/NEWS|

[valerief]

20. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses...

...so America may let them die in torture, because rich people shouldn't have to share the wealth."

[vt_native]

21. Howie Carr, Boston area right wing Asshole

would refer to the deceased as "bumsicles".

I've heard him use the phrase on his radio show.

What have we become?

[sammythecat]

23. For more than one reason

I'm rigidly opposed to the death penalty. Except for this guy.

I don't know who this bastard is, but I hate him.

[MADem]

39. He's a fucking jerk--he's such an asshole, you almost wanna root for Whitey Bulger just because that

shitheel doesn't like him (and made a fortune writing a cheesy exploitative book about the crook).

Please note I said "almost." Whitey IS a murdering jerk too--and an asshole, just like his biographer,

[proReality]

22. Richest country with the coldest heart. n/t

[Lifelong Protester]

24. One of those 85 richest people can

write a check and keep a shelter open and heated for a year, they can keep a food shelf open.


This kind of thing makes me so sad, and thanks for posting, as sad as it is.

[GRACIEBIRD]

26. I've heard anecdotes

from Eastern Europe about drunken people staggering home from a bar and freezing on the way home only to be found in the morning.

[Solly Mack]

27. :(

[Stuart G]

28. Very very sad.

[defacto7]

29. What then?

"If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."

Scrooge - Charles Dickens

Not much different than 200 years ago... just more apathy from the "upper classes". It's not the weather.

So sad

[Historic NY]

30. I must have miss the Highlands Falls soul..in the local paper.

http://obit.whiteandvenutofuneralhome.com/obitdisplay.html?task=Print&id=1333943&listing=Current

It should be noted that the local business people made the report that he was missing.

Village police on Wednesday identified the man as Glenn Donovan, 53. Police are investigating the death but said foul play is not suspected. The man, who was familiar to many in the village, was reported missing by business people along Main Street after they did not see him for several days.

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140122/NEWS/140129895

[Kali]

31. ...

[toby jo]

32. It's just so not ok.

Ohio, single digits, farm chores: 2 pair socks, boots, thermals, pants, coveralls, turtleneck, sweatshirt, sweater, down jacket, muffler, hat, insulated gloves - & if you stop for a few minutes, and gaze off, you get a jump start because you get cold.

These guys are out there in clothes that would give you a chill if it were 50 degrees, much less 5.

God damn. And all that money just sitting there in some fuck faces' account. We can't even get these guys off the streets, much less healed and healthy. We can't even get them off the goddamn streets.

[Divernan]

34. Powerfully & passionately stated! Thank you.

[Divernan]

33. It's what the One Percent bastards call reducing the surplus population

“If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”—from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

[maindawg]

36. I was out there

when you are young like I was, its challenge.
after that it is mental illness.
we are monsters.

[stillwaiting]

41. Not all of us are monsters.

Most of us here at DU are not.

I would agree that way too many Americans are sociopathic, self-obsessed monsters. So is the system that has a stranglehold on our country. In fact, the system is most likely to blame for creating so many monsters in our American society. Not being well adjusted to a society and sometimes feeling despair in a country such as present-day America is a badge of honor as far as I'm concerned.

I am not a monster, and I don't think you are either.

[niyad]

37. k and r

[mackerel]

38. The biggest health problem that the ACA won't be able to

take care of is behavioral health. It's a big hurdle and it's very hard for all of us involved. Breaks my heart, I can't even convince
my own brother to continue treatment, let alone so many homeless I work with that really need mental health services.

[JEFF9K]

40. I'm all for piling-on conservatives, but ...

I'm all for piling-on conservatives, but ...

If we are the reality party we must credit Mother Nature with a big assist in this matter.

[magical thyme]

42. I don't think so. Winter is winter.

This is entirely a human made disaster.

We have houses by the thousands sitting empty, falling apart, clung to by greedy banksters who threw their owners into the streets, and who are too cheap to maintain them and even skipping out on taxes.

We have people forced to work multiple jobs to earn enough to survive on.

And other people forced out of employment and into the streets.

And mentally ill and sick people forced out into the streets.

That is not mother nature. That is the dark side of human nature.

[JEFF9K]

44. Winter is winter, but ...

Winter is winter, but ... ... a one-in-twenty-year winter isn't. Ignore facts at your own peril.

[magical thyme]

45. Ignoring facts is exactly why I don't blame "mother nature"

I live in Maine. It was 19 below a couple weeks ago, not counting the wind chill. I cannot afford to ignore facts, including the fact of winter. 19 below or 19 above, you still risk death from hypothermia when outside in winter.

Mentally ill, psychologically scarred and people in dementia ignore facts. We used to take care of such people.