Today I read my partner this story about a whale stranded in the Amazon in Brazil:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7099625.stm
He said "Isn't it interesting that people spend all this time and money to save an animal (like the whales in the SF Bay, and the animals affected by the oil spill) and they won't save people?" It's true. How many homeless people or alcoholics or other addicts, or people with mental health problems do we walk by on the street and ignore? How many veterans and children and elderly people are sick, dying, homeless, and exposed to the environment, and we don't blink an eye.
Maybe we need to have an action where we have a front-page newspaper headline and spend a million dollars rescuing a homeless veteran with physical disabilities and mental health issues.
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