The new Atlanta Aquarium...

[aquitori]

Maybe he could have donated atleast $2 million to KHV research....then give the rest of $198,000,000 to find cures for AIDS and cancer...

[Valarc]

I live pretty close to the aquarium, but probably won't be going until at least feb. For one I'm waiting for the crowds to die down, and for two I'm waiting till the next time my GF will be in town so we can go together.

I think it's pretty funny that people are giving the guy crap for donating the money for an aquarium and not to help the homeless or cure cancer. No one interviews Donald Trump and says "why did you buy yourself a new yaht instead of curing AIDS?". The guy generously gives his own money to build something for all people to enjoy, and he still gets crap. Gratitude like that might be why so few people feel compelled to donate their money.

[keokoi]

Quote: Originally Posted by PapaBear You lucky dog you ! I haven't been to Monterey in years . We used to go to Locust Grove every fall for the Monarch Butterfly Festival and we always went to Monterey Bay at least once or twice during the trip. It is one of my fondest childhood memories .

Your right I am Lucky! Woof woof. But koi growing season kinda sucks as the water temps barely reach the 70's in the summer. I have a lot fo high school memories or um high school memories of surfing during class

[aquitori]

Quote: Originally Posted by keokoi Your right I am Lucky! Woof woof. But koi growing season kinda sucks as the water temps barely reach the 70's in the summer. I have a lot fo high school memories or um high school memories of surfing during class

Haven't been to that place since it opened and Star Trex shot a movie over there....HAHAHAHA....

[PapaBear]

Quote: Originally Posted by aquitori Maybe he could have donated atleast $2 million to KHV research....then give the rest of $198,000,000 to find cures for AIDS and cancer...

Your kidding right??? It costs more than 200mil/year just for flu vaccines . Here's a thought... Make it illegal for people with AIDS to have sex, except with each other, and let everybody else buy their own condoms!!!

[aquitori]

Quote: Originally Posted by PapaBear Your kidding right??? It costs more than 200mil/year just for flu vaccines . Here's a thought... Make it illegal for people with AIDS to have sex, except with each other, and let everybody else buy their own condoms!!!

Your right, $200 million dollars isn't much...to think about it...it is more than what I have...

[Brutuscz]

The ignorance on this thread has been mind boggling!! I have been a doctor (specialize in foot care..podiatry) for 7 years and did much of my training in the worst parts of harlem...so I speak from experience. The majority of homeless are psych patients who deserve to be in a proper psychiatric facility. The drug and alcohol abuse are incidental to this problem. Getting tired of people speaking out of their A*s about this issue. If you haven't worked directly with them...then you know NOTHING!!! Maybe it just helps you sleep better at night to blame the problem on the victim. I hope no one you know ever suffers from mental illness and ends up homeless...but trust me when I say, It can happen to anyone!!!

[l113892]

Very good post. And just at the right time of the year.

[kingkong]

[quote=Brutuscz]The ignorance on this thread has been mind boggling!! I have been a doctor (specialize in foot care..podiatry) for 7 years and did much of my training in the worst parts of harlem...so I speak from experience. The majority of homeless are psych patients who deserve to be in a proper psychiatric facility. The drug and alcohol abuse are incidental to this problem. Getting tired of people speaking out of their A*s about this issue. If you haven't worked directly with them...then you know NOTHING!!! Maybe it just helps you sleep better at night to blame the problem on the victim. I hope no one you know ever suffers from mental illness and ends up homeless...but trust me when I say, It can happen to anyone!!![/QUOTE

Ignorance is strong, maybe misinformed. My Uncle stays with homeless groups in New Jersey for two nights every year. He wants to try and empower people to fulfill their potential and transform their lives in the worst way. There are, yes, allot of untreated psych people but also people with a lack of connectedness. Belonging somewhere is about belonging with other people, like belonging to a family or local community. Some of these people are just stuck by themselves with nothing to belong to. He would appreciate your compassion Brutuscz on this subject, I am sure, having been there.

[koifishgirl]

To much is being placed on Physco mental bull if you ask me, It is still the person who fills sorry for their self's and can do better. I dont know of anyone that has had more trouble than me in the past with mental problems, to the point to where I was hospitalized because of this several times. I can assure you it is just a mind game you play with yourself and no amount of medication or a hosptial is going to help you. The only thing that will help people like this is what I call self help and that is getting up and stop filling sorry for yourself and doing something about it. Yes and it can happen to anyone but you also have what it takes to fight and take control of your life. I did. Now if you are talking about people that are born with mental disability that is different. I call that retarted. And yes these people need someone to take care of them, but the majority of mental health patients have the abilty to take care of themselves.

I had tried to kill myself many times because of filling sorry for myself because life was not better for me. Devorce and my son going to live with his father sent me tumbling down hill. I felt I no longer had anything to live for. I wanted to die. I could not see the good anymore. Till I hit rock bottom and no one wanted anything to do with me because I was acting so stupid. To much stress and worry brought me down and when I realized that I had control over my life , I took control and got better, no hospital or pills had anything to do with it. I just made up my mind I could do better and take control of my life and live happy or just stay filling sorry for myself. It was my choice. I disagree that people need hospital help to get better. No better experience than to live it

Judy