..."it makes me feel like I'm a bum," Bessie said. "I don't mind living at the mercy of the public because some of the public is good -- they're nice to me. But there are some that are nasty. some of them laugh at me and my sign. they say they don't think I'm 97 years old."
Reaching slowly into a pocket, she pulls out a laminated California state identification card that shows her date of birth: March 2, 1912.
Los Angeles police have warned her not to beg. And some passersby have turned to her sons, questioning why they cannot properly care for her.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
97 years old and homeless
Welcome to the real America, folks. Courtesy of your insane America-Haters ... the repugicans.
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