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Sweet Rosie Red

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9. A friend once told me

Reply to ificandream (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 06:18 PM

Yesterday

As an aging woman who was completely disabled when young, right to life, liberty, happiness and effective medical care is only guaranteed while Mr Sweet is alive. After that income is gone, my choices will be

A) understaffed nursing home
B) the streets
C) suicide.

I choose C. I’m sure if one of my children still needed me, I would choose to live like that brave lady did. My children are having a hard enough time caring for their families in Trumps economy. I wouldn’t dream of imposing on them.

Thank you party of Family Values!

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Woman, Disabled Son Die in Snow Covered Car After Trying to Reach Police [View all] ificandream Yesterday OP

Unbelievably sad... hlthe2b Yesterday #1

It is tragic. yellow dahlia Yesterday #2

A bit more UpInArms Yesterday #3

That's a miscommunication there. Igel 23 hrs ago #18

Just tragic UpInArms 23 hrs ago #19

+1 dalton99a 21 hrs ago #22

We would hope that dispatch would have called the caller back. LeftInTX 7 hrs ago #31

unbelievably sad Kali Yesterday #4

Wow SuzyandPuffpuff Yesterday #5

It appears son died first. She was then trapped in the car for quite some time. LisaL Yesterday #11

Horrifying and heartbreaking. pat_k 22 hrs ago #20

tragic Evolve Dammit Yesterday #6

A kind and just society would not tolerate this. Borogove Yesterday #7

So very sad. I suspect that if she was running the car Ilsa Yesterday #8

I don't think they died from carbon monoxide poisoning. LisaL Yesterday #10

A friend once told me Sweet Rosie Red Yesterday #9

always talk to us, Sweet Rosie Red Skittles Yesterday #13

But our billionaires are OK, right? Midnight Writer Yesterday #12

Richest country in the world, my flabby old ass Warpy 23 hrs ago #14

That's exactly it - "the hoarding class," as you put it Alice Kramden 23 hrs ago #16

They had been living in the car for a year. surrealAmerican 23 hrs ago #15

America the Beautiful angrychair 23 hrs ago #17

" Their deaths were ruled weather-related" Javaman 21 hrs ago #21

There are multiple issues here NewEnglandAutumn 15 hrs ago #25

Oh, the call couldn't be traced. However, I wonder if dispatch called the caller back? LeftInTX 7 hrs ago #30

Meanwhile, $45 billion for ICE concentration camps, $10 billion for Trump's Board of Peace, etc. etc. dalton99a 21 hrs ago #23

Sometimes I hate this country. n/t Greybnk48 21 hrs ago #24

A pox on our society for failing those in need once again. RockRaven 14 hrs ago #26

if the cops had found them, what would they have done? rampartd 14 hrs ago #27

K&R jfz9580m 11 hrs ago #28

75 years old and a disabled son? OldBaldy1701E 10 hrs ago #29

Terrible tragedy! electric_blue68 5 hrs ago #32