About jimmyred

Only in America,  relevant to the situation. I am a recovering addict/alcoholic now 21 years clean & sober, and a disabled Vet.  I worked most of my life and now struggle thru the rest. I live today with the passion and desire to help others and those in need,  and now I'm  in that very  position myself. And not to say the least I'm  literally  up the  creek  w/o a paddle. For the latter part of my present Life, I  was a construction truck driver driving dump trucks. In August of  2006,  I  had a heart attack and had 2 stints inserted. The doctors  and the cardiologists  suggested to not return to truck driving and to not  attempt Anything, too physically demanding. I 'm not a lazy person, but after my past and present physical condition I know what my capabilities and limitations are. My education isn't that of any great length, I spent some time in college, which increased and extended my knowledge of  what I already knew, Addiction, Recovery, Homelessness and some general psychology. While in college I was tested and found out now documented having a learning disability, which stunted my progress for finishing college. The present disability situation started out with a state of N.J. disability claim. During the short time after my heart attack I applied for a VA pension. The state disability ended only a few months after I started collecting, and the VA pension took its place. The income from either was never received during the same period of time. So with someone's misconception at the VA,  they assumed I was receiving 2 disability incomes at one time, so they took my pension away. Before the heart attack while still working I was receiving a 10%  service connected disability  for an injury I had while in the service. So now not only did they take away my disability pension, they also took away my service connected disability too in efforts to have me repay money they think I owe them. You don't need a degree to figure this one out. I'm broke,  financially and emotionally with NO present income with an unviable outlook for the near future. Living on disability is bad enough, plus I'm stuck in a dysfunctional relationship that I legally can't get out of, (bad case of too much Mr. nice guy). This of course added problems to the  finances. So now comes the major hardship, due to my present situation, I'm also now being evicted from my home, in which I only have until July 11th to vacate and NO Clue on how I'm going to do it. My utilities are shut off, And I'm presently living on a Hope and Prayer. Thank God  for the helping church organizations that provide food.  SOOO, ONLY  IN  AMERICA,  I've made all the necessary phone calls to try to acquire some assistance for myself and for the sake of someone being Honest, they confirmed , by telling me that due to the fact that I HAVE NO  INCOME, that ANY of  the service agencies, WON'T HELP ME!!.  So at this present moment I'm in check. And for this reason this is why I've been working  for some time on creating a BETTER, non-profit service organization to help Those In Need to escape from this particular situation and the binds of poverty that I am now in myself.  So how does Our present system work,  WITH  NO  INCOME,   NO  HOME  OR  ADDRESS,  THERE  IS  "NO"  HELP.  And after a Disaster,  Assistance is Only available for a limited amount of time, (Their Time) without sufficient programs to help disaster victims to rebuild their Life.  Does this answer the question,  WHY  ARE  THERE  HOMELESS  AND  PEOPLE  ON  THE STREETS  OF  AMERICA.  But STILL,  People ask WHY…  HELLO,  TIME  TO  GET  HONEST,  FACE  THE  REALITY  AND  MAKE  THE  CHANGE. (Again with NO disrespect to present Social Service organizations or Any other services provided) WE  DO NEED  A  BETTER  SYSTEM.  There  IS  a  BETTER  WAY,  AND  I  HAVE CREATED  IT,  That's  Why  I  NEED,  THOSE  WHO  GIVE  A  *&%$&* To  Help Me Produce It.  Check out  myspace.com/americasjam, Look at the Videos,  Read and Listen to  THE MESSAGE,  in the Website and  THE  THEME  SONG,  "IT'S  TIME  FOR  A  CHANGE  IN  HOW  "WE"  PRODUCE  HELP  FOR  THOSE  IN  NEED,  AND  HOW  "WE"  NEED  TO  PUT  FOCUS  BACK  ON  OUR  PEOPLE  HERE  IN  AMERICA"

You can now only contact Me at americasjam@yahoo.com or here or at myspace.com/ americasjam Help  Me  To  Help  Those  In Need,