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2.03sHey, it's that anchor dude from channel six !
3.95sOh, yeah. He's doing one of those "be thankful for what you got" stories.
2.85sOh, we have lots of names for these people--
4sbums, deadbeats, losers, scums of the earth.
2.23sWe'd like to sweep these people into the gutter...
3.17sor, if they're already in the gutter, to some other out-of-the-way place.
2.74sOh, we have our reasons--
1.93sthey're depressing, they wear ragged clothes,
2.44sthey're "crazy," they smell bad--
1.9sHey, listen, man--
1.43sWait, I'm going somewhere with this.
3.7sSo, every year, on one lone, conscience-salving day,
3swe toss these people... a bone.
3.54sA turkey bone. And that's supposed to make it all better.
3.69sNo, you won't find Freddie the Freeloader or Emmet Kelly...
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