Good Deed, if you identify where we can send funds to help this family, please let me know..

Regards,

These kids will grow to be incredibly strong. This is a very tough situation for an adult to be in, let alone children. These kids are getting a crash course in things the vast majority of American's are deathly frightened of, real survival. Having to scrounge for the smallest things in life will set them up for a future of appreciating what they have as well as being fearless of what can truely be lost. There are worse things than not having a home at night.

It's not an ideal living situation, but given the family's apparent determination to keep the kids together, it's far better than ending up in foster care where they are likely to be physically and/or sexually abused for the sake of a warm bed and meal. Kudos to the mom and aunt for struggling so hard to keep the kids together, putting on a good face for the kids and working so desperately to keep the kids in school.

BTW, I've been homeless as a child and "camped out", lived motels for months on end and it's given me a strength and toughness people frequently compliment on.

It is very sad to see the faces of those truly hurt by what was done by the greed in our country. I'm old enough to remember a different America. One that would pull together to help its people. I feel like we are now an old towel being wrung out to get every once of water into a glass so the rich can soothe their perpetually dry thirst. And they don't care about the suffering...but some day they will...because the American people, like every other people throughout history, will serve their justice on the "let them eat cake" crowd.

They could afford a rental van, but not rent? Renting vans is not cheap. Probably could have rented an apartment for a month for the cost of a van for a week.

So they could not afford the van, so they got a hotel room. Why not get the hotel room first and save money?

And aren't apartments much cheaper than hotels?

Are neither of them working? Even a minimum wage job? One could work while the other is watching the kids, and then switch.

There close to Mexico maybe they can help..

The Mexican "Slim" has all the money. Another "Great Cash Hoarder".

Jim and Lusitania - I hope the two of your sleep very well tonight in your condescending and negative homes. This is a family trying very hard to survive and you find every way you can to put them down. How utterly pathetic.

witch, why are you trying to make this political? But, it wasn't Obama that crashed the economy, try again.

went through something like this for a stretch several years ago. it was manageable barely for about a month. rather than acknowledging the effort to maintain stability in the situation we were in social services basically sneered at us. but was surpised to discover several families living in the campground--when i was a kid, camping was purely recreational

for jim in auburn, the funny thing about being poor is that you can end up paying for what seem like luxuries because of the immediate circumstances. there are low-end rental outfits in some places that are cheap and easier to access than housing, for example. as some folks point out from time to time, being poor can be expensive, but until you've been there you don't know. easier to economize as a middle class citizen now than as a poor person in years past-i have more choices and time to make them

SeekingSanity

Speak for yourself "You obviously don't know and yes I don't want to know you.

BS Dunkin. Bush threw these people under the bus - along with millions more who are in the same boat or right on the edge.

It takes time to pull them out one by one, especially when the GOP spends all its time trying its best to throw them back under.

These are the pictures of trickle-down economics.

yeah I have been there myself where can i send a fund to help these people

legals or ? Story doesnt make that clear.

Jim - I'm not sure who you've rented cars from in the past, but if you look around you can find rental deals for around $20 a day, which is wayyyy cheaper than the going apartment rentals in California. I've even rented a car for $9.99 a day (free upgrade to a Chevy Trailblazer since the rental company ran out of compact cars).

As far as apartments being cheaper than motels, again, you're talking about California, so my guess is, probably not! Plus, you need to consider that to get into an apartment, you need at least a deposit and first months rent, which could be 2 or 3 grand (or more).

You can thank "W" for this mess, "W" destroyed this Country. The 1% are a dishonor for letting something like this happen in America. Shame on the GOP Tea ReTards and their 1% Buddies.

Why the American Empire was Destined to Collapse

America the Land of Hustlers

"The statistics here are massive, but just consider a single one: in terms of collective wealth, the top 1 percent of the nation owns more than the bottom 90 percent. If we have a future, it’s that of a banana republic. And there will be no New Deal this time around to save us; just the opposite, in fact, as we are busy shredding any social safety net we once had."

"Americans may be very vocal in claiming we’ll eventually recover, or that the US is still number-one, but I believe that on some level they know that this is whistling in the dark. They suspect their lives will get worse as time goes on, and that the lives of their children will be even worse than that. They feel the American Dream betrayed them, and this has left them bitter and resentful."

Morris Berman article.

http://www.alternet.org/world/154453/why_the_american_empire_was_destined_to_collapse/

Meanwhile... Goldman Sachs paid out $15,300,000,000 in pay and bonuses in 2011. (40% of that was bonuses).

General Motors paid $400,000,000 in bonuses to it's 76,000 plant workers and the top 100 executives each averaged a $500,000 bonus. (each!).

The top 5 executives from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac received a paltry $12,800,000 in bonuses in 2011. That's down from $61,400,000 in 2009.

Food for thought.

Reading this story is seems it is all about poor me and a lot of detail is left out. Where is dear old Dad in this story, how did they end up homeless, are they using or have they applied for public benefits? Port
Hueneme is not a cheap place to live, so why are they still there? Where is the rest of her family and why are they not helping? Too much left out.

There are a lot of "dear old Dads" who've left their kids to the best efforts of their mothers.

That doesn't say ANYTHING about the need, will or deservedness of these women and their children.

I have yet to see anyone get "pulled out". What I am seeing is billions if not trillions of tax dollars being thrown away on Solyndra scams, porkulus packages, and war spending in the Middle East.

How Poetic for a Republican to be talking about war spending. You guys have so much SELECTIVE AMNESIA...Let's see....who sent troops to Iraq? Oh yeah! Bush and CHeney! Who got them out of Iraq? Oh Yeah! Obama...

You guys are totally in denial.....

I have the same questions as texasbob. The story is incomplete. But i do feel for the family and all the others in similar situations.

raddave: nice try! Too bad you didn't read my post. It doesn't make any difference to the lib press who causes what. If there is a repub prez, they will blame the repub prez. Since you want to place blame, the economy is still the dems. They are the ones who controlled congress for decades. They put into place all the spending bills. Obama and his cronies increased the deficit by trillions in just 3 years. Bush warned Congress and the American public about the problems building with the sub-prime market. The response he got was to shut down discussion. Heck, within 2 weeks of the "melt-down" the dems were once again out there screaming for easy money for everyone. Have there been repubs who have been spineless and unwilling to stand up against fiscal insanity? Sure! So in that regard both parties are at fault. Is anyone suggesting a reasonable fix to the problem? So far only the teabaggers have come up with anything the resembles a working plan. Of course, we all know the reaction of the libs and RINOs to their proposals. You can rant and rave all you want, but when you look at the proposals made by libs of both parties (all dems in Congress are libs and too many repubs are libs), then you understand that the objective of libs is to grow government and take control of individual lives.

My church help run a homeless shelter for families. We had one employee who we paid with a state grant. With cut backs to the state budget, that grant dissappeared. We had to shut down the shelter because we could not legally run it any longer. *sigh* Pennywise, pound foolish. We are still looking for a way to reopen the shelter. But we can't find a licensed social worker, who will work for free.

Dear old Dad has a lot to do with it. Unlike the 1% who are not responsible dear old Dad along
with the mother is responsible for taking care of the family. Is he paying child support, if not why not? Is the mother working, if not why not? I like a lot of others don’t mind helping people in times of need, but if they don’t want to help themselves then that is a different story. I really don’t have much time for people who
sit around waiting on someone else to do for them what they will not do for themselves. Like I said earlier there is a lot left out of this story and I have to wonder of it was on purpose.

Perhaps texasbob, you could follow the link to the full story. If you had you would have discoverd that one father abandoned the family and took off for parts unknown. The other father is in jail. The article does not say for what. But still, these children will someday be the ones taking care of our country. It behooves us to help them. But then, I don't supposed you bother to go to church at all.

@differnet - You had me until you brought "church" into it.

But then, I don't supposed you bother to go to church at all.

What does CHURCH have to do with anything?! I know plenty of good folks who pay it no never mind, and plenty of bad folks who preach all the time.

Church means NOTHING.

Do you think this hasn't happened to families during the best of times?

Lizzard: The worst is over. The economy has reversed the downward trend (with 23 straight months of private sector job growth) fostered by the Bush (and Republican...) policies of spend more while reducing income (taxes), and promoting unfunded wars and social policy (prescription drug bill was totally unfunded).

The plight of these homeless families is a direct result of poor financial policy by both political parties. But. At least the Obama administration has attempted to address the worst of the abuses and has taken positive steps to promote an environment where job creation (and, therefore, recovery) is possible. Now, the wrong-wingers lament any good news and celebrate any news that indicates possible troubles.

An honest question to you: Do you hope for bad economic news for tomorrow (3/10/12)? Yes or no. Your answer says a lot about your agenda. And your humanity......

People have been camping out here at various times. Unfortunately, the two campgrounds, KOA and Good Sam closed, which is a shame, as there were laundromats, showers, electricity, and a small store on site. I knew of one woman, who, one winter in the '70's, lived out of her car with her son at a local state park. Snow, ice, and 10 miles to town.

What is the would coming too?? The GOPigs and the Tea ReTards destroyed this Country by supporting that jackass "W" ("Wake up America") stop this madness before its to late !

Patriot: While I concur with your sentiment, methinks it would be more constructive to express thoughts borne by fact. Refuting Republican policies really really is very easy, after all. Hitting teh wrong-wingers with irrefutable fact leaves them with the absolutely most hilarious response ever (mis)conceived: "Oh yeah??????" Other wrong-wing response of equal intelligence: "Yo mama!" "Lamestream balderdash" (not a likely response: too many syllables...), and the best runner-up: "But Rush said......."

Well said, Old Newby...

And typical of the Republican'ts... Get a job they say, never mind that the bozos sent all our good jobs to China!!!

And thats my Opinion

Typical Dems...they'll say let's spend money we don't have and then when people are screwed because of it, we will just say to take money from others and that'll fix the problem!

People before Profits

next.

Chris - I guarantee you these people aren't homeless because of the budget deficit.

They're homeless due to "smaller government" leaving them out in the cold.

Keep in mind it was Clinton that signed NAFTA and the jobs started moving to other countries immediately. It wasn't Bush this time.

Where is the deadbeat dad that can let his children live like this? And if he is dead, why aren't they getting social security? There are programs in place in LA county to help people in this situation, especially where children are concerned. The social workers try very hard to keep families together. I hope they get the help they need.

th2921, it was Bush that signed the NAFTA treaty, which was ratified by Congress congress before Clinton took office. Clinton did sign it into law, but it was already ratified.

realisticgirl-

in a perfect world this might be true, but in this one people fall through the cracks, social workers are over loaded and paid horrible for the amount of work they do.

They're homeless due to "smaller government" leaving them out in the cold.

I disagree; they are homeless because corporations that are making billions, or trillions, won't hire people. Even if they did hire, they are dead set on reducing incomes and increasing poverty (thus, taking away from the personal consumption that rules this economy). They are homeless because the overpaid executives have determined that unemployment in the worst recession since 1930 is the fault of the individual; thus, if you are unemployed and apply for a job, you go to the back of the line. "Jobs are only for those who don't really need one," they say; just like, "Most money goes to the people who need, and spend, it less."

Grumpy whiner more like it.

They are homeless because of the choices they made for themselves!

MtMike-571674,

Yeah, just like Job in the Bible. Try to do everything right, and you end up on a ash heap with people saying stuff at you like, "He's there because of the choices he made for himself!

old_newby - Go throw up in the toilet instead.

Social worker try really hard to take your kids and adopt them out to other families. Realisticgirl if you think they try hard to keep families together than you need to do your home work. They say that they try to keep the families together but the truth is they would rather take your kids and adopt them out to the person who is willing to pay for them. When they get 1500-2000per child they adopt out why should they place them back with their parents. If you have young children ages 0-4 those are the ones they love to get their hands on to adopt out. You want the truth about CPS than look up Child Protective Services on wikipedia and see what CPS does to kids and to families. I do hate CPS and their crappy foster parents I was a child of the state for 2 long miserable years. I know they do not care about the children only the money. In 2 years I never even got so much as a new pair of shoes. It was not until I got out of foster care that I learned that foster parents are giving money each month to get the foster child clothing and personal needs. My foster mother pocketed that money and made us work in a thrift store ran by her friend so we could get thrift store clothing while she spent the money for us on her hair nails and taking her kids to JCpenny for their clothing and they paid for their children all 4 of them to go to private school. How did they afford to do all that when not one of the foster parents had a job. I was 12 I was molested thats why I was put in a home in the first place the foster father called me a slut and a whore but that is what he called all the sexually abused girls that came into his home. He would tell me no man wants a girl who is not a virgin and GOD has turned his back from me and I would go to hell for being a sexually active teen as sex before mariage is a sin. Keep in mind the fact that I was molested by my step father. They made me eat off the floor as sluts were not allowed to eat at the dinner table we were to eat off the floor like the dirty dogs we were. I have to tell you that the abuse that those foster parents put on me was worse than what my step father had done. I still have issues from the way I was treated in the foster home and by the way my Social worker treated me when I told her what they were doing to me she called me a liar told me these are the best foster parents they have in the county. My god if these were their best I would hate to meet the worst. My foster father even went so far as to tell all the other kids that the reason I was their is because I was a slut and I had made my step father do those things to me. after that the other foster kids and their own kids would pick on me and call me slut and whore. I live for 2 years like this as my real father fought hard for 2 years in court trying to get me out. I never even knew he was trying they would not allow me to see my father or call him for 2 years I had no contact with any one from my family. Then one morning I was told to pack up my stuff and my social worker took me to the court house when I walked in and turned the corner their was my father tears in his eyes and open arms I never ran so fast in my life right into his arms. The first words from him were Your coming home bright eyes. After that is when I found out how long and how hard my dad had to fight to get me back. Why did it take so long for my father to get me out of the foster system when he had never abused me or hurt me ever? I will tell you why they wanted to adopt me out even with my father saying he wanted me and he loved me and he would care for me. My dad had to jump through hoops for 2 years to prove he really wanted me. He tried from the day after they put me in foster care to get me out. Why did I spend 2 years in that home if CPS wants to place you with your family and keep families together? Why did my dad have to fight so hard for so long if CPS wants to keep families together?

I smell an incomplete story: Baby Daddies, women are cousins, where are their families? Latino families usually will cram more into their homes, crowded, over loaded but at least the kids have a roof and some food. Mommies have $$ to RENT a van? Where is the money coming from? Have they applied at local WWJD groups? Mommies bathe in park sinks, but where did they get the $$ for a Motel? They can buy junk food chicken buckets, but NOT a motel kitchenette where they can FIX food for the kids? What are their job skills? WHY are they on the streets?
Before we hold a car wash or a pity party, lets hear some more details.

@ Realisticgirl

Oh, I don't know.. Maybe the morally bankrupt mother took off and did not bother to let the "deadbeat" dad know where the kids where, or give him any information about how to contact his children.

You made some astonishing assumptions. They did not cover ( as far as I could see ) where the father is,or if he has any idea where his children are. He could be a "deadbeat", he could be beatdead or he could be a perfectly fine and upstanding person who's children where taken away by a mother who thought her children did not need a dad. Happens all the time.

Before you look at 1 single person as the problem, maybe you should ask yourself what kind of society we have become to let any of this happen.

John-2032532, I really, really, really hope that you can experience what millions of Americans are currently experiencing right now; then, we'll see how is the whiner.

Same to you moocher.

Heather, they are homeless. I don't think they will be reading your comments.

I doubt they have internet access

One father left and the other is in jail according to the complete story that there's a link for. What needs to happen here is that these two women have to get jobs to support their families.

Kat, are you hiring??

Allison that was funny! Two thumbs up!

No, I'm not personally, but the company I work for is. But of course we all know that jobs are few and far between. I certainly don't know how to solve the unemployment problem in this country but I do know that something has got to be done so women like this don't have to live in tents or rely on men who only end up walking out on them or going to jail. But it works both ways... The women have to be willing to take the jobs. Sometimes people, when faced with a solution to their dilemma, don't necessarily go for it if it means they have to work. I'm not saying these two women don't want to work, because I don't know them. I do know they had jobs at one time but they didn't pay much. Is a job that pays a little bit better than no job that pays you nothing? I don't walk in their shoes so I don't know the answer to that.

I'm in a really good place in my life right now but I haven't always been here. There was a time when things didn't come easy for me and I had to work like a dog to get ahead and believe me, I struggled. I don't blame anyone or anything for the way things were but I do know that when faced with the responsibility of providing for my own flesh and blood, I can move mountains and am very motivated to do whatever it takes. I feel badly for these women and their children. I hope good things come their way from this new publicity.

Well I read the link, and it makes me wonder where they got the money to rent the cheap motel? I assume they are still working their graveyard shift jobs. It's a sad story. I don't have a good answer, except that they might try the St. Vincent de Paul society, which could help them with food and rental assistance. Everybody might be walking, but there's much worse than having to walk - like going hungry and/or sleeping in a park.

As for the "smaller government," well the economy is down and tax receipts are down, so there's really not much the gov't can do. The economy just needs to get better QUICK!!! Don't know how to make that happen, and honestly I'm a little worried about $5 a gallon gas this summer - I may be walking!

The full article says that the women are working at low paying jobs. One mexican father was jailed by the Americans. (by california law "Three srikes and you are out.." means he really did not do anything terrible more than three times). The other father left his family 5 years ago.

Californians know (1) that their parks are far safer than any place in Mexico (2) How expensive is California housing, gasoline,.. (3) How difficult it is to be employed in California. Californians see too much of this to worry about it.

TBourlon - tax receipts are down ONLY because the top tax rates in this country are at their lowest levels since the Great Depression.

So are corporate taxes:
Corporate Tax Rate Is Lowest in Decades

GDP in the US is back where it was in 2007 (prior to the recession). But ALL of that gain has gone to the top 2% and the investor class - NONE to workers like these women.

Don't tell me there's not money to keep this from happening, because that's a lie.

isn't it curious how if someone is poor we turn a microscope on them to try to find out what they failed to do right or did wrong, but when somebody is wealthy we just assume they did everything right?

Great point SRMcMahon!

We assume if someone has a problem, it's their own fault 'blame the victim'. These women are heroes for trying to keep their kids IN school EVERY day and OUT of a foster home.

Bless these children, they are not directly making ANY of the CHOICES that currently 'lead' their little lives...so MANY SEEM IGNORANT OF THIS FACT...ENVISION A BRIGHTER FUTURE, and NOW start workng towards it.

SOL - people are suffering every day due to under/unemployment. And all you think we need to work on is the budget deficit?

How many more people do you think will be unemployed if you start laying of people to bring down the deficit?

That's never worked ONCE in history to pull a country out of a recession. Your "solution" is to make the situation worse - that's why the GOP won't win in November.

I agree the story is missing something, like how can we help? I would be happy to help, as I've read others say above. If someone took the time to take these pictures and write the story there should be someone around for the aftermath.

Come on guys! Follow through!

If it has nothing to do with Politics, then why do the Republican'ts campaign to end Welfare and force people to work imaginary jobs....

Imaginary because the Republican'ts know full well that they have driven all the good jobs to China.

And thats my Opinion

It also hadn't been that long since people had moved around like that, with belonging piled high on wagons or cars looking for a place to stay. Part of the reason most people find this shocking is that it's been a couple of generations since people could readily see others just like themselves living outdoors or without "basic" amentities like running water and heat. It frightens people to imagine that their family could really live without such "basic" things.

Furthermore, those raised during The Depression and witnessed the shift in lifestyle ended up being called "the Greatest Generation". A lot of powerful lessons are learned through tough circumstance.

No. Males did not always stay with their families "back then." You just did not read about it because there was not mass media and mothers were made to feel to ashamed to ask for help when abandoned by the males who helped them make new human beings.

thank you for saying that, Kate! Everyone is so worried about women using contraceptives, but a lot of men can't keep it in their pants and only want to be around for the 'fun' part of creating life.

Lucy Nicholson is a photographer, not a writer. And this is a photo essay, not a news story.

Photo essays can be news stories. In fact, the "news" is always enhanced when photos are included so that you can see the real people who are struggling with their particular situations. I always appreciate photos accompanying a story. It adds depth and a connection to the real people being covered. They are not just a name, now they have a face you can see.

I do admit that journalism can sway public opinion when not used properly. Simple clear journalism is most effective when they just give you "the facts." Photos are part of the facts.

What we can do WITHOUT is the editorial that accompanies the information. (Faux News) When you do not just report facts as they stand, and add editorial, this changes public opinion and it is just wrong. Just so very wrong. I don't know how Faux News calls itself a news station when the anchor adds editorial to every story and also interrupts guests with whom they don't agree, and let the guests with whom they agree speak freely. It is SO not journalism.

I'm sure their all rich actors?

Some of you anal sphincters need to learn American English. There(there) is a big difference between...their, there, and they're. You uneducated fools piss me off, because your comments seem to come from FOX "news", which makes you all laughable. Have any of you ever considered thinking for yourselves?

Lucy Nicholson is a photographer, not a writer. And this is a photo essay, not a news story.

"And this is a photo essay, not a news story."

You got that right Kat.

No Mike, that isn't all we need to know. Try to remember that news organizations do not just report the news, but have political agendas they pursue. All of them.

If I'm gonna have my opinions swayed, they should at least give me more details so I can make up my own mind. This story is just fluff.

Wouldn't make a difference to me if the were citizens of the Moon or Mars. I just care that they are people.

I so agree with that sentiment. And I have a sneaking suspicion that many of the unkind comments on this board are posted by those who claim to be pro-life. To me, if a person professes to be pro-life, they care about the quality of that life after the birth.

Slowly, but steadily, Obama's policies will help bridge the gap between rhetoric and reality. If we care about life, we care about people.

Not only that, Kate, but they have Hispanic last names, so people hate them for being here, whether legal or not.

Really? Were you there to witness it? F-g troll.

Wahhhhhh. Grow a sense of humor. And if you weren't a sad knee-jerk liberal, you would see that I am not a troll on this site. I don't give a flyin-F about either of them, the posers at OWS or these loser parents. In the USA, poverty is a lifestyle choice. I came from one of the poorest families, in one of the poorest cities in MA - don't try to preach to me there Jesus. You make good decisions, good things happen; you make bad decisions, bad things happen.

I couldn't agree more, Walk. I, too, came from a home of no heat, no glass in the windows, and three time hand-me-downs. I am now one of the hated 1%'ers, and I got here without taking anything (nor did my mother, rest in peace) from the government. Well, I DID eat school lunches, but I didn't know any better... LOL

Walk

You must be the life of the party with your 2 girl friends, your left and right hand,

If it happens to you, it's your fault?

So if being poor is a lifestyle choice, then a LOT of people are choosing to be poor. Then children like the ones pictured here are CHOOSING to be poor.

So when I was added to the 'poor'demographic a few years back because i had breast cancer and coudn't hold a job, that was a choice? I chose to get breast cancer, chose to miss so much work my boss had to let me go, chose to collect welfare and unemployment because I couldn't hold down a job?

I don't think anyone deliberately chooses to be poor.

Paul and Walk are telling stories. Pure fiction. If their stories were true, they would have posted some way we could verify. I could also make something up in order to get you to believe anything. But it would not comport with the reality of poverty. People drop into poverty in many different ways, and these two posters would have you believe that because they made it, everybody has equal access to riches. Their posts are simply false. A person who has truly made it out of poverty would not be so heartless to those still in poverty. They had significant help along the way. Many people do not.

Kate, I could give you details, but you'd call me a liar in any case. People like you won't believe anything they don't want to. What I said was true. That's NOTHING made up about it, and the help I had along the way came from working from the age of 6. I'm 62 now, and I'm still working. You probably haven't worked a day in your life.

Thank you for the info Reality. You should have this reporters job. I hate how reporters leave out info to create a picture THEY want you to see, instead of the truth.

scylla, all reality did was cut and paste what "this reporter" wrote. You just didn't bother to read it until reality posted it. This is not a news story, it's a photo essay. And Lucy Nicholson is not a reporter, she's a photographer. What is apparent to me, however, is that most of the people here on the vine aren't actually readers.

Kat, you must be Lucy Nicholson or related to her. You keep apologizing for her ridiculous attempt at swaying public opinion with heart jerker pics followed by a link to the full story that shines a different light on her picture.

Besides, I read the "full" story in the link too. No real info there either. Fluff journalism.

Wait a minute....a 20 year old is not a "child". How about he step up and get a job to help out?

No, I just don't happen to have a problem with reading comprehension. And I also checked this out because I'm interested in photography and photo journalism. I think Lucy has quite an eye. No need to apologize for her. She's done nothing to be sorry for.

Kat,

What is in parenthesis is from the news story, which I also gave the link too at the bottom, which that link is in this article. Then I gave my thoughts which were not cut and paste. I knew people would not bother to research and find out the facts before commenting, so I hoped to get their further interest for them to research.

I noticed on page 2 by one of your comments that you noticed the link and read it. Good for you. You are observant.

Okay, I take it back, at least one other reader approached this article with some semblance of critical reasoning.