Rallying Cry! HELP THE BRAD!!!

[kukla_tko]

Do you like bradhicks?
(He's going to HATE me for this but I don't care.)

Are you a former attendee of the Infamous Brad Parties?

Do you read his JOURNAL?

Now, here's the big question:

Are you willing to help him?

Brad needs help. I think that he was able to make it through the holidays because of the short term quality of the whole thing.

His most recent post indicates that he realizes that he will be in trouble soon.

What he doesn't tell you is that he's in really deep trouble NOW.

We can fix his life if we band together and do something. I hear that he's been getting cash donations: THIS IS WONDERFUL. Keep it up, if you can.

However, for all that Brad is articulate and decisive about some things, when it comes to climbing out of this hole, he's seems to have nothing left.

I'm a busybody, I admit it. It also shames me to think that a friend needs help and I might ignore that plea.

Here's what I *THINK* Brad needs, and I want to see some hands come up to see who can deal with which problem:

*He needs to see a doctor. Since he doesn't have one in town and doesn't have insurance, this is tricky. minidoc is helping with trying to get him an appointment. Provided that I am not AT work at the time, I will personally drive him to the appointment if necessary. If I cannot, who volunteers?

*He needs groceries. I know that cos_x and phierma got him the option of some staples from their church food pantry. I think they should see if this will still work. Also, anyone who wants to feed Brad ought to do so. Let's keep his precious cash stores left alone, and let's all feed him until things stabilize, shall we?

*He needs to deal with GC services. He needs to either stall them for a while until he can get his paperwork dealt with, or he needs to get whatever money he can out of them and cut loose. I can't help him with this part.
Who can?

*He needs a social worker. Some of you are social workers or know someone who is. Anyone?

*He needs to get on disability, or get a job as a political writer (or some other thing) where he can work from home. Speak up if you can help!

*He needs to know that he is not alone and that we are here to support him. Remember that as a result of his upbringing and mental disability, he WILL NOT ASK FOR HELP. The closest he will come is posts like that last one.

*He needs legal help for car related nonsense and some of the above items. Anyone willing to work pro-bono? Or perhaps go after GC and get a hefty settlement for Brad and yourself?

I am willing to bet that this list is not comprehensive or complete. I am willing to be wrong about some of it. Anyone who has better ideas, please feel free to pitch in and make suggestions (or better yet, find other things that he needs and I missed and provide them!)

Brad's problems may be too big for him to handle. Brad's problems may be to big for any one person to handle.
But we are many, the little folk we, and we can make a difference.
And we can make him see that life is worth living and fighting for, while we are at it.

We cannot let one of our number FALL!

"When you can't crawl... when you can't even do that..."
"You find someone to carry you."

Let's be Big Damn Heroes, eh?

Comments

[bradhicks.livejournal.com]

The car-related nonsense is being dealt with. I need to make one phone call to get some information replaced that I lost when my email went down the hole (I lost everything older than 45 days, unfortunately, but at least I rescued most of the address book), find out what one form the lawyer who's handling it needs me to fill out. Then we can go back to making real progress on it, like we were before the holiday week shut everything down temporarily.

Otherwise, you're pretty much right about what I need. And you're also unfortunately right that I'm unlikely to do anything about them myself. I just got off the phone with minidoc, who reminded me that it got much scarier than this in the final days of the Brad Davidian Compound. I reminded her that the difference is, back then I had something to look forward to. That's the number one thing I lack: what Bush the Elder dismissively called "the vision thing." Your church's Bible says, "For want of a vision, the people perish." I have no confidence that even if everything went right and I got out of this scrape, that I'd have anything worth living for.

I like Brad!

[stl-kitten.livejournal.com]

Many people may not think this, but i like brad, he is verry interesting to talk to, even though he hates the way i type. We, at the last geoffrey party agreed that we do best together in small doses, but i am more than willing to feed the brad any time he is willing to come over as my car is out of commision temporairily. We need to get new tags and insurance before i can do driving with it, i do have dans car available in the evenings however. I dont know that i would be of much use on the doc or lawyer thing, though tko your mom had suggested your family lawyer, if Brad is looking, however after his post above maybe not. Brad if you want to come over sometime and have dinner with deepcedure and i You are more than welcome please feel free to call anytime email me for my phone number pirate_beauty@yahoo. Trish by the way check Deepcedures live journal he has been writing again *grin*
Love you all
Kitten

Re: I like Brad!

[kukla-tko42.livejournal.com]

Brad should take you up on this. I suspect that he and your SO could talk for hours, if they get along.

And you're a great cook.

(Ironically, the whole "tags and insurance" thing is part of why Brad stays home, BTW.)

But I bet he might be willing to risk a visit to Chesterfield. What say ye, BRAD?

[munin.livejournal.com]

I cook too much when I cook. And I generally don't cook because I hate cooking for one. Once I have a car so I can deliver them I would be happy to share. I even cook decently well.

Once Brad gets the car stuff straightened out or if he's willing to chance a drive over by Grant's Farm, off Tesson between Gravois and Lindbergh, he's welcome for dinner any time I cook. Once I move on Saturday that is. Until then I live in the city and I think he's boycotting that.