First Lady Michelle Obama touted health care reform in Caroline County. President Barack Obama visited Bristol to make the case for his health care proposals. Maybe it is time to move the White House to Virginia.  This weekend the Richmond Rebels play in a soccer tournament in Washington. Sponsored by the Daily Planet, the Rebels participate in the Street Soccer USA Cup, a league whose players are homeless. The players may be homeless, but the Rebels are a hometown team. Go!

They are the faceless individuals you don’t see standing on the corner when you’ve stopped at a traffic light. They don’t want to work. They are shiftless and lazy. They are to be avoided. They are to be mistrusted. They are to be arrested for trespassing, for panhandling, for bizarre behavior. They are dirty and dangerous. They have no value. They are the homeless.