As soon as someone starts bragging about their military experience the red flag goes up.
Have a feeling most of those "Vets" begging at the intersection never were in.
That photo of him counting his money with the suddent growth of a new left arm is a classic. I like to think his scam just came to an end with New Yorkers.
I get that feeling about the internet braggarts too.
Especially if the braggart claims he has no arms...
HOWS HE TYPING! WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :2razz:
Especially if the braggart claims he has no arms...
HOWS HE TYPING! WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :2razz:
With his hands, you don't type with your arms.
People like that are why I don't give to beggars. When I was in Cali, it was all too common to see people with signs begging at stoplights. You know what else was common? To see people WORKING with signs for local businesses around the same stoplights. There was "Now Hiring" sign in a Chick Filet's window on the corner of an intersection while someone was begging at the same intersection saying they couldn't find work. I saw a woman with a sign that said she couldn't work because she was a single mom and couldn't afford day care for her kids. I remember thinking, "Then where the **** are these supposed kids right now?!" Day after day I'd see the same one out there begging, instead of actually LOOKING for work. Maybe if they spent as much time actually looking for a job as they did whining about the fact they didn't have one and begging for money, they'd actually have a ****ing job. I look upon all of them with skepticism.
The only "beggars" I have given money to are the ones at least attempting to work. Street performers, folks doing artwork, etc.
Panhandler on Ocean Parkway pretends to be a Vietnam vet with one arm, but he's a fake whom our photographer nabbed counting his cash with both arms - NYPOST.com
Semper fake!
For years, Brooklyn commuters have opened their wallets for Robert McMahon, handing cash to this heroic and heartbreaking figure, a Vietnam vet in combat fatigues, his left arm missing and his right leg crippled, as he panhandles on Ocean Parkway in Kensington.
He plays to their patriotism, having scrawled his nickname, "Rambo," on the back of his camouflage jacket, along with his years of service with the Marines and two stints in 'Nam that saw heavy action. The top of his empty left sleeve is pinned to his uniform shoulder, and he drags his bum leg behind him.
Photos: Alex Rud
Robert Mc Mahon appears an arm short.
While begging for cash in Brooklyn, he plays up his phony stints in Vietnam.
At day's end, he counts his cash - with both fully functioning arms.
When drivers stop for red lights, McMahon, 53, hobbles over and salutes gallantly, juggling a paper cup and a cardboard sign that reads, "Vietnam vet." They give freely.
Ugh. He makes me sick.
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