It is rare that two news stories mesh with such obviousness as those which greeted me today.  The headline on the Post described the plight of the homeless in Denver.  They had set up camps that were their only home.  The only persons who were inconvenienced by these urban villages were those who had some interest in moving about the city on public sidewalks, and those who objected to the odor of human waste products in places other than toilets.  Shame on them!  The poor homeless have no other place to go, unless one counts the numerous shelters erected with tax dollars.  Or church shelters.  Or homes of relatives or friends, provided no drugs or alcohol accompany them.  Or their own homes, provided they earn a nominal living.

The other story that caught my eye was about the mass evacuation of Syria.  Thousands of people have been leaving refugee camps to attempt to start new lives, only a few of which will incorporate blowing up their new countrymen.

What serendipity.  On one hand, we have people leaving camps where they lived in whatever shelter they could scrounge, including old tarps, ratty blankets and fires built in abandoned oil drums.  On the other, there are thousands in Denver seeking just such a lifestyle, but being denied the opportunity by mean governmental agencies.  I profess that I am amazed that no one else has seen the solution.  Instead of building new shelters for several million dollars that no one will want to go to, invest in plane tickets to Syria.  Once there, our homeless will be able to live the way they want, free from Denver’s petty rules.  The camps that have been left behind by the refugees will be quite spacious by sidewalk standards.  Administration by the UN and aid dollars from the US will ensure that they have plenty to eat.  The only real drawback will be the lack of cheap wine in a Moslem country, but Yankee ingenuity should be able to solve that problem, especially when the local government is distracted from religious concerns by its campaign of mass murder.

There you have it: the ultimate win-win.  Homeless will be able to live as they choose, Syria will replace its declining population, and the problem of congested sidewalks will become a thing of the past.  Unless some of the refugees come to Denver and end up homeless themselves.