The most mean-spirited (and revealing) right-wing column you will read this week

[LuckyTheDog]

This is from the very end:

While I believe the federal food stamp program to be unconstitutional, immoral and a state issue, the simple fact is that the program is not going away. There are more people on the dole now than at any other point in United States history, and with more Americans seemingly fine with the idea of taking government handouts, as Mr. EBT and Jesse Jackson have shown, the numbers will continue to grow. My reform measures might seem draconian to some (and the antithesis of the free market), but they would hopefully have the desired result of reducing food stamp rolls so we could eventually eliminate the program and let the states handle the issue. Before accepting food stamps, people would have to carefully consider whether they want to face the loss of voting privileges, the humiliation of shopping at government stores and using government food, the inability to smoke or do drugs and the added inconvenience of having to make two or three stops for their groceries should they choose to buy snacks with their own money. Plus, tax producers would no longer have to knowingly be face to face with people at the check-out who are on government assistance but have nicer cell phones and accessories than they do.

There should be humiliation and pain in government assistance. Every time someone accepts food stamps, they are spitting on the principles of independence, and they, not the taxpayers who fund the program, should be reminded of that fact.



Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/28/damn-i-just-want-some-jam/

[hifiguy]

1. A four-door brass-plated shitheel that is the triple-distilled essence

of Repiglicanism. Smug, smarmy and hateful. If there is karma, a piano or ten will fall on this asshole in the near future.

[gratuitous]

3. Don't sugarcoat it, hifiguy

How do you feel? I sense you're blocking.

Yeah, this is smug, smarm and hatefulness in one sickening package.

[catbyte]

2. I usually don't wish people ill, but I hope this

fucker loses everything he owns. Maybe that would teach him some humility and compassion.

Shithead.

Diane
Anishinaabe in MI & mom to Leo, Sophie, Taz & Nigel, members of Dogs Against Romney, Cat Division
"We ride inside--HISS!"

[Gman]

4. The idea about purchasing staples only at a certain store is not a bad idea

And it's a good idea to place them on bus lines in areas with abandoned grocery stores. It would provide jobs in depressed urban areas. Instead of the government running it, the store function should be contracted out too. IIRC, something similar to this was done during the Depression. There is a side issue on this. If food prices were significantly cheaper, which they would be because there is no branding of the products, the stores would also be frequented heavily by everyone else not receiving assistance but wanting or needing cheap food. Of course this would tend to defeat this jerk's intent of shaming people. But when it comes to eating to survive, there is no shame. Elderly Social Security dollars are stretched too. And for this reason, the idea would never fly. There would be too much competition with conventional grocery stores and big money would never allow it to happen. But I like the idea.

The rest of the article is hateful shit. But even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[baldguy]

5. Conservatives object to their tax dollars being used to save people.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002356133

[Zalatix]

19. Much as I fit the description of group #1, I disagree on one thing.

Lots of DUers here were glad to see their tax dollars going to a kill-on-sight operation against Osama Bin Laden.

There was one thread on DU 2.0 where one poster said "I told you it was a kill on sight order!" after some damning evidence came out, and more than half the responses were "Damned right it was! Hoorah! You're an idiot if you think that's wrong, blah blah blah".

It's just that Bin Laden was a... um... special example. Or something.

[notadmblnd]

6. Name is Biron McClanahan. Claims to have MA and PDH in American History

Claim to fame is a RW books called The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers (Regnery 2009)," "The Founding Fathers' Guide to the Constitution (Regnery History 2012)," and "Forgotten American Conservatives (Pelican 2012) with Clyde Wilson.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brion-McClanahan/187291327954734?sk=info

Don't know who is using him as a tool. Might be Santorum?

[Monk06]

11. Brion McClanahan's boss is Tom Philips who owns both Eagle Publishing and Regnery.

Given Philips background in investment news letter publishing and private equity financing I would say Romney is his guy. And if Romney is Philips guy, McClanahan is a mouth piece for both of them.

Here is a profile of Philips

http://www.allbusiness.com/marketing-advertising/direct-marketing-direct-mail/3987489-1.html

[southernyankeebelle]

7. The party of hate will not be satisfied until they see children in the streets like in Africa with

children dying from hunger. Then they will be happy especially if the children are of color.

[geckosfeet]

8. There should be humiliation and pain in stupid petty hate and cruelty as well.

Unfortunately their anger just fuels the blind hate.

[Monk06]

9. Brion (correct spelling) McClanahan is one of the many right wing hack writers from Regnery Press.

He is published by Regnery press under Regnery's, "Politically Incorrect Guide" series. This book series is designed specifically, it appears, to give voice to the most inflammatory, hateful and reactionary political commentary targeted towards the right wing activist community. It is a very profitable niche publisher who's books can be found prominently displayed at CPAC. This should be no surprise since one of CPAC's principle sponsors is Human Events, which like Regnery Publishing is owned by Eagle Publishing.

Regnery made modern fame for publishing, "Unfit for Command" by former Swift Boat Veteran John O'Neill and veteran author Dr. Jerome Corsi. The latter is coeditor of World Net Daily or World Nut Daily as it is affectionately known by left wingers and other folks who have a brain.

This latest series by Regnery follows in the Swift Boat tradition of revisionist history and out right character assassination.

Below is a small sample of McClanahan's bilious commentary for those who wish to have a peak.


http://dailycaller.com/author/bmcclanahan/

[noiretextatique]

10. if he lost his job and savings...i sure he'd be singing a different tune

people like he don't believe they could ever be in the position of needing assistance. may he know what it is like someday.

[rbrnmw]

12. WWJD

35‘For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; 36naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.’ 37“Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink? 38‘And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? 39‘When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ 40“The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’

41“Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; 42for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink; 43I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’ 44“Then they themselves also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?’ 45“Then He will answer them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ 46“These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

[Raine]

16. He claims people are "spitting on independent principles" yet he "spits" on the bible

with such hateful inhumanity.

[AsahinaKimi]

13. Wait...

What happened to his Government issued Tee shirt they have to wear saying "I AM A DISGRACE, SPONGING OFF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BECAUSE I AM TOO LAME TO GET A JOB!"


I mean, seriously, WTF. These Republicans are just, as my friend from England says, Wanker Arseholes.

[NutmegYankee]

14. What a fascist asshole!

This guy just oozes hate and envy. "How dare they have as nicer phone than me, they should be in rags."

[lunatica]

15. The word sadistic comes to mind

This man doesn't just want people to suffer. He wants them to feel complete and utter humiliation and as degraded as possible. I wonder how he thinks this will make him a happier person in his hate filled life.

[Oasis_]

17. That's pure hatred

I oppose some so-called "war on poverty programs", (14 trillion and counting since the Great Society with awful results) as they do instill and reinforce a dependency and entitlement mindset among its recipients, but food and EBT is a completely different story.

The subsidies benefit both business and families, especially during relatively difficult economic times for many.

His opposition is fueled by pure hatred, and would gleefully either deny and/or dehumanize those who receive benefits.

What an asshole.

Oasis

[Zalatix]

18. How about this

How about stripping the voting rights of CEOs who take bailouts and subsidies for their corporations?

[jmowreader]

20. I know exactly how to end this kind of shit

There needs to be a federal law that when a right-winger publishes this kind of shit, the following needs to happen--immediately:

1. Suspend the winger from his or her job for an undisclosed period of time of between 3 and 9 weeks--and every winger will get a different length of suspension. The winger's boss will take said person back at the end of the suspension. We The People will send a qualified person to fill in for the winger so that the people who buy things from him or her will not be injured.

2. Lock the winger out of his or her sources of funds: no access to savings or checking accounts, because people like this have plenty of money and the people they are denigrating don't. We The People will ensure that the winger's bills are automatically debited from their bank account--we're trying to teach these people a valuable lesson, not destroy their lives like being foreclosed upon or having their cars repo'd would do.

3. Send government agents to the winger's house to collect up all the food in the house. All staples will be placed in ratproof storage. Perishables that can be frozen, will be. Perishables that can't be frozen, will be donated to the local food bank. An EBT card will be issued to the winger, loaded with the proper funds for a family with two more children than the winger has...because...

4. We will then drop a couple foster kids off at the winger's house, just to add to the pleasure of temporary yet total desperation.

There will be two possible outcomes from this lesson: the winger will become more understanding of the plight of the less-fortunate, or the winger will not. If the winger does not become more understanding, we fill his bathtub for water, dress him in a t-shirt that says "I Am The Government" on it, and invite Grover Norquist over.