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Riley18

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8. Good reply to that horrible article. It made

Sun Jul 1, 2012, 07:43 PM

Jul 2012

me wonder why parents do not get extra money in the summer months. Their kids are not in school so they don't get breakfast and lunch. There should be an increase in food stamp money for two reasons - increased costs and summer means more meals at home.

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Have You Seen this (Foodstamps and Animals) [View all] Nictuku Jul 2012 OP

Thanks for the interesting post. russspeakeasy Jul 2012 #1

Thank you. Nictuku Jul 2012 #3

Not partisan. Humane and ethical. bluerum Jul 2012 #2

I would have to agree Nictuku Jul 2012 #4

Good for you Tsiyu Jul 2012 #5

Very well put Tsiyu :) Nictuku Jul 2012 #6

1 John 4:20 Mnemosyne Jul 2012 #7

Good reply to that horrible article. It made Riley18 Jul 2012 #8

Typical progressoid Jul 2012 #9

Yep, I saw that at Facebook as well PatSeg Jul 2012 #10

And what about animals in zoos? Duer 157099 Jul 2012 #11

Then again, we could always go the other way Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #12

Saw it on my news feed, too. Posted this article in response mnhtnbb Jul 2012 #13

Good article! Nictuku Jul 2012 #15

Uugh... the religious relative responded Nictuku Jul 2012 #14

I fully agree! Semtex Jul 2012 #16

Eloquent response. Ken Burch Jul 2012 #17

She's a fucking Pharisee (and probably a Philistine to boot :) - n/t coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #34

I'm curious about what your relative suggests for me ... Akoto Jul 2012 #19

Of course you should not starve! mysuzuki2 Jul 2012 #22

As far as Republicans and Nazis are concerned, yes. The rest of us coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #35

In my experience, people who hold views..... DeSwiss Jul 2012 #26

Bookmarked!! Nictuku Jul 2012 #27

I guess I understand that blood is thicker than water, but really, why coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #33

Wow, that PM fits right in with the self-righteous nature of the original post. "My church" mnhtnbb Jul 2012 #39

Excellent, excellent! October Jul 2012 #41

I detect quite a bit of racism underlying your religious relative's PM. yardwork Jul 2012 #43

Yep, one of my right-wing relatives posted that crap RedStateLiberal Jul 2012 #18

The hypocrisy is staggering. redwitch Jul 2012 #21

That, is the fundamental problem across all of their nonsense, "they just don't RKP5637 Jul 2012 #42

Why yes I have. redwitch Jul 2012 #20

their reasoning: SCantiGOP Jul 2012 #23

I have to remember that one... so true! Nictuku Jul 2012 #25

Except that neither of those are true. yardwork Jul 2012 #44

Years ago, when I was young and stupid, and hung out with other ... bayareaboy Jul 2012 #24

Good response. n/t cynatnite Jul 2012 #28

Bull cookies. All it meant was that after five years the states picked up the tab. aquart Jul 2012 #29

I think you responded to both of them well, calling them out on their hypocricy. Proles Jul 2012 #30

Good responses LeftishBrit Jul 2012 #31

This one showed up in my FB feed too. I was totally offended, but reposted and rebutted it in a diane in sf Jul 2012 #32

I'd ask the person what he expects people to do when there are 4 people unemployed for every HiPointDem Jul 2012 #36

Sounds as if he wants to drop them into wildlife preserves.. girl gone mad Jul 2012 #37

He wants them to go eff off and die. Zalatix Jul 2012 #38

kr Norrin Radd Jul 2012 #40

Humans could gather berries and hunt treestar Jul 2012 #45

not only that but humans who have children Bluerthanblue Jul 2012 #48

Meh, in a country with as much food as we have 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #46

I find your Matthew quotation very apropos, Cairycat Jul 2012 #47