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Mon Dec-13-10 11:38 AM Original message |
Obama signs bill cutting 2.2 billion from food stamps |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. . |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Here |
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originalpckelly
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
33. Yeah, especially since the fucking congress will be Republican next year. |
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roguevalley
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
183. Let's all sing it together: " SMALL CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN! |
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Fri Dec-17-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #183 |
294. Make that Chump Change we can believe in. Looks like Obama's "Let Them Eat Cake" moment. |
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Capitalocracy
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Tue Dec-14-10 01:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
219. Seriously, how much is that going to cost us? |
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Divernan
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Tue Dec-14-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #11 |
258. Hey Billy, can you smuggle a crust of breat home for Grannie and your baby sister? |
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Wed Dec-15-10 01:27 AM Response to Reply #11 |
279. Yeah, that has worked out really well, hasn't it? |
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Still a Democrat
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
98. Administration raised Food Stamp program from $37B to $68B |
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #98 |
129. Most of the real concerned folk |
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Tue Dec-14-10 01:31 AM Response to Reply #129 |
209. it's not the point |
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mstinamotorcity
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Tue Dec-14-10 08:51 AM Response to Reply #209 |
235. Did I miss something???? |
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Thu Dec-16-10 09:55 AM Response to Reply #129 |
289. Here's another FACT. The number of people on food stamps |
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Jakes Progress
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Fri Dec-17-10 11:02 PM Response to Reply #129 |
297. You mean thank you for just some of the facts. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #98 |
134. Wow, very nice find! Maybe you should start a thread about it! |
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WCGreen
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #98 |
136. Start a thread with this.... |
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Still a Democrat
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #136 |
139. It's been done by another DUer and Rec'd down, sadly |
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Mon Dec-13-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #98 |
145. THANK YOU!! nt |
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Jakes Progress
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Tue Dec-14-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #145 |
269. Yeah. Now you don't have to feel bad |
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Mon Dec-13-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #98 |
154. I guess ketchup really |
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NoSheep
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Mon Dec-13-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #98 |
155. Thank you. DU used to be a place where facts were more important. |
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Jakes Progress
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Tue Dec-14-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #155 |
268. What fact is missing? |
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Mon Dec-13-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #98 |
156. Why did any money have to be shifted from food stamps to this program? |
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Tue Dec-14-10 10:38 AM Response to Reply #156 |
252. Exactly. |
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MNBrewer
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Tue Dec-14-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #156 |
259. Because, you have to move money from one poor person to another |
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Mon Dec-13-10 04:13 PM Response to Reply #98 |
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11 Bravo
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Mon Dec-13-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #98 |
165. Facts! DU don't need no fucking facts! Obama hates poor people, and that's that! |
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Tue Dec-14-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #165 |
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Mon Dec-13-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #98 |
170. Don't confuse the demagogues with facts nt |
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Tue Dec-14-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #170 |
266. Yeah. Let's baffle the apologists with bullshit. |
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Tue Dec-14-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #266 |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:44 PM Response to Reply #98 |
178. What a crock of a rebuttal. The OP is at least being honest. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:50 PM Response to Reply #178 |
181. Nice try |
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Tue Dec-14-10 01:03 AM Response to Reply #181 |
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Wed Dec-15-10 01:18 AM Response to Reply #181 |
277. Maybe you can explain this to me, since no one else can. |
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Wed Dec-15-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #181 |
283. Not a nice try. |
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Tue Dec-14-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #178 |
192. "When you find yourself in a hole, |
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Tue Dec-14-10 10:40 AM Response to Reply #178 |
253. hear hear!!! |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:49 PM Response to Reply #98 |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:57 PM Response to Reply #180 |
185. then don't come. freedom of speech means speech you don't |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:59 PM Response to Reply #98 |
186. Thanks for the facts. Too bad so many won't read/listen. |
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Number23
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Tue Dec-14-10 12:27 AM Original message |
Welcome to DU -- home of deep hatred and shallow knowledge. |
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Jakes Progress
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Tue Dec-14-10 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
273. A lot of shallow thinking but not on this sorry bill. |
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Tue Dec-14-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #273 |
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Tue Dec-14-10 12:37 AM Response to Reply #98 |
196. More folks are ON food stamps now than in 2008 |
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Tue Dec-14-10 12:40 AM Response to Reply #98 |
197. wow-a headline can really colour the truth |
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Tue Dec-14-10 01:18 AM Response to Reply #98 |
202. It's not hatred or charlatanism. |
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Tue Dec-14-10 01:29 AM Response to Reply #98 |
207. Thank You for Showing the facts |
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Tue Dec-14-10 05:13 AM Response to Reply #98 |
225. I thought I read that the funding cuts in food stamps would not take affect until 2014. |
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Tue Dec-14-10 06:58 AM Response to Reply #98 |
229. Thanks for the Info |
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Tue Dec-14-10 08:17 AM Response to Reply #98 |
233. Fine, but WHY did he raise the funds for food stamps? Because |
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Tue Dec-14-10 09:40 AM Response to Reply #98 |
239. Let them eat Fruit! |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
108. It used to be called 'robbing Peter to pay Paul' |
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Donnachaidh
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #108 |
128. shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic |
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Mon Dec-13-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #128 |
173. +1 nt |
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myrna minx
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. At least the Koch brothers are getting the tax cuts, which is all that really matters after all. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. That's so they'll have a little more to fund their next astro-turf "Tea Party" poutrage... |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. Here is a CNN article showing the 2.2 billion cut |
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Divernan
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Tue Dec-14-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
251. Cuts largely negate the 2009 food stamp increase. |
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NV Whino
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:41 AM Original message |
There's a saying that covers this |
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bobbolink
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
17. Disgust in the norm, now. So, what are we going to do with our disgust at cuts on poor people?????? |
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awoke_in_2003
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Tue Dec-14-10 01:18 AM Response to Reply #17 |
203. "what are we going to do"... |
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SoCalDem
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
22. 1 extra carrot stick in school lunch, in exchange for Mom losing $10 in food stamps |
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Divernan
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Tue Dec-14-10 10:24 AM Response to Reply #22 |
247. Can someone explain this to Michele Obama? |
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originalpckelly
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. The hypocrisy of this nonsense shall not go unnoticed for long. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #4 |
54. There are still people in DU who will jump down anyone's throat who criticizes |
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #54 |
138. There are still people on DU who respond to articles without all the facts |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
5. In the meantime, while waiting to work with Congress, how many children will go without food? |
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Tue Dec-14-10 12:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
187. you are not sypposed to notice that, nc4bo. we're all supposed to |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:42 AM Original message |
Am I the only one that notes those who need nutritious |
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bobbolink
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
25. Great chess move, isn't it? |
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originalpckelly
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. And the same fuckers, and I do mean fuckers, want tax cuts for the rich. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
167. Wait until the cuts start happening to pay for this so-called 2% payroll holiday. |
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awoke_in_2003
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Tue Dec-14-10 01:22 AM Response to Reply #30 |
204. they want it ALL... |
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FrancisTreptoe
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
79. Exactly |
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awoke_in_2003
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Tue Dec-14-10 01:25 AM Response to Reply #79 |
205. "Completely Counterproductive"... |
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reggie the dog
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Tue Dec-14-10 03:26 AM Response to Reply #205 |
222. i doubt gates would waste his time for a dollar |
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awoke_in_2003
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Tue Dec-14-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #222 |
271. true, but the principle remains. nt |
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Tue Dec-14-10 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
226. The cut does not happen until 2013-2014. |
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Divernan
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Tue Dec-14-10 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
255. Anyone w/out school age kids LOSES under this action |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
6. A preview of whats to come no doubt |
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bobbolink
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
24. What's to come? Its also what has already come...and gone. The Great Disability Purge has gone |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
7. "Obama signs bill cutting 2.2 billion from food stamps" |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Here is a CNN article that mentions the figure |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Right here.. |
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awoke_in_2003
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Tue Dec-14-10 01:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
206. wow, a whopping 6 cents... |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. OP is right about the figure, just didn't include the other article about it with the number in it. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. In what way am I fibbing? |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Edit you OP to include the CNN article too. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Yes edit it and include the other article in it otherwise |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #35 |
45. I have been on food stamps, what people get now is not enough. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
132. And add to that... for every Federal dollar spent on Food Stamps, $1.74 is returned to the local |
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Tue Dec-14-10 01:32 AM Response to Reply #132 |
210. I would bet it is more... |
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Tue Dec-14-10 10:21 AM Response to Reply #210 |
246. If you could find figures on that, I would really appreciate it! |
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Tue Dec-14-10 01:30 AM Response to Reply #45 |
208. as a child, we were on food stamps... |
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Tue Dec-14-10 08:43 AM Response to Reply #208 |
234. We were on food stamps too. They also gave out food |
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Ichingcarpenter
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Tue Dec-14-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #208 |
265. Rice and Beans |
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Tue Dec-14-10 03:29 AM Response to Reply #45 |
223. many of my students in chicago were on food stamps |
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Tue Dec-14-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #35 |
193. Wonderful point..... It is hard to swallow taking food from |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. alert on that language.. it is an attack. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. a viscious, viscious attack. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
87. Social Programs being dismantled, Food Stamps CUT by $2.2 BILLION, |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #87 |
95. +1 |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #87 |
96. Yes, that is the attitude of "the new democrat". Its out in the open, for all to see. |
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Tue Dec-14-10 01:34 AM Response to Reply #96 |
211. bvar is good people... |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
8. But the deficit is getting out of control! |
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bobbolink
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Yes, and we poor folk will be the ones sacrificed. Humorous, isn't it? |
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Tue Dec-14-10 01:46 AM Response to Reply #31 |
213. the poor will be sacrificed... |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
12. Cut food stamps so we can afford to give the 2%ers their ongoing tax break. |
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Tue Dec-14-10 01:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
214. and don't forget... |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
14. Have you noticed that now Social Spending is now a zero-sum game |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
37. That's because there's no money in it for the politicians. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
182. It's impossible not to notice |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. well, it might help if the article the OP linked to even mentioned food stamps. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. It did mention foodstamps. You not reading it is not my problem |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. oh... whoops. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #28 |
39. So now that we got you calling me a liar out of the way you got any opinions on the actual bill? |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. good luck with that |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
83. I just wanted to repeat myself incase you missed it |
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #83 |
125. ok, i read the second link from the OP which i didnt see the first time. |
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Fri Dec-17-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #125 |
293. You forgot your laughing thingee! |
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Tue Dec-14-10 02:53 AM Response to Reply #28 |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
71. Limiting junk food in schools is a "nanny state run amok." |
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awoke_in_2003
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Tue Dec-14-10 01:50 AM Response to Reply #71 |
215. I didn't click on the link... |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
76. Zombies believe what they want and don't read |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
18. Yeah he's committed |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #18 |
40. "Kind of obscene?" What would rank as REALLY obscene? At least with *, when things like this |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #40 |
51. You are so right bobbolink, |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. As one of those who has been smacked in the face constantly for years, I am no longer in a mood |
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Mon Dec-13-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #60 |
174. As a resident of Los Angeles, circa 1992, your point is right on point |
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Mon Dec-13-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #40 |
147. I'm beginning to think that this is why Obama is in office... |
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Mon Dec-13-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #147 |
168. Completely agree. |
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Tue Dec-14-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #147 |
191. I totally agree. |
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Tue Dec-14-10 01:52 AM Response to Reply #147 |
216. Only Nixon could go to China... |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
19. We would pull the plug on Operation Enrich Halliburton & Blackwater one day early |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
34. Where are the priorities? |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. This really is it. What planet is this man living on? |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #38 |
48. Good, you are righteously angry. NOW, what are you/we going to do about it? |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
64. I don't know. I know I must do something, though. This can't go on any longer. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #64 |
90. Excuse me? You don't need to "rile" me or other poor people UP. We are riled. |
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Tue Dec-14-10 07:23 AM Response to Reply #90 |
230. You have mine. Look at the UK - they mobilized over tuition hikes |
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Tue Dec-14-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #230 |
272. Thanks! Support is a rare thing on DU anymore! |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #38 |
82. the same planet that virtually every Democrat in Congress? |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
41. Where is your outrage about all the people who will be cut from unemployment |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. That has been answered many times. But YOUR missing outrage about this is duly noted. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #41 |
52. Are you talking about the unemployment benefits the republicans were willing to pass |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #41 |
70. I am going to really feel sorry for them |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #70 |
99. !!!! |
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Tue Dec-14-10 01:56 AM Response to Reply #70 |
218. Bravo... |
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Tue Dec-14-10 01:55 AM Response to Reply #41 |
217. can you send me the link... |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
42. Mixed feelings. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. 2.2 billion isn't permanently sustainable while 900 billion tax cuts for the rich are? |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #43 |
59. Is that what I said? |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #59 |
77. I wasn't implying you believed that. My point was about Obama |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
47. That extra 6 cents will buy each kid a big dill pickle |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Halliburton says it has particularly nutritious dill pickles ready to go. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #53 |
73. for $3 each |
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Mon Dec-13-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #73 |
153. And past their sell-by date. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
49. I can't see where this will anything but a net loss for children of the poor |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. When poor kids eat breakfast and lunch every day at school ... |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:05 PM Original message |
What about the weekend? Or dinner? Don't you like to eat dinner? |
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
123. Plus, its OK if their parents go hungry! After all, lower energy from not eating |
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #123 |
141. They are just the "New Democrats" |
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Tue Dec-14-10 03:18 AM Response to Reply #141 |
221. They are robbing Peter to pay Paul. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #58 |
120. Why does it have to be a trade-off though? |
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #120 |
126. Of course. There is a scarcity of food. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #58 |
122. "a net gain". = "It's working out quite well for them." |
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Tue Dec-14-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #58 |
256. This hurts all the people w/out school age kids |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
50. Shouldn't this be "Obama signs bill passed by liberals in congress that cuts...."? |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #50 |
57. Sure. Whatever helps you sleep better at night. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #50 |
171. Accuracy no longer appears to matter much around here. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
55. I was all set to give the POTUS a standing ovation until I read about the funding. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
56. Larger food stamp cuts also funded teachers' salaries and staved off cuts to Medicaid |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. hush now; this is a We-hate-progress-Monday. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. So it's "progress" to kill one class of people |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. The people who benefit from the new bill are the poorest of poor |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #68 |
81. Yeah, good for the kids. They can now have two good meals at school |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. They have gotten $31 Billion more in food stamps from this admin. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. And why did this administration raise food stamps? |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #89 |
101. The cuts won't occur for two more years. No, three |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. Lol complain then. That's rich |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #101 |
109. The cuts are already in effect... the new bill "accelerates" them. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #109 |
116. ..... |
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #116 |
119. Yup, so far poor folk still have air. We really do appreciate your concern for our lack of |
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Wed Dec-15-10 01:23 AM Response to Reply #116 |
278. My food stamps were cut from $162/month to $30/month. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #68 |
176. You are avoiding the obvious question. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. Then leave teachers, poor hungry people and Medicaid alone |
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Mon Dec-13-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #62 |
144. What a concept! |
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Tue Dec-14-10 12:02 AM Response to Reply #144 |
188. You've got that right! |
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Mon Dec-13-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #62 |
158. What? |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #56 |
72. Yes I'm sure the democrats and the administration are |
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Mon Dec-13-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #56 |
146. I'm more inclined to agree with this... |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
63. People are dispensable except for the top 2%. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
66. Now that everyone has gotten all hot and bothered, you might want to read about this bill |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Wonderful |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:20 PM Response to Reply #67 |
78. And thank you again for proving my point |
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Tue Dec-14-10 12:04 AM Response to Reply #78 |
189. Shit rolls downhill.. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. The phrase "cutting food stamps" should not be in any democrats vocabulary, period. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #66 |
80. So cutting funding for the poor is cool, as long as you starve them slowly |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #80 |
85. so the part of the description indicating that the cuts don't take effect for three years |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #85 |
91. What do you think the unemployment rate will be in 3 years? |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #91 |
97. and on what do you base the claim the president had more control over this bill? |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #97 |
102. Did you just ask me why I think the president of the united states |
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #102 |
133. I did ask you that. And you didn't answer. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #133 |
148. 8%? That's what it was when Obama increase food stamps. And now he will lower them |
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Mon Dec-13-10 04:10 PM Response to Reply #148 |
160. the president "wrote" his own legislation regarding tax cuts because |
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Mon Dec-13-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #160 |
163. Ahh, so the president has influance over legislation. That means your point before was wrong |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #66 |
115. Great post. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
69. It's for the WORKERS! There seem to be some very good reason that SEIU supported ... |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. So it's one group being played against another. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
84. Another chip off of Obama's vote in 2012... |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. states will be cutting programs too....stand by people....austerity |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. If we Poor keep getting shit on at this rate we'll get that revolution we want |
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Tue Dec-14-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #94 |
248. Exactly right, but saying this will get you either ignored, or vilified for being "violent". |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #84 |
92. and every other Democrat as well? |
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #92 |
137. Truth be known... I'm sick and tired of ALL Bluedogs. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
93. President Obama has added OVER 30 BILLION to the food stamp program since he has been in office... |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #93 |
100. actually, people are complaining that he's going to spend more to feed poor people |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #100 |
105. Well raising taxes on the working poor should offset that little gem of an argument. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #105 |
142. that is how empires are built and maintained until... |
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #100 |
118. Yup, they don't read much behind a snippet or headline. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #93 |
104. And it is still nowhere near enough. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #104 |
110. I don't know if we need more funding or not. Regardless, he nearly doubled the size of the program. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
106. The shit keeps piling up.... |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #106 |
112. This admin nearly doubled the funding for food stamps & thats something Bush wouldn't dare do. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
107. Is that the food stamps program Obama increased from $37B to $68B over the last 2 years?...nt |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #107 |
113. Thank you, Sid. Unfortunately, many will not take this into |
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Mon Dec-13-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #113 |
166. Just as many won't take in to consideration the fact that food stamps were cut just a few months ago |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #107 |
117. Heh. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 04:15 PM Response to Reply #107 |
164. Yeah, the same one that was already cut by 11 billion just a few months ago |
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Mon Dec-13-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #164 |
172. Link? |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
111. Democrats control congress. How did it pass? |
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Mon Dec-13-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #111 |
114. It passed because there is nothing wrong with it. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #111 |
130. Because folks like Bernie Sanders and Nancy Pelosi are really DINOs |
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Mon Dec-13-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #111 |
150. You're asking me how a democratic congress passed shitty legislation? |
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
121. Feeding Opportunity............. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
124. Seriously... it's turning into a "black comedy" |
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
127. Being one of those who |
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
131. We would have plenty of money for food and other luxuries if we stopped killing people. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
135. I feel so hopeful! n/t |
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
140. stealing pennies from a dead man`s eyes...... |
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Mon Dec-13-10 01:56 PM Response to Reply #140 |
143. Administration raised Food Stamp program from $37B to $68B |
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Mon Dec-13-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #143 |
149. And now they lowered it. What is your point? |
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Mon Dec-13-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #149 |
151. They lowered it by a teeny tiny percentage of what they raised it |
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Mon Dec-13-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #151 |
157. I don't think you are quite aware of what the term hyperbole means |
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Mon Dec-13-10 04:07 PM Response to Reply #157 |
159. Oh, you're just full of hyperbole. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #157 |
169. "stealing pennies from a dead man's eyes" is a bit hyperbolic, |
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Tue Dec-14-10 12:07 AM Response to Reply #169 |
190. 2.2 billiion is a lot of FUCKING MEALS??? |
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Tue Dec-14-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #190 |
250. No one is taking anything from anyone. |
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Wed Dec-15-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #250 |
286. Let me help you with the math. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 04:13 PM Response to Reply #151 |
162. Not teeny tiny. |
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Tue Dec-14-10 07:25 AM Response to Reply #162 |
231. Thank you. Teensy tiny is in the eyes of the hungry. nt |
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Wed Dec-15-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #151 |
285. How many children would $2.2 billion feed? |
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Mon Dec-13-10 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
152. Ya know, I considered sarcasm, but this would challenge even Swift. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:47 PM Response to Reply #152 |
179. Maybe he plans to subsidize the cut with some take home shit sandwiches. |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
175. *headdesk* |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
177. You gotta be shittin me.... |
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Mon Dec-13-10 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
184. Another Obama FAIL. |
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Tue Dec-14-10 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
194. wow. That's bad. People are hurting and kids need food. Scary. |
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Tue Dec-14-10 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
195. So good nutrition is the goal - let them eat cheap junk at home is |
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Tue Dec-14-10 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
198. shit. nt |
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Tue Dec-14-10 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
200. . |
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Tue Dec-14-10 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
201. K&R |
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Tue Dec-14-10 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
212. how to really fund this madness |
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Tue Dec-14-10 04:03 AM Response to Original message |
224. It is quite plain he cares NOTHING for those mired |
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Tue Dec-14-10 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
227. It's only $2.2 billion |
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Tue Dec-14-10 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
228. I guess he sees it like the GOP... |
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Tue Dec-14-10 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
232. but he did it with a smile! |
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Tue Dec-14-10 09:05 AM Response to Reply #232 |
236. Laughing til I cry |
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Tue Dec-14-10 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
237. I"m guessing only a few of you read the article |
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Tue Dec-14-10 09:35 AM Response to Reply #237 |
238. Yes but... |
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Tue Dec-14-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #238 |
240. Childhood obsesity is problematic with children from low-income families |
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Tue Dec-14-10 09:54 AM Response to Reply #240 |
241. I don't argue that point but.. |
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Tue Dec-14-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #241 |
243. Nutrition programs benefit everyone |
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Tue Dec-14-10 10:44 AM Response to Reply #243 |
254. I know people who use food stamps |
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Tue Dec-14-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #254 |
262. I know people who have used food stamps for all sorts of reasons |
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Jakes Progress
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Wed Dec-15-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #262 |
287. Yeah. those nasty old poor people. |
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Tue Dec-14-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #243 |
263. Facts tell a different story. |
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Tue Dec-14-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #243 |
264. More right wing myth busting. |
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Tue Dec-14-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #241 |
249. That's truly it and I'm amazed that so many do not see it. |
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EFerrari
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Wed Dec-15-10 01:00 AM Response to Reply #237 |
275. I read the article. These are better meals, not more meals. |
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Myrina
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Tue Dec-14-10 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
242. Shameful. I hope his mother & grandmother's ghosts haunt the hell out of him. |
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irislake
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Tue Dec-14-10 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
244. Let them eat each other. |
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Javaman
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Tue Dec-14-10 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
245. God, help us all if he ever cut 2.2 billion from the defense budget. nt |
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Guy Whitey Corngood
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Tue Dec-14-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #245 |
257. Don't be ridiculous. |
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Fri Dec-17-10 02:53 AM Response to Reply #245 |
292. It's costing us $2 BILLION a week for Afghanistan .... $325 million a day -- !!! |
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Tue Dec-14-10 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
260. Must. Give. Wealthy.All.Money. Must. Let.Rabble.Die. Must.Obey.Bilderberg. nt |
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BrklynLiberal
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Tue Dec-14-10 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
261. "eat the poor"...new philosophy. |
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Wed Dec-15-10 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
282. Can anyone provide a cite to how the 2.2 billion figure was calculated? |
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Tx4obama
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Wed Dec-15-10 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
284. See comment #98 n/t |
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Jakes Progress
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Wed Dec-15-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #284 |
288. See all the posts that point out what a crock #98 is for an excuse. |
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KimFongToy
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Thu Dec-16-10 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
290. I read a post earlier today by louslobbs from California |
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Fri Dec-17-10 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
291. Obama reveals himself ... not only a man who takes a good pic and speaks English well...!!! Yikes! |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Fri Dec-17-10 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
295. $2.2 billion is about 10 days of the Afghanistan war |
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