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Yeah, that really describes the people I saw standing in line at Dollar Tree when the announcement was made. Oops, no. They looked more like old folks in old clothes buying big boxes of cereal past the use-by date. But don't let me rain on your holier-than-thou party."Since the historic ruling, the Lovings have become icons for equality. Mildred released a statement on the 40th anniversary of the ruling in 2007: 'I am proud that Richard’s and my name is on a court case that can help reinforce the love, the commitment, the fairness, and the family that so many people, Black or white, young or old, gay or straight, seek in life. I support the freedom to marry for all. That’s what Loving, and loving, are all about.'." - Mildred Loving (Loving v. Virginia)
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Originally posted by Celeste Chalfonte View PostYeah, that really describes the people I saw standing in line at Dollar Tree when the announcement was made. Oops, no. They looked more like old folks in old clothes buying big boxes of cereal past the use-by date. But don't let me rain on your holier-than-thou party.Robert Francis O'Rourke, Democrat, White guy, spent ~78 million to defeat, Ted Cruz, Republican immigrant Dark guy …
and lost …
But the Republicans are racist.
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Originally posted by Gramps View PostAnd I'm having a hard time believing your observation."Since the historic ruling, the Lovings have become icons for equality. Mildred released a statement on the 40th anniversary of the ruling in 2007: 'I am proud that Richard’s and my name is on a court case that can help reinforce the love, the commitment, the fairness, and the family that so many people, Black or white, young or old, gay or straight, seek in life. I support the freedom to marry for all. That’s what Loving, and loving, are all about.'." - Mildred Loving (Loving v. Virginia)
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Originally posted by Celeste Chalfonte View PostI'm sure it's more comfortable that way.Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live...
Robert Southwell, S.J.
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Originally posted by phillygirl View PostWell, since only 10% of people that receive food stamps are elderly, it's odd that the store you were in seemed to favor elderly people that were affected. Maybe it's simply that elderly frequent dollar tree in numbers far exceeding the younger members of the population.
Younger members are probably at Whole Foods buying free range grown arugula.We are so fucked.
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Originally posted by phillygirl View PostWell, since only 10% of people that receive food stamps are elderly, it's odd that the store you were in seemed to favor elderly people that were affected. Maybe it's simply that elderly frequent dollar tree in numbers far exceeding the younger members of the population.
But based on my past experiences, both as a welfare administrator and in stores, I'd estimate that well fewer than 10% of food stamp recipients have iPhones."Since the historic ruling, the Lovings have become icons for equality. Mildred released a statement on the 40th anniversary of the ruling in 2007: 'I am proud that Richard’s and my name is on a court case that can help reinforce the love, the commitment, the fairness, and the family that so many people, Black or white, young or old, gay or straight, seek in life. I support the freedom to marry for all. That’s what Loving, and loving, are all about.'." - Mildred Loving (Loving v. Virginia)
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Originally posted by gary m View PostOlder people are probably at the Dollar Tree to stretch their budget.
Younger members are probably at Whole Foods buying free range grown arugula."Since the historic ruling, the Lovings have become icons for equality. Mildred released a statement on the 40th anniversary of the ruling in 2007: 'I am proud that Richard’s and my name is on a court case that can help reinforce the love, the commitment, the fairness, and the family that so many people, Black or white, young or old, gay or straight, seek in life. I support the freedom to marry for all. That’s what Loving, and loving, are all about.'." - Mildred Loving (Loving v. Virginia)
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Originally posted by Celeste Chalfonte View PostI didn't say there were mobs of them. That's who was ahead of me in line.
But based on my past experiences, both as a welfare administrator and in stores, I'd estimate that well fewer than 10% of food stamp recipients have iPhones.
Look, I have said more times than I can count that there are people out there who are genuinely in need, either temporarily or permanently. I have absolutely no problem with helping those people out, and I never have had a problem with that. As a compassionate society, we need to do that. But the simple fact is that there are a shit ton of people who are milking the system, and there are plenty of people out there who are poor because their priorities are out of whack. That is how people wind up with iPhones while they are on food stamps. And I'm sorry, but if you're on food stamps, the folks administering that program need to be forcing people off of their iPhones and Androids and expensive unlimited data plans and instead force these people to get their shit straight. If you can't afford to feed, clothe, and house yourself and your family, then you sure as shit can't afford an iPhone or spinner rims or a damned plasma-screen. The rest of us, when we get into a financial bind, start selling shit and cutting back on luxuries. There's no valid reason in the world that people on government assistance should not be forced to do the same thing: no cable, no expensive phone plan, no high-speed internet, no fancy rims on your car, and for God's sake, no booze, drugs, or smokes. And enforce the hell out of it. Those who are genuinely needy will readily comply because they're already living as frugally as possible. Those who are just sponging off the system will flee it in no time at all, or else get kicked off if that's what it comes down to.It's been ten years since that lonely day I left you
In the morning rain, smoking gun in hand
Ten lonely years but how my heart, it still remembers
Pray for me, momma, I'm a gypsy now
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Spinning rims?
Are you serious or is it just a cultural reference that appeals to stereotypes and modern American racist imagery?“Thus it is that no cruelty whatsoever passes by without impact. Thus it is that we always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap.”
~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
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Originally posted by Billy Jingo View PostSpinning rims?
Are you serious or is it just a cultural reference that appeals to stereotypes and modern American racist imagery?
Get your race card laminated. It'll last longer.
You can try to pretend that there aren't plenty of people out there buying shit that they don't need while they're sucking up food stamps, and other government assistance, but no one is going to believe you.It's been ten years since that lonely day I left you
In the morning rain, smoking gun in hand
Ten lonely years but how my heart, it still remembers
Pray for me, momma, I'm a gypsy now
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Never let a crisis go to waste
meanwhile in Louisiana...
Walmart and local police in Springhill and Mansfield confirmed to CBS affiliate KSLA that officers were called into the stores to help maintain order Saturday as shoppers swept through the aisles at two stores and bought as much as they could carry.
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Amateur video taken on shoppers' cell phones shows dozens of shopping carts, piled high with merchandise, abandoned in the aisles of one Walmart after the announcement was made that EBT cards were once again showing accurate spending limits.
We are so fucked.
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Originally posted by Adam View Post
Get your race card laminated. It'll last longer.
You can try to pretend that there aren't plenty of people out there buying shit that they don't need while they're sucking up food stamps, and other government assistance, but no one is going to believe you.“Thus it is that no cruelty whatsoever passes by without impact. Thus it is that we always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap.”
~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
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Originally posted by Billy Jingo View PostI am sure you were talking about rural Arkansas EBT users that take their spinning rims out to the deer woods.
Originally posted by Billy Jingo View PostAnd you can pretend you don't deal in modern racist imagery.It's been ten years since that lonely day I left you
In the morning rain, smoking gun in hand
Ten lonely years but how my heart, it still remembers
Pray for me, momma, I'm a gypsy now
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