Engraved at the base of the statue of Liberty
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Emma Lazarus, 1883
There is a group of people within America’s Welfare Class that is metastasizing into a downward spiral of decadence and depravity. The nature of a Welfare System replicates itself and gains in power and funding by rewarding those who exist as parasites, fuels the cancer of degeneracy or an entitlement of the most useless.
Unfortunately, there are Americans who have factors in their life that predispose them to being wards of the state. This article is not meant to demean their plight or condition, but rather, this sense of victimhood that is building among ever increasing group of able bodied that see the Welfare System as means of existence to be manipulated in order to work their way up the ladder of life and success.
These are generations lost, their numbers are growing and the system is encouraging their sloth, laziness, and degeneracy. The Bouchards epitomize the darkest side of this entitlement system.
A child of 12 years of age was placed in the care of the Bouchards and was encouraged to have sex with the “Man” of the house so that the couple could claim welfare money and benefit when she became pregnant.
An investigation started when the girl was suspected of being sexually molested. Apparently the 41 year old Alicia Bouchard encouraged the sexual relations, but made sure the relations were within certain standards of decency by serving as a chaperone and observing the statutory rapes committed by her husband Mathew, 26 upon the 12 year old girl.
Normally, the case is filled with alleged and suspect phrases, but in this particular case, that has yet to go to trial, Ms Bouchard wrote the girl a letter apologizing for forcing the girl to watch she and her husband have sexual relations and that it was wrong for her to have watched the girl and her husband having sex. Ms Bouchard has also expressed regrets; she wrote, ‘dang sure [she] should not have allowed [her] to have sex with Matt.”.
It is obvious that Ms Bouchard is overwhelmed with remorse as to the whether the incident was a wise decision; especially, now that she and her husband are in jail awaiting trial. Ms Bouchard has been booked on charges of being a principal to sexual battery, soliciting sexual activity with a child, and being a principal to child abuse, her bond has been set at $70,000.
If this were not a Liberal program, they would be asking whether Matt was at for committing the rapes or was it the circumstances that raped the girl for the purposes of getting welfare benefits.
Promoting dependency, of able bodied people, upon government creates a parasitic relationship that inevitably causes individuals to lose their integrity and self respect. The system is self-perpetuating since it works to their advantage to breed more to get more dollars, normal considerations concerning the middle class play no part in the decision to have a child.
From personal experience, I have talked to my workers who feel it is okay for very young girls to have a baby because the government pays them to have children and it is seen as an alternative to having a job. Actually, it is seen as a job; the government is paying young girls to have babies and to raise them. In the mind of the welfare recipient, the government is seen as a very benevolent government that is encouraging this explosion of the welfare class. Thus the government is promoting the concept being fruitful and multiplying among those least able to care for the new wards of the state. Liberalism provides for its own increase in funding and power by creating a breakdown of traditional values and the eventual tyranny of the welfare class.
Epilogue: This is a disgusting subject with despicable people. I hesitated publishing this for several days because of the ugliness it represents; unfortunately, the events and people are real and many more are thriving in this welfare system that has been allowed to run amuck with corruption and fraud. Until the system is overhauled, we should know that degenerates like these will be working the system to their advantage.
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Excellent article Skookum. I have an observation that lends itself to the premise of your article; or at the very least is in the same vein.
I have been father to 8 children between two marriages. My previous wife passed on and I met a wonderful woman who had three children. We then had a child, so it is a “yours, mine and ours” situation. All but two of the children I raised/am raising are now adults and so we have our youngest, and one teenager in the home.
My 17 year old son has a friend that comes from a well to do, albeit not wealthy family. He, too is 17 and has emancipated himself. Recently he found himself homeless and, on the request of my son he has been allowed to stay with us for a couple of months until he gets his situation straightened out.
This young man is respectful, helps out with household chores and does his part to pull his weight in our home. I also found out that he is enrolled in the food stamp program, called “Link” in our state. He has mostly been taking care of his own food because of this, although on the 3 or 4 times a week when my wife cooks a big meal, he of course eats with us.
Being that it is close to the end of the month, he was down to his last few dollars on his monthly food stamp allotment. When he and a friend of his went to the store the other night they thought it would be great entertainment to purchase a few 2 liters of Diet Coke and several packs of Mentos.
Could one of the moderators please embed this video:
When I heard what they had done, I read this young man the riot act, then I stormed off and went to my computer to calm down, lol.
The next day he and I were watching a show on the Discovery channel about a man who went around the world climbing and repairing wind turbines, we got into a discussion about how the green energy industry would not be able to survive without government, or as I put it, taxpayer money.
I explained that lots of folks, like his parents, who worked hard for their money paid taxes and the government saw fit to redistribute that money to causes it saw as worthy. In this case, it was corporate welfare, but I also pointed out that his food stamps was exactly the same thing. That it was a social safety net and that as a recipient I was of the school of thought that he owed those who provided him with it a debt of at least spending it wisely. Thereby explaining my anger at his actions of the night before. It turned out to be a learning experience for him and he seemed to come away with a different view of his role in the food stamp program.
I don’t want to come off preachy or anything, I just wanted to at least expose him to another point of view.
SKOOKUM, YES, those storys have to be told, because nobody in the government wil properly tell recipients who are abusing the system that it’s over for the goodies, and this money they receive
come from the taxpayers,someone should take a reading on all the recipients ask them who pay for them and where does the money come from,
you’d all be surprise of the results, and when they would hind out that would open their eyes on some of them, to use the money wisely, and to vote for the people’s movements like the TEA PARTY ,
instead of encouraging the GOVERNMENT to allow more illegals in and give them the means to compete in the job market against real AMERICANS, who now are so depress not to find jobs to earn their subsistence, while Obama and the DEMOCRATS agree to keep those hundreds of thousands illegals
that the congress has already decide to send them away back to their COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN.
anticsrocks, I always said you are a very smart and full of wisdom person,
in all your comments it has been shown so clearly,
I can see the 8 children being fed all that by behaving and
communicating with the love you have for them and the tolerance you show here also,
yes I can see their future to be so full of that what they have learned at home, they are a superior breed of people to be on the leadership position someday, to make AMERICA good to live in again and proud to be AMERICAN.
@anticsrocks:
“It turned out to be a learning experience for him and he seemed to come away with a different view of his role in the food stamp program.” Really think So?
I am appalled by this type of behavior.
Unfortunately, it is not rare at all.
It might be discouraged here when done by such as this couple but….
European welfare states were designed on the assumption of a cultural unity and set of values wherein people considered themselves a part of the broader society.
Where people wanted to contribute to that society (as opposed to subjugating it), and lived in monogamous family units.
European welfare states did not count on a population growth artificially spiked by unrestrained immigration.
It did not count on a growing imbalance of producers and consumers of resources made worse by the native population’s acquired distaste for reproducing, the influx of populations expecting to be supported, and spun further out of control by the unwillingness by the establishment to stand up to taxpayer-funded polygamy, and to demand that the able-bodied work to support themselves.
Yes, in Europe forced marriages of little girls is quite common.
They may or might not be a man’s 1st wife.
If not the 1st wife they are quite liable to be sexually abused and blamed (then beaten) when household chores go wrong.
There are thousands of ”no-go zones” all over Europe where the European police/fire/rescue will not go.
Sharia reigns in these areas and girls are mistreated as in your article BUT with no legal recourse.
Even terror leaders are on the dole in Europe.
They do worse than abuse one little girl.
They plot deaths.
Read about some of their welfare tie-ins here:
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100085007/why-does-britain-have-an-islamist-problem-while-america-doesnt-answer-the-welfare-state/
Good article Skookum! But what to do? I worked with grandmothers, their daughters, and their daughters all receiving some form of government assistance in various amounts. There are small towns that are mostly made up of government assistance offices, and staff. All the programs are too numerous to list. These little towns are normally the county seat. These special little towns receive a special designation from the government to provide services to indigent and other low-income people are encouraged to move there so all their needs can be met with in a small radius. I was a circuit rider for 11 counties in texas, I saw once thriving towns become dilapidated shells of of what they once had been. You can imagine why. In many cases all the high income end workers work for the state of texas, judges, probation officers, guards, administrative staff, directors, parole officers, nurses, doctors, etc… Its a booming business paid for by yours dearly, you and me. And here is the multi-billion dollar question: Who do 99% of all these people in the system and the workers vote for?” The people who will ensure that the system stays the same. The border states suffer the most, but now we are seeing other states affected by this same problem as more illegal aliens push futher inland to get their fair share of the system. And yes their are other races in this mix before someone picks up the club of racism. Add that number to the evergrowing number of people in the system, and you can see why some politicians love the social services. These poor people are seen as a deep pool of voters, and potential voters to draw from. Not counting all the people that serve them. Thats why Perry and other politicians refuse to tackle illegal immigation in any worthwhile sense. He knows that to restrict access to the pool will lessen his chance at getting elected. He needs the Hispanic vote. And before some else picks up that same old club of racism, many of my friends are hispanic and feel the same way I do. There are conservative hispanics believe it or not. The liberals have a name for them, its a mexican roll brown on the outside, and white in the middle, like oreos for blacks who are conservative.
@anticsrocks:
You know, I think that everyone receiving food stamps should have someone like you or something which gives them pause to reflect/remind upon where it all comes from. I wonder how many collect their food stamps without bothering to care- just a free lunch grown on a tree without appreciation for where that comes from.
@Wordsmith:
No, wordsmith, those receiving food stamps, or any other form of social welfare, should only get it for a short time unless they are so physically/mentally handicapped they can’t possible hold any kind of job.
In my small town, a police officer was directing traffic for a fire when a drunk ran over him and he lost both legs. Now, he could have gone on welfare for the rest of his life, along with his family, but instead he became our P.D. dispatcher and the city council agreed to continue him on the salary path he had been on. Neighbors, friends and church member got together and had fund raisers for him and his family, allowing them to stay in their home which had a mortgage, until he could return to work.
The answer is the old form of charity, not the new form of wealth redistribution.
Mexican brown roll?
Lived in Texas most of my life, half my friends have last names like Sanchez (Catholic and Republican) and I never heard that expression.
Mexican is NOT Tejano.
@Gary G. Swenchonis: #6,
“The border states suffer the most, but now we are seeing other states affected by this same problem as more illegal aliens push futher inland to get their fair share of the system. The border states suffer the most, but now we are seeing other states affected by this same problem as more illegal aliens push futher inland to get their fair share of the system.”
Out of control immigration may be the single most destructive force now affecting and infecting the North American Continent. Immigration Once meant that you came, but had to make your own way. Today, the welfare system will catch you, and way too many arrive Knowing that and expecting it. The system is abused beyond reasonableness by too many already here and by too many newcomers, and the burden is unsustainable.
Canada is in even worse shape, and refuses to acknowledge it. Its immigration Industry uses the fact that if you’re a student, any student of any age, you get free healthcare after 3 months. Schools and bogus colleges have sprung up in every strip mall to leach off the taxpayer and the new comers, sweeping in principally from Asia. Once the “student” has Landed, he/she can sponsor in a whole village into the country. Hundreds of millions of dollars are being made/stolen. Many Asian restaurants are in on the immigration game – cheap labour which they sponsor, and a piece of the fees. But abusers are sliding in from every other Continent.
I point this out because I’ve seen no one anywhere in the MSM address this coming reality under Obamacare, nor the holier-than-thou hapless pretense of the left, that it Really cares about the “downtrodden.” But the left is effective at pandering for votes from the most recent immigrants, principally those from Mexico.
When you overwhelm a system, it breaks. If immigration isn’t managed effectively, the taxpayers’ ability to “provide” will be drained beyond repair. My sense is that the tipping point in the U.S. and in Canada has been passed.
I have no complaints about the content of the article and using a white couple as the example certainly SHOULD stop the trolls from labeling you as a racist but, please, have someone proofread this and correct it for typos, etc. Some of the sentences lose their impact. I give this advice without rancor. I’m a fan of the blog and its authors.
@James Raider: I agree completely sir. And I doubt that we will see anyone like you and mata said that will come forward to address the issue. All your points were and are valid. Look at europe, many of those countries have realized too late that open immigration has been a major player in the destruction of their economy. And are now speaking out, and taking action to tighten their borders. The liberals in those countries are fighting them tooth and nail, and using the same old techniques of screaming racism, and fear to stop them. That was interesting about Canada. We have our hands full down here on the southern border which is as pourous as a fishing net, little time to look at the Northern side. I can drive 15 miles to the local store here and find 10 to 15 people who don’t speak english at all. Someone had the bright idea to build a Mega Gas Station there. Its grand central station 24/7 .Its one the main corridor where many illegal aliens come up from mexico. Its also one of the major drug routes north. It’s not uncommon for them to approach a gringo like myself and ask directions by giving me a map with a red x on where they are headed. Some can speak a little of texmex like I can. call the law? What a friking joke! They just built a mega cop shop in this little town without a walmart, no major supermarket, nothing. But we got more law than citizens. Thats our claim to fame. I always tell them they are headed the wrong way, to turn around go back the other direction. I get these quizzical looks.
James Raider, yes It affect also CANADA, they come north from illegal border being lead by some INDIANS making money to smuggled them by land or boat, as they have the right to cross border themselves,
just like the cigarettes and drug busyness too,
bye
@retire05:
And I don’t disagree.
The point was in recipients understanding where this comes from and knowing there aren’t “free lunches”.
Here is a link that MSM would never post or report on: http://www.geertwilders.nl
and http://www.nonmuslimminority.com
It’s out of topic but I thought it to be of importance to share.
@retire05:
the USA has way too much regulation. i was going to build a website for a gal in the next town over. she has a psychic business yet we found out that it was illegal for her to have such a business in city limits even though no one would ever know. i could have made $2K from building her site and she could have a thriving business today if it weren’t for a bunch of prudes in city hall. just think of how many unemployed people could have their own psychic business in her town or help her out with one. the government just shoots themselves in the foot sometimes.
MG hi,
just want to say the first link geert wilder[ something]
did not pass,
but the second came clear, and Imagine this coming to AMERICA, if we let it as it’s doing now ,
along with the propaganda in almost all schools, and university,
thank you for the revealing link, scary stuff coming.
bye
@Wordsmith: @James Raider: A few questions for you folks, now that you’ve stoked you righteous anger.
James Raider – How do Democrats (or anyone else) benefit from the votes of illegal immigrants, since non-citizens can’t vote?
Skookum – An ugly story to be sure, but exactly what does it mean? How many welfare recipients fit this description compared to the genuinely poor and disabled, for whom the system was designed? Do you criticize the system, merely because it screens recipients imperfectly? If so, what level of imperfection would you consider acceptable? Why don’t you provide some useful information that might enable reasonable people to make informed judgments, instead of this sordid anecdote, which does nothing but enflame emotions?
Wordsmith – Do you know that (1) Everyone in a household receiving food stamps must be a citizen, US National, or qualified alien (2) The entire household cannot have resources over $2000. (3) All able-bodied recipients must register to work. (4) Members of the military and their families currently receiving food stamps outnumber civilians 2:1. Do you still think your stereotype of food stamp recipients is accurate?
Anyone – Americans just ponied up nearly a trillion dollars in bailout (upper class welfare) payments to the crooked banking executives who engineered our present economic disarray. Do any of you think that abuse of the welfare system causes comparable damage? Does it make any sense to rant about the scumbags whom Skookum describes, when wealthy scumbags steal so much more?
For the historically challenged, non-citizens voting not only have a rich history of voting in local, state and federal elections in 40 states and federal territories, but non-citizens still currently vote in seven jurisdictions in the United States.
…..fish in a barrel………
That’s only the “legal” voting history of non-citizens. The environment for voter fraud is ripe since most states will not allow proof of citizenship. Then, of course, there’s all those dead people and felons who vote…. of which the former can be stolen IDs to cast illegal votes.
As to the comment by Hill’o’beans to Wordsmith about everyone in the household receiving food stamps “must be a citizen”, I will also point out there are federal laws as to illegal entry to this country that are also not enforced. However, like all idiot laws that Congress… both parties…. create, enforcement of their supposedly well-intentioned, but poorly written legislation generally falls into a seriously Constitutional challenged category. Yes, welfare recipients are supposed to be citizens. But are those welfare recipients required to show proof of their citizenship prior to receiving benefits? And would showing that citizenship then be yet another huge uproar legally? But of course…
Idiots in charge. We all suffer because idiots are in charge. And they come with both Rs and Ds behind their names.
@AJ Hill: Sir you cultivate votes like a garden. it takes time and money. You make sure the voter to be knows who is going to get him his meal ticket. Its been done since time began, ever since the devil spawned the politician . And humans have spent all that time trying to figure out ways to keep those politicians honest, and ways to curb their greed and egos. Those worthy endeavors have also been the biggest excercise in futility to date. Yet we must all continue to do so or the politicians will sell the earth out from under our feet just so they can have a few more votes and their careers.
@AJ Hill: #18,
Sadly, most of the knives in the drawer you fell out of are as dull as you are and so the blissful, willful, ignorance, proceeds unabated down the road as the disintegration of society continues. Learning to read and write apparently remains a challenge for you, so get some more practice – reading first, research, analyze, understand, – then talk to some involved, live, human beings on the street, . . . and only then, attempt to write. It will do you a world of good.
Oh, and Obama and the Wall Street thieves thank you for your support. The thieves are particularly thrilled that they can continue unabated under an Administration which is too ignorant and too happy to collect for its campaign into 2012, that it won’t lift a finger against them, . . . . they REALLY thank you for your vote. Well done.
Yup, fixed it . Thanks.
@Gary g. Swenchonis: #19,
Gary, as you probably know, most immigrants who have been here a while, who have settled in, support the tightening up of the immigration policies.
The ones who are still not in that category, and are very susceptible to campaign slogans, are those who still have family members which they wish to sponsor in but who still haven’t arrived. Once in, those too say, “tighten the rules.” . . . . An understandable fact of life and human nature.
@AJ Hill:
I am not quite sure where you are getting your information. But you basically are off the track.
Illegals do vote. Example: Henry Bonilla, a Texas Republican was running for a district whose lines had been redrawn due to the 2000 census. Bonilla, a popular man in his district, was challenged by Ciro Rodriquez (D) (and a couple of others whose names I don’t remember). Bonilla won by 49%, against the other challengers leaving Rodriquez in the dust but because he didn’t take a full majority, there was a run off. Bonilla was still the favorite to win, but the district got pummelled with La Raza and ACORN workers, and Rodriquez, to everyone’s surprise won by a healthy majority. A campaign worker for Rodriquez admitted that she had “vote mined” for Rodriquez. She hit the nursing homes in the district, offered to fill out the absentee ballots for the seniors residing in those nursing homes but checked Rodriquez’ name, no matter who the patient wanted. The very agency that sent the absentee ballots out had told her the day before they were mailed so she could be ready to “vote mine.”
But revenge is sweet, and Rodriquez was defeated by Franciso Canseco last November.
It was later discovered by the Texas Attorney General’s office that a number of illegals had voted in that election, recruited by workers for Rodriquez. You see, at the time, you could register in Texas using as I.D. a library card, a utility bill, a pay check stub and no photo I.D. to register was required. Or, you could use the MotorVoter registration and if it wasn’t returned by the post office, an illegal had a legitimate voter registration card. Recent voter I.D. laws in Texas have changed all that.
Now to your question about how many fit that description of the welfare recipient: have you ever driven through a public housing unit? Do you see the place filled with those suffering from physical handicaps that would prevent them from finding work? Or do you see the place filled with overweight baby mammas whose only talent seens to lie in having children? Have you watched as they sit outside their airconditioned apartments, smoking and drinking Red Bull? Do you see them at the grocers because if you do, chances are they are not in wheelchairs or riding around in those scooter carts unless they are so obese they can’t walk around the store.
As to the “every person receiving food stamps must be a citizen” crap; no, that’s not true. California doesn’t even ask a person’s legal status when giving food stamps (a program run by the states although mostly funded by the feds). And those food stamp cards, like the Lone Star card, in Texas are given to women who are illegal if they have a child they managed to drop at a U.S. hospital. They are also eligible for public housing, Medicare/Medicaid and TANF payments.
As to the military: provide your source.
Now, you may disagree with TARP, I know I did. But you failed to acknowledge that TARP was a Patrick Kenney bill, but knowing that Patrick boy subscribes to the family tradition of being a drunk, he had to have help to write TARP, so he called on his good friend, and tax cheat, Timothy Geithner to write it for him. So yeah, one of your beloved Dems wrote the bill that bailed out the banks and Wall Street that contributed so freely to Obama’s campaign.
Get back to us when you learn something.
Skook,
“I hesitated publishing this for several days because of the ugliness it represents; . . . . “
. . . . Come on Skook, you didn’t really hesitate, did you? You love stirring shit up. Not only that, but you’re good at it.
AJ Hills,
you know that a scumbag like you say, rich or poor is a scumbag,to abuse the system,
don’t the multiple agency doing their jobs to fish those scumbags out?
and how come the VETERANS are so needy as to require foodstamps
don’t they get pay enough? for the years they spend protecting AMERICA,
they should not need foodstamps like beggar, this is INCREDIBLE to find the veterans treated as welfare recipients,
I’m sure this will be looked upon seriously by the next GOVERNMENT in place from NOVEMBER 2012.
We need to stop paying girls and women to have babies. You come on the roles with one baby — no more money for the second, third, fourth. Those children you support yourself or they go to live in an old-fashioned orphanage. There are many, many children in our nation who are ORPHANS with TWO LIVING PARENTS. Any child that receives three meals a day at school should be living in an orphanage because a parent that can’t even feed their child a decent dinner is not a parent, but is an adult that lives in a home where a child also lives.
John Cooper, hi,
how are you doing ? did you talk to IRENE when she visit you?
did she hurt your peach trees?
bye
MG, thank you, for the link , it worked,
I find very INTERESTING that the same was in AMERICA not long ago, when
the CONGRESS WOMAN was shot along other by the sicko,
and the left from the beginning right away attack the right for that ,
same happening and same reactions,
are those people never allowed themselves to EVOLVE with the free SOCIETY BETTER KNOWN AS THE RIGHT WING OF A POLITICAL PARTY.
@James Raider: The jury is still out on that one for me sir. Not to make a unecessary argument either. My hispanic friends and staff debated this very topic quite often. In short some of them from 2nd and 3rd generations were old school and voted republican, many of them did at least. but the new generations were voting democratic, not all mind you. Many of them do agree that something has to be done or there will be nothing left for anyone. And many more get really angry at those who get a pass to citizenship, mostly the older generations. And the older generations some of them get furious when the younger ones speak spanish. They get read the “this is America! You are an American first, a hispanic second!” We have some very good older hispanic friends who don’t understand the lack of patriotismin the younger generations. Especially when they see hispanics over here marching in the streets waving flags of Mexico. “Then go back if you love it so much.” Which leads to the debte as to why they came here to America. It would be interesting to find some valid research that has been replicated and duplicated that demonstrates as to what political party hispanics to belong to and their voting patterns, ages, and how long in America.But most of the research i have found is tainted when looking at where their funding came from. But in the end Ithink that the democrats have done a much better job at priming all minorities to vote for them once they are citizens.
For the effort it took to look up these guys, you could have found a few dozen black welfare rats just as bad.
I couldn’t wait to post this. Just got connectivity back , still no power. Typing by candle light. This morning I was fortunate to find one of 3 restaurants with power. Of course so did half the town. I was standing in line and a grandmother and her granddaughter maybe 5 or 6 was behind me. I started talking to the grandmother about things in general and the little girl looks up at me and says, ” if you pretend you have no money, people will give you some.”. I said what a good little liberal. The grandmother says yes in a disgusted tone, this is what her father ( not her son ) is teaching her. I said, that’s nice. (sarcastically). Are we doomed ?
Disenchanted,
hi, nice to know you’re out of it, and children tell the truth
from the GOVERNMENT’S DIRECT LINE,
BYE
MATA hi, the wind has arrived now quite strong and seem to intensified, very warm out 73 f,
bye
midnight and a total black moon,
Good that you still have power, Ms. Bees. Stay safe. Sorry you didn’t plan a “hurricane party”, as we used to do all the time in Florida. If you’re going to be trapped in a house for hours, might as well have good company, yes? Not to mention, safety in numbers.
Make sure you check in after it passes so we know you are safe.
MATA,
I think she is there I mean here, the sound of the wind is freaking,
the dark blanket over my head as I see in the sky is menacing,
oops the rain now is pouring just like IRENE has overturned her bowl of water in one instance.,
oh my. I’m all covered under the black cloud seems to descend ,
wow now more scary the rain is falling verticaly on my patio door,
IRENE is here oof scary ,
First tropical storm, Ms. Bees? It’s okay… really. Just Mother Nature at some of her finest. Just make note that if you have overhanging branches or large trees, stay away from those parts of the house, and big glass windows.
MATTA, good advice, I was glue to the patio door watching the sky, I backed out now,
still pouring rain and the noise of the wind, at least there is no lightning and thunder,
bye
oops the power blink a split second,
@RudeCrudeAndSociallyUnacceptable: He certainly seemed to weigh what I said and we talked at length about it. I can only hope that he takes something away from his time here at my home.
A wise man once said, ”if a blind man leads another blind man, both of them will surely fall into a pit.”
The welfare mentality is feeding on propaganda from leaders who needs the support of their victim classes.
And both are pretty stupidly short-sighted.
One of the leaders is Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr.
How ignorant is this woman?
At a ceremony to honor the opening of the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in our nation’s capital Friday, she showed us.
Video here.
@ilovebeeswarzone: Hunker down Beezy, you’ll make it through this!
anticsrocks, hi, YES the wind is still strong but I think the worse is over,
unless IRENE change her mind, thank’s
Swenchonis – I can’t argue with your characterization of politicians. In general they’re a sleazy bunch, but the devil didn’t spawn them. We did! At worst they’re us; at best they do their evil at our behest.
Raider – Spare me your absurd rodomontade. It’s comical at first, but then merely grotesque. The Wall Street crash was made possible by Phil Gramm and a bunch of crooked, mostly Republican, legislators and brought on by greedy, unprincipled bankers. If you don’t know the history, do some reading yourself or just stay uninformed.
By the way, I’m no supporter of Obama. I voted for Nader in ‘08.
MattersHardly –Those seven jurisdictions allow voting in local elections, not federal.
The FBI was able to produce evidence for no more than a couple dozen individual cases of voter fraud. This stands in stark contrast to the compelling evidence for massive, widespread election fraud by Republicans and their supporters; but I assume you have no problem with Diebold alterring thousands of votes with their crooked electronic voting machines in the 2000 and 2008 elections, do you?
Retire05 – You glean facts about food stamps by driving through a ghetto and eyeballing the residents?` That’s nauseating! Do you have any real factual information or just more of that kind of garbage?
Military on food stamps: try the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress report: Military Personnel and Food Stamps April 12, 2000 – David Burrelli, Specialist in National Defense
The TARP bill was designed by Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and signed into law by Pres. George W. Bush in October, 2008, before Obama was elected.
And finally I just have to say this to the people who rage about welfare and food stamps and other aid to the poor: Are you serious? Do you think that welfare fraud compares in magnitude to fraud by dishonest military contractors, or crooked bank executives, or the giant multinational corporations who sneak their profits offshore ? Do you really want to take ‘
Why is that no surprise…. Nader, the progressive on steroids,
@AJ Hill:
Actually, that is not true. An illegal alien in California can receive assistance without a birth certificate or proof while the citizens must be required to do so. Go do some research and fill out the paperwork and you’ll see.
If you want to talk voting irregularities, well lets start with the multiple obama votes by one person over and over again or the misleading information created by his favorite ACORN group or the bullying and strange machine behavior with harry reid. The 2000 and 2004 votes by bush were won fair and square. in fact, every time they recounted the votes he won over and over again with or without the damn chads. you just can’t get over that little fact, can you?
The housing and wall street crash was made possible by bad policies written by democrats like barney frank and clueless progressive republicans. Those crazy fannie mae and freddie mac loans that allowed people to get loans who couldn’t afford to pay them back didn’t help either. when the housing bubble started to crash so did wall street. It was inevitable. Your proof that a group of Republicans did it is laughable.
@AJ Hill: if it weren’t for a ‘wealthy scumbag’ then you probably wouldn’t have a job. most libnuts complain about their jobs because they usually don’t create their own businesses and complain about the company they work for. complain about the money. complain they don’t have a silver spoon hanging out of their own mouths so they have to make everyone else miserable. Go find a job and get back to work – if you can in this o-conomy.
@Hill’o’beans, this is what you said:
For a guy who likes to lecture everyone on grammar and the English language, you fail the simplest test. Are you now back peddling, stating your comment was only relating to a federal election? If not, why did you make the blanket statement that non-citizens cannot vote… you did not say that non-citizens “cannot vote in federal elections”?
And, in fact, non-citizens can vote – avoiding federal crimes – if the state allows for such. How unique. /sarc The states have always laid out the guidelines for voting since the Constitution was written. So if you don’t like who can, and cannot vote in your privileged neck of the Rockies, I suggest you get on your own state representatives, instead of blasting the nation as a whole. Tend to your own sloped back yard.
I guess your knowledge of voting rights is about as vast as it is about FICA taxes, yes? You know, all those half truths that make up your daily wisdom and existance?
The second reality… since few to none of the states allow for ID checks prior to voting, how the heck do you know? Seriously, how dumb is all this PC crap anyway? It’s a federal crime for a non-citizen to vote, unless that state says they can…. and then it’s illegal for the states to check IDs to see if they are, or are not, non-citizens.
I swear, this stuff is so stupid it’s ripe for a daytime soap opera.
Since you obviously seem bent out of shape… your natural state, from what we can tell… about the 2000 election (which was vetted post election by the media, and still had the same winner that you obviously didn’t want…), one would think that you would want at least your state to eliminate the potential for election fraud by actually providing proof of citizenship prior to voting. Personally, I have no problem with this. I have to show my drivers license and/or ID for a zillion other things. Why not for the more important moment of voting?
And I might remind you that all elections for the POTUS are, technically, a state election but for a federal elective position. Ain’t that a mind bender….
But I will tell you that I have problems with all voter fraud. Mind you, I don’t think there is a way to eliminate it totally. And I suspect that you and I have two different opinions as to who is exploiting the illegal votes. But we are united on at least one item… neither one of us wants an environment that is ripe for voter fraud. I suspect that it’s been going on for quite some time, and we never knew. And it does need to be corrected. That would entail that the privilege of voting requires showing ID, just as the privilege of driving entails.
But then, that’s a hallmark of your party…. not inconveniencing a voter to have to show ID and prove their right to vote. How intrusive. But let’s make sure you have to show it to get insurance, board a plane, drive a car, etal
@AJ Hill I completely agree that the “welfare” recipients on Wall Street & DC are the bigger parasites on the economy than any Illegals from Mexico or anywhere else. I just don’t see how we can get these people out of power except at the end of a gun or lead out in handcuffs.
@sick of the lies I’m getting sick and tired of hearing how we should all be bowing from the ankles for all the rich “wealth creators”. There’s a world of difference between Steve Jobs (job creator) & someone like Lloyd “Doing God’s work” Blankfein (wealth hoarder). You and I are playing on the same field and I’m going out everyday working my underpaid no benefits job and trying to start my own business. But I’m sure as hell not going to thank some “wealthy scumbag” for the scraps he throws me. I think Malcolm X correctly identified this type of person: House Nigger!
@AJ Hill:
Help me understand this now…
You talk about members of the military and their families “currently receiving food stamps” and claim that they outnumber civilians 2:1 but you cite as your reference material a study that was released in April of 2000.
That’s over eleven years old man. Plus, it doesn’t come anywhere close to supporting your 2:1 claim.
Care to try again?
Thank you for writing this. I know of lots of abuses in the system, although it’s not welfare per se, it still is. I work at a foster parent for kids who behavior problems. Most of our kids have families, some do not. Most are in the custody of social services, a few are parental placements. The particular girl I have now is 17, soon to be 18 at which time she will be released because she wants to. She could stay in the program until 21, get 2 years of paid community college, continued free health care through Medicaid, and an apartment of which $655. is paid for her for a time.
The problem is this girl comes from a family that although is not well off, are definitely working on her father’s side. The mothers side is trash, I say reluctantly. But her father is a deputy sheriff, and his mother works at the courthouse. The girl was placed because she didn’t get along with dad, who is remarried. And of course, her mom helped that along. She was placed in a group home for a couple years, and then this program. Her family pushed for her to get braces, so that Medicaid would pay for them and they would be off the hook. I don’t know what they cost, but she got them and we paid for them. I get paid for her to live with me, and also there is a paid therapist, a behavior specialist, and her phsyco doctor who had her on Strattera and another med for a time. All of this money put into each child in this program. I’m guessing at least $1000 a week, maybe more. And how many kids have been changed? I have done this for 6 years now, and have seen just 2 or 3 what may be called a success, as opposed to many who are failures. This is another form of “welfare”. Just give your kids to social services and let the tax payers pay for their upbringing. Then when they turn 18, the return home to mom, which is exactly what this girl is going to do.
Rose, thank you for your heartfelt post, perhaps the most honest and poignant post of all. Obviously, we had no idea of the true measure of “abuse” within the system. Beyond the political corruption that will continue, regardless of who is in office, the human tragedy is beyond measure. It is reassuring to know that kind hearted people like you are in the system and trying to make a difference. Thank You!
Don’t get me started on the food stamps abuse/fraud I’ve seen. While there are those that need them, I’ve seen and worked with too many who would rather bilk the system than work hard.
@AJ Hill:
Yeah, drive through a housing project. You will be amazed at the number of able bodied people who live in them. These are NOT people who are physically incapable of working. They are mostly people who have made really poor choices in their lives (quitting school, having children out of marriage, drugs, alcohol, etc) but think they deserve to be taken care of by the people who made better choices.
Frankly, if you have a child that you cannot afford because you are a slacker, that, in my book, should constitute child abuse.
And I would remind you that your study on the military food stamp problem was from the days of Bill Clinton’s administration. That should tell you all you need to know. Perhaps that is why the attrition rates in the military were so dismal under Clinton.
we need to stay focus on the next election success and we cannot afford splitting .
we have to unite and win together and be tolerant with each other, everyone is so intelligent here but we get to bring our negatives here and that must not happen, we have to regain our control and let live our free mind positively, without the personal negative behaviors of each of us,
we are not the WEATHER CHANGING FROM SUNNY TO EXTREME , FROM ONE MINUTE TO THE OTHER,