Did you forget y'all were freed? Now act like it!

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Police in this New Orleans suburb arrested Merlene Maten (search) the day after the hurricane on charges she took $63.50 in goods from a looted deli. Though never before in trouble with the law, her bail was set at a stiff $50,000 and she was shipped away to a state penitentiary.

Family and eyewitnesses insist Maten's prison odyssey was unwarranted, claiming she only had gone to her car to get some sausage to eat when officers cuffed her in frustration, unable to catch younger looters at a nearby store.

Despite intervention from the nation's largest senior lobby, volunteer lawyers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (search) and even a private attorney, the family fought a futile battle for 16 days to get her freed.

Then, hours after her plight was featured in an Associated Press story, a local judge on Thursday ordered Maten freed on her own recognizance, setting up a sweet reunion with her daughter, grandchildren and 80-year-old husband.

...but I got me a first cousin lives down there and he can run fast enough to catch me.

Seriously though, elsewhere in Ohio foods to be eaten off premises are not taxable, but the soda in the same carryout order is because it is not considered food.  I actually do have a friend who could not buy tomato juice (an ingredient in the soup she was going to make)  with food stamps. And forget about buying anything carbonated.  According to the USDA when it comes to food stamps, hot food, even take-out, is not eligible, unless by the special exemption that is mentioned in that text in my previous post (from USDA site.)   According to that site, seeds for gardening to produce food are even eligible. 

But this was on another site:

Restricting food stamp participants’ purchases of foods and beverages high in calories, fats, and/or sugars has been proposed as a strategy to combat obesity. In 2004, the State of Minnesota unsuccessfully requested permission from USDA to prohibit the purchase of candy and soft drinks with food stamp benefits. The proposed modification was clearly intended to promote diet quality by limiting purchase of “empty calorie” foods.

So it seems that in some places, food stamps actually ARE considered sort of a birthday present that you can spend any way you wish.  Maybe y'all should move up here where the mooches are less offensive? 

Oh, and sorry about being snappish with you, but I was also annoyed by the Palin remarks.

and you all can't get a liberal talk show to take.  The Air America crowd can't keep themselves from stealing from their network long enough to try to get a quality show off the ground.

If Rush is so wrong then won't you dispute what he says instead of personally attacking him?  

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If Obama wins, say bye-bye, and that's just the tip of this iceberg.

Remember what happened in New Orleans?  It was outrageous!

check this out. It has some interesting info: Part 1 is a synopsis and most interesting is pages 8,9,10, and 11. I got as far as Pt. 3 and there is a table of contents on the first few pages to explain everything that is in that part of the report.

"Vol. 1, Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the DCI on Iraq's WMD."

http://www.foia.cia.gov/search.asp?pageNumber=1&freqReqRecord=undefined&refinedText=undefined&freqSearchText=undefined&txtSearch=911&exactPhrase=undefined&allWords=undefined&anyWords=undefined&withoutWords=undefined&documentNumber=undefined&startCreatedMonth=&startCreatedDay=&startCreatedYear=&endCreatedMonth=&endCreatedDay=&endCreatedYear=0&startReleasedMonth=&startReleasedDay=&startReleasedYear=&endReleasedMonth=&endReleasedDay=&endReleasedYear=0&sortOrder=DESC

He conned me, just like he conned those in Congress who voted for the war against Iraq.  I believed him when he said Iraq was involved with 9/11, and I wholeheartedly supported his war against Iraq for the reasons he gave. 

But he didn't lie about his personal sex life, so his lies don't count to some people.

Bush no longer cares about Bin Laden (and obviously Al Qaeda and the Taliban).

Also don't forget that Bush's reckless failure to nail 150 Taliban members is really Clinton's fault. 

This is for those with poor memories:

http://www.bercasio.com/movies/dems-wmd-before-iraq.wmv

his famous "signing statements," like when he signed the law against torture and then quietly came back later and basically added that he doesn't have to obey that law if he doesn't want to.

http://www.democracynow.org/2006/3/27/bush_signs_statements_to_bypass_torture

I also find it astonishing that some people really believe that Democrats run Congress.  The House may have a Democratic majority, but the Republicans still have the majority in the Senate.  The Senate needs 60 Democrats in order to avoid a Republican fillibuster, and to my knowledge, they still don't have that number, even though they picked up a few seats in this year's election, so the Republicans can still continue to control the "do-nothing Congress."

(I hope this post makes sense.  Not feeling well and need to take meds and go to bed. )

Or whatever name the woman was dubbed for going on TV and shouting that after he's in office her..."mortgage will be paid...gas in her car...bills paid...yada, yada, yada"...how soon we forget about that huh?

I am saddened that most people cannot see past the fact that Obama is a black man, period. To some, that's all the qualification he needs. He may very well be the perfect man for the job, be he black or white, or whatever, but I'm afraid he'll never be given the chance to prove that because so many are just fixated on the fact that he's black...so sad.

I do have to add that I did not vote for Obama, not because he's black, but because I disagree with his views. Even my 10 YO son said today that it doesn't matter what color his skin is, it matters what kind of a man he is, and he is so right. Obama is much more than that, but most just can't see past his ethnicity and that's so sad and surely not what he (or MLK) would have wanted.

lobbyists in which Obama stated that there would be no place for lobbyists in Washington.  Then he later said lobbyists were okay but set up certain guidelines in regards to appointing them.  Then when that kept him from appointing certain lobbyists.....he totally disregarded the guidelines that he himself stated. 

Oh....and he didn't bow to the Saudi King......yeah right.  That's like Bill Clinton saying he didn't have sex with THAT woman.  LMAO!

lies lies lies and more lies.

Please....if anyone else can think of lies that I have missed....feel free to add.

James Carville who said he wanted Bush to fail.  Funny how the liberal media didn't jump on that comment though.  Once again....goes to show how one-sided the media is.

As someone who didn't vote for Barrack Obama, I want him to fail because I believe the road he wants to take us down is not the right road.  I don't want him hurt or anything, but I don't want him to do everything he wants to do either because I think it will be bad for our country.

There is nothing wrong with saying that either.  If James Carville didn't agree with what Bush was doing, he had every right to say he wished him to fail.  The same goes for anyone who doesn't believe in what Obama is doing.  We have a right to wish him to fail for the sake of our country. Just because a president fails in completing his own personal agenda does not mean that America fails as well and that is what you all fail to see.  All you see is I said I want him to fail and therefore I want America to fail....which is so not the case.

It amazes me that one side hates Bush and gives the man no credit for anything he does and does nothing but call him names and say how dumb he is.  Now that Obama is in office, you can't see anything he does wrong or refuse to see the lies that he blatantly tells and you give him credit for everything. 

I am still waiting for the day when people hold all politicians accountable for their actions instead of blindly following someone based on their political party alone. 

Will Obama make mistakes....yes...he is only human.  But that doesn't mean he should get a free pass for everything wrong he does either.  Every politican should be held accountable for the mistakes they make.  If Obama makes a mistakes...fine.....but my biggest problem with him is the fact that he blatantly lies about things.  Compare his campaign rhetoric to what he is actually doing.

Honestly, if I had voted for Obama and believed what he said during his campaign, I'd be thoroughly ticked off at him.  However, there are so many people who continue to believe the rhetoric and refuse to see with their own eyes what he is doing....it is just shameful really.

I received an intrusion alarm when I booted mine up this morning.  Don't know if a hacker is after some personal information or if it's my friendly government stalking me because I disagree with Bush's policies.

Be careful where you surf.  Big Brother might be watching.

Almost a year ago Bush reserved the right to declare martial law if/when the bird flu comes to the USA. 

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/october2005/041005militarytakeover.htm

As for your other points, I'm sure there are home-grown terrorists in the USA.  Will Bush limit his target to those people?  That's the problem.  Nobody knows for sure.  All people can be certain of is how he feels about swiftboating and getting revenge on anyone who disagrees with him.  And that's why this man should be forced to follow the law and use warrants when spying on Americans.  He simply can't be trusted.

I do question which troops he will be using, though.  They're too busy fighting Bush's war in Iraq (not to mention likely war in Iran) to be able to fight Bush's war against Americans who don't agree with him. 

Bush has made campaign promises to: 

Lower the price of oil -- didn't happen. Reform healthcare -- didn't happen.  Improve foreign relations -- sooo didn't happen.  Education reform -- not even close.  Increase domestic oil and gas production and exploration -- another swing and a miss.  "Transition to a market economy" not dependent on federal supports. --  ROFL.  That's just a few.

You seem to think it's okay for Bush to not come through on his promises (for 2 terms in a row), but you are just dying to jump all over Obama who hasn't even been sworn in yet.