Tue Sep 24, 2013, 09:27 AM
riqster (13,986 posts)
Congressman collects millions in food aid, but says poor people should get no food aid.
http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/representative-collects-millions-in-food-aid-but-says-poor-people-should-get-no-food-aid/
I know, most DUers are hip to this scam, but here's a blog post for the Fundagelicals in your life, referencing bible verses and pointing out the BS in the Wingnut "fuck the poor, Jesus said so" argument. Hypocrisy, thy name is “Republican”: Congressman Stephen Fincher, who has collected over three million dollars of funds from the farm bill, wants poor folks to get nothing from that same farm bill: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/05/us/as-debate-reopens-food-stamp-recipients-continue-to-squeeze.html?pagewanted=1&smid=tw-share I'm the author, so no worries on copyright infringement, or the three-para rule. Nothing else at the link.
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riqster | Sep 2013 | OP |
Scurrilous | Sep 2013 | #1 | |
riqster | Sep 2013 | #2 | |
Andy823 | Sep 2013 | #3 | |
idwiyo | Sep 2013 | #4 | |
SomeGuyInEagan | Sep 2013 | #5 | |
riqster | Sep 2013 | #6 | |
Vanje | Sep 2013 | #7 | |
riqster | Sep 2013 | #8 | |
Vanje | Sep 2013 | #10 | |
Fawke Em | Sep 2013 | #11 | |
riqster | Sep 2013 | #13 | |
Fawke Em | Sep 2013 | #22 | |
riqster | Sep 2013 | #24 | |
Vanje | Sep 2013 | #15 | |
Stuart G | Sep 2013 | #9 | |
Thav | Sep 2013 | #12 | |
riqster | Sep 2013 | #14 | |
gademocrat7 | Sep 2013 | #16 | |
xocet | Sep 2013 | #17 | |
riqster | Sep 2013 | #18 | |
indepat | Sep 2013 | #19 | |
riqster | Sep 2013 | #20 | |
awoke_in_2003 | Sep 2013 | #21 | |
riqster | Sep 2013 | #23 |
Response to riqster (Original post)
Tue Sep 24, 2013, 10:27 AM
Andy823 (11,479 posts)
3. K&R
Yep it's the republican way, I call it "hypocrisy" at it's finest. People need to go to the farm subsidy site and see just how many of their congress reps are raking in the money while voting against helping those who really need it!
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Response to riqster (Original post)
Tue Sep 24, 2013, 10:57 AM
SomeGuyInEagan (1,515 posts)
5. Same for Michelle Bachmann
The family farm is Wisconsin took more than $250k in federal welf... subsidies leading up to 2008:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-16/bachmann-has-income-from-subsidized-farm.html Plus money her husband's clinic received. Perhaps we finally have the "Welfare Queen" that Reagan made up. |
Response to SomeGuyInEagan (Reply #5)
Tue Sep 24, 2013, 11:08 AM
riqster (13,986 posts)
6. Does she "drive a Cadillac"?
That was part of the meme, IIRC.
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Response to riqster (Original post)
Tue Sep 24, 2013, 11:12 AM
Vanje (9,766 posts)
7. Congressman Stephen Fincher is from Tennessee
DU members from that state can write to him here, to tell him what a swell fellow he is.:
https://fincher.house.gov/contact-me |
Response to Vanje (Reply #7)
Tue Sep 24, 2013, 11:18 AM
riqster (13,986 posts)
8. If you aren't from his district, you can't send him email.
Just tried and got the "you're not from these parts, are yuh?" message.
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Response to riqster (Reply #8)
Tue Sep 24, 2013, 11:35 AM
Vanje (9,766 posts)
10. I know.
And Darn, I really wanted to tell him something!
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Response to riqster (Reply #8)
Tue Sep 24, 2013, 11:56 AM
Fawke Em (11,366 posts)
11. Google his district zip code
and then just put in your city and state. It's based on the zip.
I do that all the time. ![]() |
Response to Fawke Em (Reply #11)
Tue Sep 24, 2013, 11:59 AM
riqster (13,986 posts)
13. Thanks.
Awesome screen name, BTW.
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Response to riqster (Reply #13)
Wed Sep 25, 2013, 12:23 AM
Fawke Em (11,366 posts)
22. I can't quite decide if I'm a traitor or a fan of the movie.
I don't think I'd blow anyone up, so I guess I'm more Anony/Occupy.
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Response to Fawke Em (Reply #22)
Wed Sep 25, 2013, 05:50 AM
riqster (13,986 posts)
24. A heck of a " guy", either way. nt
Response to riqster (Original post)
Tue Sep 24, 2013, 11:31 AM
Stuart G (36,655 posts)
9. K and R thanks for posting nt
Response to riqster (Original post)
Tue Sep 24, 2013, 11:58 AM
Thav (944 posts)
12. Republicans luv the writings of Paul, and the book of Leviticus.
Everything else is ignored as it doesn't support their world view. People like this get really mad when I say, "Didn't Jesus tell us to love others as we love ourselves?"
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Response to Thav (Reply #12)
Tue Sep 24, 2013, 12:01 PM
riqster (13,986 posts)
14. Call them "Paulians" sometime.
They really hate it.
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Response to riqster (Original post)
Tue Sep 24, 2013, 02:25 PM
xocet (3,548 posts)
17. For emphasis...
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Response to xocet (Reply #17)
Tue Sep 24, 2013, 05:48 PM
riqster (13,986 posts)
18. It's all Greek to me.
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Response to riqster (Original post)
Tue Sep 24, 2013, 08:01 PM
indepat (20,899 posts)
19. My Dear Congressman Fincher is fastly making himself one of Congress's most pious,
hypocritical, mendacious, and disingenuous assholes to come down the path. And using Jesus to support his outrageous, outlandish, perverse, and unchrist-like politics defies description in polite company.
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Response to indepat (Reply #19)
Tue Sep 24, 2013, 09:03 PM
riqster (13,986 posts)
20. Indeed. Would that he were unusual.
Response to riqster (Original post)
Tue Sep 24, 2013, 11:11 PM
awoke_in_2003 (34,582 posts)
21. I know it is an out of context quote...
but even if the context were proper, we should not be using the babble as a basis for our legislation.
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Response to awoke_in_2003 (Reply #21)
Wed Sep 25, 2013, 05:32 AM
riqster (13,986 posts)
23. S'truth.
Separation of church and state rules . I was aiming at the hypocrisy of the position, not the constitutionality.
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