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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:14 AM Original message |
Senators cut funds for food and heat |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. congress can not even do its work in a timely fashion! |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. At least we can rest assured that |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. But we have tons of ice from FEMA! (nt) |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 04:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. Compassionate Conservatism at work...watch your step! |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 04:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Yes, its a good demonstration of "Compassionate Conservatism"... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. WHY are they Republicans? Most Mainers are not wealthy. nt |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Oh - but Mainers are "conservative New Englaners". n/t |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 10:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Mainiacs are generally fiscal conservatives and social moderates |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 03:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Democratic party is the party of fiscal conservatism. |
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Missy M (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
5. Well if we starve and freeze the needy to death we won't have the... |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Seems strange they would leave that out. Well, no |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 05:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
47. starving and freezing to death the needy is called |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
6. I don't know. Shutting down the government for 1 day a week sounds |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 10:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. rather we need to take away congresscritters paychecks |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Hmm,, maybe. Maybe not. Things would still get done - just a little |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 04:37 AM Response to Reply #15 |
46. Their paychecks? With |
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buzzsaw_23 (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
7. You're on your own |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Now, now, buzzsaw_23. The military needs every penny it can |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
10. Just so long as they didn't trim any funds from their own |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
12. OK, so the Senators chose to let people without means freeze in |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
13. This sure looks bad right now |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
14. we need to organize calls to those two women |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 03:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Emails for Snowe & Collins - will be back with phone #s |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 03:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Phone #s for Snowe |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 04:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Susan Collins Phone |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 05:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. thanks for making it so easy to call |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 12:22 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. You are most welcome. I know folks who were already hurting w/gov aid |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 06:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. There are alot of vulnerable people in the Gulf Coast states |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
16. What'd they call it, The Cozy, Toasty, Well-fed People Act? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
17. They act like shutting down the government is the end of the world |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
18. I have a modest proposal, but... |
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PennyK (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
20. Solve two problems at once... |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
21. Guess maybe Congress could use that time back.... |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
22. Shut it down, I say! |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
23. Bad move Olympia |
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marketsquareguy (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
24. kick |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. of course it won't be put back. those two are nazis. running the govern- |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
26. She has no choice, like the Louisiana guv. n/t |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
31. Here's an idea: Let's take a few billion from the Pentagon so that the... |
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Bravo411 (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
36. How about suspending their pay instead. |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
37. Compassionate conservatism at work! n/t |
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WePurrsevere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
38. So which states are the other "dozen" that decline 75%? |
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FormerOstrich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
40. can someone help me understand...... |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
41. Why not have a "temporary cutback" for the military! |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
42. Where's the Big Dog when you need him... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
44. Every time I read a story like this, I think of a DUer named Kanary. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 04:30 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I have thought of her often in the past number of months |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
48. kick |
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