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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 10:49 AM Original message |
POTUS signing the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. right wing fascist bastard! |
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young but wise (760 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. LOL |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Cutting food stamps is a very progressive thing to do |
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bushisanidiot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well done, Mr. President! |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
3. This is the bill that will increase aid for low-income kids. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
5. Isn't this the bill that's paid for by CUTS in Food Stamps? |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I'm not sure. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. This bill cuts 2.2 billion from food stamps. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Shhhh, you member of the "professional left"!!! |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Another who doesn't understand who the "Professional Left" are |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. words DON'T have meaning |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Oh, gee................... |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. This isn't even about the President, it's about a common misinterpretation on this forum |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Don't you get it? |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Of course! My bad. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. When the term was originally used it was not meant to apply to just commentators |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. No, I disagree. I maintain that Gibbs referred to PUNDITS on the Left. n/t |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Which pundits on the left want to eliminate the pentagon? |
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namahage (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
41. And yet they'll be the ones who mock people who take offense at attacks on Obama. n/t |
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catgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #25 |
46. Obama doesn't need defending here |
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catgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #16 |
45. She hates Obama |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Unless the poster is Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, or someone similar, |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. Obama almost doubled the amount spent on food stamps last year. |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
63. They don't care about facts. They just pick up on anything that could be |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. But that was negated by increased funding in the stimulus bill. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. stimulus bill? What does a bill from 2009 have to do with the cuts today? |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Because all the stimulus money was not spent in 2009 |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. The money for food stamps was spent. They now cut this money |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 01:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Feeding kids is a pile of $#*!??? |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. No, taking away food stamps from people that need them is |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 05:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Who are food stamps being taken away from? |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. What are you talking about? This bill takes food stamps away from people |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. No it doesn't. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:08 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Under Reagan we spent far less on food stamps. |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Administration raised Food Stamp program from $37B to $68B |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Not 2 billion, over 14 billion. This is the second cut in a matter of months |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. 14 Billion???? |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. From a cut they already made to food stamps in August. Here is the link |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:39 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Thanks for the link |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I understand that, but none of us know what will happen in 2014 |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. True, but should we not be feeding kids now? nt |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Yes. Not supporting food stamp cuts =/= not wanting to feed kids |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. No it is not. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Yes, it feeds kids today and in return will significantly cut benefits in 3 years |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:41 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. how much will it actually cut benefits three years from now? |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. Who says they are taking it away in three years? |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:59 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. You must really be a good judge of honesty if you believe they can restore it |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Thought you were done with me. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
40. the money for food stamps hasn't been spent yet and it may not be $2.2 billion |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
62. You are right, we have no idea what will happen in 2013 or 2014 |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:59 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Agreed that pay go is a joke. But even if the effect of the change in the law |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Congress Leaves Kids Hungry in Order to Feed Them |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
44. Amazing how it motored right through when the threat was to filibuster everything |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. it passed the senate in august. but thanks for playing |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. No. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Umm...yes. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. wrong - Congress Leaves Kids Hungry in Order to Feed Them |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. By an administration that has added over 30 billion to the food stamp fund. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. probably implemented to cover the deck chair shuffling of the bill everyone is lauding. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 01:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Are you saying they near doubled the size of the food stamp program as a conspiracy to pass this? |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. As you laugh do you think that the current funding levels for food stamps are good enough? |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
35. Yes, after he almost DOUBLED what we previously spent on food stamps. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
28. Corpofascist bankster sellout. That tears it--I'm voting Bert/Ernie in 2012. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
42. THIS SOUNDS GOOD |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
48. Cool. |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
53. That is great news, but where are we going to get the money to pay for bills like this |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
55. shuffling the allotment of scraps for the peasants while handing out bags of gold to billionaires. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
61. And healthy kids lead to |
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