Seriously? This cannot be another cold. Just, no.
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
Anya ,'Potential'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Jan 25, 2010 5:08:55 am PST #3964 of 30001
Gudanov - Jan 25, 2010 5:21:55 am PST #3965 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Ah, dude. Really? I feel bad for South Carolina. It isn't quite as bad when he explained more (I tried to find an article that gave more context), but still.
The Article: [link]
GREENVILLE - Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer has compared giving people government assistance to "feeding stray animals."
Bauer, who is running for the Republican nomination for governor, made his remarks during a town hall meeting in Fountain Inn that included state lawmakers and about 115 residents.
"My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed. You're facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don't think too much further than that. And so what you've got to do is you've got to curtail that type of behavior. They don't know any better," Bauer said.
In South Carolina, 58 percent of students participate in the free and reduced-price lunch program.
Bauer's remarks came during a speech in which he said government should take away assistance if those receiving help didn't pass drug tests or attend parent-teacher conferences or PTA meetings if their children were receiving free and reduced-price lunches.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 25, 2010 5:28:01 am PST #3966 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Every once and a while I come upon this word use thing at work that drives me crazy. We have a set of rules for what amount of money you get back if you drop an on-line class. We call them procedures. But there is not procedure; the document does not tell you how to withdraw or get a refund, it just tells you the rule about what amount you get back. I would call this a policy. But apparently you cannot have a true policy without the faculty voting on it, and rules that the faculty did not vote on are called procedures. BUT THERE IS NO PROCEDURE!!!
brenda m - Jan 25, 2010 5:32:06 am PST #3967 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Um, it's just as bad. Take away the stuff about "breeding" and he's still proposing withholding food from needy children in order to punish their parents' bad choices.
(ETA: and I should probably put scare quotes around bad choices, since apparently missing a PTA meeting seems to qualify.)
Sophia Brooks - Jan 25, 2010 5:34:17 am PST #3968 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I just read that. Did he just call people on food stamps or receiving public assistance "stray animals"???!!! As in not actually human beings?
Gudanov - Jan 25, 2010 5:36:28 am PST #3969 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I'm not saying it's not bad, but he doesn't keep going down the dehumanizing path. I have a big problem with treating children like property.
Cashmere - Jan 25, 2010 5:37:48 am PST #3970 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Good thing I haven't had breakfast because I would have thrown it up in my mouth.My hate on for some humans continues.
Gudanov - Jan 25, 2010 5:43:57 am PST #3971 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Did he just call people on food stamps or receiving public assistance "stray animals"???!!! As in not actually human beings?
Pretty much, later he said he didn't, but he did.
msbelle - Jan 25, 2010 5:46:57 am PST #3972 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
he said giving them aid without requirements (and we all know that is EXACTLY how it works, just free stuff with no requirements) was LIKE feeding stray animals, you know, cause both then take the free food and go breed. totally different than calling them animals.
tommyrot - Jan 25, 2010 5:48:13 am PST #3973 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Pretty much, later he said he didn't, but he did.
I love it when people do that. It's almost as if he said, "People who receive government assistance should be shot like dogs in the street. Now I'm not saying they should be shot like dogs in the street - I would never say that."