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To: i-node who wrote (611787)	5/18/2011 6:56:24 AM
From: Brumar89	3 Recommendations Respond to of 1577883

Food Stamp Millionaire Ralph Alter If you have any uncertainty regarding the responsibility for the nearly bankrupt status of the state of Michigan and its cultural and philosophical epicenter, Detroit, take a gander at the state's food stamp program. Sarah Jones at politicususa provides a self-pitying screed suggesting that Michigan governor Snyder is responsible for the fact that some college professors are on food stamps. She provides as an example, Dr. Mike Evans and Kenlea Pebbles, married Central Michigan University professors with two children. The Evans-Pebbles earn a salary of "under $40,000 a year." Ted is gonna love that story. Due to the Evans-Pebbles family's poor choice of vocation and inadequate family planning: Their two children...qualify for reduced price school lunches, MI Child health insurance, and other tax-subsidized services. One might think that a person capable of earning a doctorate might be able to support himself and his family without leaning on the taxpayers to carry part of his load. Not in Michigan. Just imagine the retirement benefits accruing to this family a decade or so from now. But you don't have to be a struggling college professor, slaving over student papers 20 hours a week to provide for the kids to get Michigan food stamp freebies. No, the porous safety net established by the liberal hacks that have brought Michigan to the sorry state it's in today doesn't even keep the really big fish from slipping through. Leroy Fick of Bay County admitted he still swipes his electronic (food stamp) card a year after winning a ($2 million) jackpot on "Make Me Rich," (Michigan's TV lottery show.) Fick says the Department of Human Services told him he could continue to use the card, which is paid with tax dollars. One has to wonder at what income level a person no longer qualifies for food-stamp assistance in Michigan. Food stamp nation indeed. Ralph Alter is a frequent contributor to American Thinker. He blogs at www.rightot.blogspot.com americanthinker.com

To: i-node who wrote (611787)	5/18/2011 11:30:29 AM
From: Jim McMannis	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577883

Chris Matthews strikes again: Sarah Palin ‘profoundly stupid’ news.yahoo.com With a history of accusations of misogynistic behavior from both the left, MSNBC “Hardball” host Chris Matthews is not showing any indications that he’s willing to tread carefully, especially when it comes to discussing conservative women. On his Tuesday MSNBC “Hardball” program, Matthews took another swipe at former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. In a discussion about the prospects of Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann’s shot at the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, Matthews was warned by one of his guests not to count out Palin, to which he immediately downplayed her viability. “I think Sarah Palin proved herself to be — I think she’s proven herself to be profoundly stupid,” Matthews said to applause on-location in Los Angeles. “Her inability to answers the questions of Katie Couric, her inability of even now to explain if she ever reads anything.” “Her absolute failure to begin studying and get serious about running for president,” he continued. “She has shown no effort to doing any homework or understanding issues about the economy or science or the world. No effort and she’s running for president? I don’t believe she would be at all helpful to our republic.” Matthews judgment: Palin’s participation in the 2012 race would be bad for America.