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To: tejek who wrote (629875)	9/29/2011 11:34:45 AM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1575200

Obama is giving 750 million (of tax payers money) to the Pelosi family and you don't give a shit. If a republican did this there would be burning dumpsters in the streets

To: tejek who wrote (629875)	9/29/2011 12:02:53 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575200

A woman muslim doctor e mailed the local conservative radio show. Said she was a muslim and a tea party member and According to Obama she was a terrorists because of her tea party membership not her being a muslim So I guess they cancel each other out

To: tejek who wrote (629875)	9/29/2011 3:51:46 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1575200

In a video uploaded to the official Rick Perry 2012 YouTube account, Governor Perry extols the virtues of gun ownership and makes what many consider a slam towards President Obama. "I don't golf," he said. "This is my golf." Gun-Toting Perry Ridicules Obama?: ‘This Is My Golf’

To: tejek who wrote (629875)	9/29/2011 4:34:42 PM
From: Brumar89	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575200

Email your German friends and tell them to work harder, Greek welfare recipients need their support.

To: tejek who wrote (629875)	9/29/2011 4:48:55 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1575200

State Gets $5 Mil Bonus For Food Stamp Sign Up View Discussion Last Updated: Thu, 09/29/2011 - 3:26pmIn its quest to promote taxpayer-funded entitlement programs, the Obama Administration has actually rewarded one state with a $5 million bonus for its efficiency in adding food-stamp recipients to already bulging rolls. It’s part of the administration’s campaign to eradicate “food insecure households” by improving access and increasing participation in the government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Incidentally, the program was recently changed to SNAP to eliminate the stigma that comes with a name like food stamps. Just a few months ago the federal agency that administers the program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), launched a multi-million-dollar initiative to recruit more food-stamp participants even though the number of recipients has skyrocketed in the last few years. This week Oregon officials bragged that the USDA has given the state $5 million in “performance bonuses” for ensuring that people eligible for food benefits receive them and for its “swift processing of applications.” The money comes on the heels of a separate $1.5 million award from the feds for making “accurate payments of food stamp benefits to clients.” So welfare recipients are clients? . It marks the fifth consecutive year that Oregon has been “recognized” by the federal government for “exceptional administration” of the entitlement program, according to the announcement posted on the state’s Department of Human Services web site. The state official who runs SNAP assures that her staff will “continue working very hard to exceed expectations” so that Oregonians can “put healthy foods on their table quickly.” Could this be why the number of food-stamp beneficiaries in Oregon has increased dramatically in the last few years? Since 2008 the state has seen a 60% boost in the number of food-stamp recipients, which means that more than 780,000 people (one out of five Oregonians) get groceries compliments of Uncle Sam. As if this weren’t bad enough, the feds are also giving the state a two-year grant to test an “innovative approach” to the food-stamp “client eligibility review process.” This will make it even easier for people to get food stamps because it grants state officials a waiver that allows them to grant the benefit without interviewing the candidate.

To: tejek who wrote (629875)	9/29/2011 4:52:35 PM
From: one_less	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575200

There is a long way to go before we can say the European financial crisis has been stabilized but this is a necessary foundational step in that direction. The Greek on the street is still protesting property taxes and the Greek public employee is fighting against a 20% cut in pay ... these and other austerity measures are absolutely necessary for the rest of the World to give this effort any credibility. Ultimately Greece is already in the middle of defaulting on debt and markets have factored that in as long as it remains somewhat managed. European banks are ready to be recapitalized but not all of the banks in Europe can be saved. With enough good faith support from member nations, and barring policy maker road blocks, Europe will stabilize. The USA is at a 15 Trillion dollar economy now and the Global economy continues to grow. Tremendous opportunity awaits if we can move the politicians to drop all the paralizing positioning rhetoric and if we can get them to take resolute cooperative action on this issue. All eyes are on Europe right now....we will either have a run on banks or a stock market rally by years end.