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wildcats20

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May 18, 2011 9:07 PM
Just like a friend of a lady I work with who makes close to $100K/year and still gets WIC.
May 18, 2011 9:07pm
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I Wear Pants

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16,223 posts
May 18, 2011 9:15 PM
Shoot. Him.
May 18, 2011 9:15pm
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Fab1b

The Bald A-Hole!!

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May 18, 2011 9:21 PM
Yeah it's total BS
May 18, 2011 9:21pm
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sonofsam

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May 18, 2011 9:21 PM
wildcats20;773395 wrote:Just like a friend of a lady I work with who makes close to $100K/year and still gets WIC.

That is sick...
May 18, 2011 9:21pm
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wildcats20

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May 18, 2011 9:39 PM
sonofsam;773416 wrote:That is sick...

Yup.
May 18, 2011 9:39pm
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Sykotyk

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May 18, 2011 9:43 PM
The worst part is he doesn't "HAVE" to accept the assistance. Pretty much, he should just be shunned and overcharged for everything.
May 18, 2011 9:43pm
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justincredible

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May 18, 2011 9:43 PM
I thought you were talking abou the OC. And I was like, duh.
May 18, 2011 9:43pm
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May 18, 2011 9:58 PM
Its simple. Any able bodied individual that receives monetary assistance from the government must donate some of their time to serve the community. For every dollar they receive in government assistance a small percentage of community service would be required in return. Those gaming the system and the lazy would fall by the wayside or man up. Hard working individuals that fell on hard times and need some temporary assistance would be more than willing to pitch in. These types of individuals hate taking handouts from anyone.
May 18, 2011 9:58pm
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adog

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May 18, 2011 9:59 PM
justincredible;773435 wrote:I thought you were talking abou the OC. And I was like, duh.

well that to...
May 18, 2011 9:59pm
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Curly J

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May 18, 2011 10:02 PM
justincredible;773435 wrote:I thought you were talking abou the OC. And I was like, duh.
Yep, That is a given.
May 18, 2011 10:02pm
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May 18, 2011 11:32 PM
Talk about screwed up. I just bumped into this on drudge. Dude wants to play "baby" and his room mate "mommy". Both grown adults living off the taxpayers dime.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/17/senator-questions-benefits-to-adult-baby/?page=1
“Given that Mr. Thornton is able to determine what is appropriate attire and actions in public, drive himself to complete errands, design and custom-make baby furniture to support a 350-pound adult and run an Internet support group, it is possible that he has been improperly collecting disability benefits for a period of time,” Mr. Coburn wrote in a letter Monday to Inspector General Patrick P. O'Carroll Jr.
No shit.

The dude is threatening the taxpayers with killing himself if they take away his Social Security check.
“You wanna test how damn serious I am about leaving this world, screw with my check that pays for this apartment and food. Try it. See how serious I am. I don’t care,” the California man said. “I have no problem killing myself. Take away the last thing keeping me here, and see what happens. Next time you see me on the news, it will be me in a body bag.”
May 18, 2011 11:32pm
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Fab1b

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May 18, 2011 11:34 PM
majorspark;773558 wrote:Talk about screwed up. I just bumped into this on drudge. Dude wants to play "baby" and his room mate "mommy". Both grown adults living off the taxpayers dime.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/17/senator-questions-benefits-to-adult-baby/?page=1



No shit.

The dude is threatening the taxpayers with killing himself if they take away his Social Security check.

I wish the dude would kill himself!
May 18, 2011 11:34pm
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derek bomar

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May 18, 2011 11:54 PM
that's so fucking weird
May 18, 2011 11:54pm
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bigkahuna

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May 18, 2011 11:56 PM
majorspark;773558 wrote:Talk about screwed up. I just bumped into this on drudge. Dude wants to play "baby" and his room mate "mommy". Both grown adults living off the taxpayers dime.

The dude is threatening the taxpayers with killing himself if they take away his Social Security check.

Let's call his bluff
May 18, 2011 11:56pm
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JerseyBuck

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May 19, 2011 12:02 AM
The American dream.
May 19, 2011 12:02am
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sleeper

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May 19, 2011 12:27 AM
Fab1b;773560 wrote:I wish the dude would kill himself!

+1
May 19, 2011 12:27am
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Manhattan Buckeye

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May 19, 2011 12:54 AM
Not to take this to the politics forum, but as screwed up as this dude is for being so greedy, its simply a result of a welfare state. What he's doing isn't new. There isn't means/liquid asset testing for a lot of government programs. In most, if not all, states, there is nothing stopping a multi-millionaire that ran his company into the ground from filing for unemployment benefits. This is a particularly egregious situtation, but any time the government is handing out benefits it is difficult to keep anyone from getting what they think they are "entitled" to.

I'm not going to comment on the man-baby. Good grief.
May 19, 2011 12:54am
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Ty Webb

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May 19, 2011 9:30 AM
Glad to see MB stopped short of outright blaming President Obama
May 19, 2011 9:30am
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OneBuckeye

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May 19, 2011 9:40 AM
More screwed up stuff

LOL @ that a thirteen year old would post this and LOL @ the school for being a renob about the whole thing. What a cluster of a situation.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/19/outrage-girl-suspended-school-bin-laden-facebook-post/
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CONCORD, N.H. -- A New Hampshire woman has spoken of her outrage after her 13-year-old daughter was suspended from school over a Facebook post in which said she wished Usama bin Laden killed her math teacher, WCVB-TV reported Wednesday.

Kimberly Dell'isola's daughter was suspended for five days from Rundlett Middle School in Concord after posting the comment about the Al Qaeda leader, who was shot dead when U.S. Navy SEALs stormed his Pakistan compound on May 2.

Dell'isola said she agreed that the post was offensive but thought the punishment was extreme and her daughter was entitled to free speech.

"In hindsight, she's mortified that she said that, but she's a 13-year-old kid," Dell'isola said.

Dell'isola said she usually monitors her daughter's use of the social networking website but found out about the post when she received a phone call from the school's principal. She said a parent of one of the girl's friends reported the comment.

The concerned mother was urging the school to remove her daughter from class and give her a private math tutor instead of the suspension.

"You are denying her an education based on something she did at home. That's my business, not your business," Dell'isola said.

Principal Tom Sica refused to comment due to student privacy rights.
May 19, 2011 9:40am
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Gblock

May 19, 2011 9:49 AM
a white guy named leroy on food stamps ha ha you cant make that stuff up hilarious
May 19, 2011 9:49am
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bigkahuna

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May 19, 2011 11:29 AM
OneBuckeye;773729 wrote:More screwed up stuff

LOL @ that a thirteen year old would post this and LOL @ the school for being a renob about the whole thing. What a cluster of a situation.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/19/outrage-girl-suspended-school-bin-laden-facebook-post/
"You are denying her an education based on something she did at home. That's my business, not your business," Dell'isola said.

This was the best part of her statement. Unless actions inside a student's home will cause direct harm to said student or the school, then the school has no business with it. I.e, if the student is getting abused at home or planning a shooting ala Columbine.

Not the same thing at all, but I love when other teachers come to us and say "Johnny skipped math class, you should make him run laps at practice today!" Um, no, I don't come tell you to give him a detention because he skipped practice. Same thing here. Let the parent discipline at home as they see fit and the school as they see fit at school. I remember getting in a fight with some kid in his front yard (about 6 blocks from school) and getting called down the the principal's office the next morning at school...GTFO.
May 19, 2011 11:29am
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redstreak one

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May 19, 2011 11:57 AM
^^^^^ Unfortunately the Supreme Court has upheld that minors do in fact have the right to free speech. With this freedom comes the consequences of using said speech. If you yourself posted on a public forum that you would like your boss to be murdered by bin laden, wouldnt you be called to the carpet to answer for your publicly made comments? As a matter of fact, an employee here was called to the boss when they made comments about her dislike for fellow employees on facebook. No physical or verbal threats were made, just crude language and this person was reprimanded and placed on probation. As much as I dont like the decision by the school district, a bit over the top. In school suspension or saturday school would have sufficed, they have the right to act on that comment. If you want to play the what if game, what if another student agreed and took upon themselves to carry out the act?
May 19, 2011 11:57am
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Thread Bomber

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May 19, 2011 12:01 PM
If their name was Bin Laden... you might have a beef.
May 19, 2011 12:01pm
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fan_from_texas

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May 19, 2011 12:04 PM
Free speech for students is and can be limited by schools, depending on the exact circumstances. Also, "free speech" isn't carte blanche to be a jerk--posting something like that about your math teacher is definitely on the line as to what a school can regulate. It certainly is something an employer would fire over.
May 19, 2011 12:04pm