en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/896664 Comments by c_woof http://www.pissedoffpirate.com/shitlist/welfare-wall-of-shame__trashed/#IDComment1033371192 Sorry it took so long to get back. I'm just not checking ID very often since LR&C went w/Disqust. Seems we agree on the main point. Interesting that you mention you had more "money" to spend in the store, and that your family ate better on food stamps. Does that mean you had overall more to "spend" per week/month on food stamps than while working, or that your choices changed in some manner? Tue, 8 Nov 2016 04:31:49 +0000 http://www.pissedoffpirate.com/shitlist/welfare-wall-of-shame__trashed/#IDComment1033371192 http://www.pissedoffpirate.com/shitlist/welfare-wall-of-shame__trashed/#IDComment1021454470 So are these customers prisoners who have to obey the warden and only buy what God says they must buy, or, as Americans, are they free to decide what to do w/what money/funds they have available? Does everyone who shops buy only fruit and veggies and abstain from the other 99% of the store? Or is it only the poor who are buying the items listed? Unfortunately freedom does not automatically bring intelligence to a matter. I also think the paucity of responses in this subject is indicative of the situation, and also shows current biases. Thu, 19 May 2016 21:30:57 +0000 http://www.pissedoffpirate.com/shitlist/welfare-wall-of-shame__trashed/#IDComment1021454470 http://www.pissedoffpirate.com/2014/07/amnesty-vs-path-to-citizenship-we-cannot-afford-either__trashed/#IDComment859109297 What on the surface seems disappointing (I haven't looked into it yet) is O meeting w/ the leaders of the 3 countries where the border children are fleeing, so as to return those children to those countries. Isn't this a little like meeting w/Stalin and seeing how to send back those who were fleeing his purges? Tue, 29 Jul 2014 04:53:41 +0000 http://www.pissedoffpirate.com/2014/07/amnesty-vs-path-to-citizenship-we-cannot-afford-either__trashed/#IDComment859109297 http://www.pissedoffpirate.com/2014/07/interesting-reading-for-the-fourth-of-july/#IDComment855843631 If they truly "understood the same Creator" they wouldn't have had differences in what that Creator wanted. Sun, 20 Jul 2014 07:32:57 +0000 http://www.pissedoffpirate.com/2014/07/interesting-reading-for-the-fourth-of-july/#IDComment855843631 http://www.pissedoffpirate.com/2014/07/amnesty-vs-path-to-citizenship-we-cannot-afford-either__trashed/#IDComment855841825 Yes, exactly! So much fear, so much garbage... Sorry if any Irish feel offended -- didn't mean to leave you out! Sun, 20 Jul 2014 07:24:08 +0000 http://www.pissedoffpirate.com/2014/07/amnesty-vs-path-to-citizenship-we-cannot-afford-either__trashed/#IDComment855841825 http://www.pissedoffpirate.com/2014/07/amnesty-vs-path-to-citizenship-we-cannot-afford-either__trashed/#IDComment855833870 How do you equate your views to those who were railing against the Poles, the Germans, the Italians, and the Chinese? Sun, 20 Jul 2014 06:42:13 +0000 http://www.pissedoffpirate.com/2014/07/amnesty-vs-path-to-citizenship-we-cannot-afford-either__trashed/#IDComment855833870 http://www.pissedoffpirate.com/2014/07/interesting-reading-for-the-fourth-of-july/#IDComment855832748 Perhaps you could tell that to Mary, Queen of Scots. Or to the Irish. Or to Luther. Sun, 20 Jul 2014 06:36:21 +0000 http://www.pissedoffpirate.com/2014/07/interesting-reading-for-the-fourth-of-july/#IDComment855832748 http://www.storyleak.com/police-officer-shoots-puppy-fearing-safety/#IDComment845655057 What I want is some follow-up -- did this sad excuse for a human lose his badge due to excessive stupidity on the job? Sun, 22 Jun 2014 01:37:25 +0000 http://www.storyleak.com/police-officer-shoots-puppy-fearing-safety/#IDComment845655057 http://www.storyleak.com/police-officer-shoots-puppy-fearing-safety/#IDComment841017532 I'm hoping those who just drop by to offer an opinion might be persuaded to join D as it is rather painless if one just sets up an e-mail account. But, then, they could have done when ID existed. So, not much hope there. I hope you do find a good ID client. :-) I can't really describe how much I hate the new site. No, really. It seems they've either abandoned their programming (doubtful) or just can no longer spell "schedule" but if I were to adequately describe it, I would say they hired a 14-yr-old Microsoft fanboy to do the deed. Tue, 10 Jun 2014 07:22:18 +0000 http://www.storyleak.com/police-officer-shoots-puppy-fearing-safety/#IDComment841017532 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140606the_bergdahl_exchang#IDComment840531487 "During the meeting, Obama asked the immigration advocates why they shifted their focus from House Republicans, who hold the keys to immigration overhaul. The Senate passed a sweeping immigration bill in June, but House Republicans have done nothing in the 10 months since. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., summed up the feelings of the White House, when she called the focus on Obama a "gift to the Republicans." Judging by the numbers, she's right." USAToday Mon, 9 Jun 2014 01:18:59 +0000 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140606the_bergdahl_exchang#IDComment840531487 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140606the_bergdahl_exchang#IDComment840530017 " the vast majority of border crossers who are apprehended get fingerprinted and formally deported. The change began during the George W. Bush administration and accelerated under Obama. The policy stemmed in part from a desire to ensure that people who had crossed into the country illegally would have formal charges on their records. In the Obama years, all of the increase in deportations has involved people picked up within 100 miles of the border, most of whom have just recently crossed over." LATimes Mon, 9 Jun 2014 01:13:13 +0000 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140606the_bergdahl_exchang#IDComment840530017 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140606the_bergdahl_exchang#IDComment840528740 As in, how many whistleblowers blew the lid on their decrees? Or were persecuted for blowing their whistles? Mon, 9 Jun 2014 01:08:41 +0000 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140606the_bergdahl_exchang#IDComment840528740 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140606the_bergdahl_exchang#IDComment840526968 The only thing that has changed is the realization that O did not change the direction of our security state as promised -- his admin has enhanced it. Paraphrasing Professor Chomsky -- " in order to carry out violence and subversion abroad, or repression and violation of fundamental rights at home, state power has regularly sought to create the misimpression that it is terrorists that we are fighting, though there are other options: drug lords, mad mullahs seeking nuclear weapons, and other ogres said to be seeking to attack and destroy us. [And] throughout, the basic principle remains: Power must not be exposed to the sunlight. [Whisleblowers have] become the most wanted for failing to comprehend this essential maxim [ -- i.e., that] there must be complete transparency for the population, but none for the powers that must defend themselves from this fearsome internal enemy." All of us need to be concerned and must attempt to put the genie back in the bottle. It's no longer partisan. Mon, 9 Jun 2014 01:01:59 +0000 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140606the_bergdahl_exchang#IDComment840526968 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140606the_bergdahl_exchang#IDComment840524224 We provided aid to whomever would fight the Soviets, starting in 1979. After the Soviets went home, we abandoned Afghanistan to more decades of civil war between rival factions, using arms we provided, allowing a free-for-all including factions from Pakistan and elsewhere. The Taliban gained control of part of the country, the warlords other parts. Part of our highly successful meddling in other countries. Mon, 9 Jun 2014 00:51:49 +0000 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140606the_bergdahl_exchang#IDComment840524224 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140606the_bergdahl_exchang#IDComment840508116 I heard his departure was delayed because he couldn't decide which yacht to take. Sun, 8 Jun 2014 23:45:12 +0000 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140606the_bergdahl_exchang#IDComment840508116 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140606the_bergdahl_exchang#IDComment840503118 Wonder how that providing refuge to visitors -- even former enemies -- is playing in the American Southwest? Sun, 8 Jun 2014 23:23:13 +0000 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140606the_bergdahl_exchang#IDComment840503118 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140606the_bergdahl_exchang#IDComment840502806 There are other cultures that aren't American? Sun, 8 Jun 2014 23:21:44 +0000 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140606the_bergdahl_exchang#IDComment840502806 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140606the_bergdahl_exchang#IDComment840502573 It still has the oil. Sun, 8 Jun 2014 23:20:47 +0000 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140606the_bergdahl_exchang#IDComment840502573 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140606the_bergdahl_exchang#IDComment840501928 And we desperately need to change this. How? I haven't a clue -- texting rules, 140-character epics rule, attention span is lower than ever. Sun, 8 Jun 2014 23:18:11 +0000 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140606the_bergdahl_exchang#IDComment840501928 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140606the_bergdahl_exchang#IDComment840500946 Just because you fail to recognize the messenger doesn't mean the message is not true. I guess I'll just have to completely ignore everything you post from now on, even if you point out my house is on fire, because, well, it's you. We must have some standards, Madam, no matter how limiting those standards become. I don't care if he cut and pasted the quoted message. It's the message I care about. Sun, 8 Jun 2014 23:14:09 +0000 http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr/lr140606the_bergdahl_exchang#IDComment840500946