Indications elsewhere of this House File (which must be different for this year from the healkth care one) limits cash withdrawals of benefits from ATMs, but says nothing about how much cash you ca carry:
http://kstp.com/article/stories/S1934159.shtml?cat=1
Here’s the original form:
I love that. “Exposed how cash benefits could be used on anything”. It’s not like it’s a huge secret the government’s been covering up all this time. It’s the main reason cash benefits are so much rarer than food stamp benefits.
Its a nationwide meme, and it will not die. St. Ronnie of Bakersfield most famously exploited it with his fable about welfare queens in Cadillacs, and he hit America right square in the fantasy, everybody knows its true, nobody has to prove it, welfare scum are whooping it up, partying on our money.
Minnesota is less susceptible to this kind of crapola, but Minnesota has its share. And despite their outward appearance of bland calm, what appears to be stolid sanity has more than one kink in it.
Two words: Jesse Ventura. 'Nuf sed. Just as crazy as the rest, just quieter about it.
May not be the worst thing she’s done, but I was struck by her appearance on some Fox News show, maybe (?), where she repeatedly spelled out her website’s name—“That’s SharonAnggledotcom, and if everybody could just go there and give me twenty bucks, I could represent you,”----and it was just so crude and vulgar. This, from a woman who talked repeatedly about “Second Amendment solutions” but fled the press.
Well, Luci, I’m not as sour on Ol’ Jessie as you are. Of course you had the advantage of seeing his ego operate at close range. Nonetheless, just as soon as he announced that organized religion was a crutch for the feeble-minded (or words to that effect) he went up a couple notches in my estimation. As an uninvolved observer from afar (Afar is just south of Mason City) it seemed that Jessie never played his constituents for fools, something I can not say for the Representative from White Cloud.
The man himself, not so bad, merely a lout. He won many points with me by attending his Inaugarual Ball in a Jimi Hendrix t-shirt and a florescent pink feather boa. And Minnesota has a comparitively “weak governor” system, so whateverness. So I am referencing more the willingness to elect a pro-wrestler to be governnor rather than the particular pro wrestler chosen. Nonetheless, it is a pity that World Champion Vern Gagne was not available…
I am also irked by Jesse’s habit of insinuating that he is a bad-ass combat commando. He trained as a Navy SEAL, but he likes to suggest more than his record attests. Bugs me.
Here’s a minor, and locally amusing one.
There was a MoveOn.org rally locally Tuesday, in front of one of the library branches, protesting mostly the various budget cuts for education and public services and some rather sinister provisions in Michigan’s budget bill. (Sweetie and I went to see what they had to say; some of those people are nutty, but a number of the speakers had relevant, reasonable complaints.) It got printed up in thelocal paper. Not surprisingly, our federal representative Thaddeus McCotter gave a terse, condescending response:
The punchline? Well, we might have LIKED to borrow an economics book, but that particular library is closed on Tuesdays. Because of budget cuts.
Apparently, the President can’t take time to fill out his NCAA brackets anymore.
Here’s a hint: I doubt a Republican President will work every waking moment of every day to fix every single global problem. I sure as hell know the last one didn’t.
I think Barack Obama should be spending his time in more serious pursuits, like clearing brush. How much time does it take to fill out the NCAA brackets anyway?
A very classy reponse from Dan Quayle, of all people, about Obama playing the occasional round of golf:
Son of a bitch. Not only do I agree with Dan Quayle, but I also think that was a thoughtful and intelligent thing to say.
Here comes the apocalypse. It’s been nice knowing you all.
See? Obama’s golfing will destroy the world!
Yeah, we’re at the point where Dan Quayle has become a voice of reason. We’re fucked.
No shit. What’s next in the Apocalypse – some two-bit politician with less provable ability than Dan Quayle and no realistic selling points other than their appearance being treated as a serious candidate for the 2012 President race?
A.) We better never GET another Republican President.
B.) In the tragically likely event that we fuck up and DO get another Republican President I would prefer that he (or she; it could be a she) spend every waking moment devoting his or her attention to inconsequential matters such as the NCAA tournament and Dancing With the Stars, and other water cooler-appropriate subjects. Any actual policy activity by such a person could only leave us worse off.
I quote George W Bush (from Aug 2002, smack dab in the middle of the War on Terror):
“I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you. Now watch this drive.”
There’s leadership you can set your wrist watch to.
Grampa? What’s a “wrist watch”?
Is anyone really surprised any more to find out that conservatives in America don’t understand how our Government or the world work?
Secular atheist country dominated by Islamists. Yeah, Newt, that makes sense.
And, due in May from the esteemed (cough) Jerome Corsi is the Big Book of Birtherism.
Hey, sometimes when you are trying to wave as many boogeymen as you can in front of the unwashed masses you have to sacrifice some realism. Face it, it is not like his intended audience was going to notice.