"Those people are used to government handouts . . . "

[gollygee]

"They've been getting government handouts their whole lives. Then a hurricane comes. They're told to evacuate and take water, and they don't. Then they want the government to bail them out again."

Yep. I heard that today.

Tell me again racism isn't a part of the pitiful response.

[misanthrope]

1. I've been hearing that exact sentiment...

...for days.

[sniffa]

2. who and where did you hear that from?

x(

[gollygee]

3. Family.

Yes, I am embarassed by that.

[William769]

4. That is a disgrace

I take pride in smacking people like this down.

[RBHam]

5. Rush has done his job well.

Pretty soon he'll be able to say "take that bone out of your nose" to a black caller again.

[HEyHEY]

10. Speaking of welfare cases....

[BrutalEntropy]

21. wtf?!?

is that an actual Rush quote?

If so, do you have a source for that (not that I don't believe you, I just want that for my records)

[HysteryDiagnosis]

6. A nobid contract that you then misuse and abuse.... IS A GD

GOVERNMENT HANDOUT. How many nobid contracts did these POOR people get??? NOT ONE.

[Cocoa]

7. were they talking about Halliburton?

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Bull puckey!!! The smug arrogance of someone who isn't in living Hell. May

they never have to learn their lesson the hard way.

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http://timeforachange.bluelemur.com/electionreform.htm

[bring_em_home_bush]

17. No, I really hope they do learn the hard way

I'm way past anything but raw hatred for these people at this point.

[OneGrassRoot]

9. racism and classism..........

I hear the same from family. Their lack of compassion would be just as evident if those in NO were "white trash".

My response is that I'm not into unqualified handouts to anyone, but I'm much more outraged at our government handouts to multibillion dollar companies!!!

[MaineDem]

11. I've been reading that all week on a local Freeper-lite website

It's disgusting! But these people believe it. At least that's the story they're spreading.

[expatriot]

12. Haven't we all been gettin government handouts our whole lives?

Public education
Public transportation
Police protection
etc. etc.

[Zenlitened]

13. Yep. I've heard that too, from a typical bush-bot.

There's an enemy seething and festering within our borders, and it ain't just al qaeda.

:puke:

[shraby]

14. My mother used to say

"But for the grace of God, there go I"

[rocktivity]

15. TORO TURD!

It was "the government" who told the people to go to the Superdome if they had no place to go. Why did they do that if they had no intention of accomodating them, especially if they KNEW it was possible that the levees would break? I'm sure they would have preferred to have died in the comfort of their own homes...

:eyes:
rocknation

[NorthernSpy]

16. some people at the WTC died because they waited for officials...

... to advise them to leave the building. Does that mean that they were government-advice-dependent untermeschen who deserved to die?


:eyes:

[EC]

18. Yeah, that one was used on me too

I said that I would bet that at least 70% were WORKING poor, and another 20% disabled - so we should just leave them there and watch them starve to death? These are the same people that were saying what a horrible death it must have been for Schivo - being deprived of FOOD AND WATER....

[undergroundpanther]

19. Throw these stats back at 'em

http://www.jmooneyham.com/your-true-chances-of-getting-rich-reference.html

[FloridaPat]

20. Speaking of people use to gov't handouts - this thread below Halliburotn

thread. Now there is a group use to gov't handouts.

[Lindacooks]

22. If that's true, then government handouts are PITIFUL.

Because those people couldn't AFFORD to leave.

Goddamn SOB right wing whackos. Burn in hell.

[Land Shark]

23. Yes, but there's also an instinct to protect oneself from emotion

by making victims responsible somehow. that way the person involved avoids a potentially very emotional and empathic response that would otherwise be the natural result of what we see.

[Cleita]

24. And I thought you were talking about the Bush Family.

RACISM is the name all right.

[KingFlorez]

25. Tell that to the man who had to apply for food stamps

the first time ever in his life on CNN yesterday.

[DawgHouse]

26. Yep, I heard that at work the other day

and the person who said it was one of the first in line when FEMA was reimbursing for generators after Hurr. Charley. But I guess it's different for him because he's white???? :shrug: