Republican governor recently turned down $56 mil in federal stimulus funds in protest against Obama

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Mon Aug-17-09 07:18 PM
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Republican governor recently turned down $56 mil in federal stimulus funds in protest against Obama

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Out of Sight, Out of Options
Monday August 17, 2009

Survival: Shae Hill and her three-month-old son live in Glendora, Mississippi, a city in the Lower Mississippi Delta with a median annual family income of $11,875. My home state of Mississippi, whose Republican governor recently turned down $56 million in federal stimulus funds in protest against the Obama administration, has a 21.3% poverty rate--the nation's highest. (Photo: Mario Tama / Getty Images.)

"If you're lying on a sidewalk, whether you're homeless or a millionaire, you're in violation of the ordinance."
-- Joseph Patner, city attorney for St. Petersburg, Florida

"he law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges."
-- Anatole France

Barbara Ehrenreich compared these two quotes in her New York Times op-ed last week, in which she cited a report showing that as homelessness and poverty have increased in the economic downturn, laws against the poor and homeless have actually increased in number and in scope.

Take St. Petersburg, for example, where this YouTube video shows local police destroying tents donated for use by the homeless--and where homeless ministries have long been targeted by city officials and police, who are concerned that St. Petersburg might attract homeless people from other communities if it is perceived as too homeless-friendly.

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wtbymark

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Mon Aug-17-09 07:27 PM
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1. all I had to see is which state, pretty sad n/t

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CurtEastPoint

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Mon Aug-17-09 07:29 PM
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2. "The measure of a society is found in how they treat...

...their weakest and most helpless citizens. As Americans, we are blessed with circumstances that protect our human rights and our religious freedom, but for many people around the world, deprivation and persecution have become a way of life."

Jimmy Carter

Yep... right here in the good old USA.

Sadly, so many people claim to be Christian, yet they forget:

"For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.�

�Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?�

�I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'

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cherish44

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Mon Aug-17-09 07:38 PM
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3. Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers that you do unto me

Remember that hymn from church Haley?? If what you believe is true and you're going to stand before Jesus in judgement someday.... he's gonna have some tough questions for you

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ContinentalOp

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Mon Aug-17-09 07:42 PM
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4. How is this possible? Can't we just withold all of their federal funding then?

Edited on Mon Aug-17-09 07:43 PM by ContinentalOp

They can't pick and choose like it's a buffet.

edit: "they" sounds wrong, I don't mean to blame the citizens of the state. I should have said "he".

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GodlyDemocrat

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Mon Aug-17-09 08:02 PM
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5. Sure you can ... You can also pay the poor of MS directly

Screw the BS of the Governor deny funding from the federal government just because he hates blacks.

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Missy Vixen

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Mon Aug-17-09 08:05 PM
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6. And off to the greatest page with you

As another poster here has mentioned, I'm only sorry we all won't see what happens when some of these who actively persecuted the poor stand before their God.

I think they're in for a big surprise. :woohoo:

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