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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:22 PM
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Damn, my Republican neighbor told me he is tired of the Teabaggers, they are messing with his SS.
Well, I told him you voted Republican what did you think would happen.

My neighbor and his wife will facing a nursing home in a few years.

The chickens have come home to roost.

No I don't feel sorry for him.
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:24 PM
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1. Chickens Voting For Colonel Sanders, Ma'am....
Deserve not a scintilla of sympathy.
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:24 PM
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2. Just curious which part of Texas you are in?
Geographical, not city.

I am in the eastern part of the state...and there is a lot of disgruntlement, but they have managed to circle it back around to blame on the Democrats.
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:26 PM
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5. Houston, we are liberal here.
We have a gay mayor and Bill White carried when he ran for Governor.

We still have some Republicans like my neighbor.
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:29 PM
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9. I actually just got a really nice job offer down there
I've never been a paperwork nurse, but this is what I am doing now and I don't really love it.

The job in Houston however, is hands-on working with the transplant team. It is very tempting. I might pick your brain about living down there.

The teabaggers are really bringing me down in my area.
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:56 PM
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24. Houston is liberal like Austin.
The summers suck, but the rest of the year is fine.
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 08:02 PM
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26. REALLY? I seriously had no idea about this.
Houston is sounding better all the time.
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 10:12 PM
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30. The cities are liberal but the country side tends toward republicans.
We are close enough the Galveston for a day trip.

Austin is just a few hours away.

Watch out of housing, lots of townhouses going up in the inner city.

The prices have dropped, I think there are a lot of repo houses for sale around my neighborhood.
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 10:50 PM
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32. I looked around and saw some rents around the Montrose area
and they were a little high.
I am not sure where I would like to be--but it is certainly something to consider.
Thanks!
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 11:45 PM
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34. In my neighborhood townhouses that went for $350,000 are now going for $250,000.
They were overpriced to begin with, I live close to the Montrose.

I love the Montrose.

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muntrv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:24 PM
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3. Never ceases to amaze me that so many people vote against their
own interests.
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judgegblue Donating Member (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:41 PM
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17. How can teachers, union members, anyone earning less than $50,000.
Vote repub. But they do. I blame some of this on three Gs, god, guns and gays. Repubs play to fear, ignorance and bigotry which apparently trumps self interest. I will never understand how so called Christians can support the repub agenda.
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B Calm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:24 PM
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4. My republican neighbor who is on SS disability argued with me and called me a socialist.
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:28 PM
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8. That is funny, where does he think the SS disability comes from.
We do have stupid people in this country.
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B Calm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:34 PM
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13. My neighbor is a female. She taught grade school and then she started
losing her eyesight. I told her she needs to look up the word socialism before condemning it.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:27 PM
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6. Isn't that the way it always is? They never see the light until it smacks them in the face.
Now that their SS will be cut, their shitty voting record means something. Dumb asses.
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CakeGrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:27 PM
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7. I wonder if he would have come to that enlightenment
if this whole debate hadn't taken place?

If Congress had simply raised the debt limit, the Teabaggers would have had a little more cover.

Say what you will about the "drama" or "theater" of this whole thing, this is one of the benefits.

Bonus points for the guy actually understanding who really wants to screw over SS/Medicare.
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:31 PM
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10. He had nothing good to say about the teabaggers.
I have been talking to him lately, something sunk in.
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marions ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:33 PM
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12. good point
:thumbsup:

To the Teabaggers: :nopity: Enjoy the New Austerity you supported
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:40 PM
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16. To the younger teabaggers, how do you like taking care of Mom and Dad.
Nursing homes will be to expensive.
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marions ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 09:50 PM
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29. Yep
that certainly is one of the serious possible consequences. Younger Tbaggers need to realize how much their own future is in jeopardy. But they get no education in what's really going on. So I'm glad to hear that some of the older TBaggers are wising up. Maybe they can enlighten the younger ones.
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Gemini Cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 11:04 PM
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33. That's right
be sure to remind the teabaggers of this when their drooling grandmas/grandpas are shitting all over their sofa. Nursing homes are expensive and billionairs need tax cuts, so why would they complain? This is what the teabaggers wanted afterall.
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jwirr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 08:15 PM
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27. That is one of the things I give Obama credit for - he has let them
put their ideas into writing in various bills and made them public. As I have said before they have written out ads for 2012 themselves. Wake up America.

As to the lady who does not think her SSDI is government - I would have said to her if you hate socialism that much you need to get off SSDI immediately - it is the most liberal program we have.
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MissDeeds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:32 PM
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11. Glad he finally saw the light
Sure he was part of the problem, but I still feel kind of sorry for him. It's a terrible thing to wake up too late and be a victim of your own choices.
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:37 PM
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14. They both have health problems, I do help them out because I am a good person.
Now that he is getting hit, now he is mad.
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MissDeeds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:58 PM
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25. You're a good soul, texanwitch
:thumbsup:
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florida08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:40 PM
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15. that's exactly what needs to happen
These people that listen to Limbaugh and Fox News always think it's the other guy that will get hurt. Those lazy welfare recipients that won't get a job. Will they get more informed now? I sure hope so.
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:42 PM
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19. I think a big awaking is due.
I hope so.
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florida08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:46 PM
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20. it sure needs to
:thumbsup:
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:41 PM
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18. Does anyone think that enough of
the rethuglikkkons will wake up before it is to late?
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DFW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:48 PM
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21. He got what he voted for.
So what's his problem?
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Blue Meany Donating Member (986 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:49 PM
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22. A conservative friend of mine today posting something on facebook
about how he paid cash for his social security and that it was not an "entitlement program: that could be done away with. I told him that none of the entitlements were charity: SS, disability, unemployment, medicare, were all insurance programs that we had paid for and thus we are entitled to them. I think they crossed a line threatening SS that they will live to regret.
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Dawson Leery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:50 PM
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23. The teabaggers can rot in the gutter (literally).
They supported these reactionaries, they hate all government services, therefore they deserve to rot.
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MattBaggins Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 08:17 PM
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28. They want to cut programs just not theirs
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 10:16 PM
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31. typical fucking repuke
only cares when it affects HIM :puke:
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