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email from a friend | 2/3/2023 | unknown

Posted on 02/03/2023 1:22:15 PM PST by sodpoodle

Once in a while, we just have to stand back in awe of our government:

The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture is proud to be distributing the greatest number of free meals and food stamps ever - to 46 million people.

Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the U.S. Dept. of Interior, asks us to "Please Do Not Feed the Animals." Their stated reason for the policy is that "the animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not learn to take care of themselves.”

Thus, this ends today's lesson. Thank you.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Education
KEYWORDS: society
God bless
1 posted on 02/03/2023 1:22:15 PM PST by sodpoodle
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To: sodpoodle

This could come only, from our government.


2 posted on 02/03/2023 1:25:53 PM PST by caver
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To: sodpoodle

Excellent observation. BIIG irony.


3 posted on 02/03/2023 1:27:13 PM PST by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: sodpoodle
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4 posted on 02/03/2023 1:31:01 PM PST by PGR88 (, )
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To: sodpoodle

America is the only country where the “hungry” typically weigh 300lbs. each.


5 posted on 02/03/2023 1:59:17 PM PST by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: sodpoodle

I was with a chick once. There was a bum at the intersection and she reached into her purse. I said “hey, don’t do that, you are going to teach him to associate people with food!”

She was enraged.


6 posted on 02/03/2023 2:51:43 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: sodpoodle
Many years ago I went to the Vienna zoo. There were signs warning people Zucker ist fu"r uns Gift ("Sugar is poison for us") so they wouldn't try to feed the animals. The German word Gift is what the French call a faux ami--its meaning is very different from the English word spelled the same.
7 posted on 02/03/2023 3:28:36 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: telescope115

Give a man a free meal, feed him for a day.

Give the man food stamps, teach him to mooch for life.


8 posted on 02/03/2023 3:56:26 PM PST by roadcat
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You're sparking old memories. A great thread from old...
Sundown At Coffin Rock

Same thread, reply 20...
The Price of Free Corn
(The Wild and Free Pigs of the Okefenokee Swamp)

Worthy company with your succinct email.

9 posted on 02/03/2023 4:21:39 PM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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