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EBT System Goes Down: Obama Voters Threaten Mass Riots
Gateway Pundit ^ | 10/12/13 | Jim Hoft

Posted on 10/12/2013 10:54:12 PM PDT by Nachum

“cuz lock your doors load your guns they cut off ebt cards nationwide” - Twitter

They voted for Obama for the free stuff. Now the free stuff isn’t happening. So they riot.

Today, the Electronic Benefits Transfer system (electronic food stamps debit card) went down in several states due to a computer glitch, and Obama voters are going nuts on Twitter, threatening mass rioting. This is free government money gone bad and exactly what’s wrong with our country.

According to WoodTV (NBC 8),

NBC News reports several states were affected by the glitch. The USDA released a statement saying:“EBT cards in a number of states have temporarily stopped working today due to a technical issue that the vendor that serves these states is experiencing. The vendor is working to fix this issue and EBT cards will work again once it is resolved. This issue is not related to the government shutdown.”

Pat Dollard reports, from TWITCHY,

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KEYWORDS: ebt; foodstamps; operationwhipcracker; riots; welfarestate
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To: mowowie
I say shut it down, SHUT THE WHOLE DAMN THING DOWN and let god sort out the pieces.....

Riots occur overwhelmingly in Democrat voter zones, never in rural areas where the citizens own guns and know how to drop a 300 lb. animal. If civil war breaks out, all the productive sector needs to do is hack the EBT system and let the process play itself out.

We have to ask ourselves at some point just how many human pets do we really need. They are great for companionship but when pets lose their cuteness, or pet owners lose their interest or can't afford them anymore, the pets quickly go feral and become a problem. In the future something has to give, and it won't be pretty.

81 posted on 10/13/2013 5:33:01 AM PDT by Reeses
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To: octex

We were effected locally by the ebt mishap. On our local paper’s Facebook page someone was seriously complaining they couldn’t use their ebt card and had to pay cash for their food. They are all slaves to the system.


82 posted on 10/13/2013 5:52:00 AM PDT by eak3
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To: laplata
The comments are scary. The idiots must shop on a daily basis and have no food on hand.

I'm sure that's the case. What we have here is an assortment of life's losers demonstrating why they are losers: incapable of rational thought.

83 posted on 10/13/2013 5:58:50 AM PDT by OldPossum
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To: OldPossum

I should add that I painted with too broad a brush. Some of these people are just temporarily down on their luck in the job market and need food stamps. Those deserve them; the others don’t.


84 posted on 10/13/2013 6:03:45 AM PDT by OldPossum
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To: steve86

You’ve got to be kidding me.


85 posted on 10/13/2013 6:15:27 AM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: Nachum
Free Food? They want to riot to get "free" food?

The solution is simple. Give them a whiff of "grape"...

86 posted on 10/13/2013 6:16:03 AM PDT by Gritty (Progressives see themselves as saints, opponents as Satanists; that justifies anything-D. Horowitz)
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To: Reeses

“We have to ask ourselves at some point just how many human pets do we really need. They are great for companionship but when pets lose their cuteness, or pet owners lose their interest or can’t afford them anymore, the pets quickly go feral and become a problem.”

Never thought of the ‘takers’ as my pets; makes perfect sense, though...


87 posted on 10/13/2013 6:22:40 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Skooz

Yes, he was. Take a look at his tagline. It is NOT true.


88 posted on 10/13/2013 6:25:08 AM PDT by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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To: laplata

mostly beer & cigarettes @ fast food places


89 posted on 10/13/2013 6:26:15 AM PDT by stickywillie (how come there are no father-in-law jokes?)
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To: All

I wonder how much of an effect EBT system is affecting food pricing overall. I have heard that food prices are going up dramatically because a good percentage of it is subsidized now by EBT - same as insurance. Since good food can be purchased by anyone, the middle class bears the brunt of it. Yes,fuel and other costs are going up as well, but the EBT subsidy is a means to get a little more profit, since grocers know the food is going to be bought anyway regardless of pricing.


90 posted on 10/13/2013 6:34:19 AM PDT by Maringa
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To: Nachum
Posted by an obvious Occupy Kroger nitwit. I find it unbelievable how people can distort the truth. If people are going to do "whatever it takes" because they are hungry, how about the GET A JOB? Oh that's right, Zer0 has extended unemployment out to 99 weeks, ruined the economy, cut all the jobs to part time status with ACA, and just has no real solutions.

Welfare needs to end, NOW. Do it. Make it hurt.

91 posted on 10/13/2013 7:33:51 AM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Mr. K

Nah, it was a tragic house fire.

All the ammo started cooking off, and the firemen couldn’t get close to save the house.

Tragic, I tell you, tragic...


92 posted on 10/13/2013 8:20:13 AM PDT by Old Sarge (And Good Evening, Agent Smith, wherever you are...)
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To: Ackackadack
Thinking this “glitch” is a deliberate test run to gauge the reaction.

Nailed it.

93 posted on 10/13/2013 8:21:44 AM PDT by Old Sarge (And Good Evening, Agent Smith, wherever you are...)
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To: Ackackadack; Eagles6; Travis McGee
I am quoting Travis from last night:

This was a test of the National EBT Shutdown System. This was only a test.

A test, and a very dangerous warning shot to the GOP to accede to Obama’s demands for an infinite debt limit increase, “or else.”

The “or else” is an EBT system shutdown, and cities on fire from coast to coast.

All blamed on those Evil White Racist Republicans, who wouldn’t give Obama his money, and made little babies go hungry. Damn those evil white racist Republicans!

That’s the game plan.

94 posted on 10/13/2013 8:36:49 AM PDT by Old Sarge (And Good Evening, Agent Smith, wherever you are...)
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To: Catsrus

“I want this six pack of beer. Here’s my EBT.”
“Can’t use EBT to buy beer sir.”
“Fine. I’ll buy this sack of rice with my EBT.”
“Thank you sir. Here is the receipt.”
“I’d like to return this purchase.”
“Here’s your cash refund sir.”
“I’d like to buy this six pack of beer with this here cash.”
“Very good sir. Have a nice day.”

Some of you are so ignorant.


95 posted on 10/13/2013 9:02:16 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Making good people helpless doesn't make bad people harmless.)
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To: laplata

mostly beer & cigarettes @ fast food places


96 posted on 10/13/2013 9:03:19 AM PDT by stickywillie (how come there are no father-in-law jokes?)
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To: Old Sarge

RIP, Labgrade.


97 posted on 10/13/2013 9:19:55 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Making good people helpless doesn't make bad people harmless.)
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To: Maringa

Great insight. I’ve noted the same for house prices, college tuition, health insurance, but missed food.


98 posted on 10/13/2013 9:30:59 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Making good people helpless doesn't make bad people harmless.)
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To: OldPossum

You’re exactly right......just like the Dems want them, dumb and dependent.


99 posted on 10/13/2013 9:39:27 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: ctdonath2

Labgrade?


100 posted on 10/13/2013 10:41:39 AM PDT by Old Sarge (And Good Evening, Agent Smith, wherever you are...)
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