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Minority groups seek Halloween candy subsidies
The Daily Redundancy ^
Posted on 10/30/2007 11:51:43 AM PDT by chordmaster
ATLANTA, GA - An alliance of several minority groups announced a major campaign to secure Halloween candy subsidies for children in low-income and minority neighborhoods. The action comes on the heels of a recent survey that revealed the sobering fact that parents in these neighborhoods were less likely to send their children trick-or-treating. The groups claim the subsidies are necessary to bring justice to children with little or no opportunity to collect Halloween candy...
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TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: halloween; satire; welfarestate
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To: chordmaster
Give me a break now us taxpayers have to pay for their kids candy get a job,quite smoking,drinking,taking drugs.get a life.When is this crap going to stop?
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posted on
10/30/2007 11:55:15 AM PDT
by
bikerman
(_ _ . /_ _ _ /_ . . / / . . . . / . / . _ . . / . _ _ . / / . . _ / . . . //)
To: chordmaster
The gubmint will have to waive the candy ban for food stamp users. They couldn’t dare think of buying candy out of their own money. Do these people get wake up calls from the gubmint also? Probably at 11am when Springer comes on.
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posted on
10/30/2007 11:56:05 AM PDT
by
Ron in Acreage
(Conservative 1st, republican sometime)
To: chordmaster
Good Lord! Now they seek candy justice! Not content to wait for the guilt of liberals to kick in, they are doing the Rev. Jackson shakedown. This is nothing more than panhandling.
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posted on
10/30/2007 11:57:15 AM PDT
by
Stashiu
(RVN, 1969-70)
To: bikerman
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posted on
10/30/2007 11:57:39 AM PDT
by
linear
(We must act now to conserve the Earth's precious supply of momentum!)
To: chordmaster
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posted on
10/30/2007 11:57:47 AM PDT
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: chordmaster
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To think that I believed we already gave away too many freebees, we are now responsible for kids pursuit of candy. WTF!!!! It cost 10 dollars max to give out candy on Holloween. This is sickening to me!!!
To: chordmaster
And here I thought this was Scrapple Face article.
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posted on
10/30/2007 11:58:05 AM PDT
by
AdvisorB
("A Hillary Clinton presidency would result in a weaker economy and a weaker America" Dick Morris)
To: bikerman
You forgot about the dentist bill after all the toothaches coming thanks to all the free candy. And all the diabetic treatments from the sugar ODs that will occur.
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posted on
10/30/2007 11:58:36 AM PDT
by
Ron in Acreage
(Conservative 1st, republican sometime)
To: chordmaster
You can darn well bet these “poor” people have cell phones, cable tv, flat screen LCD’s, and maybe even a pimped out ride. I call BS!
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posted on
10/30/2007 11:58:59 AM PDT
by
vpintheak
(Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. Prov. 25:26)
To: linear
“Satire”
Things are so silly now I never even considered that possibility.
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posted on
10/30/2007 11:59:30 AM PDT
by
Califreak
(Duncan Hunter-no clothespin necessary!)
To: Stashiu
I give the chirrens healthy little vegetable-based treats that I collect during the year.
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posted on
10/30/2007 11:59:32 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
To: chordmaster
Who a hoot! Very creative.
To: chordmaster
There can be no candy gap.
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:00:30 PM PDT
by
njrep
To: chordmaster
On a related note, All department stores and malls with “Santas” will have to have in addition to the traditional “white” Santa, a African American Santa, an Asian Santa and a Latino/Hispanic Santa................
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:00:55 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we have consensus.......)
To: chordmaster
Okay for a second time, news from the site daily redundancy had me going.
Scary, when satire is hard to tell from truth
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:01:25 PM PDT
by
KosmicKitty
(WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
To: chordmaster
Just about every poor kid in the country eats way too much candy, not too little. I hope this is satire.
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:01:35 PM PDT
by
pissant
(Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
To: chordmaster
Like childhood obesity is not ALREADY a scourge among the poor?
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:02:35 PM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
("Gunners til I die!")
To: chordmaster
This is an obvious farce...look at the race of the kids in the accompanying photo.
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:03:11 PM PDT
by
meandog
(I'm one of the FEW and the BRAVE FReepers still supporting John McCain)
To: Stashiu
Now they seek candy justice! Candy reparations
If it melt in da hand, pay da man.
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:03:17 PM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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