[Fishtalk]

Food stamps?! They're talking about stimulating the economy with food stamps?!?!?!

Where you been?

Last week, I'm not making this up, mine own Dem Senator, Thomas Carper, Biden's sidekick, was on a local radio talk show and guess what his solution was to stimulate the economy?

Again, I'm not making this up.

Carper said that millions freeze to death every year for not having enough money to buy heating oil. I'm not making this up! He said this! Millions freeze to death in the United States of America! You'd think they'd cover this in the news, huh?

His proposal, advanced by Dingy Harry and Her Regal Who Shall Be Our President Dammit no doubt, was to give money for heating oil to the poor.

I'd like the name of just one person who froze to death in their home....give me just one name.

Not that the truth ever mattered or anything but I'm just sayin' ...

You gotta know giving money to the "poor" that they may have heat will stimulate the economy and maybe get Carper, Biden and She Who Will Be queen a few votes.

[jmyrlefuller]

It drives me nuts to know that our government thinks handouts are the solution to all our woes.

[The Pack Knight]

I've been a bit busy and, thus, out of the loop this week. I'm still surprised none of this talk came to my attention, though.

Carper's gaffe reminds me of what John Edwards said back in 2004 about children (I think in western NC) going cold because they couldn't afford a winter coat. This is despite the fact that the Salvation Army was, and is, experiencing such a glut of winter coats that it can't figure out what to do with them all. We have a huge clothing surplus in the United States.

[txradioguy]

Fish Joe Kennedy is all over the tv her ein the D.C. area touting free heating oil from Citgo “The oil company owned by the People of Venezuela”.

And he says it with a straight face too.