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  • (Housing)Voucher Lines Under Control After Stampede

    07/14/2011 2:35:49 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 21 replies
    NBC DFW ^ | July 14, 2011 | Frank Heinz
    At least five people required medical attention, including one pregnant woman who was trampled, after hundreds of people began running to apply for housing assistance vouchers early Thursday morning. Dallas County residents hoping to secure a Dallas County Health and Human Services housing voucher began lining up on Polk Street outside of the Jessie Owens Memorial Complex at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. The vouchers provide up to $1,000 each month to put toward rent for low income families. By 5 a.m. Thursday, that number had grown substantially and as many as 15,000 applications were expected, according to Dallas Fire-Rescue's Jason Evans....
  • America’s Unhappiest Millionaire: Michelle Obama’s gospel of misery

    05/05/2008 8:28:51 PM PDT · by Alouette · 60 replies · 343+ views
    National Review ^ | May 5, 2008 | Yuval Levin
    By her husband’s logic, Michelle Obama must be a heavily armed xenophobic religious zealot, because boy is she bitter. This C-SPAN video of a speech delivered by Mrs. Obama in North Carolina last Friday is characteristic of her peculiar recent performances on the stump. It is an hour-long talk to supporters who just want something to cheer about, and who get some opportunities at the outset, but then find themselves treated to a profoundly and relentlessly negative vision of American life.