I thought I had reached the depths of my outrage fatigue. But this just makes me want to cry.

[TalkingDog]

http://www.hickoryrecord.com/statesville/opinion/article_bc76c04c-b8aa-11e2-b7b8-001a4bcf6878.html

Mindboggling. Crazy. Obstinate. Just plain stupid. Those were some of the more polite phrases being tossed around the R&L newsroom upon learning that Iredell County Commissioners David Boone and Renee Griffith had voted against accepting no-strings-attached federal funds to help the poorest homeowners make repairs.

Here’s how it would have worked: Homeowners in Iredell County whose household income is below $25,000 would have been eligible for a portion of a $225,000 HUD grant to fix their homes.

Thanks to Boone and Griffith, that won’t happen. Leaky roofs will keep leaking. Broken steps will stay a safety hazard. Faulty wiring will remain a fire risk.

Thanks to Boone and Griffith, children will come home every day to a house that could have been warmer, safer and healthier — but isn’t.

Hateful fucking teabaggers.





[e-mail]

And his business:
Boone’s Country Store
3425 Taylorsville Hwy.
Statesville, NC 28625
[phone]




[e-mail]

And her business:
Cornerstone Church
650 Glover Street
Statesville, NC 28625
Phone: [phone]

[Wounded Bear]

1. Her 'business' address is a church?

Figures.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Never too soon to take away the tax exemption from churches (leave their charities tax exempt).nt

[timdog44]

24. Hit the nail

on the head. Churches should not be tax exempt anyway.

[bravenak]

44. My first thought.

Sad.

[KatyMan]

2. Name 'em and shame 'em

They can be all high and mighty in their little towns with their little churches but maybe people like this need to be outed more--they're public figures, so why not post their pictures, an email address (public ones) and encourage people to let them know what filthy pigs they really are.

[maxsolomon]

3. No Soshlyzm!

They probably believe they're taking a principled stand against "creating gubmint dependency" and deficit spending. Decipimur Specie Recti.

The thing is, they're most likely punishing old people and kids, not lazy grifters.

[freshwest]

4. Clearing the land of people one family at a time. And yet they'll talk about FEMA camps, etc...

[meanit]

19. They would be the first ones

to start herding people into FEMA camps.

[timdog44]

26. The whole program

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of the right wing teabag bastards is to just let them die. They are worthless drains on society. That is their chistian beliefs. My Dad who was a left wing Presbyterian minister is turning over in his grave. I am sadly glad he does not have to witness this.

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Stone cold and heartless monsters, of course operating out of a so called Church

Cornerstone Church, home of depraved hatred for the poor and needy.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Research topic: Has Boone's Country Store ever used government money in any way? nt

[KamaAina]

12. Beats me.

But here's its empty (as yet) Yelp page.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/boones-country-store-statesville

[meanit]

22. Is there a road leading to it?

Does it have a toilet, electricity and running water? If the answers are yes, then they have.

[rdharma]

8. I moved to NC last year.......

And I've lived in many different states in the US and Europe.......

But I have NEVER met nastier, more hate-filled SOBs than I have here in "Dueling Banjos", NC! And they are ALL "patriotic", bible-thumping Republicans!

[TalkingDog]

9. Liberals in NC are like the Who in Whoville. We really do exist. You just have to listen

really close to hear us.

[rdharma]

16. I'm listening!

But mostly what I hear is "Dueling Banjos" and Benghazi, Kenyan, Socialist crazy talk.

Some of these folks make Alex Jones look "moderate" and "sane".

I do like Asheville and try to go there when I can.

[barbtries]

21. i'm here!

though i'm longing for home over and over.

yes the republicans in this state appear hell bent on ruining it for anyone but them and their rich buddies. it is quite sad.

[G_j]

29. me too, here is a way to keep up with their destructive

agenda. Read and weep... http://www.ncpolicywatch.com

[rdharma]

40. Thanks for that link.....

http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/

The RW in this state sure are busy trying to turn the clock back.

[CRK7376]

39. Careful now,

we're not all bible thumping crazies, but most on my road are. I live two counties away from Iredell and travel through the county often. Spent several years as a member of the National Guard unit in Statesville, center point and home of these two Teabagger Republicans. It's a red county and rural, factories closed, tobacco industry all but gone...lots of poverty. But that is NC in general for much of our state. We Democrats try our harderst and sometimes make headway, but recent gerrymandering has all but killed many of our efforts. Still it's my state and I love it. Most of us are good and help others regardless of our political beliefs. So be careful stating that we are all bible thumping Republicans. And yes I am a Patriot, having served 35 years in the Army, and I like banjo music and MerleFest!

[rdharma]

41. My "Dueling Banjos" comment was about the movie..... not the musical instrument.

And I know that not ALL N. Carolinians are RW crazy bible thumpers..... but there sure is a lot of them and it looks like they're calling the shots in the state!

[bvar22]

10. Sent them E-Mails (for what THAT is worth).

Sir:
I was stunned to see your vote on this issue that would have helped the poor and struggling in Iredell County make necessary repairs to their homes.

What a cold, heartless, bitter little man you are,
living fat on the Public Dime but refusing to help your own people.
If you are really a Christian,
then you must believe that one day you WILL be judged
according to how you treated the "least of your brethren".

You still have time before the final reckoning to make amends.
God help you.

Sincerely,

When attempting to communicate with savages,
it is best to use as much of their colloquial language, references, magical incantations, and local folklore as possible.
I started to add, "Here there be monsters" along the edge,
but decided against it.

[Raine1967]

31. +1 -- well done.

It is better than to try than to nothing at all.

[Occulus]

54. The fact there are so few christians willing to do so,

combined with how many christians there are in this country, should tell us all something about what the vast, overwhelming number of christians really believe, and what sort of religion it actually is.

"Evil" springs to mind immediately. The vast majority of the worshippers, and the religion itself.

Evil.

(What if the christian "satan" was the one who really "divinely" inspired the christian bible? Would the mortal, human writers have ever been able to tell the difference? It's more consistent with the written words, the beliefs, and the behavior of the majority of adherents to the faith, and explains a LOT more than any questions and philosophical writings about the nature of the christian "god"!)

[OnyxCollie]

49. Well-played, sir.

[bvar22]

51. Thanks.

If I get a response,
I'll post it here.

[Zoeisright]

11. Typical hateful fundie repuke, that ugly woman.

How dare she? Hiding behind a cross and hurting people. Fuck you, Griffith and Boone.

[Zoeisright]

13. Send a comment to that disgusting church:

http://www.welovecornerstone.com/send-us-an-inquiry/

[TalkingDog]

15. thanks for the link.

They need to hear from people who actually give a damn about other people.

[barbtries]

27. i did

including citing Matthew 25:31-46, which i had to google cause i don't actually do religion.
i wonder if they will respond, and hope my message is just one of very, very many.

[golfguru]

14. Bernanke can just print the money needed to help poor homeowners

and that would not cost the tax payers anything.

[truedelphi]

46. How right you are!

Ben Baby has already explained to "Sixty Minutes" staff that he only digitally creates money for accounts of firms he likes, and that therefore it is not "real money" and we tax payers do not need to worry about it.

So why can't he keep opening up those digitized accounts. For every single American. He could even employ computer programmers to help him -- that way, working a 490 hour week, he could soon enable the per pita of the USA to be an evenly distributed one billion bucks across the board!

[snort]

17. Wouldn't want to see those funds

wasted on 'those people'.

[Cleita]

18. I can't help but think of class warfare.

Two fat affluent business owners vs people who need a helping hand, probably working class and minority. That's awful.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

20. What is really going on? There's something more than we know.

It's going to take somebody from out of left field to tell the truth. Not Obama. Not Hillary. Nobody we know. But somebody will step up and expose this attack on our values as a nation.

[AndyTiedye]

28. They Are (Still) Blocking Everything to Try to Hurt Obama

They figure that if anything good is allowed to come from the government, Obama will get credit for it,
so they want to prevent anything good from coming from the government, then blame Obama.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

32. People are hungry for some truth. Maybe he can't deliver it. But someone must and NOW.

[Iris]

35. Agreed.

[AsahinaKimi]

47. I totally agree..

Plus I am sure there is some racism going on as well...

[G_j]

30. Elizabeth Warren. nt

[AAO]

23. I see hateful crap every day, but rarely do I feel so disgusted.

The only way forward is for each of us to continue to move forward in our lives and in our involvement in spreading common sense truth. I'm not about to hold my breath waiting...

[redwitch]

25. A chance to do good and they turned it down.

My hubby is a small town mayor. A grant our village received a couple of years ago helped low income residents make those repairs to their homes. Shortly after the work had begun an elderly woman came up to us in the local grocery store. "Have you seen my house?" she said. I had never seen this woman before so I was confused to say the least and thought perhaps she had dementia. But then she continued "They finished my house today and those nice men worked so hard. It was so hot but they wouldn't leave until they finished the new attic windows, they were wonderful. Thank you Mayor, this is the best thing that has ever happened to me." She is in her 80's, this sweet lady. And this was the best thing that has ever happened to her. I wanted to cry except the look on her face was pure joy.

Why in the world would anyone turn down a chance to help? This woman also lifted my husband's spirits like you cannot even imagine. When you are a public servant the complaints come frequently but the thanks are few. The chance to make someone's life a little better should never be missed.

[randome]

33. Maybe you should email this wonderful story to one of the addresses in this thread.

It might get through to someone.

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[BrotherIvan]

34. I was going to ask the same thing

Or perhaps a local paper. People need to see what these despicable, disgusting people have done.

[SnowCritter]

38. The fundies always seem to overlook

the "cash flow" part of the equation.

In your example, the money went directly to the elderly woman. But then she turned to a contractor to have the repairs done. There were multiple benefits - the woman got the necessary repairs to her house, the contractor had a "job", and the workers had gainful employment.

Similarly, Mr. Boone and Ms. Griffith had a golden opportunity to help the economy in their neck of the woods but, in usual fundie fashion, they "stepped in it".

[xxqqqzme]

42. Yes you should send your story

to davie and renee. Personal stories are always the best. If nothing else they should be shamed for rejecting the funds intended to help people.

[HiPointDem]

36. her business is a fricking *church*?

[Th1onein]

37. Thanks for those phone numbers!

We all need to give them a call. First thing in the morning, when their businesses open. I really wish you had their home phones.

[Liberal_in_LA]

43. kick

[proud2BlibKansan]

45. The story that sent me over the edge was from Texas.

A city council voted to not accept federal transportation money and had to discontinue transportation for the disabled who are UNABLE TO DRIVE.

These people are heartless bastards.

[blackspade]

48. They are probably pocketing the money themselves.

[TalkingDog]

50. HUD funds? No, that's a federally run program. It goes back into the pool of money and will

be divvied up between other counties who actually give a fuck about their constituents.

[blackspade]

53. That makes it even uglier.

[rdharma]

52. I wonder if these two are familiar with the term "The Dog in the Manger"?

From the Aesop's fable of the same name.