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tblue37

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84. Heck, most stores like Walmart in most towns and cities actually have

Sun Dec 18, 2011, 12:54 AM

Dec 2011

a Christmas tree with lists of families who have applied to be included for gifts from those who want to "adopt" a family for Christmas. The individual family members' names are not included, but the number of people who need gifts, and the age and gender of the individuals, are listed so that the adopters can purchase suitable gifts for each one.

It is quite possible that the nice gadget, toy, or piece of jewelry the person has was a gift from someone who "adopted" that family for Christmas.

Why shouldn't individuals or families who are having financial problems get to own nice things? Yes. sometimes they are gifts, but not always. Sometimes a parent has scraped, scrimped, sacrificed, and saved over a long period of time to collect enough money to buy his or her child the nice gift the child has been dreaming of for so long.

Just having something nice that goes beyond absolute necessity can make life so much more pleasant for a person--especially a child--who is experiencing financial insecurity.

Someone needs to smack that little Coulter-wannabe upside the head--good and hard.

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Swell, just what we need. "The Next Ann Coulter" [View all] Scuba Dec 2011 OP

She'd have more status selling cheap Chinese crap at Walmart... Ferret Annica Dec 2011 #1

No question I have more respect for WalMart cashiers than Coulter. n/t Scuba Dec 2011 #2

SHOW US PROOF AND BACK UP YOUR CLAIMS! Mommy and Daddy are paying her way through college and FarLeftFist Dec 2011 #43

I actually know a food vendor that uses his food card to buy some brewens Dec 2011 #3

The right wing should like that because their answer to not being able to find a job is: just start treestar Dec 2011 #23

The FRIGHTWING Always always always NEEDS A BOOGEYMAN. They have NO platform other than HATE. FarLeftFist Dec 2011 #44

like aspiring to be a garbage collector spanone Dec 2011 #4

ouch! n/t Control-Z Dec 2011 #7

But a garbage collector provides a useful service. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2011 #27

agreed. It's an honorable honest job. Liberal_in_LA Dec 2011 #50

Don't dis garbage collectors! They are decent, hardworking people tblue37 Dec 2011 #80

I reserve the right to dis anyone DissedByBush Dec 2011 #117

I have garbage collectors in my family. Oldtimeralso Dec 2011 #101

Or chief shoveller at the shitworks. nt hifiguy Dec 2011 #121

To have a "new" one, don't we have to get rid of the old one first? Bucky Dec 2011 #5

She's lying. Clinton reformed welfare and NO ONE can receive benefits for more than 5 years. proud2BlibKansan Dec 2011 #6

she's writing imprecisely. There is no program called 'welfare', right? MH1 Dec 2011 #19

Only an idiot is unable to distinguish between food stamps and TANF proud2BlibKansan Dec 2011 #32

Actually, she's flat-out lying. MA went to credit card-style benefit cards several years ago. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #41

She's just like any other conniving right winger that bends reality to suit their agenda AZ Progressive Dec 2011 #52

WIC is this way DissedByBush Dec 2011 #118

Sad. closeupready Dec 2011 #8

Here is a little of what she wrote: The Straight Story Dec 2011 #9

If it took her an hour and a half to do this transaction she was a piss poor cashier.. madmom Dec 2011 #15

+1. I was a cashier for a while, as well. She's full of it. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #55

if anything like that really happened - and it might have - MH1 Dec 2011 #24

I only read the posted excerpt but I really don't get the point. Orangepeel Dec 2011 #65

She needs to read up on history especially the '96 reform. alp227 Dec 2011 #68

Wow! I find that really hard to believe. In fact, I find it impossible to believe. gtar100 Dec 2011 #81

I like that story DissedByBush Dec 2011 #120

One actually finds the genuine welfare (ie stimulus) queens in the 1%. phasma ex machina Dec 2011 #89

she ridicules the woman for being nice to her Enrique Dec 2011 #128

She probably all made up all those stories, like all good right wingers groundloop Dec 2011 #10

Bingo. Scuba Dec 2011 #11

The stuff she wrote about HS is filled with stories too, and there is this: The Straight Story Dec 2011 #12

Typical repug, blaming everyone else for her lack of ability. madmom Dec 2011 #16

She missed Herman Cain's "blame yourself" lecture. alp227 Dec 2011 #69

Wow, that is so freakin' sad. MH1 Dec 2011 #22

"I are a idiot , because Vanje Dec 2011 #58

no, no! it's spelled minorituhs! realy!11! StarsInHerHair Dec 2011 #86

I thought it was "minoritahs" jmowreader Dec 2011 #102

well THAT depends on if you're from west of the Mississippi or east. Out here it HAS to be a soft StarsInHerHair Dec 2011 #103

Not a South Park watcher, I take it... jmowreader Dec 2011 #111

poor spoiled brat themadstork Dec 2011 #63

The opening tag: "Why I can tell you all about gay sex, but I can�t define the word 'predicate.'" alp227 Dec 2011 #71

you know I would ask her to tell me all about gay sex, prove it-bet she stutters! StarsInHerHair Dec 2011 #87

exactly. Quantess Dec 2011 #13

Yes. Or even if they are true, she just culled out the right wing stereotypes treestar Dec 2011 #20

+1 Johonny Dec 2011 #62

R#1 & K for the heads-up. Oh, and, BLEAH!1 n/t UTUSN Dec 2011 #14

I'm relieved....I saw the title of the posting... Jello Biafra Dec 2011 #17

she will reap warrior1 Dec 2011 #18

I get Food Stamps and Medicaid. My son will have an Xbox 360 under the tree this Christmas. Lyric Dec 2011 #21

Absolutely...when I was a school lunch cashier a few of the.... Tikki Dec 2011 #28

The scarlet letter analogy is VERY apt for what RWers want to do The Genealogist Dec 2011 #48

It says everything about their values, doesn't it? yardwork Dec 2011 #126

Make sure that when you buy games for that Xbox 360, you take your glowing Dec 2011 #37

My parents are retired and "living" on SSI. justiceischeap Dec 2011 #40

Heck, most stores like Walmart in most towns and cities actually have tblue37 Dec 2011 #84

as if refurbished iphones don't exist, either StarsInHerHair Dec 2011 #88

All she ever needed to know she learned in Wal Mart lunatica Dec 2011 #25

Has anyone sent this to WalMart? proud2BlibKansan Dec 2011 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author femrap Dec 2011 #74

All the more reason to send it. proud2BlibKansan Dec 2011 #98

This message was self-deleted by its author femrap Dec 2011 #110

she probably has a rich mommy and daddy Rosa Luxemburg Dec 2011 #29

Michael Dukakis thucythucy Dec 2011 #30

Really don't like to hear about these nitwits quinnox Dec 2011 #31

Didn't Ann Coulter's style worked best Wise Child Dec 2011 #33

That goal is like playing "King of the Mountain" MurrayDelph Dec 2011 #34

It's disturbing Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2011 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author femrap Dec 2011 #75

Ok. Fess up. Who left this comment: proud2BlibKansan Dec 2011 #36

I'd like to shake their hand. xmas74 Dec 2011 #59

Of course! unionworks Dec 2011 #38

Walmart sells Lobster? sarcasmo Dec 2011 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #42

Which is how the right media machine works. sarcasmo Dec 2011 #46

Well, maybe they did. Many, many supermarkets in New England sell lobsters. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #57

I happen to know Wal Mart sells lobsters. Zalatix Dec 2011 #45

Actually, in Maine, everyone sells lobstahs. Even gas stations. n/t Scuba Dec 2011 #47

Yes rl6214 Dec 2011 #54

Yeah, I forgot about the ones with the supermarkets attached. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #56

Our Walmart used to have a live lobster tank. xmas74 Dec 2011 #60

Post removed Post removed Dec 2011 #49

How DARE those welfare queens try to... AZ Progressive Dec 2011 #51

So she wants to be fifty, single, and dating "DyNOmite". Yeah, that's really madinmaryland Dec 2011 #53

I am a cab driver... Puzzler Dec 2011 #61

i'll bet a good number of the people she hates listen to limbaugh certainot Dec 2011 #64

Amazing! MarianJack Dec 2011 #66

She reminds me of this video I saw on TYT alp227 Dec 2011 #67

Yeah, good luck buying live seafood with an EBT card. Scootaloo Dec 2011 #93

The stupid is strong with this 5th year Senior... MrMickeysMom Dec 2011 #96

Making fun of the poor. Helluva way to make a living. Burgman Dec 2011 #70

This message was self-deleted by its author femrap Dec 2011 #76

Welfare fraud exists, no question. crim son Dec 2011 #72

yep. nt Skip Intro Dec 2011 #82

Impossible that that person was on welfare that long. Legally speaking. Fearless Dec 2011 #73

Look! A story about how some people showed up and snort Dec 2011 #77

Here is her photo tawadi Dec 2011 #78

She needs to stop eating if she wants to be the next Ann coulter abelenkpe Dec 2011 #83

Hey tawadi Dec 2011 #85

You're a better person than me abelenkpe Dec 2011 #108

She is not fat Vanje Dec 2011 #109

Yeah? Maybe I've just lived in hollywood too long? abelenkpe Dec 2011 #115

People in Hollywood probably cant even shear a sheep! Vanje Dec 2011 #116

The red in her eyes is natural. Not from the cameras. Muskypundit Dec 2011 #91

The Baggers will fund her race for Senate in Delaware soon......... secondwind Dec 2011 #106

Oh no her minor is in French RockaFowler Dec 2011 #130

One only gets to the Ann Coulter level because liberals bitch about them LynneSin Dec 2011 #79

let me guess Skittles Dec 2011 #90

well, given that the majority of her claims are likely utterly false, she's well on her way Scootaloo Dec 2011 #92

I smell bull*hit. Lugnut Dec 2011 #94

I, too, am a Wal-mart cashier Terra Alta Dec 2011 #95

Is she lying? Islandlife Dec 2011 #112

she is definitely stretching the truth a bit. Terra Alta Dec 2011 #113

No one would want to read her, her writing sucks. eyewall Dec 2011 #97

2 things AlbertCat Dec 2011 #99

We haven't even got rid of the first one yet LadyHawkAZ Dec 2011 #100

The economic benefit of food stamps for every dollar spent is $1.73. mmonk Dec 2011 #104

I didn't know Wal-Mart accepted WIC checks to pay for jewelry.... as for the lobster.. secondwind Dec 2011 #105

So Massachusetts is using the same welfare cards it was in 91? Holy crap people are stupid. WhollyHeretic Dec 2011 #107

I'll bet she has never worked anywhere, much less Wally-World BiggJawn Dec 2011 #114

Her parents must be SO proud. hifiguy Dec 2011 #119

omg toys! Enrique Dec 2011 #122

If she wants to be the next Ann Coulter she needs people like us to whine about her LynneSin Dec 2011 #123

Not surprised she's from Providence College. Fuzz Dec 2011 #124

The next class traitor. What a horribly disgusting young woman. nt Modern_Matthew Dec 2011 #125

I smell bovine excrement. HappyMe Dec 2011 #127

I find the story plausible, by the way Enrique Dec 2011 #129