Your morning jolt: Nathan Deal declines invitation to join ethics stampede
At the tail-end of a 13-minute interview posted by Denis O’Hayer of WABE (90.1FM), Gov. Nathan Deal – who has had some unpleasant experiences in this particular area and might be considered a skeptic – declared himself indifferent to a $100 (per day) cap on gifts from lobbyists to state lawmakers.
Said the governor:
”I would simply point out that we put in place a zero-gift ban for the executive branch of government. The press has never seen fit to talk about that, so I’m not so sure if the legislative branch adopts any reforms, that the press is going to give them credit for doing it.
“I think if people want to see improvements in ethics reform, for example, they ought to acknowledge the reforms that we have in place. It is ironic that several years ago, the current ethics laws that the state of Georgia has in place was regarded as one of the best in the country. And I think people don’t need to lose sight of that fact now.
“Whether or not the General Assembly decides to impose a gift ban or gift limit in some regard, that is certainly their prerogative and one that I don’t think the executive branch should try to dictate to them what to do.”
O’Hayer then asked whether the panel formerly known as the State Ethics Commission requires more reliable funding. Said Deal:
”There again, the media didn’t give any credit to the fact that we put $200,000 additional funding into that commission this past cycle. Certainly we believe that they have to have adequate resources in order to do what they’re required to do. And it is a big job. The scope of what they’re examining, reaching all the way down to local officials, is indeed a big scope. But we did put $200,000 – I think I recommended $250,000, but I think in the final product it came out to an additional $200,000.”
Might the panel expect more funding?
”We’ll have to see. I want to see how the $200,000 is spent. If it’s spent appropriately, I think the General Assembly will take that into account….”
Any advice on how Republicans should vote on the gift-cap proposal on the July 31 primary ballot?
”They’re going to vote the way they believe. I was not consulted about putting it on the ballot, since I’m not on the executive committee of the GOP. That was their decision. I’m sure that the voters in the Republican primary will express their opinion as they see fit.”
A couple respectful corrections are required here. First, the governor is indeed a member of the executive committee of the state GOP – albeit only one of 68 or so.
Secondly, the media has in fact acknowledged Deal’s gift ban for state employees – at least inasmuch as it has been ignored. From a May 6, 2012 article by my AJC colleague Chris Joyner and Aaron Gregg, an Emory University journalism student:
On his first day in office, Gov. Nathan Deal signed a lobbyist gift ban for state employees, but 16 months later, dozens of officials have taken thousands of dollars’ worth of tickets, meals and travel from special interests.
Executive branch officials under Deal’s authority took at least $25,000 in lobbyists’ gifts since the order took effect in January 2011, according to state records….
Their joint investigation found that some senior officials appeared to have close relationships with lobbyists. In one email exchange, for example, a department commissioner told a lobbyist, “Keep this btwn you and me.”
The governor’s spokesman, Brian Robinson, argued that “we’ve had, for the most part, strict adherence to the rules.” But in view of the AJC’s findings, Robinson said, Deal has reminded department heads to follow the rules. “He expects everyone to comply with the order,” he said.
***
The New York Post says Cory Booker has lost his mojo:
Newark’s mayor, who was gunning for a spot in President Obama’s Cabinet, lost the chance after he shot his mouth off during a blunderingly honest TV appearance last month, sources [said].
“He’s dead to us,” one ranking administration official said of the prevailing feelings at the White House and Obama headquarters in Chicago.
Booker had been angling for the housing secretary gig in a second Obama term, according to sources in the administration and close to the mayor.
***
The Gallup organization this morning breaks down presidential support by religion:
Mormon registered voters overwhelmingly support the candidacy of the first major-party presidential candidate of the Mormon faith, with 84% saying they would vote for Mitt Romney, compared with 13% who prefer Barack Obama.
Obama, meanwhile, enjoys solid support from Jewish voters, 64% to 29%.
Gallup previously analyzed the preferences of the major religious groups in the United States. Currently, Protestants favor Romney by 52% to 40%, nonreligious voters favor Obama by 65% to 25%, and Catholics are evenly divided between the two (46% Obama, 45% Romney).
Jews and Mormons each make up 2 percent of the U.S. voting population.
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Wright McLeod, the Republican candidate looking to challenge U.S. Rep. John Barrow, is still struggling to explain his vote in the ’08 Democratic presidential primary.
But he has expounded more credibly on a $7,100 donation to Rob Teilhet, a Democratic candidate for attorney general, he made two years ago. From Larry Peterson and the Savannah Morning News:
McLeod said Teilhet, who he said recently made a contribution to his campaign, was one of several people who were “very kind to me and my family” when they were in law school.
“We had three children and I was still in the reserves,” the former U.S. Navy aviator said. “I would leave on Wednesday and miss classes on Thursday and Friday.”
Teilhet and others would pass class notes on to him, critique his papers and coach him in study groups, he said.
“They were a lot of help,” McLeod added.
***
If you were to ask whether President Barack Obama is better off today than he was last week, the answer from Republican Mitt Romney would be pretty clear. From the Washington Post:
Romney and the Republican National Committee said Thursday that they raised a combined $76.8 million in May, which is nearly as much as the presumed nominee brought in during the GOP primary season. Obama and the Democratic National Committee amassed $60 million in what was their best month so far, campaign officials said.
Romney’s monthly haul serves to undercut Obama’s reputation as the nation’s preeminent political fundraiser and signals a growing confidence among Republicans that the former Massachusetts governor has a strong chance of defeating the incumbent. The money woes add to the worries facing Obama, who is struggling with a wheezing economy and precarious approval ratings.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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ByteMe
June 8th, 2012
10:19 am
Mormon registered voters overwhelmingly support the candidacy of the first major-party presidential candidate of the Mormon faith, with 84% saying they would vote for Mitt Romney, compared with 13% who prefer Barack Obama.
Obama, meanwhile, enjoys solid support from Jewish voters, 64% to 29%.
So Romney wins Utah while Obama wins South Florida. No surprise there.
Gov. Nathan Deal … declared himself indifferent to a $100 (per day) cap on gifts from lobbyists to state lawmakers
No surprise there either. It’s not what he says publicly that matters anyway… it’s how much he stuffs his pockets when no one is looking.
5th District Conservative
June 8th, 2012
10:25 am
Wright McLeod’s explanation about why he supported a Democratic candidate should be the last word. If, as a Republican – which I am, I had never voted for a Democrat, I would not consider myself to be an informed voter. I do not vote the party line; instead, I vote for the person that I think will do the best job. For example, there have been some very conservative candidates that I think were a bit scarey running against some Democrats that seemed reasonable, so I voted for the Dem. I would challenge you to be a thoughtful Conservative (or Liberal) — Republican or Democrat.
Centrist
June 8th, 2012
10:32 am
You don’t have to read between the lines to see that Gov. Nathan Deal despises the biased liberal media which constantly attacks Republicans and supports Democrats.
Note – I am pro-choice, use birth control, and am non-religous, but it is beyond me why Obama went out of his way to infuriate Catholics by shoving abortion and birth control inside their institutions down their throats. This ad, other campaigning, and some pretty good church leader spokesmen is going to turn the Catholic tide against Obama: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9vQt6IXXaM
Double Zero Eight
June 8th, 2012
10:33 am
The lobbyists run Georgia. Ralston talked a good
game, but he knows from past experience that Georgia
voters have short memories. It is obvious that Deal
and Ralston are on the “same page” regarding
lobbyists.
I look for this to be a very close presidential election.
It will probably hinge on which candidate is perceived
to have won the final presidential debate..
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June 8th, 2012
10:37 am
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Attack Dog
June 8th, 2012
10:39 am
1. Dixiecrat politicians selling their soul for Falcon ticket or a free dinner has never made sense, but their constituents keep voting them back to office. 2. Why would Mormons want to vote for Willard just because he is a Mormon? That sounds strangely familiar.
sheepdawg
June 8th, 2012
10:48 am
not a jolt, Jim. our gov fled DC as a crook and thief only to get elected by out state’s ignorant electorate
Aquagirl
June 8th, 2012
10:58 am
I’m surprised Gov. Deal didn’t burst into flames when he started talking about ethics. I hope Mr. O’Hayer was sitting at a safe distance.
DannyX
June 8th, 2012
11:02 am
“You don’t have to read between the lines to see that Gov. Nathan Deal despises the biased liberal media which constantly attacks Republicans and supports Democrats.”
Great point “Centrist”. From what I understand the liberal media pinned down Chip Rogers and Tom Graves and shoved a $2 million dollar no collateral loan down their throats. Tom and Chip were heard screaming “We could never pay it back,” but the liberal media was relentless and forced it down.
Glenn Richardson’s affair with the short skirted lobbyist was really just a made up story found in a liberal media, Larry Flynt Penthouse fantasy Forum letter. The local liberal media ran with it.
Linda Schrenko who is still in prison, actually stole the money from Planned Parenthood trying to save babies from being murdered, the liberal media sensationalized the story by making up the deaf school story.
Gov Deal, Balfour, Oxendine, Ralston, Newt, Reed, and Sonny have also been abused by the liberal media. As well as the whole county government in Gwinnett.
It’s a conspiracy!!!!!
Georgia, The " New Mississippi "
June 8th, 2012
11:27 am
Georgia is a lost cause. Low morals and mis-guided value systems rule the day. At some point , our legislature will openly embrace this reality . This is what Georgia wants. The voters have spoken.
cliff grant
June 8th, 2012
11:28 am
Good grief, DannyX. I’m a conservative but think the group you listed deserve all the criticism they get!
Marlboro Man
June 8th, 2012
11:28 am
Deal still broke ?
Centrist
June 8th, 2012
11:28 am
@ DannyX – Since you are so partisan, this will be my last reply to you – td can waste his time with you on this blog. My point was that it is an undeniable fact that Governor Deal obviously has disdain for the biased liberal media (as I do). The media has not covered Democrat faults anywhere near like Republicans, and relentlessly distorts, repeats their attacks on Republicans. Democrat misdeeds sometimes get a mention, but then get glossed over. Past and since nostalgic coverage of former Speaker Tom Murphy is a case in point. The current repeated media half truths concerning Chip Rogers (that you also post) is an example of the relentless repeat coverage. Media lobbying against the very popular ILLEGAL immigration laws is another example.
Objectivity is not part journalism – the industry is mostly a Democrat lobbying entity. Liberals pretending otherwise only destroys their personal credibility. I am not a Republican, but see the obvious bias and am disgusted.
Three Jack
June 8th, 2012
11:29 am
Opposite of ‘L E A D’ —- ‘D E A L’. What a loser! Step up and be somebody or just go back to being a crooked, N. Georgia lawyer.
Wrong Root Cause
June 8th, 2012
11:37 am
Here is something I post a few days ago in response to the AJC editorial staff comments about ethics legislation. As my posting name implies, I think that the approach is going after the wrong root cause on this one:
Everyone talks about the limits on lobbyist donations, campaign donations and the like as if the problem was fundamentally rooted in the influence peddling of those outside the government criminal enterprise. Everyone is looking at the wrong end of the equation. The libertarians have had it right all along.
The problem is not with how much others spend to influence government, but the fact that government can do what it can in the first place. If government could not throw up regulations that could harm a competitor or grant priviledge to a specific company, what would be the point in trying to buy such a vote?
If government could not steal millions, billions, or even trillions from the general public to throw around to developers, big business, military contractors and the like, what benefit would there be in buying votes on future contracts?
If the government could not steal from the taxpayers to provide direct subsidies to special groups, could not set up restrictive licensing requirements that protected established business people from competition, and could not mandate the purchase of certain goods or services from a favored industry, etc. what would be the benefit of a monetary contribution to the campaigns of these elected officials.
Crazy you say? It is absolutely the heart of the problem – government power. Libertarians have been correctly pointing out that the power of government MUST be slashed to the bone and beyond. This is not just because government is the least efficient group of folks to address every problem we have (frankly they have created nearly all of them), but also because that power is the source of all the evil, corruption, and influence peddling that everyone finds so distasteful and that is blatently criminal.
That is not to say that there are not services that are needed in society. But if these services were instead provided by multiple competing businesses through voluntary exchange of money for the good or service, what could be financially gained by paying off a state senator? So long as the govenrment kept its nose out of the marketplace, it would be far more beneficial for the businessman to put the money into working hard, better advertising, better service, etc. to win customers.
The crony capitalism that drives this country (yes, that is what we have, not a free market despite all the lies you have been told and have believed) relies on the influence peddling (also called “rent seeking”) that goes on between businesses and govenrment. Rather than having to face competition (either from a domestic competitor or from a foreign one – can you say tarrifs?) the businessman finds it far easier to get ahead by screwing their competitor and the general public through the power of government. Even government agencies and the people that work for them find it easier to vote for government officials that will steal on their behalf to pay them a salary than to actually set up a business that has to compete in the marketplace.
We can go on and on (and we have for many decades now) complaining about “ethics”, “campaign finance limits”, and “lobbyist limits” but the problem will never go away so long as govenrment has the power to steal and micromanage the economy by destroying the freedoms afforded by the free market and its inherent controls. The sooner we face those facts and slash the size and power of government, the sooner we can all benefit from a society in which hard work and not hard cash decides who wins and who loses economically.
The alternative of course would be to only elect folks who stand for such principles. Congressman Ron Paul never has a lobbyist waiting to see him at his office because they know he votes against EVERY exercise of government power that is outside of the strict limits imposed by the constitution. In that way he has taken a stand against the abuse of power.
Unfortunately far too many people think that fascism/crony capitalism is the way the economy is supposed to work. They cannot see beyond the legislation that is “promised to keep us safe” to see that the very companies that are being “regulated” are the authors of the legislation or that the real effect of the legislation will be to destroy their superior competitors that are already providing a safer, cheaper, or superior product to the marketplace. But then that’s what happens when all your political and economic information comes from the TV or newspapers like the AJC
LMAO
June 8th, 2012
11:40 am
@Centrist you guys live in a fantasy world. Gwinnett County commissioner resigns for corruption. Story written and over in 24 hour news cycle. A democrat official does the same in Fulton, Clayton or Dekalb it dominates the news for weeks. Then everyone who knows the official is put under scrutiny cause its a corrupt system. I can’t find one story in the AJC on the now three disgraced Gwinnett Commissioners. Let it happen to democrats and you guys blame the entire system. Ya’ll are full of it…
Centrist
June 8th, 2012
11:58 am
@ LMAO – If you haven’t seen the AJC coverage of Gwinnett County corruption, you don’t read the AJC much. I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt on the lousy AJC search function – you have to ignore the search box and go to the small “archive” link and search from there. Type in any of the three Gwinnett crooks and you will see LOTS of the coverage you somehow missed.
Amazing
June 8th, 2012
11:59 am
The comments by 5th District Conservative is the sanest comment on this blog. The right wingers who continue to bash the liberal media seem to ignore the fact that the ring wing media is just as biased. Fox and WSJ are just as biased against Democrats. Let’s be clear, there is no such thing as unbiased media anymore. Every media outlet is biased to one side or the other.
DannyX
June 8th, 2012
12:08 pm
Centrist- “I am not a Republican,…”
Lol!
Centrist
June 8th, 2012
12:13 pm
@ Amazing (and 5th District Conservative) – I agree with your posts – except the equating conservative Fox and the WSJ to liberal network TV broadcasts, CNN, CNNBC, big city newspapers, news magazines, and AP/ Reuters which are probably 50:1 in a liberal to conservative ratio.
DannyX
June 8th, 2012
12:41 pm
“liberal network TV broadcasts,”
At least 90% of the country has access to Fox News on cable. The Fox News evening news show is getting crushed by NBC, ABC, and CBS.
Average viewers last week, evening news-
NBC 8,000,000
ABC 7,000,000
CBS, 6,000,000
Fox News Cable 1,500,000
Also Murdoch has chosen to not air a nightly news program on his Fox broadcast network. Conservatives love to whine about the liberal media but do nothing about it. Free market!!!
Again, on the internet, liberal websites crush the conservative ones. Conservatives like “Centrist” just like to whine.
Free market!!!
Aquagirl
June 8th, 2012
12:52 pm
You know, this blog was much more pleasant when a certain troll was banished back under his bridge and 3/4ths of the posts weren’t all about his subject, nourished by regular feedings or a pacy in his wailing maw.
Remember, those who can’t do—hijack.
Out by the Pond
June 8th, 2012
12:56 pm
Centerlist 10:32. No one is forcing the Catholic Church to do any thing. The Church is exempt. There are a handful of organizations that the Church likes to claim but let us examine them more closely. St. Joseph Hopital. The Church thinks that they should be exempt. Did the Church come to their aid or defense when they were found guilty of the, at that time, largest Medicare and medicaid fraud? No I didn’t think so. How about Catholic Charities USA? Over 62 percent of their operating budget is federal tax dollars. Does this sound like a truly Catholic Organization? I sure don’t and I am a Chatholic. Any way has anyone bothered to read GA Code annotated 59. Most of the mandates are already required by GA Law. One last example with a smiggen of hipocrocy. Georgetown University. No contraception for students, but graduate and get a job and Bingo, your covered. The Church needs to get grip and return to it’s roots of Social Justice before it becomes lost foe ever.
Carole
June 8th, 2012
1:20 pm
“It is ironic that several years ago, the current ethics laws that the state of Georgia has in place was regarded as one of the best in the country. And I think people don’t need to lose sight of that fact now.”
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Politifacts, will you check out this statement. I can’t believe it’s true.
zeke
June 8th, 2012
1:25 pm
it would seem a good many catholics who practice artificial birth contol should find another way to worship….wonder what % is in the usa that opposes pastoral stance?
Auntie Christ
June 8th, 2012
1:29 pm
DannyX, do you think you can survive not being acknowledged by a certain commenter here? Others of us whose comments he has refused to read or comment on have formed a support group to help us weather this devastating boycott. We attend weekly meetings and have a 12 step program that seems to help members get through this trying time. My last confession ran along the lines of “Hi I’m AC, I’m a liberal,” I then detailed the devastation wracking my life since a certain commenter refused to read my posts. I just don’t seem to have the same heart and soul in it as I once did, when reaching out to and pleasing the ‘center’ of the john birchers was the raison d’etre for my day. Believe me, hang in there, it gets better.
Carole
June 8th, 2012
1:31 pm
Centrist you just need to give it up. You mean to tell me that during the 150 years of Democratic reign in the State of Georgia the media played nice with them all of the time? Were you in a coma during the Clinton years? I’m not saying he didn’t deserve to get beat up. I’m simply saying he did. And poor Jimmy Carter who hasn’t been President in forever is often a whipping boy for the media.
td
June 8th, 2012
1:41 pm
DannyX
June 8th, 2012
12:41 pm
Yes and radio is a free market as well so why are all of you libs keep calling for the fairness doctrine to be put back in place for radio?
td
June 8th, 2012
1:52 pm
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Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/06/07/sessions-food-stamp-spending-up-100-percent-since-obama-took-office/#ixzz1xE2FHBk6
“This legislation will spend $82 billion on food stamps next year, and an estimated $770 billion over the next ten years. To put these figures in perspective, we will spend $40 billion federal dollars next year on roads and bridges,”
http://dailycaller.com/2012/06/07/sessions-food-stamp-spending-up-100-percent-since-obama-took-office/
Attack Dog
June 8th, 2012
1:53 pm
The radio airwaves are not technically a free market.
Attack Dog
June 8th, 2012
1:57 pm
I think Dixiecrats crying “partisanship is worse than Blacks claiming “racism.”
td
June 8th, 2012
1:57 pm
Attack Dog
June 8th, 2012
1:53 pm
The radio airwaves are not technically a free market.
Neither is TV and the only thing protected by the Constitution is the press (print).
td
June 8th, 2012
2:00 pm
Attack Dog
June 8th, 2012
1:57 pm
I think Dixiecrats crying “partisanship is worse than Blacks claiming “racism.”
If one understands that the media is liberal and that black claim racism now only for political motives then one knows how to treat the two. It has to be pointed out from time to time just to educate the dumb masses.
Auntie Christ
June 8th, 2012
2:02 pm
“This legislation will spend $82 billion on food stamps next year, and an estimated $770 billion over the next ten years. To put these figures in perspective, we will spend $40 billion federal dollars next year on roads and bridges,”
OUTRAGEOUS! Get those 6 year old dead beats off food stamps now! They can scrounge garbage cans behind restaurants just like kids in Somalia, where libertarianism is king.
Those that don’t want to get their food from trash cans can get off their lazy duffs and clean the school toilets for their food. That’s what Jesus would want, none of that love and charity liberal crap for him.
And btw, just a thought, when a junta comes along like bush-cheney that devastates the economy, and their cronies in congress block each and every measure to relieve the devastation, the number of people receiving public assistance will rise dramatically. Econ 101
DannyX
June 8th, 2012
2:03 pm
“DannyX, do you think you can survive not being acknowledged by a certain commenter here?”
No I can’t Auntie Christ. I am devastated, I have spent the whole morning crying. Centrist has caused me to look inward, what I found was shame and grief at the man I have become. I was delusional, I really thought I was non-partisan like 99% of all the others that post here.
I plan on getting help. I will immediately try to mend myself. I will relinquish those dirty liberal thoughts in my head. One day soon I will be a non-partisan centrist just like Centrist. In fact I have already put a Re-elect Chip Rogers sign in my yard even though I live in Decatur. Tonight I will attend a Tea Party meeting. I just gave $500 to the Romney campaign. I canceled my subscription to the AJC. I called Immigration on my landscaper. I became a member at Red State, and read a bunch of articles at Drudge. I vow to no longer read posts by Auntie Christ, honested, ByteMe, and all the other partisans.
The road to recovery is long but I will get there. I too will one day be a non-partisan centrist, God as my witness.
Auntie Christ
June 8th, 2012
2:12 pm
If one understands that the media is liberal and that black claim racism now only for political motives then one knows how to treat the two. It has to be pointed out from time to time just to educate the dumb masses.
By continually repeating these right wing tropes, the cons can justify/rationalize the behaviors and beliefs that have brought the country to the worst depression in 75 years. They can also rationalize thugs like zimmerman murdering teenage black kids. I hope this helps educate you and the others in the dumb masses known as conservatives. (sorry make that so-called conservatives, Barry Goldwater, William Buckley, the Adams, et al would condemn me to hel for calling you conservative)
dc
June 8th, 2012
2:13 pm
a governor who doesn’t let the media play him, and lead him around like there is a ring in his nose. But rather takes reasoned, smart positions, and doesn’t try to overstep his bounds.
I am starting to like this guy more and more.
td
June 8th, 2012
2:15 pm
Auntie Christ
June 8th, 2012
2:02 pm
Please stop the sanctimonious bull. How many parents that are receiving food stamps still have iphones with total internet and texting? How many have big screen TV’s with full cable? How many buy their food with food stamps and then buys beer and cigarettes with cash?
Attack Dog
June 8th, 2012
2:19 pm
1. Logistical minds understand that as the result of a major recession, the number of people eligible for food stamps would rise significantly. 2. The transportation bill is much higher than $40 billion annually. 3. Our federal budget is not zero based, has had a trillion dollar annual deficit for more than eight years. 4. The House cis suppose to control the budget.
GaBlue
June 8th, 2012
2:25 pm
td @ 2:15,
You ask those questions as if you already know the answers. Do you? Is it your job, then, to go to poor families’ homes, knock on the doors, invite yourself in, and count the electronic devices? If not yours, whose job is it, who pays those people, and how much do they make? Let’s have a look at the data, shall we?
td
June 8th, 2012
2:27 pm
Auntie Christ
June 8th, 2012
2:12 pm
So the Republicans were 100% responsible for the housing crisis? The Bill Clinton “community reinvestment act” had nothing to do with the bubble. Barney Frank and Chris Dodd forcing no verification loans had nothing to do with it? Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton screaming racism when banks would not loan to people that had no credit had nothing to do with it?
Your arguments are as bad a the African Americans claiming racism behind every tree.
td
June 8th, 2012
2:29 pm
GaBlue
June 8th, 2012
2:25 pm
First, my wife works for DFCS so I know a great deal more then you think. Second: You really need to look up the show John Stossel did on the subject.
Attack Dog
June 8th, 2012
2:31 pm
OK, we give up. How many parents that are receiving food stamps still have iphones with total internet and texting, have big screen TV’s with full cable, and trade food stamps to buy beer and cigarettes?
Will in Roswell
June 8th, 2012
2:41 pm
ByteMe wrote: No surprise there either. It’s not what he (Deal) says publicly that matters anyway… it’s how much he stuffs his pockets when no one is looking.
Pray tell, what specific evidence do you have that Governor Deal is stuffing his pockets? I assume you mean stuffing with money.
Auntie Christ
June 8th, 2012
2:48 pm
td says: “Please stop the sanctimonious bull.”
Shame on me, I forgot that sanctimonious bull is the exclusive province of right wing “christians” such as yourself.
“How many parents that are receiving food stamps still have iphones with total internet and texting? How many have big screen TV’s with full cable?” I see your point, if they are not a member of an ascetic sect, or Amish they shouldn’t be fed, is that it?
“How many buy their food with food stamps and then buys beer and cigarettes with cash?” Well if we only allow food stamps to essenes amd Amish, that will eliminate that problem wont it.
“So the Republicans were 100% responsible for the housing crisis? ” I guess you never listened to the SOTU address and 50 other speeches by your boy bush, touting the repub’s “ownership society” where he bragged about how many more people were in homes they bought, not rented, under his junta.
“Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton screaming racism when banks would not loan to people that had no credit had nothing to do with it?”
As usual, your racism blinds you to the facts, Ever hear of a very real tactic employed by the banks called “re-lining” a neighborhood? (Of course you never heard of it, you don’t do ‘facts’) Entire neighborhoods–coincidentally they were always black neighborhoods–were not given loans by the banks. That is what the protest was about. But I guess you have the low down as to why a well heeled Black person couldn’t get a loan for a house in those neighborhoods, right, cause it wasn’t racism was it?
Auntie Christ
June 8th, 2012
2:50 pm
called “re-lining” a neighborhood? should say red-lining not re-lining
honested
June 8th, 2012
2:51 pm
Switch forums and more astounding education.
td is not only an expert on smoking dope, also on the Constitution, ownership of the airwaves, economics, food stamps, parental technique, banking law and the housing crisis.
That someone can be such an expert on so many topics (with no room for error) is certainly legend.
honested
June 8th, 2012
2:52 pm
AC
Yep, re-happens at the cheapie brake stores.
WOW
June 8th, 2012
2:52 pm
Well TD tell your wife to report them for fraud. The misuse of gov’t benefits by a few, does not take away its need from others.
Kris
June 8th, 2012
2:55 pm
• SB 391/HB 798/HB 1105: All three would impose limits on lobbyists’ gifts to Georgia lawmakers and were supported by an alliance of groups that included Common Cause Georgia, Georgia Watch and the Georgia Tea Party Patriots.
Did they pass: No. Leaders in both chambers showed little interest.
Their lack of interest was probably due to lack of leadership from the governor, no ETHICS and dumber than a bag of DC republicans.