Tuesday, March 29, 2011
The “criminal look” « Jewamongyou's Blog
Monday, March 28, 2011
$20 and not a penny more! - Minnesota GOP seek provisions to eliminate welfare!
Minnesota GOP wants it to be illegal to carry cash if you're poor
By Erin CarlyleKurt Daudt wants to crack down on cash for poor people |
For a political party that keeps harping on Democrats for trying to control people's lives, Republicans in Minnesota sure are doing some weird things. First, they want government to control decisions made between pregnant women and their physicians. Now they want to make sure that poor people never have more than $20 in their pockets. Poor people can't be trusted with cash, it seems.
A bill introduced by Rep. Kurt Daudt (R-Crown) would prohibit people who use EBT cards--government assistance on plastic--from withdrawing cash at ATMs with the cards, except for $20 per month.
We haven't been able to reach Daudt yet, but Angel Buechner of the Welfare Rights Committee is not amused.
"The Welfare Rights Committee would like to state that this Bill, House File 171, is not based in any common sense or fiscal responsibility," Buechner said at this week's hearing on the bill. "It is appears to be based on knee-jerk, ignorant bias and a desire to stigmatize the poor."
The bill (see the text here) would require cashiers to ask for photo ID and prohibit EBT-card holders from purchasing alcohol or cigs.
Steve Gottwalt (R-St. Cloud) thinks $20 is enough for the month |
We reached Jodi Boyne, director of public affairs for House Republican Caucus, and she confirmed that the intent of the bill is to crack down on public money used for bad stuff--those alcohol and cigs again--and actually, in some cases, at a casino, according to this KSTP news report.
"There is documented evidence that these cards have been used for fraudulent purposes, and it's looking at addressing that," Boyne says.
The KSTP report was the reason Daudt launched his bill--watch this video to see the report--and he is not the only Republican supporting it. A whole host of his fellow GOP-ers have signed on, as you can see here.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Nicholas Stix, Uncensored: Cincinnati: Recipe for a Riot
Population drastically declines in Ohio cities - USATODAY.com
White flight drives mayoral results | Charlotte | News | Citizen Servatius
Minorities now in the majority in Charlotte - CharlotteObserver.com
Monday, March 21, 2011
DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF KING?: A REVIEW ESSAY, THE - page 3 | Encounter
Deeply buried but intense sexual fear of black males, illustrated by the sexual nature of attacks on black men by whites who seek to control or destroy black aggressiveness, has been a persistent pattern in the South since the advent of slavery. From the systematic destruction of the black family during slavery to contemporary barriers for black males attempting to protect and provide for their families via the imposition of strong societal and economic proscriptions, there is a recurrent theme: controlling black men. The theme was ever-present at lynchings of black men for allegations of rape or for flirtation with white women, and is always evident somewhere in the heavy punishment awaiting black men who assert or advocate the interests of their people. The FBI campaign was very much consistent with this neurotic white Southern racist tradition"