Judge Orders "Idiot" Mom To Stand Outside With Sign!

Holding this sign isn't shit! Wait til' I get back on the road! - Shena Hardin

Keep the classy, America.

A Black woman becomes the icon of idiot parenting! She went through a stopped school bus on the sidewalk. It was filmed and posted on the internet. The judge who sentenced this woman gave her a stiff punishment. Since she doesn't show an ounce of remorse for her actions, Judge Pinkey Carr ordered her to stand outside the area where she ran passed the school bus with a sign calling her "idiot".

Standing outside in a neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, the woman wearing her black coat, black hat, sunglasses, jeans, leather boots and the sign. Of course the international media, snapping her picture and making her the butt of ridicule for her reckless driving.

CBS News reports that Shena Hardin, the woman caught on camera driving on a sidewalk to pass a stopped school bus, completed the second half of her sentence Wednesday of having to stand at a curb holding a sign warning people about idiots.

Judge Pinkey Carr, the Cleveland judge who gave the sentence.

Judge Pinkey Carr was unhappy that Hardin, 32, was smoking and texting during Tuesday's punishment and planned to personally supervise the defendant on Wednesday. But Carr later said sent word that she changed her mind. She gave no reason why.

Carr ordered Hardin to stand with a sign reading, "Only an idiot would drive on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus."

Hardin wore headphones and ignored passers-by Tuesday. The judge told WKYC-TV  she felt Hardin wasn't sufficiently holding up the sign and was "missing the point."

The Plain Dealer also reports that Cleveland Municipal Judge Pinkey Carr's unusual sentencing of the woman who kept blowing past a stopped school bus by driving onto the sidewalk.

Carr ordered that Shena Hardin stand on the corner of East 38th Street and Superior Avenue Tuesday and Wednesday morning holding a sign that reads: "Only an idiot would drive on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus."

"When I first saw it on the news, my reaction was 'What an idiot!' " explained the judge. "Then I was a little surprised to find out it was only a minor misdemeanor, so I couldn't send her to the workhouse."
Turns out the sentencing has made news across the world.

The BBC interviewed the judge this week. And NBC's Today Show sent former local TV anchor Scott Newell, now a freelancer, to record an interview with the judge, which is expected to be aired Tuesday morning along with a live shot of Hardin holding her sign.

Shena Hardin smirks at the sentence.

Carr said she admires Painesville Municipal Court Judge Michael Cicconetti, who has garnered national headlines for years with his "creative justice" sentences.

"I did take a page right out of his playbook," she said.

Once again these type of stories agitate the conservatives and White supremacists. They already upset that Cleveland residents overwhelmingly voted for President Barack Obama over Mitt Romney.

This is rounds up like that woman who was from Cleveland shouting that she's getting an Obama phone because she's voting for President Barack Obama.

Republicans are trying their hardest to overcome the post election hangover! The post election hangover has these idiots becoming unhinged.

The video that went viral: Shena Hardin runs on the sidewalk and didn't notice that a Cleveland Police officer was doing traffic surveillance.



The video that shames Shena Hardin.

Sore A** Loser Mitt Romney Digs In The 47% Again!

They emerge out of the shadows to reflect on this election! Yet, these losers continue to go down the same failed path to hurting  potential Republican nominees in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Elections. Paul Ryan blames strong Democratic turnout in urban areas! Mitt Romney thinks that President Barack Obama offers "gifts' to the youth, Black and Hispanic voters!

And to think, that the perennial loser Mitt Romney still continues to be in the news! He and his former running mate Paul Ryan were crying their eyes out after President Barack Obama cleaned their clocks last week. The post election hangover has conservatives across the nation going from irrational to delusional.

As reported earlier, there's a movement of idiots petitioning for succession from the United States. They flood the White House website with a petition to for an "official" request to secede from the country because of the election. The other perennial loser, Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) is retiring from Congress. Him and Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) have been the gadflies among their respective parties. Paul retiring and Kucinich losing his primary to moderate Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), the libertarians are dismayed over the departures. Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) is the son of the retiring congressman. He's sort of libertarian but a lot more conservative on issues. The Republican senator is the master of gridlock. He held up the veterans job bill once again.

A woman runs over her husband in Arizona after he failed to vote in the general election.

A man commits suicide and left in his will a not so nice cast off to the president.

The Republicans who support Mitt Romney are getting heated online and in the public forum. Some nitwit Texas councilman who writes on his personal blog calls the supporters of the president, "maggots"!

Rush Limbaugh compares Barack Obama to Santa Claus. He claims that Democrats mastered in giveaways to those degenerates. Rush Limbaugh rambles on about how it's the voters being misinformed and suckers to tabloid events that inspired the president easy reelection.

Total squares!

Fox News and The Daily Caller obsessed over 59 precincts in Philadelphia where the president obtained a stronger turnout of voters. The perennial loser Mitt Romney gets no votes in these precincts.

The Drudge Report upping the ante on racial stories. In the six days post election, there's been more stories about Blacks committing crime. Its stirring the pot! Conservatives and white supremacists are clicking on the links and ranting on their forums about this.

Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) and Senator Lindsay Graham (R-South Carolina) go on the television dissing the United Nations ambassador Dr. Susan Rice, a prominent Black woman. They threaten to derail the president's potential nomination of Dr. Rice to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. They want to do a NIGGERIZATION of the president and Rice.

When Rice appeared on television to defend the president's handling of the crisis, she claimed that an American bigot's video attacking Islam lead to the killing of Libyan ambassador Chris Stevens. Some information that came out later told a different story. And because of her statements on the Sunday news program the Republicans are trying to screw the president. The terrorists used this as a cover to attack the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

And to make this even more stranger, the former CIA chief David Petraeus and Afghanistan command General John Allen are caught up in a sex scandal. These men engaged in a series of sexual-themed emails with Jill Kelley, the woman who tipped off the FBI after she became aware of Petraeus having an affair with Paula Broadwell, the woman who wrote the former general and top spy's biography.

Yet, Mitt Romney and his former running mate Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) are continuing their condescending theories to why the president won reelection.

They still don't get it!



The New York Times obtain portions of the Republican congressman post-election interview with local television station WISC-TV. He goes forth and states to a reporter, Monday that most of the blame rest on the Democratic turnout in “urban areas” for their loss.

Ryan was surprised that he and Mitt Romney did not do better in the nation’s big cities.

“The surprise was some of the turnout, some of the turnout especially in urban areas, which gave President Obama the big margin to win this race. When we watched Virginia and Ohio coming in, and those ones coming in as tight as they were, and looking like we were going to lose them, that’s when it became clear we weren't going to win.”

The remarks prompted scorn from some liberals who viewed Mr. Ryan as blaming inner-city minorities for the Republican defeat. Some people react to these comments on Twitter.

“Paul Ryan emerged from dustbin of nothingness 2 blame his & Romney’s defeat on “urban” vote,” one person tweeted . “These 2 losers continue 2 demean minorities.”

Another tweeted  that “Urban vote” = minorities. Paul Ryan is saying he lost because minorities actually went out and voted. SHOCKER. MINORITIES HAVE RIGHTS, TOO.”

Several people pointed out these idiots also lost some largely rural states with few minorities, like New Hampshire and Iowa. Those losses cannot be explained away by focusing on urban voters, they noted.

In the interview with the television station, Mr. Ryan said he did not think that the nation’s voters had rejected his long-standing ideas for how to restructure the nation’s budget and cut spending.

“I don’t think we lost it on those budget issues, especially on Medicare we clearly didn't lose it on those issues,” he said.

His former boss made even more stupid comments. The Huffington Post/Associated Press reports that the perennial loser Mitt Romney is telling top donors that President Barack Obama won re-election because of the "gifts" he had already provided to blacks, Hispanics and young voters and because of the president's effort to paint Romney as anti-immigrant.

"The president's campaign, if you will, focused on giving targeted groups a big gift! He made a big effort on small things."

Republicans are hoping that Paul Ryan thinks about running for president in 2016.

Romney said his campaign, in contrast, had been about "big issues for the whole country." He said he faced problems as a candidate because he was "getting beat up" by the Obama campaign and that the debates allowed him to come back.

In the call, Romney didn't acknowledge any major missteps, such as his "47 percent" remarks widely viewed as denigrating nearly half of Americans, his lack of support for the auto bailout, his call for illegal immigrants to "self-deport," or his change in position on abortion, gun control and other issues. He also didn't address the success or failure of the campaign's strategy of focusing on the economy in the face of some improvement in employment and economic growth during the months leading up to Election Day.

Obama won the popular vote by about 3.5 million votes, or 3 percent, and won the Electoral College by a wide margin, 332-206 electoral votes. Exit polls conducted for The Associated Press and television networks showed that Obama led Romney by 11 percentage points among women and won better than 7 of 10 Hispanic voters and more than 9 of 10 black voters.

Romney called his loss to Obama a disappointing result that he and his team had not expected, but he said he believed his team had run a superb campaign. He said he was trying to turn his thoughts to the future, "but, frankly, we're still so troubled by the past, it's hard to put together our plans for the future."

Romney's finance team organized the call to donors. The Los Angeles Times first reported Romney's remarks.

Among the "gifts" Romney cited were free health care "in perpetuity," which he said was highly motivational to black and Hispanic voters as well as for voters making $25,000 to $35,000 a year.

Romney also said the administration's promise to offer what he called "amnesty" to the children of illegal immigrants – what he termed "the so-called DREAM Act kids" – helped send Hispanics to the polls for Obama.

Young voters, Romney said, were motivated by the administration's plan for partial forgiveness of college loan interest and being able to remain on their parents' health insurance plans. Young women had an additional incentive to vote for Obama because of free contraception coverage under the president's health care plan, he said.

"I'm very sorry that we didn't win," he told donors. "I know that you expected to win. We expected to win. We were disappointed; we hadn't anticipated it."

Without these two losers, Barack Obama would never have won this easily!

Romney said he and his team were discussing how his donor group could remain connected and have an influence on the direction of the Republican Party and even the selection of a future nominee – "which, by the way, will not be me."

President Barack Obama is going ask this jackass for advice!

I wonder sometimes how far the president will go to getting bipartisanship! To make nice with this perennial jackass has me even thinking!

I am happy that the president won, but I am starting to think that he should of never utter the words "work with Romney on issues"!

If you want my honest opinion of this guy! I rather see Mitt Romney retire his sorry ass! He can live in one his four houses! I mean this jackass has a car elevator! A freaking car elevator!

Colorado Man Threatens To Kill Barack Obama!

Mitchell Kusick is in federal custody after he plotted to carry out a mass murder and assassination attempt against President Barack Obama. 

For one thing, the election must have been devastating to the political foes of President Barack Obama.

The post election hangover seems to be like the Pandora's box of ignorance! The Republicans are becoming unhinged.

Inside that bubble of Fox News, talk radio and the occasional clicks of The Drudge Report or The Blaze, you have many Republicans upset over the president's trouncing of Mitt Romney.

There's no honeymoon for the president. The president already going through his second term in his first term! The Republicans and their conservative allies are doubling down on the racism, vile threats, and their stupidity.

The talk of the debt ceiling, the scandal with then CIA chief David Petraeus, his successor General John Allen, Paula Broadwell and Jill Kelley, and the Republicans obsession with Benghazi has President Barack Obama doing a national press conference today. The president will address most of these issues and of course take his shots at Republican Senators John McCain of Arizona and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the party's minority leader.

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-California, Minority Leader) is probably going to abandon her attempts to retake the gavel in 2014. She is possibly going to resign as the leader of the Democratic Party and hand it over to members who could aggressively take on the Republicans. She will continue to be a member of Congress.

Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal, the Republican floated around as a potential candidate for 2016 warns his fellow Republicans that if they don't get out of that bubble of "stupidity", they're finished.

1 + 19 years if he's convicted of threatening the president.

Senate-elect Ted Cruz of Texas has won on the strength of the Tea Party to beat the opponent in the Republican primary. Cruz easily won the general election. Cruz who was the next Hispanic-American to be elected to the folds of the Republican Party warned the party that they better move past the attacks of the Black and Hispanic community.

He knows that his state is a minority-majority and Whites are declining in that state by a rapid rate. With the negative reactions from Hispanics and Blacks who aren't in support of the Republicans, in a decade, there's talk of Texas may eventually go to the Democrats.

The exit polls stated that Hispanics support of President Barack Obama surpassed for the first time. Over 72% of the electorate voted overwhelmingly for him and less than 25% for Mitt Romney.

The Black community has supported President Barack Obama overwhelmingly again by 95%, yet again!

The reasons to why Blacks and Hispanic Americans supporting the president over Republicans, the not-so-subtle attacks upon these groups and the dog whistle politics by those in the conservative media.

This individual who I am writing about is named Mitchell Kenneth Kusick, and he's another disturbed person. A man who is visibly upset over the reelection of President Barack Obama took to Facebook (no surprise) or in front of person about it! He wanted to vent off about this. He manages to make threats against the president. Not cool at all! Especially after a tragedy that occurred in the state in late July, real smart, Kusick.

Drop the "k" and just say "u sick"! This guy is sick!

The suburban Denver man has been arrested after telling his therapist he wanted to shoot children, kill people on Halloween and kill President Barack Obama, federal court records show.

Mitchell Kenneth Kusick, of Westminster, was being held Tuesday on suspicion of a federal charge of threats against a president. He identified himself as a student at Colorado Mesa University in western Colorado, investigators said.

Obtained by KUSA-TV, the man wanted to duplicate the tragedy in Aurora, Colorado this year.

Jefferson County court records show he told his therapist about wanting to shoot students at a trick-or-treat event at Standley Lake High School.

A smirking smile.

Federal court records say Kusick said he took a shotgun from his aunt's house and tried to buy ammunition. He told his therapist on October 29 about his plan and allegedly said he wanted to go down in history as the "guy who killed Obama." His comments came days before the president held a campaign rally in Boulder.

Kusick also said he was obsessed with the deadly shootings at Columbine High School and Virginia Tech, according to court records.

The therapist called police, and Kusick was placed on a mental health hold at a hospital.

According to court records, Kusick told investigators he also studied this summer's Aurora movie theater shooting in which 12 people were killed, and he talked about what the gunman did wrong.

Online court records didn't list the name of Kusick's attorney.

A detention hearing is scheduled Friday.

It Took A Sex Scandal To Publicly Out The Guy Who Plays Elmo!

The only thing my hand going into is my friend Elmo! - Kevin Clash.

The controversy involving Kevin Clash is apparently settling down. The accuser has taken back his accusation. The man admits that he had a sexual relationship with Clash, but it was consensual adult sex.

Clash for his part, came out the closet and admitted that he's a Black gay man. He denied that he messed with the accuser when he was a boy. Clash's accuser claimed that he was 16-year-old when they had a sexual encounter. The accuser at age 23, could not produce enough information to make the case against Clash.

Clash was suspended by Sesame Workshop for using emails to exchange contact with the accuser.

Clash is the iconic voice of Elmo, a role that he's done for over twenty years.

Although the accuser recanted his story about the relationship, this controversy opens up a potential for more accusers. But in the meantime, Clash issued a statement through his representative: "I am relieved that this painful allegation has been put to rest. I will not discuss it further."

The 2011 documentary about his life, Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey. In that film, Clash opened up about his upbringing in a black suburb of Baltimore, his early obsession with Disney and puppets, and that he was teased in school for playing with dolls. But despite the personal nature of the documentary, Clash, who is now 52, did not come out as gay.

On Monday, that changed, under the worst possible circumstances: "I am a gay man,” he said in a statement issued by his representative. “I have never been ashamed of this or tried to hide it, but felt it was a personal and private matter."

Teacher Post Anti-Obama Rant Dissing Her Students!

Teacher in hot water over her Facebook post about President Obama.

The post election hangover is like the Pandora's box of ignorance. Once it's opened it can't be closed!

Republicans are venting off frustration by clogging the White House's official website with petitions to secede from the United States.

President Barack Obama is going to have a showdown with the Republicans in Congress over the fiscal crisis plaguing the United States and global markets. The Republicans put their feet back into the manure over taxing the rich. The president apparently isn't bowing down to their threats. The Democrats are looking forward to putting the hammer on the Tea Party in 2014 when the U.S. Midterm Election come forth.

Potential gridlock may loom in the final weeks. The Congress will spend the next two weeks to hammer out a long-terms strategy to end the fiscal crisis. Then they'll take another two weeks off to have Thanksgiving.

The Congress returns for two more weeks to stop the decline in the post office, farm aid to victims of the summer drought, disaster relief after Superstorm/Hurricane Sandy and the electoral nomination of President Barack Obama for his second term. Then they're off again for the Winter break and will return a few days after New Year's Day to begin the next session of Congress.

Now as all of this is going on, many Americans are venting online and in the public forum.

Some are taking their freedom of speech too far!

Now it's going to be likely this teacher will have some scorn among her fellow educators. She may end up getting laid off (not fired) when voters reject the school levies. She will likely get death threats and the scorn from her students and some their parents.

Sharon Aceta teaches math but not ethics!

Sharon Aceta, from Rock Hill, South Carolina will be the teacher, students will likely abuse in the coming years. Her politics should have never reached the internet and it's a shame that an educator may lose her job not only for attacking the president, but the students she devoted her whole life to helping. She is suppose to motivate students to become leaders such as the president.  

This type of reckless behavior are the reasons why principals and school board members warn teachers and school workers not to engage in online activity outside of education.

The Huffington Post reports Sharon Aceta was placed on leave Friday after she posted a sarcastic and offensive statement about President Barack Obama on Facebook.

Aceta, who eighth grade math at Rawlinson Road Middle School, was evidently frustrated with Obama's reelection last Tuesday. She got her ass pulled from school by the end of the week.

According to WSOC-TV, following Tuesday’s presidential election, Aceta posted on her personal Facebook page: “Congrats Obama.  As one of my students sang down the hallway, 'We get to keep our food stamps' ...which I pay for because they can't budget their money... and really, neither can you."

School spokeswoman Elaine Baker said several people had called to complain about the post.

"We’ve heard from a number of people who said they were offended by the message," Baker said. "The teacher has admitted that poor judgment was used in this case, and she is very apologetic."

Aceta quickly removed the Facebook post after complaints started reaching the school.

Teachers in the Rock Hill school district are often reminded about being careful when the use social media such as Facebook and Twitter. It is discussed during teacher orientation, staff meetings, and throughout the school year.

"Sometimes you just can't speak out publicly about what you'd personally like to say, about anything," Baker said. "Teachers are held to higher standards because of what they do."

Baker added that though Aceta violated the district's social media policy, she will likely not face further disciplinary action, and should return to the classroom on Monday.

Channel 9 went by Aceta's apartment in Matthews on Friday afternoon.  She could not be reached for comment.

Swizz Beatz Rapping Bills!

Swizz Beatz, famed producer owes money!

Hip-Hop producer/rapper Swizz Beatz has produced a string of major hits for some of the country's best talents. As a member of the hip-hop collective Ruff Ryders, Swizz Beatz gained notoriety for being a "monster" of the beats! He is the nephew of the rap label founders Darrin "Dee" Dean and Joaquin "Waah" Dean.

He was a teenager when he produced his first hits. He is one of the most sought out producers.

He is closely associates with hardcore rappers DMX, The Lox and rapper/actress Eve.

Swizz Beatz has been in the news because of his marriage to R & B singer Alicia Keys. He fathered a child with her. He was dealing with a bitter divorce with former wife Mashonda. He is the father of other three children. He has one with Mashonda, another with English singer Jahna Sebastian and one with an anonymous woman. There's also talk of him having affairs while he is still married to Keys. Those accusations are not confirmed as of yet.

International Business Times reports that Swizz Beatz is the "MONSTER" of debt. The IRS is saying he owes them that "Money In The Bank".

It's bad enough he owes child support but the IRS too, ouch!

Swizz Beatz with then wife Mashonda.

TMZ  reports that the 34-year-old entertainer, whose real name is Kasssem Dean, owes the federal government $2.6 million in unpaid taxes.

The news source suggests that Beatz is living his own lyrics, "You ain't getting none from me or my bank."

Beatz is no stranger to tax issues; New York State filed a lien against him in 2010 for $98,246.18 in unpaid state taxes.

SOHH  also noted that he has had tax liens against him filed with the New York County Clerk, the Rockland County (New York) Clerk, and the Somerset County (New Jersey) Clerk.

In conjunction with his ex-wife, R&B singer Mashonda, Beatz reportedly owes taxes as far back as 2006.

There has been no word from Beatz, but sources suggest that the Grammy winner is not wanting for money.

He and wife, Alicia Keys, are in the process of signing a $12 million agreement to buy Eddie Murphy’s Englewood, California, mansion, the Daily Mail UK reported. The couple has placed their New York home on the market for about $17.95 million.

This girl is on fire! - Swizz Beatz (appearing with R & B singer/wife Alicia Keys).

In addition, Forbes named the producer the 16th highest paid person in hip-hop in September, for having earned $7 million over the last year.

Swizz Beatz produced for DMX, Eve, The Lox, Jadakiss, Jay-Z, Nas, Lil' Wayne, Gucci Mane, Drake, Pusha T, Snoop Dogg, Beyonce, Bone Thugs 'N Harmony, Cassidy, Chris Brown, Ludacris, Nicki Minaj, and many others.

Swizz Beatz became a partner involved in the popular clothing company Kidrobot, a creator and retailer of limited-edition art toys and clothing. He has a designer Reebok shoe and of course endorsements such as Pepsi.

About.com ranked him #27 on its list of the "Top 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Producers," while The Source placed him on its list of the 20 greatest producers in the magazine's twenty-year history.

Kanye West called him "the best rap producer of all time."

Swizz Beatz appears on Atlantic Records. He is affiliated with Ruff Ryders and Full Surface Records.
Alicia Keys appears on LaFace Records/RCA.

$50 In Food Stamps Says Ohio GOP!

Ohio governor John Kasich and his Republican buddies think $50 dollars is enough in food stamps. 

I'm getting really tired of Republicans and conservatives in general! I've state this once again for the ones who read this and many articles posted by me and LeReyna:

The safety net includes social security, disability, unemployment benefits, food stamps, farm aid, hurricane assistance, Medicare, Medicaid, and welfare.

The middle class, lower class and those who are too poor are the core of the safety net.

With the rising food and gas prices, people are turning to food stamps, food banks and government assistance to keep themselves from landing in the homeless shelter.

Without a safety net, these people will rob and kill those who have the luxuries of having food in the refrigerator or in the pantry. They would steal fuel, water, bread and meat to keep feeding their families. And yet, these Republicans and their conservative allies are thinking the poor are the reasons for the economic recession. Perhaps those who complain about the poor, should walk a day in that person's shoes!

Ohio, the state that went to President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, has Republicans in charge. And of course those greedy ass bigots in the almost all White, male and bitter political party wants to take the safety net from those who may have voted for Mitt Romney and of course President Barack Obama.

With the rising prices of food and gas, people are resorting to food stamps, food banks and theft to get what they need. The Republican Party doesn't seem to understand the need for food stamps for the poor and middle class.

Food banks across America are getting higher demand after states cut funding.

The Drudge Report slobbering over an article from the Toledo Blade stating that Ohio is planning on cutting food stamps to only $50 beginning in January.

So you're saying that when the food prices increase, you're only get a monthly amount of $50! Just about enough to feed a family of four for at least a week?

Not cool! This probably why Republican governor (possible presidential potential) John Kasich isn't liked among Ohio voters. Even though he can claim credit for a declining unemployment, he and the Republican legislators have tried to pass some of the most intrusive laws to keep people either broke or bitter!

Those conservative bigots who click on The Drudge Report have never lived a day in the life a poor person!

It's not fun and it's not pretty! They have the nerve to be the bitter assholes the world is accustomed to! They continue this post-election hangover!

Since the president trounced Mitt Romney in the general election, the Republicans are soul searching!

I am assuming they're figuring out a way to weed out the extremists without pissing them off!

Because the changing demographics have younger voters, Hispanics, Blacks and Asians aren't fond of the Republican Party right now! And looking at the word salad of some the individuals online, I safely say that it's going to be harder for minorities to support the Republican Party.

White conservatives think the rise in food stamps is President Barack Obama's fault! They're so freaking racist, they don't see that food stamps are a minor player in the rising debt crisis. Clearly they're erasing Geroge W. Bush and past Republican presidents. The rise in food stamps started when the economy went into a recession in 2007. 

Ohioans’ food stamp aid to be reduced

Benefit to fall $50 a month starting in January

BY KATE GIAMMARISE

Ohio families receiving food stamps could get an unwelcome surprise come January: $50 less every month in assistance.

For the 869,000 households enrolled in the program for the poorest Ohioans, that could amount to about $520 million annually out of the grocery budgets.

Because of the way the federal government calculates utility expenses for people receiving the benefit, a mild winter nationwide last year, and a lower price for natural gas, many families could experience a significant cut in aid, those familiar with the program say.

Recipients should get a letter from the state Department of Job and Family Services this month explaining the change, said Ben Johnson, a spokesman for the agency.

Meanwhile, food banks and others that distribute food assistance are bracing for increased demand.

A woman with her Ohio Direction EBT Card.

“They are going to increase hunger among our most vulnerable — working families, seniors, children, and persons with disabilities,” said Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, executive director of the Ohio Association of Foodbanks.

Ms. Hamler-Fugitt said her organization is particularly concerned that some seniors or persons with disabilities who have a low benefit amount could lose all their monthly assistance.

We’re really worried about [the change],” she said.

What’s called the “standard utility allowance” — the amount deducted from a person’s income when the state determines his or her eligibility for the food stamp program — will decrease by $166 for 2013, translating to about $50 less per household in food assistance. State Job and Family Services officials tried to appeal the change to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the food stamp program, officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, but the USDA denied the request.

Get ready for a rise in theft of groceries!

USDA officials did not respond to requests from The Blade for comment.

State and county Job and Family Services officials say there is little they can do other than letting their clients and community partners who provide food assistance know about the changes.

“This is a federal issue,” said Joel Potts, executive director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Directors’ Association. “It is what it is. They have a formula. ... We just think it is going to be really hard on families and individuals. They will see significantly less money starting in January.”

The average food-stamp recipient receives $138 per person, per month, according to state statistics. As of August, more than 1.7 million individual Ohioans, or about 869,000 families, received the assistance. A total of $3 billion in benefits was issued in 2011 in Ohio; the program is federally funded.

In Lucas County, about 91,000 people — 46,000 households — receive the benefit. Fifty fewer dollars per household per month would amount to about $27 million annually.

“It’s a concern,” said Deb Ortiz-Flores, director of Lucas County’s Job and Family Services agency. “Fifty dollars can buy quite a bit of food.”

Jack Frech, director of the Athens County Department of Job and Family Services in southeastern Ohio, said the loss of funds will cause a true hardship.

“Fifty dollars would be devastating” to families, he said. “These are folks that have already fallen off the fiscal cliff.” Mr. Frech added that many of his agency’s clients are not affected by lower natural gas prices.

“The majority of folks [here] don’t heat with natural gas in the first place,” he said. “They heat with fuel oil and propane.”

The Rev. Steve Anthony, executive director of Toledo Area Ministries, said, “It will put a strain on all organizations that provide emergency food. We’re going to have to find alternatives. We can’t pull food or money out of thin air.”

TAM runs the Feed Your Neighbor program, which has 13 food pantries in Toledo and surrounding suburbs.

Contact Kate Giammarise at: kgiammarise@theblade.com or 419-724-6091, or on Twitter @KateGiammarise.

Elmogate?

Big scandal plagues Sesame Street performer Kevin Clash!

The famed voice of Elmo finally admits he's a gay Black man!

The more shocking stories that unfold from this sex scandal!

Sesame Workshop suspended Kevin Clash after they've determined that personal emails were exchanged with the accuser. The person that brought this scandal to life stated that he was then 16-years-old when Clash had a sexual encounter.

New York-based Sesame Workshop said in a statement that its own inquiry, including interviews with the now 23-year-old accuser, concluded that claims of underage sexual conduct against puppeteer Kevin Clash were unsubstantiated.

Clash, 52, the voice of Elmo for nearly three decades, acknowledged a past relationship with his accuser but said in a statement that the allegations against him were "false and defamatory."

Clash denied he had slept with this person but finally acknowledge to the world that it's time to put his business out there.

CNN obtained his statement from the entertainer.

"I am a gay man. I have never been ashamed of this or tried to hide it, but felt it was a personal and private matter. I had a relationship with the accuser. It was between two consenting adults and I am deeply saddened that he is trying to characterize it as something other than what it was. I am taking a break from Sesame Workshop to deal with this false and defamatory allegation."

Again, this is very shocking and I know this will be an ongoing issue! This also gives into other accusers who may have been in contact with Clash.

Clash has played the role of Sesame Street's breakout character Elmo for most of his time.

God I Hate Stupid A** White Conservatives!

Victoria Jackson has an epic meltdown over Barack Obama winning reelection. The washed up celebrity has been a part of the Tea Party movement and it's extremist views towards the rest of America.

Part 2 will be coming shortly! It's entitled: God I Hate Stupid A** Black Conservatives!

How many times have you've heard from one of those bitter ass Republicans who figured that Blacks were solely focused on helping "our brotha" Barack win reelection?

How many times you've read in the comments section of a blog or even a Facebook posting saying that "all Blacks" are likely stuck on the plantation of "welfare", "gubmint handouts" and sure "laziness"?

How many times have you've heard from a White person who overwhelming supports Mitt Romney say that if it wasn't for Blacks, Barack Obama wouldn't even be the president?

Okay, let me just say this clearly!

WHITE CONSERVATIVES = WHITE SUPREMACISTS

Yeah, I said it! I meant it, seriously.

What the heck is wrong with these people?

White conservatives are dumb ass human beings!

Why do we even give these people any attention anyways?

The more we get riled up by Rush Limbaugh, Matt Drudge, Sean Hannity, Fox News, online hate websites and the Republican Party itself, we'll all get ulcers!

These people are truly the reasons why Barack Obama won reelection.

Stacey Dash posing with former Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, congressman from Wisconsin.

Okay, Rob Redding, the Black news agitator isn't really a fan of the president. His website The Redding News Review is sort of like Matt Drudge when it comes to stories that agitate an audience.

He goes forth to push something from the Washington Examiner, a conservative news blog.

There's individuals upset over the president trouncing Mitt Romney, they've threaten succession from the United States.

I love how conservatives believe this crap about "patriotism" and "freedom"! These individuals are traitors to the nation and their freedom of speech should be noted for how society should basically ignore them for what they are, racist!

Why bother giving them airtime?

Hank Williams, Jr. is a bloated asshole who says some dumb ass shit!

I mean seriously I think Rush Limbaugh and the like are profiting off of this "phony" conservatism! These guys aren't even conservative in the standard of Thomas Paine, Ronald Reagan or even George W. Bush!

These are stark crazy lunatics!

Rob Redding is giving these morons a voice by posting this crap about some stupid petition to leave the United States.

If you hate the United States so much for its democracy and the leadership, go to a country of your choice!

Instead of wasting the time to create your own country on land that was originally owned by the Native Americans/First Nations, how about you grab all the garbage you've polluted the land with and make an island of filth and live your lives in hate of everyone else!

Ted Nugent is a rocker with a big gun and mouth on him!

The article starts off with the petition on Saturday November 10, 2012, citizens from 15 States have petitioned the Obama Administration for withdrawal from the United States of America in order to create its own government.

States following this action include: Louisiana, Texas, Montana, North Dakota, Indiana, Mississippi, Kentucky, North Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, Colorado, Oregon and New York. These States have requested that the Obama Administration grant a peaceful withdrawal from the United States.

These citizen generated petitions were filed just days after the 2012 presidential election.

Louisiana was the first State to file a petition a day after the election by a Michael E. from Slidell, Louisiana. Texas was the next State to follow by a Micah H. from Arlington, Texas.

The government allows one month from the day the petition is submitted to obtain 25,000 signatures in order for the Obama administration to consider the request.

The Texas petition reads as follows:

The US continues to suffer economic difficulties stemming from the federal government’s neglect to reform domestic and foreign spending. The citizens of the US suffer from blatant abuses of their rights such as the NDAA, the TSA, etc. Given that the state of Texas maintains a balanced budget and is the 15th largest economy in the world, it is practically feasible for Texas to withdraw from the union, and to do so would protect it’s citizens’ standard of living and re-secure their rights and liberties in accordance with the original ideas and beliefs of our founding fathers which are no longer being reflected by the federal government.

As of 12:46 am, Sunday, signatures obtained by Louisiana, 7,358; Texas, 3,771; Florida, 636; Georgia, 475; Alabama, 834; North Carolina, 792; Kentucky, 467; Mississippi, 475; Indiana, 449; North Dakota, 162; Montana, 440; Colorado, 324; Oregon, 328; New Jersey, 301 and New York, 169. Many more States are expected to follow.

A petition is not searchable at whitehouse.gov until 150 signatures have been obtained. It is the originator's responsibility to obtain these signatures.

Seriously why should I waste my time giving these people a link to click on!

These assholes should shut up and move on with their lives!

But they can't do it! They're invested in hating on President Barack Obama for profit. Conservatives need an enemy. The media needs a scapegoat.

The changing demographics will be the end of the Republican Party. They can't get over the fact that non-White births surpassed this year and 30 years it's going to be a browner nation!

Let me repeat this for the slow readers who are conservative.

If you're still stuck on 20th Century, you better wake the heck up!

The future will steamroll over you if you're still stuck on Ronald Reagan and the fears of the past.

This country will succeed with or without you!

The Guy Who Voices Elmo Caught In Sex Scandal!

Famed entertainer Kevin Clash admits to having a sexual relationship with an accuser. Clash denies he had slept with the accuser when the man was a teenager. This is a shocking story!

The Drudge Report will never concede to dropping stories that involve scandals around the Black community. Any story involving a Black person or President Barack Obama posted by The Drudge Report is guaranteed for conservative agitating.

One of the most interesting was clicked upon by me today was a story that involves the famed voice of Sesame Street, Kevin Clash being involved in a relationship with a teenage boy.

Kevin Clash is the famed voice of preschool icon Elmo.

This story motivates the conservative ire against the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The organization funds many shows on NPR and PBS. Sesame Street became a rally call for President Barack Obama and his progressive allies.

The former presidential candidate Mitt Romney once stated that he "loves Big Bird and Jim Leher", but he wanted to cut funding to save the economy. That comment drew outrage from many Americans who felt that Romney's attack on Sesame Street was a pathetic attack on a minor player in the growing debt.

The Drudge Report puts this story online to draw an "I Told You So Moment"! And of course it's going to be another word salad of racial slurs and Obama bashing because the entertainer Clash was in a picture (as Elmo) with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sabelius and First Lady Michelle Obama.

It's a shocking story. I am shocked!

It's getting national buzz and it's going to have some effect to the longtime television program.

Elmo with then first lady Laura Bush and daughters Jenna Bush-Hager and Barbara Bush.

The Daily Mail UK has reported that Kevin Clash, 52, has taken a leave of absence from the popular children's show after the programme's lawyers were contacted by a 23-year-old man who claims he had a sexual relationship with the puppeteer seven years ago, when he was aged 16.

TMZ, who reported the allegations, said that Mr Clash had admitted he had a relationship with the man, but only after the accuser was an adult and said the accusations were both false and defamatory.

The website reported that after the accuser's initial meeting with Sesame Street lawyers, he felt that that he was being silenced so he hired a lawyer.

He is now being represented by Andreozzi and Associates - the firm that worked with one of the victims in the Jerry Sandusky child rape case.

They claim rather than trying to hush up the accuser, they asked for evidence of his allegations, which was not received.

First Lady Michelle Obama with Elmo.

The website reported they had seen an email supposedly sent to the accuser by Clash, acknowledging they had the affair when he was 16, but officials believe it is fake as they say the accuser never mentioned such an email existed.

Sesame Street disciplined Clash for inappropriate use of company email after they found emails between him and the accuser, but they did not indicate an illegal sexual relationship, according to TMZ.

It is unclear why Clash wanted a leave of absence, since he denies the allegations of underage sex, but the program told TMZ it was to allow him to defend his reputation in the wake of the damaging allegations.

Clash has been the Elmo puppeteer for two decades, performing on the show as well as for PBS specials, DVD releases and TV movies while earning nine Daytime Emmy Awards.

Clash has been a longtime fixture with Jim Henson Productions. He was hired to perform in ten episodes of Sesame Street. However, at the time, Clash was performing full-time on two other shows, and the producers of both shows refused to work around his schedule, so he was forced to tear up his contract to appear on Sesame Street.

Some of his earliest characters included Hoots the Owl, Baby Natasha, and Dr. Nobel Price, but it was Elmo who became his main character. Clash has also sung in voice-over in a variety of film and animation songs on Sesame Street, including "In My Animal Book" and "Take Care of That Smile". During the late 1980s, Clash was involved with a variety of Henson productions. He performed P.J. in the Play-Along videos, and Father Bunny and Be-Bop in Tale of the Bunny Picnic. He would also perform Eliott Shag on Dog City, various characters in Muppet Time series.

He is also most notably Baby Sinclair, but also Howard Handupme on the 1990s sitcom Dinosaurs. He also performed the title character in the Muppet Sing-Along video Billy Bunny's Animal Songs.

Sesame Workshop officials tell TMZ the puppet is alive and well: "Elmo is bigger than any one person and will continue to be an integral part of Sesame Street to engage, educate and inspire children around the world."




The news breaks across the internet and it's a buzz worthy story.

We here at Journal de la Reyna will keep you informed about this controversy.

Additional details could come at any given time.

The last controversy involving Sesame Street was the Elmo's World episode they scrapped. They had singer Katy Perry sing her famous "Hot 'N Cold" with Elmo. The conservative Media Research Center/Parents Television Council founder Brent Bozell called upon a boycott of the network for allow it to happen.

Bill Maher: Whites Be Warned Of A Growing Minority!

Bill Maher with writer Karrine Steffans (known as "Superhead" the Video Vixen) 

The controversial comedian on HBO has attracted a base of supporters who love his witty and rational commentary of the latest issues with politics and entertainment.

Bill Maher the host of Real Time on HBO has been a frequent target of conservative ire because of his hard hitting comments about the Republicans and their continuous fight against President Barack Obama and his allies in the progressive movement.

Bill Maher is a libertarian comedian who leans liberal on most issues.

Maher endorses the legalization of marijuana. He doesn't care about two people of the same sex getting married. He doesn't want intrusive government (such as religious based laws and restrictions to a woman's right to choice). He's a contributor to the Huffington Post.

Post election has Republicans fingering Mitt Romney and his team for their failure to reach out to minority voters.

The Republican Party is 90% White and 10% everyone else. That's why I say the Republicans are White like cocaine. You don't understand what's in it! All you know it's mostly White and everything else!

Maher gives a stern warning to the Republican Party and their allies such as Fox News.

He tells them that if they keep on riling up the Black and Hispanic voters with rhetoric that paints these groups as an enemy, it will inspire them to vote.

How many times I've told the readers about people like Matt Drudge, Neal Boortz, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh continuing to attack minorities with rhetoric that is deemed offensive?

What these individuals in the conservative movement fail at doing is catching up with the shifting demographics!

They continue to double down on the rhetoric.

The Democrats learned their lesson in 2010 about sleeping on the Midterms. I am assuming that from this point on, the president and his Democratic allies will continue grassroots movements to get people out to the polls in the 2014 and 2016.

Maher goes right into here! Actor Samuel L. Jackson appears as a special guest commentator.

White Man Assaults Black Woman With 2 Kids In Public