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Old 06-09-2014, 10:08 AM
 
Location: Arizona
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Originally Posted by Odo View Post
I would even go so far as to doubt that you know what the word satire means.
It's in the address of that link, btw.
Who Cares! Somebody said it! By the end of the day when we repeat it all over the forums, it will be as good as true and Issa will convene another hearing focusing on the gas card scandal and the imminent impeachment of President Obama..
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Old 06-09-2014, 10:09 AM
 
Location: Texas
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I just received a very disturbing email, if it has any truth to it at all. I would never have believe it, but at the bottom it says "Snopes says its true." So I looked it up on Snopes and that says it is "false."
Then what's the issue?
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Remembering that BO and crew did give out thousands of "free" cell phones and all the rest of the crap for illegals and lots more that should never have happened, I have to wonder if there is something to this that has not been reported or that this article is based upon.

Here's the link to the Snopes page.

snopes.com: Government Opening Free Gas Stations in Poor Neighborhoods

If this proves to be true in any form, then Obama has to go immediately...whatever charges and avenues it takes. Actually he should have been gone long ago for all the stuff we know he has really done.

It says in bold letters: FALSE

FYI

Carry on.

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Old 06-09-2014, 10:10 AM
 
Location: Sonoran Desert
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What is sad is that the right wing contributors fall for these satirical pieces time after time. Gullibility and ignorance go hand in hand.
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Old 06-09-2014, 10:13 AM
 
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Originally Posted by middle-aged mom View Post
The source of this information is a satire website.

BTW, there is no such thing as an Obama phone.

" Free phones" for low income people have been around for decades. First it was land lines and then, as the cost of cell phones became reasonable, it was expanded to low functioning cells phones in 2008, before Obama was elected. It's paid for by a tax on most phone bills.

It's been a huge windfall for those companies that provide the service.
Very true......the "free phone" has been available.

It just got to be "Obamaphones" because he expanded the program and put money into advertising it.

Now it is a little line item on all of our phone bills.......those of us who pay.
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Old 06-09-2014, 10:17 AM
 
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Originally Posted by larrysda View Post
I just received a very disturbing email, if it has any truth to it at all. I would never have believe it, but at the bottom it says "Snopes says its true." So I looked it up on Snopes and that says it is "false."

Remembering that BO and crew did give out thousands of "free" cell phones and all the rest of the crap for illegals and lots more that should never have happened, I have to wonder if there is something to this that has not been reported or that this article is based upon.

Here's the link to the Snopes page.

snopes.com: Government Opening Free Gas Stations in Poor Neighborhoods

If this proves to be true in any form, then Obama has to go immediately...whatever charges and avenues it takes. Actually he should have been gone long ago for all the stuff we know he has really done.
Yeah, this if this fake story were true, he would need kicked out. Forget about the drone strikes, continuation of illegal wars, lack of action after NSA revelations, etc....

I would trade all of the above for something as stupid, but painless as free gas stations for poor people. Yeah, it is a waste of money, and I think it is a stupid idea. It sounds completely false on it's face the idea is so dumb... but at least with wasting money that way instead of those listed above, the government is not killing non-combatant civilians and violating civil rights domestically and abroad.

Of course, this all has little to do with Obama. He is a lap-dog figure head for the establishment in big government. (Just like Bush, Clinton, etc... Romney would have been the same.) He is there to absorb the criticism while corporations and politicians work hand in hand to loot this nation.

The federal government needs to be scaled back massively, almost to nothing. It needs to be the night-watchman that it was intended to be. And it will happen... the federal government owes more than the worlds entire GDP in unfunded liabilities. We have 3 options. We can scale back the federal government massively, dissolve the federal government, or ride it until it collapses.

Changing out the mannequin in the White House doesn't change a thing. If these gas stations were a real thing, the would have been introduced under Romney had he won the election. Just doesn't matter.
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Old 06-09-2014, 10:20 AM
 
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You people believe the most idiotic things.
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Old 06-09-2014, 10:20 AM
 
Location: Texas
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What is sad is that the right wing contributors fall for these satirical pieces time after time. Gullibility and ignorance go hand in hand.
Blind hatred makes one an idiot. Listening to hate radio tends to have that effect on some.
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Old 06-09-2014, 10:30 AM
 
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Originally Posted by larrysda View Post
I just received a very disturbing email, if it has any truth to it at all. I would never have believe it, but at the bottom it says "Snopes says its true." So I looked it up on Snopes and that says it is "false."

Remembering that BO and crew did give out thousands of "free" cell phones and all the rest of the crap for illegals and lots more that should never have happened, I have to wonder if there is something to this that has not been reported or that this article is based upon.

Here's the link to the Snopes page.

snopes.com: Government Opening Free Gas Stations in Poor Neighborhoods

If this proves to be true in any form, then Obama has to go immediately...whatever charges and avenues it takes. Actually he should have been gone long ago for all the stuff we know he has really done.
Add the following to your "rules to live by"

when start a sentance with "I just received a very disturbing email"

Stop right there and dont say anything else. because everything else will just be nonsense.
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Old 06-09-2014, 10:30 AM
 
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I just received a very disturbing email, if it has any truth to it at all. I would never have believe it, but at the bottom it says "Snopes says its true." So I looked it up on Snopes and that says it is "false."
Just to be clear, you checked this out, found it to be false, but decided to post it anyway? Why? To get the rumor out there, knowing that there are enough imbeciles who will take it and disseminate it without bothering to mention that it's satire?

And of course, it has the added benefit of allowing you to bash Obama for something he didn't do, which is the usual MO of most Conservatives here.
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Old 06-09-2014, 10:31 AM
 
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Blind hatred makes one an idiot. Listening to hate radio tends to have that effect on some.

just to be perfectly clear, I have yet to find something about Obama (besides he cannot be president again after this term ends) that I like.

i dont believe this nonsense.
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