Soulless fucks making excuses... Originally Posted by IIFFOFRDBDr. Carson is the one making excuses for he and his mother taking from the government. Like he deserved it ...while others do not.
Dr. Carson is the one making excuses for he and his mother taking from the government. Like he deserved it ...while others do not.You should back out quietly... You are making a ass of yourself.
Look, he is an example of why you help people down on their luck. That is wtf some of you numb nuts are not understanding. Government investing in education is a wise investment. To study , you may need not be hungry....thus Food Stamps. Which is what he admitted helped him. Damn. Originally Posted by WTF
You should back out quietly... You are making a ass of yourself. Originally Posted by IIFFOFRDBNo, let the WTF the moronic buffoon post more! It's hilarious! I'm waiting for him to tie Dr Carson the the Ebola outbreak in this country.
You're lying. When did he say that? Post a link, asshole, or STFU. Originally Posted by CuteOldGuyIf he could not post "what other people are thinking" or his "deliberate(?) misinterpretation of what other's post", WTF's tiny toolkit would be cut in half.
Blacks migrated to the Decmocratic party circa 1964 when the Republicans nominated Barry Goldwater for president, as he was anti Civil Rights Act of 1964/pro "states rights"; blacks migrated to the Democratic party and southern white "dixiecrats" migrated to Republican party since "states rights" have always kinda been a big deal in the south; see the Civil War..lol Replublicans like to ignore history and claim the Democrats were "the real racists" but don't tell the whole story about the double migration of 1964 and why it occurred.So you don't remember Herman Cain but you remember what happened 50 years ago....kinda...something about Barry Goldwater and states rights. Do you want to go back 150 years to the Emancipation Proclamation or have the Democrats rendered that too inconvenient?
Ben Carson has been on my radar since 1996 so he's not new to me, and I've been following Mia Love since 2009-2010; My problem with them is not that they are republicans but that they are hypocrites and promote ideas that don't stand up to the lowest level of scrutiny.
Both of them, like many successful people in America, benefited from various government programs and turned out ok. Government programs aren't evil by nature and if they were honest about this and instead talked about how to make the programs better, they'd win far more votes and be taken more seriously. Originally Posted by blackmaleindallas
GPS
The handy navigating device in nearly every car and Smartphone was also originally developed by the Defense Department in the 1970s to follow the exact locations of nuclear missiles and calculate their proper trajectories. Funding for the system was constantly questioned, however, given how expensive GPS satellites are to build and launch. Today, many GPS satellites are aging and the system is in desperate need of an upgrade, according to the Government Accountability Office. Doing so could cost the Air Force $5.5 billion.
- See more at: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Media/....6IsO8cUk.dpuf
The Internet
Yes, you can again thank the DOD for being able to read this article right now (and, you know, anything else the Internet lets you do). In the 1960s, the military wanted to develop a communications system that was less vulnerable to attack than telephone operators’ rooms and began working on directly linking computers. The first network was called the ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) – which was the basis for the modern Internet as we know it.
- See more at: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Media/....v7i0Ocn0.dpuf
The Microchip
During WWII, the DOD provided funding to firms like Fairchild Semiconductor and Texas Instruments to build a tiny device that could help make missile targeting more precise. The resulting product eventually became known as the microchip – now used in every iPhone, computer and almost any electronic device.
- See more at: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Media/....MpmXcFTw.dpuf
Infant Formula
An algae-based supplement that contains the same nutrients of breast milk was originally developed by NASA to help recycle oxygen in the air during space travel. The supplement is now found in 95 percent of baby food in the U.S.
- See more at: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Media/....Ss5WHU0B.dpuf
Another technological game-changer came from funding by the National Science Foundation (NSF). In the early days of the Internet, the NSF funded the Digital Library Initiative to index and sort through the growing number of websites. Then Stanford grad students Larry Page and Sergey Brin (who was supported by an NSF Graduate Student Fellowship) created the algorithm that ranked web pages by importance, and by 1998, they founded Google, Inc. Don’t believe us? Google it. - See more at: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Media/....VvRjf8UK.dpuf
The Bar Code
Getting through the check-out line at the grocery store would take a whole lot longer if it hadn’t been for research funded by the NSF that developed the scanners to read bar codes in the 1970s. - See more at: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Media/....mmVbxOwh.dpuf
Goodyear Tires
The reason Goodyear’s tires last so long is due to a fibrous material (said to be five times stronger than steel) that was originally developed in partnership with NASA in the 1970s. NASA needed a lightweight, super-strong material for parachute shrouds to land objects softly on Mars. Goodyear expanded the technology and created a tire that was estimated to have a tread life 10,000 miles greater than those before it. - See more at: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Media/....hcos1iph.dpuf Originally Posted by WTF
So now you're touting the virtues and contributions of the massive military industrial complex? Have you changed your mind about being a war monger or are you just a hypocrite? Originally Posted by boardmanThe question have never been whether the Vast Industrial Military Complex or Welfare give us a return on investment , it has been at what cost?
You're lying. When did he say that? Post a link, asshole, or STFU. Originally Posted by CuteOldGuyFrom his own lips COG. Here is Dr. Carson making excuses for why it was ok for he and his Mom to receive welfare. Now you owe me an apology or how about you just STFU and I'll settle for that!
Carson has an excuse as to why the situation with his mother is completely different from the situations with everyone else currently on welfare:It’s hard not to see Carson’s own upbringing coming into view here. He grew up in meager surroundings in Detroit and Boston, in a family that made use of public assistance programs like food stamps. The culture was different then, Carson insists. “I think there was a time when people were not proud of taking handouts,” he said. “There were more people who did have that drive and determination. You do what you have to do."
The question have never been whether the Vast Industrial Military Complex or Welfare give us a return on investment , it has been at what cost?
My position has always been that we in fact do pay a specific tax for one and in fact that side of the ledger has stayed for the most part in the black the same can not be said about the other. Should we dedicate a specific tax for the Vast Industrial Military Complex? I think so. I think it criminal that we combined SS/Medicare with the general budget. I believe LBJ did it to hide the escalating costs of Vietnam.
Were we to basically balance the budget on the on military spending like we have on social spending and have the ignorant masses see wtf it really costs then the discussions would be on how we pay for it by not touching the social side.
What do you think the discussion would be like if we had a dedicated tax to military spending that ran a surplus and the social side of the aisle took it and left and IOU and then blamed the military for out of control spending! Originally Posted by WTF
From his own lips COG. Here is Dr. Carson making excuses for why it was ok for he and his Mom to receive welfare. Now you owe me an apology or how about you just STFU and I'll settle for that!Here is what he said:
http://crooksandliars.com/2014/05/we...n-deserved-his
Let's see why Ben Carson believes his welfare assistance was justified which makes him a principled Conservative and your government assistance makes you a losing moocher.Carson has an excuse as to why the situation with his mother is completely different from the situations with everyone else currently on welfare:Originally Posted by WTFIt’s hard not to see Carson’s own upbringing coming into view here. He grew up in meager surroundings in Detroit and Boston, in a family that made use of public assistance programs like food stamps. The culture was different then, Carson insists. “I think there was a time when people were not proud of taking handouts,” he said. “There were more people who did have that drive and determination. You do what you have to do."
Here is what he said:I was asked by COG when did Dr. Carson make an excuse for taking government handouts.
When you rob someone of their incentive to go out there and improve themselves, you are not doing them any favors. When you take somebody and pat them on the head and say, ‘There, there, you poor little thing. … Let me give you housing subsidies, let me give you free health care because you can’t do that.’ What would be much more empowering is to use our intellect and our resources to give those people a way up and out.”
The article is an OP-Ed spinning that into something negative for political purposes.
I don't see anything in that statement or any of his other statements where Carson says Welfare is bad. Just the opposite is what I read into it. What I also see is that he seems to believe, like Clinton, that welfare should be a hand up not a hand out and that way too many people capable of contributing to society have decided that the easier route is to take from society and that is the part that needs to be addressed. Originally Posted by boardman
I was asked by COG when did Dr. Carson make an excuse for taking government handouts.Fair enough...We see it different ways.
“I think there was a time when people were not proud of taking handouts,” he said. “There were more people who did have that drive and determination. You do what you have to do."
The above quote sure looked like an excuse to me.
Somebody has to be in the business of determining the difference between a hand up and a hand out. All Carson is doing IMHO are cute sound bytes. Originally Posted by WTF
Fair enough...We see it different ways.How long was Carson and family on welfare/food stamps?
I think Clinton and Congress did determine what was a hand up and what was a hand out. More than two years was no longer a hand up. Originally Posted by boardman