{"id":23141,"date":"2011-10-21T05:30:52","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T11:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/21\/unblogged-bits-fri-21-oct-11-0530.html"},"modified":"2011-10-21T05:30:52","modified_gmt":"2011-10-21T11:30:52","slug":"unblogged-bits-fri-21-oct-11-0530","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/21\/unblogged-bits-fri-21-oct-11-0530.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Fri. 21-Oct-11 0530)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries …. <\/p>\n
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  1. Decades Old Calvin and Hobbes Strip Succinctly Explains Occupy Wall Street Movement<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Sen. Sessions Wants To Cut Food Stamp Program, Claiming It Has \u2018Surged Out Of Control\u2019<\/a> – “Well look, do you think there are four times as many people who need food stamps today as in 2001. That answers itself. […] We cannot do this. We do not have the money. Congress doesn\u2019t understand that we can\u2019t afford to double the program every three years.” Yes, if we just cut food stamp funding, that will make people not be poor and hungry any more. Problem solved!<\/li>\n
  3. Stop Confusing Democracy and Liberty<\/a> – The Tyranny of the Majority is a perfect expression of democracy. As is mob rule. Promoting democracy over autocracy is a good thing, overall — but just as liberty means the freedom to do stupid things, democracy in and of itself is not a panacea.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries …. Decades Old Calvin and Hobbes Strip Succinctly Explains Occupy Wall Street Movement Sen. Sessions Wants To Cut Food Stamp Program, Claiming It Has \u2018Surged Out Of Control\u2019 – “Well look, do you think there are four times as many … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Fri. 21-Oct-11 0530)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41488,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/21\/cheating-to-help-the-needy.html","url_meta":{"origin":23141,"position":0},"title":""Cheating" to help the needy","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 21-Mar-14 2:17pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The GOP in Congress thought they had a foolproof way to cut food stamps.'The [food stamp] cut involved the so-called heat-and-eat program, in which food stamp benefits are increased for those who qualify for a small amount of state heating assistance so that they do not have to choose between\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26229,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/08\/feeding-the-poor-that-is-so-last-millennium.html","url_meta":{"origin":23141,"position":1},"title":"Feeding the poor? That is so last millennium!","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 8-Feb-12 9:37pm","format":false,"excerpt":"And, thus, the War on Food Stamps that's shaking up. Disgusting. #ddtb Embedded Link Food stamp fight The nation's food stamp program is an essential part of the American safety net. Why? Because people can't be productive \u2014 in school, at work or looking for work \u2014 if they are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31087,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/24\/thinking-of-the-children.html","url_meta":{"origin":23141,"position":2},"title":"Thinking of the children","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 24-Oct-12 3:10pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Lovely. A proposed Pennsylvania bill that blocks any increase in food stamps from a child conceived while the mother is in the program. \u00a0Unless it was from rape or incest, in which case the mother has to certify that she reported it to law enforcement.So we want to discourage (and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":138440,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/27\/all-american-citizens-are-equal-but-some-are-more-equal-than-others.html","url_meta":{"origin":23141,"position":3},"title":"All American citizens are equal, but some are more equal than others","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 27-Mar-19 7:56pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Trump thinks the amount of food-stamp money going to Puerto Rico is \"ridiculous\"","rel":"","context":"In "Climate Change \/ Weather \/ Disasters"","block_context":{"text":"Climate Change \/ Weather \/ Disasters","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/science\/weather-and-climate-change"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Trump%2Bfrown.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Trump%2Bfrown.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Trump%2Bfrown.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":39450,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/01\/im-sure-this-will-get-all-those-lazy-bums-off-their-butts.html","url_meta":{"origin":23141,"position":4},"title":"I'm sure this will get all those lazy bums off their butts","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 1-Nov-13 7:32am","format":false,"excerpt":"I mean, criminitely, people, all these Welfare Queens living high on the hog and fat on the taxpayer's teat with their lavish $275.13 a month -- I mean, that's an outrageously generous $3,302 a year, which is surely enough to dissuade anyone from going out and finding an honest living.\u00a0So\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25705,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/24\/next-time-you-hear-someone-knocking-food-stamps.html","url_meta":{"origin":23141,"position":5},"title":"Next time you hear someone knocking food stamps","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 24-Jan-12 6:14pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I.e., that it's an ever-growing bureaucracy feeding a bunch of lazy bums who can't be bothered to look for a job and it will bankrupt us all because of those shiftless inner city types and fraudsters cheating the honest taxpayers, and wouldn't it be better if we just gave block\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}