Vote for Obama and get a new phone

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Vote for Obama and get a new phone

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Buying votes is a Chicago tradition. You show your right wing intolerance when you question their culture.
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Already here: http://texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php? ... &start=315" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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RoyGBiv wrote:Already here: http://texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php? ... &start=315" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Mine was posted 15 minutes before that one. :tiphat:
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jeez, I can't believe it... some people have no shame. :shock:
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This is a great example of the problem with allowing the Federal government to "help" people. The original "Lifeline" program, had great intentions.

http://www.fcc.gov/lifeline

But like most of the Federal bureaucracies, the FCC wasn't content allow normal actions to identify potential recipients and has organized a bunch of costly advertizing campaigns. Since then, the original guidelines for participation appear to have been grossly ignored, turning the program into a vote buying scheme. I'd wager that more than 50% of the participants don't meet the 135% of the poverty line. According to the video, the "enhanced" program working as designed and buying votes.

Actually, the abuse of Federal programs by this one woman does not bother me. It is the doubling of costs, based on the tax labeled as a universal subscriber fee, that rubs me raw. There is no way that the Congress will not come back and increase the tax/fee, claiming increased costs while the selection criteria for participation erodes even further.
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great; now they can text each other to coordinate flash mobs to ransack stores
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recaffeination wrote:Buying votes is a Chicago tradition. You show your right wing intolerance when you question their culture.
They also pay protesters at Romney rallys.
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If I had an ex-wife or anyone else I detested, I think I'd snag that woman's voice to use as their ringtone.
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Jumping Frog wrote:If I had an ex-wife or anyone else I detested, I think I'd snag that woman's voice to use as their ringtone.
Can you imagine being married to someone with a voice like that?
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I hate to say it, but I think this is really helping Obama in Ohio. They're handing out phones like candy in Ohio and those receiving the 'Obama phones' will certainly want to "keep Obama in president". If Obama takes Ohio, it is an uphill battle for Romney.

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You know, we all pay for those Obama phones. A cell phone has a Fed Universal Service Charge and a Texas Universal Service charge. Depending on whether you have regular phones or smart phones, it works out to about 2% to 4% tax that goes straight to this kind of garbage.
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Re: Vote for Obama and get a new phone

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For $100, I can get a basic phone and a year of prepaid cellular service. That's less than $2 per week. Those people don't look too skinny to skip one McDonalds supersized meal each month and use that money to pay for their own phone.

This country is drowning in an ocean of debt. If Romney doesn't get rid of all this commie garbage dragging us under, his supporters deserve to get caught in the riots when the US economy collapses. :banghead:
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Take his phone then vote against him.
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Re: Vote for Obama and get a new phone

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Those of us with children (cousins, siblings) of a certain age remember Raffi.

Raffi + this woman = :anamatedbanana

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