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Vote for Obama and get a new phone

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:30 pm
by JJVP

Re: Vote for Obama and get a new phone

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 1:07 pm
by recaffeination
Buying votes is a Chicago tradition. You show your right wing intolerance when you question their culture.

Re: Vote for Obama and get a new phone

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 2:37 pm
by RoyGBiv
Already here: http://texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php? ... &start=315" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Vote for Obama and get a new phone

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 4:37 pm
by JJVP
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:

Re: Vote for Obama and get a new phone

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:01 pm
by 77346
jeez, I can't believe it... some people have no shame. :shock:

Re: Vote for Obama and get a new phone

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:14 pm
by chasfm11
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.

Re: Vote for Obama and get a new phone

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:41 pm
by barstoolguru
great; now they can text each other to coordinate flash mobs to ransack stores

Re: Vote for Obama and get a new phone

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:44 am
by rp_photo
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.

Re: Vote for Obama and get a new phone

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 11:20 am
by Jumping Frog
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.

Re: Vote for Obama and get a new phone

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 12:32 pm
by WildBill
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?

Re: Vote for Obama and get a new phone

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 1:53 pm
by Slowplay
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.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/new ... -oh/nRDqC/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Vote for Obama and get a new phone

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 2:34 pm
by Jumping Frog
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.

Re: Vote for Obama and get a new phone

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 3:53 pm
by tacticool
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:

Re: Vote for Obama and get a new phone

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 3:53 pm
by tommyg
Take his phone then vote against him.

Re: Vote for Obama and get a new phone

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 12:54 pm
by tbrown
Those of us with children (cousins, siblings) of a certain age remember Raffi.

Raffi + this woman = :anamatedbanana

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