Candidates strike out as Reagan posers – Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Globe and Mail Candidates strike out as Reagan posersPittsburgh Post GazetteWith every bromide about welfare moms buying luxury items with food stamps, he proved himself the living embodiment of a know-nothing conservatism that would dominate his party from that point on. The Gipper was as close as one could get …

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Council chief says: ‘Don’t pay your fines’ – Oxford Mail

Council chief says: 'Don't pay your fines'Oxford MailBy Damian Fantato » On Monday, the Oxford Mail reported on the anger caused by private parking enforcement outside Royal Mail's East Oxford delivery office in Littlemore. Mr Mitchell – whose the council is responsible for enforcing car parking on …and more » More: …

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Joining the food stamp nation – Salon

Joining the food stamp nationSalonI quickly hand him everything—my driver's license, threadbare social security card with my awkward childhood signature, and my passport complete with its January 2011 stamp from India (I hope he notices). He asks me, rat-a-tat-tat: “Unemployed? More: continued here

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Time And Place In The Republican Party – Neon Tommy

Neon Tommy Time And Place In The Republican PartyNeon TommyAn example from last Monday's debate in Myrtle Beach, SC: Fox News' Juan Williams: Speaker Gingrich, you recently said black Americans should demand jobs, not food stamps. You also said poor kids lack a strong work ethic and proposed having them …

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