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#1 2005-09-06 10:59 am
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Barbara Bush: Refugees are better off homeless
Accompanying her husband, former President George H.W.Bush, on a tour of hurricane relief centers in Houston, Barbara Bush said today, referring to the poor who had lost everything back home and evacuated, "This is working very well for them."
The former First Lady's remarks were aired this evening on American Public Media's "Marketplace" program.
She was part of a group in Houston today at the Astrodome that included her husband and former President Bill Clinton, who were chosen by her son, the current president, to head fundraising efforts for the recovery. Sen. Hilary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama were also present.
In a segment at the top of the show on the surge of evacuees to the Texas city, Barbara Bush said: "Almost everyone I’ve talked to says we're going to move to Houston."
Then she added: "What I’m hearing which is sort of scary is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality.
"And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this--this (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them."
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Classy. Now we know where George Jr. inherited his indifference to the suffering of the common man. How completely disconnected from the reality of middle- to lower-class living would you have to be to think that camping in a stadium amongst 15,000+ other recently-homeless refugees is an improvement?
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#2 2005-09-06 11:02 am
Re: Barbara Bush: Refugees are better off homeless
it just goes to show how out of touch a small segment of america is.
unfortunately, this small segment has ALL the power in this country.
"the bible is cooler than i thought.... most of the main characters get stoned!!!"
"let's get back to the good ol' days when the "opiate of the masses" was still actually opium." -me
"kids don't beat me. i beat kids." -HJS
the above post is proudly antihammer
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#3 2005-09-06 11:20 am
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Sick. I mean, just seriously sick. You have to be mentally sick to be that out of touch with the way it is.
"Live with your head in the lion's mouth. I want you to overcome 'em with yeses, undermine 'em with grins, agree 'em to death and destruction, let 'em swoller you till they vomit or bust wide open." -Ralph Ellison
"Overpower, overcome" -Cro-Mags
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#4 2005-09-06 11:23 am
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Re: Barbara Bush: Refugees are better off homeless
Hey! I posted this already!
I can't remember which thread it was in, tho.
Note: please delete this post.
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#5 2005-09-06 12:09 pm
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Re: Barbara Bush: Refugees are better off homeless
ShnickyShnack wrote:
Hey! I posted this already!
I can't remember which thread it was in, tho.
How do you manage so much posting time from the picket lines? Are you wireless, Schnicky? 
Damn, they need to get you guys back to work. Football without commentators just creeps me out, and I will go absolutely wobbly if they dont have any personalities around for the start of the NHL season!
On topic: Barbara must be getting a little senile... it is astounding that anyone could say that and not realize how incredibly ignorant they are being.
From what I can tell, either way, you're screwed. Bad people are punished by society's laws, and good people are punished by Murphy's Law.
-- George, Dead Like Me
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#6 2005-09-06 12:13 pm
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Re: Barbara Bush: Refugees are better off homeless
Warin wrote:
ShnickyShnack wrote:
Hey! I posted this already!
I can't remember which thread it was in, tho.How do you manage so much posting time from the picket lines? Are you wireless, Schnicky?
Damn, they need to get you guys back to work. Football without commentators just creeps me out, and I will go absolutely wobbly if they dont have any personalities around for the start of the NHL season!
On topic: Barbara must be getting a little senile... it is astounding that anyone could say that and not realize how incredibly ignorant they are being.
As a matter of fact, I haven't picketed in quite some time ... my back's out, so I'm laid up, lying on my stomach with my Powerbook in front of me. No cable TV, no newspaper subscription, so little to do but watch movies, TV shows, chat and of course peruse MiniThink, all courtesy my li'l aluminum buddy. Oh, and I'm playing a monster game of CivIII.
Note: please delete this post.
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#7 2005-09-06 12:18 pm
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Re: Barbara Bush: Refugees are better off homeless
That sucks, man. back injuries are one of the worst 
It does explain why you are the Queen of Minithink tho. CivIII. Urgh. I almost got a copy recently, but decided it would be even more detrimental to my GPA than World of Warcraft was 
From what I can tell, either way, you're screwed. Bad people are punished by society's laws, and good people are punished by Murphy's Law.
-- George, Dead Like Me
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#8 2005-09-06 12:38 pm
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Re: Barbara Bush: Refugees are better off homeless
Where did she say that the refugees were "better off homeless"?
Hey!!! Was that Pithy? Got a twenty?
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#9 2005-09-06 12:41 pm
- Warin
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Re: Barbara Bush: Refugees are better off homeless
Egress wrote:
Where did she say that the refugees were "better off homeless"?
Look at the last sentence of the quote at the top of the thread. Basically, it is an implication that these people are doing better now than they were back home. And that isnt really reading anything into it, as far as I am concerned. How would you interpret that comment, that wouldnt make Babs look like an evil aristocrat?
From what I can tell, either way, you're screwed. Bad people are punished by society's laws, and good people are punished by Murphy's Law.
-- George, Dead Like Me
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#10 2005-09-06 1:19 pm
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Re: Barbara Bush: Refugees are better off homeless
This is not all that new, attitude wise. Back in her husband's administration, Mrs. Bush boasted about one of the things she does to help the poor. She collects the mniature soaps, toothpastes, etc., from hotel rooms and donates them to charity. Not very impressive, methinks. Embodies the notion that losers don't deserve much.
Underlying much of what is being said about the evacuees is the stereotype that they don't work. Even some white liberals* keep repeating it. Most poor people work. The Census data for the areas Hurricane Katrina damaged worst in New Orleans says unemployment for able-bodied adults is 4.5 percent. About half of them also owned their homes. The value of the homes is low compared to wealthy suburbs like Metairie. But, the stereotype that Barbara Bush and others have in their heads is again not accurate.
Not surprising, considering that too many white liberals' opposition to racism is a figment of their imaginations.
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#11 2005-09-06 1:22 pm
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Re: Barbara Bush: Refugees are better off homeless
Like I said ... a real Les Miz type situation.
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#12 2005-09-06 1:59 pm
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Re: Barbara Bush: Refugees are better off homeless
sometimes its fun to remember that elites are also a minority. one that is too powerfull and bears the symptoms of it.
she could of said "let them eat cake." however, i do think her comments were directed at praising texan hospitality... and not that the "underpriviledged" were lucky to find a new trough to slurp from.
anything you type can and will be used against you
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#13 2005-09-06 2:03 pm
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Re: Barbara Bush: Refugees are better off homeless
Does anyone know why Mrs. Bush used the word 'scary'?
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#14 2005-09-06 2:32 pm
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Re: Barbara Bush: Refugees are better off homeless
Because she's a smurf.
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#15 2005-09-06 2:36 pm
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Re: Barbara Bush: Refugees are better off homeless
or maybe its because she knows that the hospitality in texas is not going to last.
anything you type can and will be used against you
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#16 2005-09-06 2:38 pm
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Why wouldn't it last? Of course, maybe due to logistics.
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#17 2005-09-06 2:47 pm
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Re: Barbara Bush: Refugees are better off homeless
charity never lasts long in this country.
anything you type can and will be used against you
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#18 2005-09-06 2:51 pm
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True, but hopefully, this will be an extenuating circumstance.
The best portion of a good man's life are the little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.
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#19 2005-09-06 3:02 pm
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Re: Barbara Bush: Refugees are better off homeless
more or less wrote:
or maybe its because she knows that the hospitality in texas is not going to last.
ho ho!
1. Instill fear.
2. ???????? (use your imagination)
3. Profit!
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#20 2005-09-06 3:06 pm
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Re: Barbara Bush: Refugees are better off homeless
Podesta wrote:
Does anyone know why Mrs. Bush used the word 'scary'?
:raises hand:
CUZ SHE'S A NIGGA HATING CRACKER?
:goes and sits in corner:
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#21 2005-09-06 3:14 pm
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Re: Barbara Bush: Refugees are better off homeless
iBubba wrote:
Podesta wrote:
Does anyone know why Mrs. Bush used the word 'scary'?
:raises hand:
CUZ SHE'S A NIGGA HATING CRACKER?
:goes and sits in corner:
yep,
and america is racist.... 
anything you type can and will be used against you
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#22 2005-09-06 3:19 pm
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she is scared of the ganstas
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#23 2005-09-06 3:24 pm
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Re: Barbara Bush: Refugees are better off homeless
ShnickyShnack wrote:
Warin wrote:
ShnickyShnack wrote:
Hey! I posted this already!
I can't remember which thread it was in, tho.How do you manage so much posting time from the picket lines? Are you wireless, Schnicky?
Damn, they need to get you guys back to work. Football without commentators just creeps me out, and I will go absolutely wobbly if they dont have any personalities around for the start of the NHL season!
On topic: Barbara must be getting a little senile... it is astounding that anyone could say that and not realize how incredibly ignorant they are being.As a matter of fact, I haven't picketed in quite some time ... my back's out, so I'm laid up, lying on my stomach with my Powerbook in front of me. No cable TV, no newspaper subscription, so little to do but watch movies, TV shows, chat and of course peruse MiniThink, all courtesy my li'l aluminum buddy. Oh, and I'm playing a monster game of CivIII.
A) I love football and hockey without commentators The CBC should seriously consider doing that full time. It would save a bundle, and it is "almost like being there".
B) Do you get WCB benefits for picket line back injuries?
C) Can't you guys just hammer this out? I am not the world's biggest CBC fan, but I am really tired of continual easy listening Can-Con every time I do flip the dial that way.
OK, back on topic...
The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual. -John Muir-
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#24 2005-09-06 3:26 pm
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Re: Barbara Bush: Refugees are better off homeless
I'm through with her.
Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.
Unless you become as little children, there's no way you will believe this crap.
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#25 2005-09-06 3:29 pm
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Re: Barbara Bush: Refugees are better off homeless
NoExit wrote:
she is scared of the ganstas
I think I'll go with that. 
The best portion of a good man's life are the little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.
- William Wordsworth
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