Members lookin Posted May 30, 2013 Members Posted May 30, 2013 Yo! Guess who failed his drug test with flying colors. AdamSmith 1 Quote
Members RA1 Posted May 30, 2013 Members Posted May 30, 2013 AS- Two articles regarding the research requested. www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/20/2758871/floridas-welfare-drug-tests-cost.html http://mediamatters.org/research/2012/09/14/Krauthammer-whitewashes-bushs-history-to-bash-0/189890 Best regards, RA1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted May 31, 2013 Author Posted May 31, 2013 I agree it isn't funny and our civil liberties are under attack but one site that I read said that FL spent $45,000 more than it saved in this process. Could there be some hyperbole somewhere herein? Best regards, RA1 Thanks for the Miami Herald link. That article confirms your recollection: ...The numbers, confirming previous estimates, show that taxpayers spent $118,140 to reimburse people for drug test costs, at an average of $35 per screening. The state’s net loss? $45,780. Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/20/2758871/floridas-welfare-drug-tests-cost.html#storylink=cpy Other sources seem to indicate the $178 million figure in the cartoon is Florida's total welfare program cost, not just this drug test: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/08/25/only-2-of-welfare-applicants-in-florida-failed-drug-tests/ Would seem the cartoonist was not reading too carefully. The Miami Herald piece does add this from an ACLU spokesman: "That’s [the 118,140 figure] not counting attorneys and court fees and the thousands of hours of staff time it took to implement this policy," Newton said. Your other link, to mediamatters, now seems not to work. Quote
Members RA1 Posted June 6, 2013 Members Posted June 6, 2013 I think this is very close to the truth but then comic commentary at its' best always is. Best regards, RA1 Quote
Members RA1 Posted June 6, 2013 Members Posted June 6, 2013 AND, there are so many more choices. Best regards, RA1 AdamSmith 1 Quote
Members RA1 Posted June 6, 2013 Members Posted June 6, 2013 Was she a Calvinist? Best regards, RA1 AdamSmith 1 Quote
Members RA1 Posted June 6, 2013 Members Posted June 6, 2013 Perhaps she was a futurist. She didn't live to see the 19th amendment passed. However, she was arrested for voting a straight Republican ticket. Something some others think should be universal. However, more likely, she was arrested simply for voting. The dollar coins minted in her honor have never taken off although I find them potentially very useful. But, then I have spent an inordinate amount of time with no food other than from vending machines. Best regards, RA1 AdamSmith 1 Quote
Members RA1 Posted June 8, 2013 Members Posted June 8, 2013 Maybe not but the Soviets did advise the US government that at least one of these guys was up to no good. Who are you going to believe, your lying eyes or me? Best regards, RA1 AdamSmith 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted June 8, 2013 Author Posted June 8, 2013 @jdickerson6/7/13 11:28 AM EDT President's meeting with Chinese was always going to be about cyber snooping, we just didn't know it was about exchanging best practices Quote
Members RA1 Posted June 8, 2013 Members Posted June 8, 2013 Is that BO and Michelle talking? Best regards, RA1 Quote
Guest hitoallusa Posted June 11, 2013 Posted June 11, 2013 This could have happened... In the Bible, Jesus used parables to explain things to his disciples but they often they didn't get them. Quote
AdamSmith Posted June 11, 2013 Author Posted June 11, 2013 This could have happened... hito, a hint: Read Mark 11:12-14 and 11:20-25, and Matthew 21:18-22. Quote
Guest hitoallusa Posted June 11, 2013 Posted June 11, 2013 AS, I love guys quoting the Bible hot and sexy. I thought you meant it in a different thing from the pic. Maybe I misunderstood you. I had no idea that you read the Bible... You will make a great dad to our kids.. Quote
