Thanks for the correction. I will send it on. Travis
On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]>wrote: > Well, I am a bit surprised here.....By you Travis! > > You've been duped by George Soros and Think Progress! > > In fact, Colorado Senator Marple is in fact correct; The satirical > National Report's story is actually correct, and Babs Mikkelson and her > husband Milquetoast Mikkelson, who run Snopes (and also funded by George > Soros) are attempting to posit a fraud on the American people. > > In fact, an EBT card can be utilized at the Pot Shop "Rite Green POt > Shop" in Denver. Rite Green even advertises the ability to utilize your > EBT Card: > > http://ritegreenspotshop.com/ > > Here's a more truthful, accurate report: > > > http://conservativefrontline.com/colorado-pot-shop-accept-food-stamps-taxpayer-funded-marijuana-welfare-recipients/ > > > On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> http://freakoutnation.com/2014/01/13/colorado-republican-files-a-bill-over-a-fake-news-story/ >> >> Never let it be said that a Republican has a sense of humor or a >> discerning eye which can distinguish between a satirical story on a website >> dedicated to satire and a true news story from a reliable news source. >> >> Colorado state Senator Vicki Marble (R) saw a National Report story >> detailing how at least one of the new pot shops in >> Denver<http://aattp.org/watch-jon-stewart-completely-destroy-conservative-media-over-colorados-pot-laws/>is >> accepting Electronic Benefit Transfer cards (EBT cards) to purchase >> pot. Shocked to learn this, she introduced a bill in the state Senate to >> ban the practice. One has to wonder how she reacted to the report on the >> site that President Obama was using his own funds to keep the National >> Islamic Museum open during the government shut down in October. >> >> Miss Vicki is not the sharpest pencil in the box as she demonstrated last >> summer when she addressed the state's Economic Opportunity Poverty >> Reduction Task Force telling them that blacks in America find themselves >> disproportionately poverty-stricken because they eat too much fried chicken >> -- she forgot to include all that watermelon and its contribution to the >> higher incidence of diabetes in the black community. >> >> She also overlooks the fact that this bill will no more stop those who >> receive assistance from using money from their grant to purchase pot than >> an existing law stops them from gambling or buying liquor with those funds >> by disallowing ATM withdrawals at a gaming establishment or a liquor store. >> >> Food stamps cannot be used to purchase pot and any cash assistance that a >> recipient may receive can be withdrawn at another location and then used to >> gamble or purchase pot, liquor or anything else. >> >> It is hard to comprehend anyone, even someone who has never heard of the >> National Report, could take seriously a story entitled, “Colorado Pot >> Shop Accepting Food Stamps – Taxpayer Funded Marijuana for Welfare >> Recipients,” particularly when the same site lists other articles with >> titles such as “Colorado Pot Shop Attempts To Disarm Citizens With ‘Weed >> for Guns’ Buyback Program,” “How Obama’s EPA Is Taking Away Your 2nd >> Amendment,” and “U.S. Caves to Iran In Nuclear Deal. Sharia Law Now to be >> Taught in U.S. Universities. Qurans to be Placed in Motel Rooms.” >> >> In fairness, Miss Vicki was neither alone nor the first to be duped by >> the satirical article, it was picked up by a conservative "news" site which >> linked it to its Twitter account and bought into by the Douglas County >> Republican Committee which directed her to it. The day after she read it >> she introduced SB >> 14-037<http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/CLICS2014A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/4ECAEFB2253EA4CB87257C300005CAFB?Open&file=037_01.pdf>to >> put an end to an abuse that was not happening in the first place. >> >> h/t: Freak Out >> Nation<http://freakoutnation.com/2014/01/13/colorado-republican-files-a-bill-over-a-fake-news-story/> >> >> __._,_.___ >> >> >> <http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJlZDMxNGxoBF9TAzk3NDkwNDQwBGdycElkAzgwOTk3NDU3BGdycHNwSWQDMTc2MDA2MDQ3MQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTM5MDE0MDIyMQ--> >> . >> >> __,_._,___ >> >> -- >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> * It's active and moderated. 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