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skip fox

(19,356 posts)
Thu Dec 19, 2013, 12:43 PM Dec 2013

Cruel and inhuman punishment! . . . Please come CAPTION Forbes's John Tamny!!!!!



John ("Are there no poor houses? Are there no soup lines?&quot Tamny is saying: "Giving people food stamps is just like handing them poison, it's literally like shooting them in the middle of the forehead. . . . Don't you see, Jessica? If people are starving in the streets, private and religious charities will re-activate and fill in the breach. . . . By handing out food stamp, you are discouraging private and religious charities, which would be like killing the people you're trying to help, like government always does as part of an over-all story in the way of understanding what's indeed going horribly wrong. . .. See?. . . . It's all very clear."

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The above CAPTION is somewhat based on the following Media Matters story taken from the Daily Show:

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/12/18/the-daily-show-is-not-the-first-time-forbes-joh/197337
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Cruel and inhuman punishment! . . . Please come CAPTION Forbes's John Tamny!!!!! (Original Post) skip fox Dec 2013 OP
"That's what she said" Spirochete Dec 2013 #1
CAPTIONing at DU is a creative activity trying to satirize our subjects,. but often we skip fox Dec 2013 #2
Yeah, I know Spirochete Dec 2013 #3

skip fox

(19,356 posts)
2. CAPTIONing at DU is a creative activity trying to satirize our subjects,. but often we
Thu Dec 19, 2013, 02:07 PM
Dec 2013

channel them, having them say what they'd like to say if they thought they could get away with it, having them say something which brings our their hypocrisy or stupidity or cupidity, etc.

Spirochete

(5,264 posts)
3. Yeah, I know
Thu Dec 19, 2013, 02:39 PM
Dec 2013

I play sometimes. But that picture looks so much to me like Michael Scott from "The Office", I did it wrong.

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