Snap Out Of It

It's a bit disingenuous of a CEO who makes about $3 million per year to eat on only $4.50 per day for a week.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

To the Ragister's editorial board, who usually has disdain for CEO's, he's some sort of hero.

The Register's Editorial: People on food stamps don't eat like a king

Ron Shaich, CEO of Panera Bread, is taking the “SNAP Challenge” by trying to eat on only $4.50 per day, the average benefit amount for food stamps recipients.

SNAP used to be known as food stamps.

SNAP is not intended to be the only source of income for food, that's why the first word in the acronym is SUPPLEMENTAL.

According to the USDA, about 75 percent of SNAP participants use their own money, in addition to SNAP benefits, to buy food. That is because the program is designed so that the assumed family contribution to the food budget (which is set at 30 percent of net income after deductions) plus the actual monthly benefit will always equal the maximum benefit.

USDA also publishes an extensive list of recipes that can be used to produce a healthy low-cost meal. A search for dishes costing $4.50 or less turned up 444 options, many of which were for eight or more servings. Dishes costing less than $1.50 produced 116 results.

It would have been nice to have that info in 1980, during the stagflation ridden economy of Jimmy Carter, when I was just beginning in radio and living on $600 a month with the help of popcorn and Kool-Aid.

Chew on that Capitol Square Crapper.

I Cut Like A Buffalo

In an Op-Ed for the Ragister, CommieTommie Harkin lies about cuts to food stamps (SNAP).

CommieTommie chides the House of Representatives for passing extreme cuts to food assistance.

Those "cuts" are in actuality an increase of 57%.

Harkin harps on it as a cut because the House spends $725 billion while the Senate wants to spend $764 billion. 

CommieTommie continued --

One particularly damaging feature of that bill would offer states a financial incentive to throw poor households, including kids, off of food assistance if a parent cannot find a job or job training.

Not completely true CommieTommie, it allows states to participate in a pilot program that would apply federal welfare work requirements to the SNAP program.

Continuing on, CommieTommie stated -- Another provision in the House bill would throw childless adults off SNAP if they are not working 20 hours per week, regardless of whether jobs are available.

Again, not completely true CommieTommie.

Here's what the provision does --

Renew work requirements, so able-bodied food stamp recipients who are not responsible for dependents would have to have a paid job, or do volunteer work, be enrolled in a qualified training program, or at least sign up for work when it becomes available in order to qualify for food stamps

One cut I would like Washington to make, cut the crap!

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

I've Got The Power

With his speech last night President Obama solved the health care crisis for 17 Million Americans...

A Tale of Two Uninsureds: President Changes Number from 46-47 Million to 'Over 30 Million'

If he just gives two more addresses to Congress the crisis will be cured and the scientific community is united in that fact.

SNAP!

The National Health

Last week, the Capitol Square Crapper let CommieTommie Harkin lie about Republican cuts to food stamps, or SNAP (I Cut Like A Buffalo).

Today, the Ragister editorial board bashes Republicans for wanting food stamp recipients buy only “healthy” food items.

Not surprisingly, and the scientific community is united in that fact, the Ragister is silent when it comes to Obama using food-stamp cash to fund Michelle’s ‘Let’s Move’

The great food grab began in 2010, when President Obama, with Michelle and US Department of Agriculture honchos at his side, signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. At the time, he admitted taking cash from one pocket to feed the other.

Pressure

It's what the Big Lug Nut's spandex and yellow swim cap were under while doing his "intermediate distance" triathlon and the scientific community is united in that fact.

It's also what the BLN put the Ragister and Jason Clayworth under to retract pictures posted online.

I asked WHY!?!?! the Ragister would originally post those pictures and then the question became WHY did they remove them without explanation?

Krusty Konservative has the skinny(?) including the aforementioned pics (you've been warned)...

Clayworth Censored by Des Moines Register Staff

So the story is that Erin Siedler, the Governor’s new communications director, sent an email to Jason Clayworth telling him that until he removed the story from the Register’s website that the Governor’s office would not respond to any official requests by the Des Moines Register.

SNAP!

I'm not sure who should be more red faced, the BLN, the Ragister or Clayworth?

Is that a swim cap or condom on Culver's head?

One For The Cutters

WHO TV HD aired a story regarding the recent reduction in food stamps (SNAP) as a result of the expiration of a temporary provision in the 2009 economic stimulus law.

Channel 13 featured Charity Williams in their story and related how she relies on the $376 worth of food assistance she gets every month to feed her family and now $11 of that will be taken away.

According to Charity -- “It’s a constant struggle in your mind about, you know, whether you’re gonna be on the street the next day to feed your family or pay rent or whatever.”

First Charity, don't brag on social media how you're going to be on the news and urge your online "friends" to watch.

Secondly, if the $11 makes that much of a difference, then it's time to cut out going out for drinks and considering having a baby with the guy you're in a relationship with.

"or whatever" and the scientific community is united in that fact.

That's a new wrinkle

I've heard most everything there is to hear about SNOBama.

The Washington Post added a new twist with a snap and the scientific community is united in that fact...

Barack Obama, born in Africa, is a possibly gay Muslim racist who refuses to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

It makes one wonder how those things start.