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... Why don't they check on welfare percipients? ... There's some of these that's on welfare ... food stamps, they got live-ins. Why don't the live-ins pay half of it ... livin' expenses and things like that? They are fraud goin' on in this country. ... No wonder they don't wanna work.

I've got some tips for the Tiger Ridge family with the infant in arms walkin' in the middle of Savannah Avenue on Halloween night. ... The ones that almost got hit by the car. Try a street with more street lights and less traffic. ... Wear light-colored clothing ... and don't jaywalk. It's illegal. ... Also, leave the infant at home. ... And you can also try goin' to the festivals ... like the Eastern Heights festival. It's safe and free.

This is to the idiot that called in about ... the TEA Party. ... That's a bunch of crap! You're just makin' ... crap up now. ... TEA Party do not tell small business ... stop hirin' people to hurt Obama. ... That's just ridiculous. ... What the TEA Party does ... is try to explain to people in a logical way ... the government's spendin' twice as much money as they're takin' in. ... Get your facts straight next time.

In response to the alleged email by the TEA Party leadership asking people to not hire folks, that is the biggest bunch of malarky I have ever heard. The TEA Party believes in free market principles. If you need someone, hire them. Unfortunately, due to the policies of the last six years ... it's virtually impossible in this environment to increase growth to the point of needing to hire more workers. ... False accusations without proof are folly for the ignorant. Your rhetoric against the TEA Party does not harm us. It only makes you look foolish.