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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 06:31 PM Original message |
It's only FAIR to drug test all welfare recipients |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. CONGRESSMEN and GOVERNORS! |
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individual rights (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Everyone who works for the government should be tested. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
48. Nope, only those in legislative and executive positions |
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Philippine expat (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
72. Yes,, every govt employee just like the military |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. I seriously bet some interesting results would turn up if this were done. n/t |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. next republicans will want to drug test social security recipients... |
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individual rights (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. There is one big difference... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Doesn't matter |
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HubertHeaver (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 12:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. That was quick. |
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richmwill (972 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Don't care if they do... |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 05:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
28. So . . . no concept of the Right to Privacy? |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. K and freakin' R! - n/t |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. Don't forget people who live (or have lived) in government housing. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. What are Government Officials Taking? |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
10. I peed in a cup during my Navy career. I think if the military and welfare |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
12. I just peed in the cup for a job I'll be starting in two weeks... |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. yeah, but do you pay for it our of your pocket? |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Do you honestly believe that parents who are on welfare and can't pass a drug test are fit parents? |
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Oasis_ (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I disagree |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 05:45 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I'm not in favor of legalizing marijuana |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 07:38 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Who the hell said anything about subsidizing marijuana? |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
55. ou tell me what they're testing for and how a drug test guarentees that a person doesn't/hasn't |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 03:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
73. Yes |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 05:55 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Oh, fer crissakes. |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 07:29 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I've never personally heard of anyone being turned down for a job because of a false positive. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 07:49 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Oh boy. |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
58. hair follicle test with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry eliminates the risk of false positives |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 09:49 AM Response to Reply #58 |
64. I'm taking it |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
47. My son was fired for a false positive, and |
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Alameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. Pretty amazing information there. A kidney infection can cause |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 06:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Why don't you fight for your rights instead of hoping others share your fate? |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 07:24 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Most here would be happy to "share my fate" |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #31 |
77. Why do you think using drugs outside of work would effect people at work? |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
54. Faulty thinking. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 08:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
76. I didn't have to, if I didn't have to piss clean why should they? n/t |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. Churches. Test the higher ups of churches. |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. Blood tests. |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 12:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. hair follicle tests are even better from what I hear. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #24 |
36. And if you live in a medical marijuana state |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
56. A.) Hippie stoners are gaming the system and ruining it for the people with legit causes. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 08:27 AM Response to Reply #56 |
63. Lemme guess -- |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #63 |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #56 |
79. And how do I know you are bullshitting? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
52. At their own expense? |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Not really. The money saved in the long run by eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 11:56 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. If the State is so certain it'll save money why make people who live with a few hundred $/mo pay it? |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #52 |
78. Yes because it is Governor's Scotts company that will do the tests. |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. Legalize drugs |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. This country needs something. It's uptight about every F'en thing. n/t |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I've known plenty of dickhead rightwing stoners. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
18. Glad to hear that the tax payers are for funding the drug tests! |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
50. Funny you said that... Fla Governor apparently has financial connections with drug testing clinics |
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999998th word (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
25. Government small enough to drown in a bathtub? |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 02:05 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Nobody would be forcing you take such a piss test. You cna always just say no. lol |
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bluedigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 07:36 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Nobody would ever force me to buy a product - health insurance - that I don't want, either. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
51. US Constitution, how does it work? |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. OK, where does the constitution state that you have a right to a welfare check? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 12:45 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. The Constitution doesn't state you have a right to an iPod either. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #59 |
71. Get lost, freeper |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 01:02 AM Response to Reply #26 |
62. What an interesting sig line you have. |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. so is choosing a life of drug abuse and alcoholism. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Because you say so. Yawn. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Deleted message |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Wow. Please do go on. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
70. There is a relevant difference between force and coercion. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
37. Ending AFDC didn't shut the bastards up |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
38. Betcha a lot of those elites snort coke. And water is wet. nt |
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BetsysGhost (176 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
39. DUH |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
41. I envision a day when anyone who wants federal dollars has to prove s/he will not be stoned |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
42. kr. funny when some of the folks pushing this crap are laundering drug money |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
43. Florida did NOT vote for this. Fl would like to test Rick Scott's blood to see if it's pure bile. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
44. First, let's drug test all of our elected officials -- |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
45. And next up Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and Unemployment Compensation recipients. |
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DreamSmoker (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
46. Cannabis Patients???? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
49. K and fucking R! |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
53. Fair enough. |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
74. Yep, everybody that receives taxpayer money INCLUDING RICK SCOTT. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
75. Somehow I doubt this will actually be used to help them.... |
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