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POPSHow rich bastards like me rip off taxpayers for millions of dollars No one should build so close to an ocean." But I built anyway. Why? As my eager-for-the-business architect said, "Why not? If the ocean destroys your house, the government will pay for a new one." What? Why would the government do that? Why would it encourage people to build in such risky places? That would be insane. But the architect was right. If the ocean took my house, Uncle Sam would pay to replace it under the National Flood Insurance Program. Since private insurers weren’t dumb enough to sell cheap insurance to people who built on the edges of oceans or rivers, Congress decided the government should step in and do it. So if the ocean ate what I built, I could rebuild and rebuild again and again -- there was no limit to the number of claims on the same property in the same location -- up to a maximum of $250,000 per house per flood. And you taxpayers would pay for it.
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POPSOklahoma trooper chokes paramedic White state trooper imagines himself dissed by black ambulance driver, hunts the ambulance down, and before it's over, has has assaulted a paramedic, frightened the patient, delayed the ambulance, and harassed people he's sworn to protect. This man has no business in a uniform, and Oklahoma State Patrol needs to know the whole world is watching. First found on Boing Boing. Shades of Emmett Till?
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POPSKids need reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic – and RECESS! “We should understand that kids need that break because the brain needs that break.” And many children are not getting that break. In the Pediatrics study, 30 percent were found to have little or no daily recess. Another report, from a children’s advocacy group, found that 40 percent of schools surveyed had cut back at least one daily recess period. Also, teachers often punish children by taking away recess privileges. That strikes Dr. Barros as illogical. “Recess should be part of the curriculum,” she said. “You don’t punish a kid by having them miss math class, so kids shouldn’t be punished by not getting recess.”
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POPSIndict Bush NOW! Give this slime and his crew the full force of true justice they deserve. Help return America's Honor!
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POPSRepublicans had big role in economic meltdown Now that Obama has been elected and has the task of cleaning up the mess the Republicans made, these same Republicans are now the self-approved experts on how to get out of this financial mess. As Obama stated several weeks ago, he and the Democrats won the election because the American people were fed up with the Republican ineptitude. In six weeks, President Obama has acted more responsibly than Bush did in eight long years.
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