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Riots Erupt As Thousands In Atlanta Scramble For Section 8 Housing Waiting List [Video]
http://hiphopwired.com/2010/08/12/thousands-in-atlanta-scramble-for-section-8-waiting-list-video/ ^ | August 12, 2010, 15:08pm | Danielle Canada

Posted on 08/12/2010 8:13:52 PM PDT by soakncider

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To: dragnet2

Never seen so many Amish in one place!


21 posted on 08/12/2010 8:39:55 PM PDT by plinyelder ("I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: dragnet2

Never seen so many Amish in one place!


22 posted on 08/12/2010 8:39:56 PM PDT by plinyelder ("I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: soakncider

Now, just imagine if something happens and there is a shortage of food in areas like this.


23 posted on 08/12/2010 8:41:40 PM PDT by blam
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To: soakncider

Give them folks they Obama money!


24 posted on 08/12/2010 8:42:02 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: catnipman

Glen Beck stated that this was to just sign up to get on a waiting list, not actual housing that is available.

sad.

I think maybe the mosquito nets and ripple plastic roofing shanty towns could be a future landscape if people are homeless and need shelter. Hope not.


25 posted on 08/12/2010 8:42:26 PM PDT by Global2010 (Congratulations to Dware for the FR Mussel Eating Fundraiser.)
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To: plinyelder

Well .. Damn.

I got so excited about the Amish thing that I ‘just had’ to post it twice! 8)


26 posted on 08/12/2010 8:42:39 PM PDT by plinyelder ("I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: soakncider

Wait’ll they hear about the cuts to the Food Stamp Program...

all fits in with Michelle’s get lean program:)


27 posted on 08/12/2010 8:42:59 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: soakncider
Ah, the benefits of hope and change.

O'Bama is getting behind on green jobs and the civilian military police forces.

Once these people get employed in those union secured positions, they won't need the section 8 housing.

28 posted on 08/12/2010 8:43:46 PM PDT by oyez (The difference in genius and stupidity is that genius has limits.)
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To: soakncider
The same thing happened when the Navy air dropped cans of Spam in the Aleutians back in 43,
29 posted on 08/12/2010 8:43:54 PM PDT by BigCinBigD (Northern flags in South winds flutter...)
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To: PrincessB

This happened in East Point, a small, poor suburb of Atlanta. As you can tell by the photos they are not a sophisticated bunch. My wife would be a upset with me if I stopped there to get gas at night. The city had no idea what they were causing. They thought they would hand out some forms and be done.

I heard on the radio today they opened a drive through window to collect the applications.


30 posted on 08/12/2010 8:45:26 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: soakncider

Build it and they will come. Give it away and they will come.


31 posted on 08/12/2010 8:45:35 PM PDT by beaversmom
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32 posted on 08/12/2010 8:48:43 PM PDT by traditional1 ("Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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To: traditional1

Well .. I’ll Be Damn .. Black Amish!


33 posted on 08/12/2010 8:50:53 PM PDT by plinyelder ("I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: soakncider
I don't see any violence, much less riots.

I'm sure a crowd at a U2 concert looks similar from the air.

34 posted on 08/12/2010 8:51:23 PM PDT by Siena Dreaming
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To: soakncider

East Point is a suburb of Atlanta near the airport. Local news has reported that there are only 655 Sec 8 units in East Point. The waiting list had been depleted so East Point handed out applications yesterday for the waiting list. No units are currently available. It may take as long as 10 years for people to get off the waiting list. The waiting list last opened approximatey 8 years ago. People started camping out more than a day before the applications were available. Applicants came from all over metro Atlanta as well as from other states. East Point officials said that yesterday was a success because there were no serious injuries and no arrests.


35 posted on 08/12/2010 8:51:37 PM PDT by Padams
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I think we’re seeing some terribly sad desperation here.

I'm sure not with all of them. Where are these 30,000 living right now? Are they all on the streets? They are able bodied enough to stand around in the heat to get on a waiting list for hand outs that's for sure. As we've seen with all kinds of welfare, there's an awful lot of fraud that goes on.

36 posted on 08/12/2010 8:51:53 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: Pan_Yan

I heard on the radio today they opened a drive through window to collect the applications.

A bullet proof one I hope


37 posted on 08/12/2010 8:52:33 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom sarc ;))
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To: Jack Hydrazine

They had the famous veterans bonus march and the US Army called out to run them out of DC.

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snprelief4.htm


38 posted on 08/12/2010 8:53:59 PM PDT by JLS (Democrats: People who won't even let you enjoy an unseasonably warm winter day.)
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To: soakncider

I tell you this, I sure as hell wouldn’t want to have rental properties in Atlanta.

Supposedly Section 8 is optional for landlords, but I bet that will change real soon, when denying a Section 8 voucher holder will get you sued for discrimination.


39 posted on 08/12/2010 8:54:05 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Padams
Local news has reported that there are only 655 Sec 8 units in East Point.

Looks like the bleeding hearts got the video now to show more public housing is needed. How many more billions will Uncle Bam and company allocate to fill that "need"?

40 posted on 08/12/2010 8:56:10 PM PDT by beaversmom
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