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GOP Mike & Panhandlers - Like Oil & Water!!!
GOP Mike's Blog ^ | 1/14/09 | GOP Mike

Posted on 01/14/2009 6:15:45 AM PST by gopmike.com

To my Conservative Friends:

My friends and co-workers kid me all the time because every time we go out on the streets of the big city, it seems I am always the target of the Panhandlers, Beggars, Do-Nothings, Homeless or whatever you want to call the people with the cups in their hands asking for money, food or whatever... If only they read this blog, they would avoid me like the plague!!!!

I do love the creativity and ingenious signs they come up with to increase donations to their cause... We have some doozies in NYC, but other cities have some creative vagabonds as well... If these people utilized 50% of their smarts getting their lives in order as they did creating witty panhandling signs, they would be well on the road back to being useful members of society....

Anyway, Here are some of my favorite panhandle monikers of 2008:

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TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: conservatives; liberals; panhandlers

1 posted on 01/14/2009 6:15:45 AM PST by gopmike.com
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>> GOP Mike & Panhandlers

Ha Ha!

From the headline I thought this would be a thread about Mike Duncan and his panhandling for the RNC!

Oh well. Mike Duncan and the RNC get the same reply from me as all the other lazy, shiftless, doped-up criminal panhandlers do. No thank you!


2 posted on 01/14/2009 6:25:06 AM PST by Nervous Tick (I've left Cynical City... bound for Jaded.)
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Loved your blog. I've taken to talking to the homeless that appear on all our street corners lately, and it's been real interesting.

I bring them cookies, dog biscuits, and the occassional five dollar bill. I don't know, however, that they aren't contributing to society just by being who they are.

As the primary purpose of our participation in productive society seems to be to support the government (because taxation, when all types and fees are combined eats up over 50% of the average person's salary); I can't say that I blame them for not wanting to participate.Maybe they just want their lives to be about them, 100%.

They are a constant (good) reminder to me that you don't have to play.

3 posted on 01/14/2009 6:32:09 AM PST by Red Boots
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To: Nervous Tick

Tick:

I don’t know why you even say Thank You to the dregs....

As for Mike Duncan, I have no sympathy for a party or a Company that rewards failure. And Mike Duncan has clearly failed in his role (maybe its not all his fault, but it happened on his watch) and he is clearly not the person to bring a new fresh voice to the party leadership that is sorely needed...

Ask 10 of your Republican friends/co-workers, who the Chair of the RNC is...

If 3 of them know, that would surprise me.... Thats the problem....

GOP MIke


4 posted on 01/14/2009 6:34:00 AM PST by gopmike.com (It's Cool to be a Conservative!!!)
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To: Red Boots

Boots:

Thx for the comment....

You bring them dog biscuits!!! Thats a hoot!!!!

Remember the Seinfeld episode where Elaine went into the Muffin business to sell Muffin Tops only????

They tried to give the stumps to the homeless and they wouldn’t take them... They were offended!!!!

I can’t imagine the reaction when you try to give them Purina Treats and Beggin’ Strips!!!!

Funny stuff.....

GOP Mike


5 posted on 01/14/2009 6:37:14 AM PST by gopmike.com (It's Cool to be a Conservative!!!)
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I would have given the Klingon guy a quarter. That’s entertainment.


6 posted on 01/14/2009 6:43:15 AM PST by Poser (Willing to fight for oil)
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>> I don’t know why you even say Thank You to the dregs....

Yeah, I admit it doesn’t make sense. But I’m striving for perfection, so I have to work on that arrogance thing. It’s my last known fault. ;-)


7 posted on 01/14/2009 6:49:01 AM PST by Nervous Tick (I've left Cynical City... bound for Jaded.)
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Good stuff, Mike! :)


8 posted on 01/14/2009 7:50:33 AM PST by nodumbblonde (Apologies: Due to the coming economic crisis, I've had to let my tagline go.)
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They have dogs, that's who the biscuits are for !

I don't give the people dog biscuits !

9 posted on 01/15/2009 6:15:06 AM PST by Red Boots
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Oooooh, sorry Boots.....

My mistake....

Could be a comedy sketch here....


10 posted on 01/15/2009 6:21:35 AM PST by gopmike.com (It's Cool to be a Conservative!!!)
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