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Offline bijou

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Crowd waiting for housing vouchers gets rowdy
« on: August 11, 2010, 01:00:45 PM »
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A crowd of people hoping to get federal housing assistance became unruly Wednesday morning with reports of fights breaking out in the crowd.

Crowds swarm at Tri-Cities Plaza in East Point on Wednesday morning as people try to apply for Section 8 housing.


Thousands of people were lined up at the Tri-Cities Plaza shopping center, hoping to apply for a voucher from the East Point Housing Authority that will give them a discount on their rent. ...

Read more: http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/crowd-waiting-for-housing-589653.html

Sounds like a real mess.
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Re: Crowd waiting for housing vouchers gets rowdy
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2010, 01:02:10 PM »
Free shit--free shit!

Oh, wait--you mean it's a JOB to earn MONEY to PAY for that shit?  Racists!
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Re: Crowd waiting for housing vouchers gets rowdy
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2010, 01:06:01 PM »
I can only imagine how nuts that situation got.  People get rowdy enough down here for a give-away at a Dolphins or Marlins game.  People get ridiculous when the word "free" is attached to anything.
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Re: Crowd waiting for housing vouchers gets rowdy
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2010, 01:26:29 PM »
And they damn near rioted when the found out they were only giving away APPLICATIONS.

Oh, delicious irony.
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Re: Crowd waiting for housing vouchers gets rowdy
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2010, 01:39:20 PM »
Sucks to be them :rotf:
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Re: Crowd waiting for housing vouchers gets rowdy
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2010, 07:42:20 PM »
Mo' free stuff from Obama!!!  Looking at the pictures it looks like some 3rd World country.  :thatsright:

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30,000 line up for housing vouchers, some get rowdy

Thirty thousand people showed up to receive Section 8 housing applications in East Point Wednesday, suffering through hours in the hot sun, angry flare-ups in the crowd and lots of frustration and confusion for a chance to receive a government-subsidized apartment.

The massive event sometimes descended into a chaotic mob scene filled with anger and impatience. Some 62 people needed medical attention and 20 of them were transported to a hospital, authorities said. A baby went into a seizure in the heat and was stabilized at a hospital. People were removed on stretchers and when a throng of people who had been waiting hours in a line were told to move to another line, people started pushing, shoving and cursing, witnesses said.
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Re: Crowd waiting for housing vouchers gets rowdy
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2010, 07:59:12 PM »
Quote from: ColonialMarine0431 on August 11, 2010, 07:42:20 PM
Mo' free stuff from Obama!!!  Looking at the pictures it looks like some 3rd World country.  :thatsright:
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Funny thing is Third World countries don't even have welfare because they are poor to begin with.
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Re: Crowd waiting for housing vouchers gets rowdy
« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2010, 08:32:04 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on August 11, 2010, 01:02:10 PM
Free shit--free shit!

Oh, wait--you mean it's a JOB to earn MONEY to PAY for that shit?  Racists!

HA HA!!! :hi5: :cheersmate:
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Re: Crowd waiting for housing vouchers gets rowdy
« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2010, 10:03:38 PM »
Quote from: ColonialMarine0431 on August 11, 2010, 07:42:20 PM
Mo' free stuff from Obama!!!  Looking at the pictures it looks like some 3rd World country.  :thatsright:
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Looking at both sides of this----these are the very people that voted for Obama.  He PROMISED them a good future a life of Strawberry Fields Forever.

What can the people now do, they know that they were taken in by a Con man but they refuse to admit that fact.  To admit that one is so stupid to be taken in  goes against the EGO.

Seems like all politicians on both side have been watching and taking a page from the Obama book on how to befuddle the masses.

Every one wondering what he is going to do but---nothing happens.

We still do not know who this man is, where he came from or what his plan is for us.

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Re: Crowd waiting for housing vouchers gets rowdy
« Reply #9 on: August 12, 2010, 11:34:25 PM »
These idiots could wait in line (some overnight) to get on a wait list, but they can't take a couple of hours out of their day to submit resumes?
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Re: Crowd waiting for housing vouchers gets rowdy
« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2010, 03:39:31 AM »
Quote from: Evil_Conservative on August 12, 2010, 11:34:25 PM
These idiots could wait in line (some overnight) to get on a wait list, but they can't take a couple of hours out of their day to submit resumes?

In their defense Womyn's studies and bong testing doesn't look to good on the old resume.  :-)

What is it with free loaders and their audacity to not only expect the govt to hand out cash they riot when they don't get it?

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Re: Crowd waiting for housing vouchers gets rowdy
« Reply #11 on: August 13, 2010, 06:16:24 AM »
Quote from: Evil_Conservative on August 12, 2010, 11:34:25 PM
These idiots could wait in line (some overnight) to get on a wait list, but they can't take a couple of hours out of their day to submit resumes?

resume........ :lmao: :hyper: :mental: :thatsright: :lmao: :rotf: :lmao: :rotf: :evillaugh:
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Re: Crowd waiting for housing vouchers gets rowdy
« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2010, 08:13:44 AM »
Quote from: Evil_Conservative on August 12, 2010, 11:34:25 PM
These idiots could wait in line (some overnight) to get on a wait list, but they can't take a couple of hours out of their day to submit resumes?

Ends up looking something like this:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhHZcc1vPVA[/youtube]
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Re: Crowd waiting for housing vouchers gets rowdy
« Reply #13 on: August 13, 2010, 08:20:32 AM »
I don't know how many times I have seen that clip....but it makes me laugh everytime.
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Re: Crowd waiting for housing vouchers gets rowdy
« Reply #14 on: August 13, 2010, 08:54:26 PM »
Uhmurrrrica.

It's just annoying.  Kind of reminds me of Greece.
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Re: Crowd waiting for housing vouchers gets rowdy
« Reply #15 on: October 12, 2010, 12:18:32 PM »

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Thirty thousand people turned out in East Point on Wednesday seeking applications for government-subsidized housing, and their confusion and frustration, combined with the summer heat, led to a chaotic mob scene that left 62 people injured.

At the Tri-Cities Plaza Shopping Center, emergency vehicles passed each other, transporting 20 people to hospitals. Medical and police command posts were set up on scene. East Point police wore riot gear. Officers from four other agencies supported them. Yet no arrests were made.

All of this resulted from people attempting to obtain Section 8 housing applications and, against long odds, later securing vouchers for affordable residences. Some waited in line for two days for the applications.

Renee Gray, a single mother holding her one-year-old daughter, Marion, came looking for a housing break and nearly got trampled, forcing her to run from the crowd and into the street.

"It could have been better organized," said Gray, a customer service employee. "A lot of adults lost focus.”
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Re: Crowd waiting for housing vouchers gets rowdy
« Reply #16 on: October 12, 2010, 12:20:25 PM »
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Re: Crowd waiting for housing vouchers gets rowdy
« Reply #17 on: October 12, 2010, 12:46:32 PM »
Ooops. I wonder why it was brought up on a conservative blog again?  :hammer:
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