I'd not heard of this until just now. As with everything this administration does, my first reaction is immediate: "how much is this going to cost the 50 percent of us that pay federal income taxes!?" And by the way, if you're not paying federal income taxes, you're probably not paying state income taxes either. Just sayin'.

Anyway:
What We're Up Against: The Obama Phone - The Rush Limbaugh Show (http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/06/22/what_we_re_up_against_the_obama_phone)

We first heard about these Obama phones, I was shocked, just like you are when you discovered it, last year sometime, and I had no idea. And you're right, these people get minutes. It's all paid for. The phone is paid for. The usage is paid for. By us.

F-Em,
They are lazy worthless scum, they don't need to talk to anyone.
and as far as political messages being sent, I would think that it would violate some law in some way since the funding for those texts would have to come from people that most likely would rather not contribute to the obama re-election.

Silly boy...the most transparent administration ever is above the law. What were you thinking?

there have been more than a few people on social programs, when asked, they say they are here for their 'Obama Dollars"



:popcorn:

Obama was President in 1984?

Exactly, while I'm always up for a hearty serving of righteous outrage, this one doesn't work. A simple "obamaphone snopes" is all you need.

snopes.com: Free Cell Phones for Welfare Recipients (http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/cellphone.asp)

Obama Phone (http://obamaphone.net/)


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Whois query for 173.236.140.139...

Results returned from whois.arin.net:

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NetRange: 173.236.128.0 - 173.236.255.255
CIDR: 173.236.128.0/17
OriginAS: AS26347
NetName: DREAMHOST-BLK10
NetHandle: NET-173-236-128-0-1
Parent: NET-173-0-0-0-0
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Address: 417 Associated Rd.
Address: PMB #257
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Country: US
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Domain Name: DREAMHOST.COM
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Status: ok
Updated Date: 21-jan-2010
Creation Date: 23-sep-1997
Expiration Date: 22-sep-2013


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of course the owner is hidden .... but the IP is in a range assigned to New Dream


:popcorn:



I keep expecting to find this;

Rickrolling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickrolling)


looking at the Obamaphone Website

Obama was President in 1984?


Obama has always been president.

Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia.