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If Power Stays Out For Weeks, Could The Masses Riot Because Government Can't Send Out Checks On The 1st??

 
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WOW
where did you get your info from ????
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A nice read, whether you agree with it or not:
[link to www.colorado.edu]
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As for me, I would certainly miss my husbands retirement check, which he worked so damned hard for all his life.
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Oh stop whining, you taker.
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where did you get your info from ????
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 24724095


A nice read, whether you agree with it or not:
[link to www.colorado.edu]
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had friends and co-workers that got stuck in the city after the storm.
one went to the Super dome....he said that the 10 years he spent in prison was nothing compared to what was going on inside the dome.
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Do you buy remember Katrina??? Ok, they didn't "riot," but they looted and stole and robbed like mother fuckers!
 Quoting: Hitokiri

anyone who was truly paying attention would know that all that talk was pushed by the MSM the looting was minimal and it was the police who were instigating violence by roaming around as armed gangs killing indiscriminately.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26154576


I was actually there helping with cleanup and saw everything first hand. The MSM actually did a hell of a job covering up the 100's of stories that are hard to hear without having racist feelings pop up.
Don't speak your opinion as fact when you have no clue wtf you are talking about.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 20580592


When Katrina hit I followed all the coverage very closely and all the things people were reporting on message boards etc, I had relatives there so I was consumed with the events and very sympathetic to all the people affected.

The whole time as I was reading about the terrible things happening I said with conviction "When this is done they are going to sweep all this under the carpet, they'll say it never happened, that all the crime and gangs of looters was a myth and a hoax, mark my words."

Of course that is how it turned out, I've heard a few people on here say that none of it ever happened, that it was all made up.

Really awful how people are so caught in denial, I don't understand it but it's not healthy at all. The truth is always right and good, TRUTH is what's important no matter if it's bad news or makes someone look bad.
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Could this storm be the October Surprise and natural disaster Obama needs to stop payments of welfare, EBT, Social Security, Military and Retirement Checks of many. America has been bankrupt for a long time and Obama needed something to issue all of his executive orders he has signed since being in office.
 Quoting: MississippiBlkMan

You worried about your Welfare Check not coming??? I guess alot of black people are worried right now huh?
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So you expect us to pay you directly?
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where did you get your info from ????
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 24724095


A nice read, whether you agree with it or not:
[link to www.colorado.edu]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26521890


The Lord of The Rings is a nice read too, If you're into fiction...

I didn't read the article though. I saw the source was a Colorado University, and immediately understood why you are so misinformed on the happenings in another region of the US.
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Stop being an idiot.

The masses riot? In this country?? Are you that dense???

Rioting requires passion, something Americans are lacking.

Most you'd see is some bitching and moaning, but god forbid anyone have to actually do anything for themselves, they'll just wait around for someone else to do the hard work.

Masses riot? Over not getting welfare!? Yeah right, keep dreaming son.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 7314441


Do you buy remember Katrina??? Ok, they didn't "riot," but they looted and stole and robbed like mother fuckers!
 Quoting: Hitokiri

anyone who was truly paying attention would know that all that talk was pushed by the MSM the looting was minimal and it was the police who were instigating violence by roaming around as armed gangs killing indiscriminately.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26154576


Lol! Really? The negroids were shooting at the cops! That's why they weren't going in to help! If anything the msm was hiding the fact that they were looting. If anyone was paying attention you would remember people taking big screen TVs, beer, shoes, and jerseys.
"We learn from history that we learn nothing from history." - George Bernard Shaw
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Do you buy remember Katrina??? Ok, they didn't "riot," but they looted and stole and robbed like mother fuckers!
 Quoting: Hitokiri

anyone who was truly paying attention would know that all that talk was pushed by the MSM the looting was minimal and it was the police who were instigating violence by roaming around as armed gangs killing indiscriminately.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26154576


I was actually there helping with cleanup and saw everything first hand. The MSM actually did a hell of a job covering up the 100's of stories that are hard to hear without having racist feelings pop up.
Don't speak your opinion as fact when you have no clue wtf you are talking about.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 20580592


When Katrina hit I followed all the coverage very closely and all the things people were reporting on message boards etc, I had relatives there so I was consumed with the events and very sympathetic to all the people affected.

The whole time as I was reading about the terrible things happening I said with conviction "When this is done they are going to sweep all this under the carpet, they'll say it never happened, that all the crime and gangs of looters was a myth and a hoax, mark my words."

Of course that is how it turned out, I've heard a few people on here say that none of it ever happened, that it was all made up.

Really awful how people are so caught in denial, I don't understand it but it's not healthy at all. The truth is always right and good, TRUTH is what's important no matter if it's bad news or makes someone look bad.
 Quoting: Vision Thing



A good friend of mine is a trucker. He drove supplies down there for months. He said they told him to keep his doors locked and not to get out of the truck while they were waiting to get into the "safe zone" because people were being robbed. Then they would have to go over his truck with mirrors to make sure nobody was hiding underneath trying to get in and steal shit.
"We learn from history that we learn nothing from history." - George Bernard Shaw
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i dont think it'll even take a day for some people to look for a reason to loot, rape and pillage,


do you?
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Nah...when the grid goes down the shit gets real!
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NO!

This is the north east. I think you are mistaking us for someone else. Last time the power went out in the city, bars used candles and it was an extended happy hour.
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Could this storm be the October Surprise and natural disaster Obama needs to stop payments of welfare, EBT, Social Security, Military and Retirement Checks of many. America has been bankrupt for a long time and Obama needed something to issue all of his executive orders he has signed since being in office.
 Quoting: MississippiBlkMan

You worried about your Welfare Check not coming??? I guess alot of black people are worried right now huh?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 24221408


So you expect us to pay you directly?
 Quoting: Top Hat




It must stink to be so sarcastic and rude so early in the morning.

Speaks volumes of your character.
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They could... I think they'll riot just because they see the opportunity. That's what they do!
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Doesn't it depend on the weather? Are people so inclined to riot if it's cold outside? Wonder what the stats are on that..
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
I Corinthians 2:14

God doesn't choose favorites.. They choose HIM

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Could this storm be the October Surprise and natural disaster Obama needs to stop payments of welfare, EBT, Social Security, Military and Retirement Checks of many. America has been bankrupt for a long time and Obama needed something to issue all of his executive orders he has signed since being in office.
 Quoting: MississippiBlkMan

You worried about your Welfare Check not coming??? I guess alot of black people are worried right now huh?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 24221408


just because he is black doesn't mean he is on welfare.

ever thought maybe he was asking a legitimate question and wanting opinions ?
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Get over it. We don't love in the stone ages. "Welfare Checks" haven't been issued in years. It goes on a debit card which when my company has to pay out vendors we use the same ACH services from JP Morgan. The money is sent out automatically on the specific dates.

Grow up, I have been watching this ,estate board for a bit and just created account, I am sure we can have a much more intelligent conversation other them just a jab towards blacks,
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That's being very rude!
Who is John Galt?
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Stop being an idiot.

The masses riot? In this country?? Are you that dense???

Rioting requires passion, something Americans are lacking.

Most you'd see is some bitching and moaning, but god forbid anyone have to actually do anything for themselves, they'll just wait around for someone else to do the hard work.

Masses riot? Over not getting welfare!? Yeah right, keep dreaming son.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 7314441


dude dont underestimate the ignorance of ppl. i drove past harbor freight tools last night and the pkg lot was packed, the place mobbed, - watchn it from the traffic light ppl were knockin each other over taking shit off the shelves.

local affiliate tv staions here were reporting same shit in target, walmart, bread stores - clearing shelves to empty.

you take away their checks & food stamps they'll fuckin rodney king the cities.
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I agree with you and MississippiBlkMan.
Who is John Galt?
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Most Fed checks (Social Security, SSDI, and SSD) will go out automatically unless someone tells them to stop. The orders are transmitted on or about the last Thursday of the month to the various regional banking centers where it then causes the deposits to go into your account.

There is back-up. The banks have orders to "re-run" last months checks again if they for any reason do not receive their usual tape or electronic verification. So worst case the checks would be processed but you records might who you got TWO checks for October vs October and November. Dollar amount wouldn't change. But the back-up check would be dated for the previous month (again)

Who cares about dates. The auto-deposits all spend and all too fast today!

They could... I think they'll riot just because they see the opportunity. That's what they do!
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Ha ha ha ha OP, looks like you touched a nerve. People telling you to grow up and so on so forth. These are the same people that will be food when it really goes down.

I guess they forgot about the LA riots, Katrina, and every previous riot over every stupid football game, not to mention about a thousand examples world wide.

Fuck em. The masses will riot when they dont get checks, or EBT cards dont get refilled. Its a fact and a guarantee.
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Get over it. We don't love in the stone ages. "Welfare Checks" haven't been issued in years. It goes on a debit card which when my company has to pay out vendors we use the same ACH services from JP Morgan. The money is sent out automatically on the specific dates.

Grow up, I have been watching this ,estate board for a bit and just created account, I am sure we can have a much more intelligent conversation other them just a jab towards blacks,
 Quoting: FASNYC


Could this storm be the October Surprise and natural disaster Obama needs to stop payments of welfare, EBT, Social Security, Military and Retirement Checks of many. America has been bankrupt for a long time and Obama needed something to issue all of his executive orders he has signed since being in office.
 Quoting: MississippiBlkMan

You worried about your Welfare Check not coming??? I guess alot of black people are worried right now huh?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 24221408


If the power is out, yes it could "delay" payments! No they don't issue that many "checks" anymore. But without power ALL ectronic payments will be delayed.
The money just doesn't appear something has to be done for it to get there!
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I'm not sure. Do the SS checks come from the great paymasters in Minneapolis?
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Just the fact of the power being out for any extended time is horrorific in and of itself!!!!

Can you even imagine?? verysad


There will be a WHOLE lot of people doing some serious "jonesin"... self included. tantrum

To be disconnected and not have a clue what is really going on.. a microcosm of TRUE DOOM!!


EMP theories are my worst nightmare ahhh ahhh

Not to mention that when the "forces" of the storm collide.. it could get really cold. verycold
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If the power is out for WEEKS it is because they want it to be...
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Buncha bat turds!! Hopin for the best here..
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
I Corinthians 2:14

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Could this storm be the October Surprise and natural disaster Obama needs to stop payments of welfare, EBT, Social Security, Military and Retirement Checks of many. America has been bankrupt for a long time and Obama needed something to issue all of his executive orders he has signed since being in office.
 Quoting: MississippiBlkMan


I don't see that happening.
Too many people depend on these monies.
If the government were to stop payment on these entitlements I can imagine a societal collapse. It is not like it was in the thirties and forties when everyone cared for one another. Now, you have druggies, addicts, alcoholics, racially motivated anger, multiculturalism, an out of control police element, stores stocked with only three days of food and people in general ill prepared for an extended crisis.

If there were an extended blackout. imagine literally millions of starving roaming the streets at night and a police force at home protecting their families.

The potential for disaster is almost biblical in proportion.
The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them.
They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care.
Either case is a failure of leadership.
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nothing bad will happen , this just bunch of hoax
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Could this storm be the October Surprise and natural disaster Obama needs to stop payments of welfare, EBT, Social Security, Military and Retirement Checks of many. America has been bankrupt for a long time and Obama needed something to issue all of his executive orders he has signed since being in office.
 Quoting: MississippiBlkMan

You worried about your Welfare Check not coming??? I guess alot of black people are worried right now huh?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 24221408


Grow the hell up! It's not just "welfare checks" that are issued. It's payrolls, social security, disability, etc. This is about people's lives at stake. It really is okay to say "I hope everybody comes out of this okay!" Instead of turning everything into a Hollywood drama.
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The power won't be out for weeks but days. There are utility trucks from all over already in route. They left here in Alabama yesterday and are waiting inland for the worst to be over. Experienced in this kind of thing and working in storms and so forth.
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my gov't check is already showing up as a pending direct deposit in my checking account. doom is officially over.
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Let's get this straight:

If funds dry up there will be no rioting, but there WILL be looting because people here (of all colors, shapes, and sizes) are so entitled they will just take what they believe they "deserve."

End of conversation.
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i wouldn't riot, but i would try to take as much of the shelves of the capitalist stores as i could. I probably wouldn't take stuff like TVs though, not much point to it. I might just smash the TVs and leave them there
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As for me, I would certainly miss my husbands retirement check, which he worked so damned hard for all his life.
 Quoting: natasha77


Oh stop whining, you taker.
 Quoting: Mitt Romney 26538588


How the hell is she a taker!? Her husband worked hard all his life and that is money he put into Social Security for retirement. HIS MONEY, HE PAID IN! I suppose you do not believe in Social Security? Are you a communist? I tell you, some of these people on this forum now a days must be 16 years old.
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As for me, I shall finish the game.......





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