Estragon
join:2003-06-20
Greenville, NH |  Mixed up Priorities
87 billion for the Iraqi's, and we can't even find 20 million for rural Americans. |
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Omega
Displaced Ohioan
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join:2002-07-30
Cheyenne, WY
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| said by Estragon  :
87 billion for the Iraqi's, and we can't even find 20 million for rural Americans.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
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"The doctor's X-Rayed my head and found nothing" |
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broadbndgeek
Premium
join:2000-08-03
Graham, WA
| Forget foreign affairs, what about domestic affairs? What about America? Don't we too have a country to run and build? I pay taxes, I want to see my tax dollars come to the community not go half way across the globe to finish "daddy's war".
my 2 cents.
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David
No,there is another.
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join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
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|  said by broadbndgeek :
Forget foreign affairs, what about domestic affairs? What about America? Don't we too have a country to run and build? I pay taxes, I want to see my tax dollars come to the community not go half way across the globe to finish "daddy's war".
my 2 cents.
That my friends we decide in the polls next year..
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lxAstrosxl
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join:2000-10-13
Carol Stream, IL
clubs: | DEMOCRATIC BABY!!!
I can't wait to see this joke of a president bush out of office. |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | Though I agree with you (about wanting him out), to be fair, it was one of the more solid things Bush assisted with, by passing the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 in the first place.... |
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY | reply to lxAstrosxl
it doesn't matter who is in office the Telco's et al will pay off whom ever is in power. |
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brandon
Some truth included in this post.
Premium
join:2003-03-31
Hurley, MS
| reply to Omega
-nah, nevermind. |
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klross32148
join:2003-02-23
Jacksonville, FL
| reply to broadbndgeek
Just take 1% out of the 396 billion dollar defense budget and you can feed most of America. Kind of annoys me that we "have" to keep troops station in countries like Japan or Korea, there is just no need anymore. Other countries do not want us there, and most Americans do not want us there.
I'm also curious, do you guys think that World War 3 is ever going to happen? America seems to think so if they're going to pump this much cash in defense... I think that the world is civilized, not full of barbarians, but I guess Bush thinks otherwise. |
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
·Verizon Online DSL
|  reply to lxAstrosxl
said by lxAstrosxl :
DEMOCRATIC BABY!!!
I can't wait to see this joke of a president bush out of office.
Maybe the inventor of the internet gore will develop some magical way for broadband to be delivered into rural areas. |
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lesopp
join:2001-06-27
Land O Lakes, FL
| reply to Estragon
Is this intentional misinformation or do you just know the facts?
$65.6 billion: Military Costs: The majority of the proposal is for the Department of Defense:
$41.1 billion: Ops & maint.
$17.8 billIon: Personnel costs
$5.4 billion: Procurement
$624 million: Fuel and repairs
$412 million: Construction
$360 million: Other
$20.3 billion: Reconstruction costs: Funds go to the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund for use by the Coalition Provisional Authority.
$5.67 billIon: Electricity
$5.13 billion: Security (justice system and Iraqi police)
$3.7 billion: Public works
$2.1 billion: Rehabilitate and repair oil infrastructure
$875 million: Water resources
$850 million: Health
$835 million: Transportation and telecommunications
$470 million: Housing
$353 million: Private sector
$300 million: Human rights
Source: msnbc.com |
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lesopp
join:2001-06-27
Land O Lakes, FL | reply to lxAstrosxl
Go ahead and throw your vote away, you will still have to wait 4 more years. |
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lxAstrosxl
Premium
join:2000-10-13
Carol Stream, IL
clubs: | I'd rather be Jackson then a f*cked up Calhoun. |
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Brisk
Qwest's Spirit Of Service Inaction
join:2003-07-11
Colorado Springs, CO
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| (from last week's SNL)
"...by next summer, every home in Iraq will have central air conditioning and high-speed broadband internet access."
And that didn't even sound sarcastic. |
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